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Austin Energy Wins Round One
Austin Energy fends off rate case with only minor loss
BY MIKE KANIN
Point Austin: Instrumental Incentives
The National Instruments deal provides a model for economic development
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Hotel Hypocrite
Developer wants to cancel wage agreement but keep incentives
BY AMY SMITH
Civics 101
Headlines
LegeLines
Quote of the Week
The Taco PUD
Zilker neighbors have beef with condo tower
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Council: Get Your Motors Running
National Instruments incentives, Rainey Street, and more ...
BY MICHAEL KING
SXSWedu: Diverse But Optimistic Viewpoints
What's the secret to fixing a broken system?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Two Austin Churches Move Toward Inclusion
First United Methodist and St. David's Episcopal move towards LGBT inclusion
BY BRANDON WATSON
Levy and EMS Union in Email Throwdown
EMS union leader calls for Mike Levy's resignation from city panel
BY JORDAN SMITH
Death Watch: Fifth Circuit Spanks CCA, Prosecutors
Appeals court reverses death penalty
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report: Let's adopt the GOP's national platform
Collective bargaining? UN support? Is this the same GOP?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Veggie Tales
A roundup of Austin's best spots for plant-based dining
BY JESSI CAPE
Food-O-File
Local restaurant news never stops
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
March 8-14
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Fresh Off the Tempeh Truck
A roundup of Austin's best food trailers for plant-based dining
BY MELANIE HAUPT
SXSW 2013 INTERACTIVE
Hacking Food
Weight management and Big Food are on the menu for food and health-related panels at SXSW Interactive
BY JESSI CAPE
To Your Health!
Food panels at SXSW Interactive
BY MELANIE HAUPT
music
Bright Lights, Big City
At the crossroads of the Austin Music Awards.
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Playback: Blood in the Water
Headliners avalanche SXSW a week out from the music fest
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Tuesday's Gone
On your marks, get set, Tuesday SXSW showcases!
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
screens
SXSW 2013 INTERACTIVE
Get Your Game Face On
SXSW Gaming Expo opens Palmer to the public this year
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Invaluable Information
Technology, privacy, hacking, and legislating in the new Digital Age
BY JON LEBKOWSKY
You Got Your Interwebs in My Idiot Tube
Studying WWE's playbook for social TV domination
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning
Heath care: an oral future
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Beyond the Final Frontier
Entering the new age of spaceflight with some unconventional leaders
BY JOEY KEETON
What's New on the Social Web
Keeping up in the world of Tumblr and Reddit and Facebook and more
BY DAN SOLOMON
Ouya: The People's Gaming Console
Could Julie Uhrman's Kickstarted project be the innovation the gaming industry was waiting for?
BY SEAN CAREY
Getting in the Game
Oculus Rift prototypes are coming to the SXSW Gaming Expo
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Unicorn Booty's New Dish
Popular LGBTQ blog expands to brick-and-mortar restaurant
BY KATE X MESSER
Swissmissing in Action
Heart Tina Roth Eisenberg? Wear it on your sleeve.
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The 2-D Stand-Up
Matthew Inman is The Oatmeal
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Star Reporter
Rachel Maddow blazes her first trail to SXSW
BY AMY SMITH
The Revolution Will Be Printed in 3-D
Great hope or so much hype?
BY JEFF WINKLER
Smarty Pants
What's next in tech-enhanced fashion
BY AMY GENTRY
Drawing Fire
Political cartoonist Ted Rall on war reporting in Afghanistan and the new media battleground
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Know Thyself ... and Then Log On?
Online dating as existential crisis
BY ASHLEY MORENO
SXSW 2013 FILM
Gettin' Busy
The South by Southwest Film Festival means everybody has a full plate
BY MONICA RIESE
Home Movie
Joss Whedon follows 'Avengers' with a Shakespearean labor of love filmed at his house
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Kathleen Hanna Kills It
'The Punk Singer' turns up the volume on Riot Grrrl pioneer's passion, politics, and devastating illness
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
South By So Much Punk
Pussy Riot, 'The Punk Syndrome,' and – count 'em – two docs about Green Day: Yep, punk is having a moment in the movies
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Queer Culture From the 1970s to 70
Three documentaries highlight a generation of gay icons
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Yen Tan's 'Pit Stop' finds humanity in transaction
BY BRANDON WATSON
Play Along With Busy Actor Bingo
Mark a tile once you've seen the actor in at least two films
BY MONICA RIESE
Air Sex in the Name of Love
Bryan Poyser's 'The Bounceback' strives to strike a balance between comedy and emotion
BY DAN SOLOMON
Around the World in Eight Films
Cultural snapshots give viewers something to write home about
BY JESSI CAPE
Traveling Road Show
Archivist Rick Prelinger debuts an interactive ode to America in moving pictures
BY LEAH CHURNER
Celluloid Icons
The larger-than-life John Milius and the enigmatic, introverted Harry Dean Stanton come into focus
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
You're Next, AJ Bowen
Local actor shares his SXSW with a teen rom-com and a brutal thriller
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Liberty and Justice
Michael Morton tells Al Reinert his story of wrongful conviction and 25 years behind bars
BY JORDAN SMITH
What Goes Around ...
With 'Some Girl(s)', Neil LaBute circles back from stage to screen
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Nerd Wars
'Zero Charisma' and the social costs of geekdom
BY DAN SOLOMON
Lovely Freda Responds Discreetly
The Beatles' longtime secretary takes center stage
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Film Reviews
The Attacks of 26/11
This Bollywood drama is based on the events of Nov. 26, 2008, when Pakistani terrorists attacked numerous Mumbai locations.
Emperor
Tommy Lee Jones is Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Matthew Fox his adviser in this historical drama set in postwar Japan in which the general must decide the fate of the Japanese emperor.
Greedy Lying Bastards
The greedy lying bastards are those responsible for destroying our planet's climate, and this documentary is naming names.
The Last Exorcism: Part II
In this sequel, the devil follows the same girl from the backwoods to New Orleans; sadly this follow-up has none of the smarts of its predecessor.
Lore
A German girl at the end of World War II leads her four siblings to safety while also confronting a world more complex than her Nazi upbringing equipped her for.
Oz the Great and Powerful
Neither a besmirching nor a instant classic, this sometimes clunky prequel in which James Franco plays the Wizard when he was a mere, young huckster also has Sam Raimi's ravishing visuals.
21 & Over
Some clever moments rescue this fall-down-drunk comedy from its baser instincts.
arts & culture
Double the Funny
With new venues and showcases, SXSW Comedy keeps giving Austin more to laugh about
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Arts Reviews
Intimate Apparel
The loneliness of an African-American seamstress in 1905 is staged with powerful honesty by UT
Othello
With a gripping turn by Andrew Bosworth, this City Theatre production of Shakespeare's tragedy belongs to Iago
Wendy Wagner: Look to the Left
Wendy Wagner's cartoonish world celebrates escapism from the doom of cancer to a world of positivity
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Yolanda Kondonassis joins ASO to show there's much more to harps than angel strumming
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
'The Girl With Time in Her Eyes'
Hidden Room Theatre lets SXSW Interactive play with time travel
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Mary Margaret Farabee: In Memoriam
Remembering the Texas Book Festival co-founder and Austin Arts Hall of Famer
BY ROBERT FAIRES
columns
Letters at 3am: Doppelgängers
Across generations and geography, doppelgängers emerge
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion: Granted
Stephen put his heart on the line and has peace to show for it
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Welcome to the GAYTX
It's heeeeere: The throng, the buzz, the madness, the Maddow.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Botanical garden provides unimpaired view of nature
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: To Band or Not to Band?
Yes, you can do SXSW totally commando
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Texas Baseball
The sluggish Horns host Santa Barbara and Oral Roberts
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Dynamo dominate first leg of CONCACAF Champions League, and more.
BY NICK BARBARO
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