Cheer Up Charlies
Volume 33, Number 7
Issue Supplement
ACL Music Fest Preview
ON THE COVER:
news
From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z
Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: When the Well Runs Dry
While our leaders fiddle a manufactured crisis, the land is burning
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Dog Days of Parks and Rec
Planned changes to off-leash area at Auditorium Shores draws howls
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
Davis Enters Race, Mudslinging Begins
A governor's race with lots of buzz
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
City Council: No Tubes for You!
Tubing, 24-hour bike trails, and zoning on this week's agenda
BY MICHAEL KING
SXSW Eco: Remember the Dinosaurs
Green conference bridges gap between environmental movement and tech scene
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
In Fact Daily Takes a Nonprofit Leap
Politics newsletter hopes to take Texas Tribune model local
BY MICHAEL KING
Feds Take Wind Out of Dread Pirate Roberts' Sails
Ex-Austinite accused of being one of the Internet's biggest crime lords
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Death Watch: One Inmate Gets Reprieve, Another Granted Hearing
Is Larry Hatten sane enough to die?
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
The agonizingly slow pace of a fast-food giant
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
HD 50: How Many Dems Does It Take to Hold a District?
Candidates make final efforts to reach voters
BY CHRISTOPHER HOOKS
food
Cornering the Market
With its second location, Wheatsville expands its cooperative mission
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-O-File
El Chile comes home, Austin Eastciders goes for the gold, and two beloved bakeries shutter
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Oct. 10-17
Food Reviews
Barton Springs Neighborhood Food Court
Eclectic eats at a trailer court close to the ACL action
Blue Ox BBQ
Findings from the big honkin' fire pit in Buzz Mill's backyard
Basic Instincts
While one of the characteristics of umami is subtlety, Umami Mia Pizzeria is anything but
music
Last Day of Summer
White Denim pours 'Corsicana Lemonade'
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
ACL MUSIC FEST
ACL Fest 2013 Preview
Interviews, reviews, and recommendations
Playback: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe at ACL Fest
First weekend of ACL Fest – that's a wrap. Number two starts now.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Patty Griffin
Silver Bell
Phoebe Hunt, Jordan Whitmore, Raina Rose, Cheryl Murdock, Emily Bell
Live at the Cactus Cafe, Consider It Done, Caldera, Late Bloomer, Technicolor
Max Frost
Low High Low
Patrice Pike
The Calling
screens
Deep-Seated Divans and Homo Sectionals
'Don't just sit there!' implores Polari, giving us every reason to
BY KATE X MESSER
Put Down Roots
Austin woman among those to be featured on PBS' 'Genealogy Roadshow'
BY R.U. STEINBERG
Environmental Storytelling
Two SXSW Eco panels, one 'Inconvenient Truth,' and unlimited possibilities for human stories inspiring green change
BY JESSI CAPE
Film Reviews
After Tiller
After the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, what's life like for the 4 remaining doctors who perform late-term abortions in this country?
Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks is at his best in this multidimensional thriller that grabs real life by the throat.
Escape From Tomorrow
Shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World, this surreal drama about a man's mental disintegration at "the happiest place on Earth" lands a spitball in the Mouse's eye.
Grace Unplugged
A talented Christian teen must choose between her faith and superstardom.
Machete Kills
Robert Rodriguez once again unleashes manic, over-the-top mayhem.
Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Bollywood romantic comedy.
Red Wing
Honest, down-home flavor mixes with melodramatic excess in this Texas-made movie produced by Terrence Malick.
Runner Runner
A Princeton student and online gambler gets entangled with the operation's devious mastermind in Costa Rica.
We Are What We Are
This effectively creepy horror story gives new meaning to the family film.
arts & culture
Stages of Death
Life lessons from the mortuary to the theatre
BY ADAM ROBERTS
A Journey Through Hell
Óscar Martínez talks about riding the rails through Mexico to America
BY AMANDA EYRE WARD
'Right There: A Hedonic Map of Pleasure and Pain in Austin, Texas'
Jennifer Chenoweth marks the spots in town where we feel the most feelings
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Head
This intensely personal look at depression and personal demons provides a showcase for Trouble Puppet's builders and puppeteers
Dial 'M' for Murder
This Fifties suspenser shows its age in UT's production, which never quite generates all the suspense it could
Stepping Into Water
Jessica Mathews' exploration of digital and physical realities gains new dimensions in this solo exhibition
columns
Oops!
Gay Place
This week, Polari zhoooshes our town
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Big Tex is back and more fire-resistant than ever
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Hot Babies
What is WRONG with people?!?!?
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
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