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Jana Birchum
news
Why Rail?
The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'
BY LEE NICHOLS
City Hall Hustle: No Ports in This Storm
Ruthless economic climate has city bracing for budget season
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Naked City
Council e-mails, Eastside Memorial, and champion bus drivers
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, April 7-14
Quote of the Week
You Can Win If You Don't Play?
At the Lege, the most meaningful votes may not be votes at all
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Price of Being a Pierce
Yogurt-shop investigation haunts grieving family
BY JORDAN SMITH
LEGELAND
Family Planning Torn Asunder
House strips funding for women's health care
BY JORDAN SMITH
Census Undercount in Colonias?
Lawsuit filed against state over census
BY LEE NICHOLS
Bill of the Week
Making room in the budget for downtrodden traditionalists
BY LEE NICHOLS
The Party Bus Is Over
Did staffing company stiff SXSW shuttle drivers?
BY MICHAEL KANIN
Campaign Contretemps
Competitive race takes on fiercer edge
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Return of Leslie Sbrocco
Who knew drinking wine could be so much fun?
BY WES MARSHALL
Deluxe Downtown
Two established franchises bring their 'A' game to new ventures
Food-o-File
Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Fest gets its Sunday Fair deliciously right
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Foodie events for April 8-13
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Come and Take It
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears' lightning strike sophomore disc, Scandalous, stops in for a G&T at the Mustang Ranch
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Music News
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Bill Callahan
Apocalypse
Sarah Jaffe, No Mas Bodas, Basic, Holy Wave
Even Born Again, No Mas Bodas, Lo-Fi EP, Best Friends Single
Michael Fracasso
Saint Monday
Shapes Have Fangs
Dinner in the Dark
Eisley
The Valley
Austin Leonard Jones
Superstitions
Twilight Hotel
When the Wolves Go Blind
Spit & Tears
Spit & Tears
screens
Amateurs and Old Friends
Tom McCarthy works both angles in his winning third film. Make that Win Winning.
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Get Your '!W.A.R.' On
AFS Documentary Tour: !Women Art Revolution
BY KATE X MESSER
How High
Your Highness comes out swinging with an evening of sword and sandal action
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
From 'Howl' to Hamas
The ninth annual Austin Jewish Film Festival
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
Mourning Elizabeth Taylor and Geraldine Ferraro
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Arthur
The bubbles have gone out of Russell Brand's remake of the 30-year-old original.
Hanna
Hanna is a through-the-looking-glass, arthouse action minimasterpiece.
No Eres Tú, Soy Yo
In this Mexican romantic comedy, a man only discovers his true love while pining for the one he lost.
Soul Surfer
It's the true story of surfing sensation Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm to a shark at the age of 13.
Thank You
In this Bollywood romantic comedy, cheating husbands try to keep their secrets from a private detective and their wives.
Win Win
Paul Giamatti stars in this dark comedy from the director of The Station Agent and The Visitor.
Your Highness
This vulgar medieval travesty is awfully good fun when it works.
arts & culture
Miles and Miles of Canvas
For 2011, the Texas Biennial lives up to its name by spreading across the state
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Flight'
Composer Jonathan Dove explains how his opera set in an airport took off
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Hell Yes Fest
Austin's newest comedy festival wants to get it 100% correct
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Ain't Misbehavin'
Two hours of sublime singing and dynamic dancing at the service of Fats Waller's music
Paradise Key
This government agent's grilling of a Nazi doctor is tough to watch but never boring
'Michelle Mayer: Departure/Return'
A beautiful display of footwear cobbled as if from bark, moss, foliage, and fungus
columns
Page Two: An Injury to All
The universal perils of union busting
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Obama, Nukes, and Us
President Barack Obama fudges the truth of his nuclear policies
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
The Common Law
Taxes – April 18 Deadline? Can I Get an Extension?
BY LUKE ELLIS
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar keeps confusing the Volstead with the Mann Act
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
ALLGO: lots to be proud of. Austin Pride: not so much ...
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Dr. Eugene Clark Library is a monument to an unrequited love
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Holy water vending machine, red-headed Lucille Ball, etc.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Sixth Annual Urban Music Festival
Auditorium Shores, Saturday, April 9, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Round Rock Express Begin New Era
Big changes afoot up Round Rock way
Soccer Watch
Orlando City (ex-Austin Aztex) open play in the new USL Pro league, and more
