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Off the Record: Fire and Rain

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City Hall Hustle: So How Was Your Vacation?

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Break Some Off: The Virgin w/ 10,000 Arrows

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Knives Out: Saturday night's alright for sharpening

The Daily Hustle: 7/29/10 (Updated): Council meets today

Got the Dog in Me: David Kimbrough, Jr., in the name of the father

This Week's Waste of Time: Video-game innovation, free of charge and on your browser

Democracy Incorporated

Writer Ed Burns on education, totalitarianism, and the possibility of community

Point Austin: Deciding What To Settle For

City Council poised to prolong the Sanders / Quintana agony

City Hall Hustle: So How was Your Vacation?

Council comes home to the budget, the Sanders debate, and plenty more

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Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, July 29-Aug. 5

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

City Budget: Scrubbed and Squeaky Clean

The budget gets balanced, saved by the sales tax – and some scrubbing

Campaign Cash: Who's in the Money?

Some war chests are full; some are empty

WDP, Labor Department Form Partnership for Workers

New alliance aims to improve working conditions in Texas

Ordinance Targets Demolitions Posing as 'Remodels'

Remodeling projects must fit narrower definition

Who to Blame for Faulty Fire Science?

Will Forensic Science Commission let Fire Marshal's Office off the hook for flawed science?

Formula One Moves on to Step Two

Formula One reveals location, money man

Watson Takes Cap Metro Wheel

New CEO's first order of business is to clean up transit agency's image

So Long, Austin CarShare

Austin's original car-sharing program skids to a stop

Climate Change Crosses County Lines

Study predicts how climate change will affect Texas' future water needs

The Hightower Report

Surprise! The People Speak.; and Superbugs Go Agro

The Round Rock Express

Avoid long concession-stand lines with the Bypass Lane

Soccer Watch

Aztex host Miami with a lot on the line, and more

'Early Girl'

Paladin Theatre Company gives women a chance in the spotlight

The Dionysium

A metaphysical grudge match to settle the question: Do ideas exist independently?

Austin Chamber Music Festival 2010

There's no better way to get to know a musician than chamber music

Arts Reviews

Everybody's Talking at You

Austin's reading series scene is booking good

Have Pen, Will Travel

A tale of two cities, Italian-style

Restaurant Review

Somnio's delicious local cuisine vacillates between homestyle and chef-inspired

Event Menu

Slow money now, wine-pairing dinners later

Food-o-File

More local frozen yogurt, the city's Restaurant Recyclers, gluten-free in Mama Fu's Asian House, more East Austin trailer dining, and other foodie news

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Letters to the editor, updated daily

Page Two: By Vote or by Violence

How will naysayers and protesters 'take back the country'? And from whom?

Letters at 3AM: For All Reasons

Terry Allen's music reflects the Lubbock mindset

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar narrowly escapes a poke in the eye by ... something, while wearing faux faux Versace

Gay Place

I'm From Driftwood wants to know where you're from

Day Trips

The Real Ale brewery tour in Blanco is a beer lover's dream come true

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Spices, typography, and more

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Got a question? He's got the answer.

The Luv Doc Recommends

A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar

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Into the Valley of Death, and Back Out Again

Filmmaker and war photographer Tim Hetherington talks about his yearlong embed in Afghanistan

Bringing the Funny
The Funniest Filmmaker(s) in Austin crowned

Aural Education

John Pierson's Master Class airs on KUT

DVD Watch

The Only Son & There Was a Father

Two early films from Yasujiro Ozu

TV Eye

American Idol hosts Austin auditions, Geeks Who Drink toast The Simpsons, and more

Film Reviews

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore starhalfstar
Charlie St. Cloud starstar
Countdown to Zero starstarstar
Dinner for Schmucks
The Killer Inside Me starstar
Ramona and Beezus starstarstarhalfstar
Restrepo starstarstarstar
71: Into the Fire

Found in the Ground

Mother Falcon takes flight – past Paganini

Off the Record

UT and KUT's communications about the Cactus Cafe remain off-grid, while David Kimbrough Jr. reinstates his late father's legacy at TC's, and Alejandro Escovedo goes viral from the Stone Pony in Asbury Park

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