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Inexplicable Fantasy Romances for the Harried Modern Gal 101 is a more fitting title for this shameless mediocrity.

Trail of Dead introduces their new epic release to the world

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

Our readers talk back.

The 'death-care' giant and its state nemesis are now on the same side

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

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The trick in staging Romeo and Juliet has ever been keeping the suspense in the second half that the first half never really needs, and the Austin Shakespeare Festival almost manages it

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Albert & Gage's Christine Albert ruminates on five years of Wednesdays at Donn's Depot.

A partial roll call of people who died in 2003.

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

UT composer Dan Welcher commemorates JFK: The Voice of Peace 40 years after the President's scheduled visit to Austin.

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé join the church choir.

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

Stanley Crawford's new book, The River in Winter: New and Selected Essays, reminds us that we must all do our part.

A tragedy at Reagan High School evokes a mother's courageous response.

Nina Nastasia bewitches.

More on the Antone's merger, the noise ordinance, and finally, Abra Moore.

Our readers talk back.

Chatting with the Gourds' rabid online fan base, family through thick and BAD.

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

In Kirk Smith's stage adaptation of Moby Dick, language comes forth in great waves, in storms of words, soaking our brains with images of the sea, of a white whale, and of a mad captain's pursuit of it, and while the Vortex Repertory Company Summer Youth Theatre production may not always convey every nuance of every line, it does communicate the feel of a life at sea, danger and dread, and the roles played by Destiny and Death.

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of The Laramie Project retells the story of Matthew Shepard's murder in a compelling, heartfelt way, but it also tells a town's story and gives us the opportunity to see our town in its reflection.

Excerpts from Refugees in Our Land by Muna Hamzeh