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30 Things
The Highs, the Lows, the Lists
news
Room for the Unexpected
With the budget season not yet in full swing, there's still time for hope
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Point Austin: No Choice
When bosses say their hands are tied, handcuffs follow
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Skid Marks on the Dais
The (slightly) new council takes up high-speed chicanes
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, June 30-July 6
Naked City
Police Group at Odds Over Property Deal
Should APA board have asked members to decide on a building purchase?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Tovo Takes Up (White) Lodging
Place 3 action on convention center hotel, social service funding
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Nature Violates City Code
City's green goals conflict with its ordinances
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bias in Animal Adoption Center Criteria?
Council adopts recommendations for TLAC
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Death Penalty: Older but Not Wiser
New report looks back at 35 years of the death penalty
BY JORDAN SMITH
Labor Changes Irk Transit Workers
New law and money woes prompt Cap Metro changes
BY LEE NICHOLS
LEGELAND
Doggett Draws District 35 Challenger
There are already rumblings from the proposed district designed to oust Doggett
BY LEE NICHOLS
Summer Under the Dome
The first special winds down
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
Perry Peddles Texas Snake Oil; and Obama Goes Courting
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Dining Del Lago 2011
Make it a date on the lake
'Chronicle' 2011 Lake Food: Trailers
Cupcakes take over Lakeway; citizens rejoice
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
Beat the heat with foodie TV this summer
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Delicious ways to celebrate our country's independence
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Catastrophe and the Cure
Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
Exit Music: Nakia leaves The Voice, Corcoran retires, and Mike Wiebe walks the plank
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Centro-matic
Candidate Waltz
Foster & Lloyd
It's Already Tomorrow
Ruthie Foster
Live at Antone's
Stephen Barber
Astral Vinyl
Ancient VVisdom
A Godlike Inferno
ZZ Top
Live in Germany 1980
Motel Aviv, Closet Drama, F for Fake, Not in the Face, Sounds Under the Radio
Post Modern Nation, Dream State, New Hieroglyphic, Where My Communist Heart Meets My Capitalist Mind, Bikini
screens
The Pop Palette
Artists and indie entrepreneurs get artsy & crafty with their pop culture icons
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Take This Job and Shove It
Hugging it out with the cast of Party Down
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Anatomy of a Scene
New York and No Wave in Blank City
BY CINDY WIDNER
TV Eye: Go LoCo
Awards, and a word about what's on the horizon for 'TV Eye'
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Bad Teacher
Cameron Diaz productively sidesteps her good-times-gal image to play this human cancer who lays waste to everyone who gets in her way.
Bbuddah: Hoga Terra Baap
A retired hit man has settled in Paris but comes back to India for one last job.
Delhi Belly
Three average guys are the unwitting targets of a deadly crime syndicate in this Indian comedy.
Larry Crowne
Tom Hanks directs and co-stars in this rom-com with Julia Roberts, though I suspect neither actor will list it high on their résumés.
Page One: Inside The New York Times
The slow death of print media and the often shambling efforts of newspapers to reinvent themselves is one of the main topics of this documentary.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Both ridiculous and ridiculously fun, this is over-the-top robotic mayhem.
arts & culture
Mona Remix
Leonardo's lady gets a modern makeover in Rino Pizzi's Mona Lisa Project
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Texas Performing Arts
A major grant lets UT's arts presenter boost the profile of classical music
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Symphony Orchestra July Fourth Concert & Fireworks
With fireworks banned and cash tight, ASO cancels its holiday concert
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
A tour of China for Tapestry and another arts honor for Ada Anderson
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Uncle Vanya
The design impresses, but the actors struggle against a noisy air conditioner
'Susan Collis: So it goes'
The artist's meta-referentiality in her media is not merely clever but also wise
columns
Page Two: It's Time To Vote
In this issue: 'Best of Austin' 2011 ballot
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: About 18 a Day
About 18 U.S. veterans commit suicide on an average day
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
A chicken, a dog, and a homecoming: Just another week in the life of Your Style Avatar
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
There may be no fireworks, but we know where the fur will fly
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Hill Country and Central Texas guidebooks have been updated, expanded, and reissued
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Hugh Hefner's bunny, Fred Flintstone's mustache, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Red, White 'n Buda
Buda City Park, Monday, July 4, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Round Rock Express
Bob Schneider performs following Saturday's game
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
U.S. Women defeat North Korea in their World Cup opener, and more
