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news
Changing Course
AISD shifts to community-based model for prepping younger kids for college
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
City Hall Hustle: The Fires This Time
Austin's feverish summer a tinderbox for rumination
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Calendar of civic events, Sept. 8-15
LegeLand: Firefighters Hosed by the State
Perry's slash-and-burn handiwork is visible for miles
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Headlines
Fire Relief
Fire brings out the kindness in others
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Pet Rescue Work Turns 'Surreal'
Bastrop residents hope to reunite with their pets
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
The Re-education of Historic Tax Breaks
AISD looks for reforms to next year's historic property program
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Two Inmates Set To Die This Month
September could boost Perry's execution tally
BY JORDAN SMITH
Funding Travesty Cripples Health Clinics
The state severs its ties with Planned Parenthood
BY JORDAN SMITH
Baird Announces for D.A.
Former judge vows to bring reforms to office
BY JORDAN SMITH
Color Me Yellow (Button)
If you drink too much, here's how not to get towed
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Throwing the Book at Scholastic Inc.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
New Chef, New Menu Items at Whip In
Martine Pelegrin helps 'Whip Indianize' comfort-food classics
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Wine of the Week
Spanish Wines Still a Bargain
BY WES MARSHALL
Chow Times
This week: Down, set, Hatch; barbecue; bourbon; and books
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
The Lone Star State keeps shining on food TV, are you next?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Afin Modern Japanese Tapas Bar
In the crowded Austin sushi market, genuine value for your dollar is what sets Afin apart
music
Water to Wine
One lifetime and 34 seconds is all it took for Nakia to find his Voice
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
Electric Lounge's second act on the Eastside, catching up with Scratch Acid and Austin's other Voice contestants
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Ume
Phantoms
Pure X
Pleasure
Mr. Lewis & the Funeral 5
Delirium Tremendous
Stereo Is a Lie
Stereo Is a Lie
The Paper Shapes, La Guerrilla, Gentlemen Rogues, Dead Black Hearts, Chronolung, Codename Boris
Be Vigilant, Adios Lala Land?, Gentlemen Rogues, The Southern Front, Chronolung, Codename Boris
Black Red Black
Black Red Black
Ron Westray & Thomas Heflin
Live From Austin
screens
Step Right Up
The terror and the wonder of the Museum of the Weird
BY MARC SAVLOV
Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future
Slacker 2011 premieres, and Richard Linklater's newest project picks up Paul Dano
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Community Arcade
How the Texatron will bring us together
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Screens Reviews
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Not many people can say they created a music movement out of thin air
Film Reviews
Apollo 18
This secretive film's premise is that it reveals suppressed footage of the U.S. government's secret mission to the moon.
Contagion
Steven Soderbergh and an all-star cast remind us to be very afraid.
5 Days of War
Renny Harlin directs this explosion-heavy film about the Russian-Georgian crisis of 2008.
Higher Ground
Oscar-winning actress Vera Farmiga makes her debut as a director with this film in which she also stars as a woman who struggles with religious faith.
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Hindi romantic comedy is set in Northern India.
Shaolin
In this rousing film, a compassionate Buddhist philosophy underpins what might have been just another Hong Kong period piece about power-mad warlords and their blood-spattered brinkmanship.
Shark Night 3D
These sharks are as bland as their comely victims.
Warrior
Knockout performances by the three central characters and powerfully effective fight sequences are the key ingredients that spur this male weepie.
arts & culture
Imagine, Nation
Using play to map the emotional terrain of 9 / 11
BY ROBERT FAIRES
All Over Creation: Follow What Leader?
It's a new era for Arthouse and AMOA, but who will guide them through it?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
Ivins' return from the grave passionately reminds us not to stop caring
'Texas Wax Encaustic Group Show'
The melted materials employed here make for a hellishly good show
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
The classic choreopoem becomes a tight ensemble piece in seven-part harmony
columns
Letters at 3AM: The Second Story
Remembering the cowardice and dysfunction of the White House on 9 / 11
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
The meat and potatoes of – as well as the beef with – Austin Fashion Week
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Gay as the Day Is Long
From Long to Fiesta and night to day, Austin Pride rolls on
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Lone Star Monument and Historical Flag Park in Conroe salutes 13 Texas Revolution battle flags with a memorial to those who carried them
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Rin Tin Tin, Genghis Khan, alcohol consumption, and more fine facts
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Alamo Drafhouse & Parkside Present: Rolling Roadshow - 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'
San Jacinto & Sixth, Sunday, September 11, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Round Rock Express Fire Relief Aid
The Express pitch in to help victims of the Central Texas fires
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Longhorns continue to shine, and more
