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Jana Birchum
news
Designed To Fail
As Pearce may face another repurposing, AISD gets excited about single-sex schools
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Suburban Nightmare
PromiseLand West amphitheatre plans drown out neighborhood opposition
BY AMY SMITH
Beside the Point: We Love Us!
Just ask anybody – Austinites approve of Austin
BY MICHAEL KING
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Civic events calendar, Nov. 17-22
Headlines
Morton Prosecutor Wrote the Book on Crime
Judge Ken Anderson as a prosecutor leapt to judgment on Morton
BY JORDAN SMITH
Formula One on the Brink?
Work stopped while F1 factions feud
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Rick Perry Death Watch
Another Execution for Texas
BY JORDAN SMITH
Hancock Not Up to PAR(D)
The Community Engagement Process has begun
BY NICK BARBARO
Tire Slasher Convicts Himself
Determined to defend himself, the Hyde Park tire slasher gets 10 years
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Perry's Poll Dance
Our governor's free fall is almost too painful to watch
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Victory for Vincent in APA Election
Vincent wins in 554-345 vote
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
The hype about border violence is a big political lie
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Sipping From the Spigot, Vol. 2
The second Great Boxed-Wine Challenge, plus a very important lesson
BY WES MARSHALL
Beer Flights
Local brews make good
BY LEE NICHOLS
Food-o-File
A German street-food fave makes its way to Austin
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Feed yourself and your community with these foodie events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Lavaca Teppan
This new Lavaca Street restaurant specializes in fresh, uncomplicated food
2011 Thanksgiving Feasts Around Town
music
Like a Hurricane
Harnessing Lauren Larson's live hurricane on Ume's new Phantoms
BY DOUG FREEMAN
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Lives Well Spent
Life cycles of those who sold their souls for music
BY MARGARET MOSER
Texas Platters
Charanga Cakewalk
El Brown Recluse
Flesh Lights
Muscle Pop
Muchos Backflips!
Curtains I Tell You
The Pheromoans
Bar-Rock
Palit
Popt
Rick Broussard's Two Hoots & a Holler
Come and Take It
Graham Weber
Women
Will Sexton
Move the Balance
screens
Game Changer
How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Making Love and War
Love is a battlefield in the comedies of remarriage
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
To Preserve and Project
Moving image archivists in action
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
Happy Feet Two
Some penguins march; these animated penguins dance – and sing – just like they did the last time around, only with a little less novelty.
Immortals
There's lots of numbingly choreographed chaos and lascivious bloodletting in this megabudget picture about the Greek gods by the visual stylist Tarsem Singh.
Into the Abyss
In his latest documentary, Werner Herzog tackles the subject of the death penalty in Texas.
Jack and Jill
Two Adam Sandlers for the price of one? And Al Pacino?! It's still not worth it.
Melancholia
Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier brings his vision of human annihilation to the screen in this visually stunning and thematically rich film.
Rockstar
A young man in Delhi dreams of becoming a rock idol but meets only ridicule in this Bollywood film and seeks to correct the problem.
arts & culture
EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR PREVIEW
All Over Creation: For Those Who Took Us In
Raising a glass to the generation that gave us a place in this community
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Creative Alliance
Marcy Hoen's work for the ACA has won her the executive director gig permanently
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Playhouse
The theatre company makes a temporary home for itself in an industrial tent
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
360 (round dance)
Steven Dietz's new adaptation of Schnitzler's Reigen is solid and intriguing
'West of East'
This group show boasts striking art worth leaving the Eastside for Hyde Park
A Lie of the Mind
While maybe not Sam Shepard's best, the play has worthwhile material to chew on
columns
Page Two: Fatty and Mabel
On writing and muses in the bright, fresh morning
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3am: Flash Mob Dance Revolution: Part 2
You cannot arrest a population
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
The monster is not a monstrosity. In fact, Your Style Avatar is putting it on his wall.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Nuts: not just for trucks
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Franklin County Museum holds a treasure trove of artifacts and stories
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Dr Pepper was caffeine-free until 1917, and more tasty facts
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: East Austin Studio Tour
East Austin, Saturday, November 19, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
UT Women's Basketball
Ashley Gayle should become school’s all-time block leader this Sunday
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex introduce Paul Dalglish as head coach, and more
