Gas, Water, and Trash: No One Rides for Free
Off the Record at Lollapalooza, Surfers Flashbacks, Other Hot Spots
After a Fashion: Opium Sheets and Sailor Jerry at Midnight
• Postmarks • Page Two • Letters at 3AM
Been there done that...: I'm just a visitor, but have done the wife thing.... more...
Mandatory Spay/Neuter Doesn't Work: Although one Austinite can't handle the truth, the fact is... more...
Just Add Students
The new Eastside high school takes shape
Headlines
This week's news with a capital 'N'
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Res Publica
Some good citizenship for your to-do list this week, Aug. 7-13
Enchanted Forest Not Out of the Woods
It could be a year before the forest is all up to code
AISD Scores TAKS Victories
TAKS ratings improve for many AISD schools
Does Austin Need Fixing? Ask Reno.
Animal shelter reform has meant less euthanasia in Reno – why not in Austin?
Committee Approves Bus Fare Hike
Raises approved for all except elderly and disabled passengers
Patterson Lobs Another Christmas Surprise
Public access to Christmas Mountains is still uncertain
Neighbors Protest Proposed Health Clinic
A North Central Austin clinic has neighborhoods up in arms
McCaul Takes GOP Mantra to Gas Station
Austin congressman milking gas price issue
Court Upholds E-Vote Machines
State Dems lose another legal round in eSlate case
State GOP Fears Libertarian Upset
Republicans see the future, and it is the Libertarian Party of Texas!
Reefer Madness
Marijuana Report: Smoke and Mirrors
Developing Stories
Driving CAMPO: An Interview with Kirk Watson
Point Austin: The Cost of Community
The city budget is where Austin decides how to live
City Hall Hustle: Gas, Water, and Trash
No one rides for free
Video: City Hall Hustle
Back in the Dais – The Hustle Gets Clipped
The Hightower Report
Rise of the Rovians; and Bush's Oily Lies
From Burnt Orange to Gold
Austinites go for Olympic glory in Beijing
K.Lear: Straitjacketed Shakespeare
A Denton performance artist straps on a straitjacket to explore madness in Lear
Art Thefts: Ripped Off While You Eat
Someone stole three paintings from a local deli and may be behind a rash of similar robberies
KidsActing: The Young Ones Take Center Stage
The space known as Arts on Real gets a new name and becomes a theatre of, by, and for kids
Arts Reviews
Bat Boy: The Musical
Weekly World News' favorite cover boy is alive and well in Summer Stock Austin's energetic show
The Taming of the Shrew
City Theatre honors Shrew's fun, wild, lusty world while putting Kate and Petruchio in a burger joint
The Deep End
A refreshing, loving look at summer culture from photographer Will van Overbeek and watercolorist Melissa Grimes
Readings
Three New Books Chart the Evolution of Man's Mind
Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind; Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet; Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
News Bulletin
The FDA and CDC announced that tomatoes are safe, but continue to avoid jalapeños and serranos from Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas
DVD Review
José Andrés provides culinary adventure in this PBS series
Book Review
Eduardo Machado shares his experience as a Cuban exile, complete with recipes, in Tastes Like Cuba
Food-o-File
Hatch chiles weather the storm, Jane King leaves Central Market for Patricia's Lunchbox, Bill Norris of Fino heads to Queensland with his Bee Sting, and Bennigan's lives on while Ararat goes nomadic
Event Menu
Aug. 9-17
Restaurant Reviews
Roy's
Seafood lovers will find comfort in dishes from Executive Chef Lawrence Kocurek and Roy's Classics
The Amsterdam Cafe
The Amsterdam is comfortable, informal, and friendly in the laid-back way that has always been Austin's hallmark
Postmarks
Letters to the editor, updated daily
Page Two: Other Shoes, Other Feet
Republicans blame it all on the Democrats, while outraged activists flirt with censorship
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar deems it OK to go without the NYC scarves for the summer, and it's hard not to remember a guy whose art is all over you
Day Trips
Take the short trek south on I-35 to the San Antonio missions for a fun day trip
Playing Through
The air sex competition at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz last week featured something that should be inherent in all sporting events, serious fun
Soccer Watch Online
News and scores from the U.S. and abroad
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
David Hasselhoff a Young Snapper, 'Hanma' for Hummer, and more
Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.
The Common Law
Moving Somewhere New? Your Lease Terms Are Important.
The Luv Doc Recommends
A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar
Cine Joven Sin Fronteras
Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera
Art, Stunt, or Punk?
James Marsh on his dizzying documentary 'Man on Wire'
Send Your Cheek Swab to Space
A new promotional contest for 'Tabula Rasa' sounds like the stuff of science fiction
TV Eye
An Interactive Olympics
Film Reviews
• Brideshead Revisited
Chac-Mool
Sitting with accordion king Steve Jordan
Off the Record
Music news
Texas Platters
Centro-matic/South San Gabriel
Dual Hawks
The Roy Hargrove Quintet
Earfood
McPullish
Back to Mount Zion Riddim
Southpaw Jones
Cruelty
Adam Ahrens
Fond du Lac
deEP end
Mas Cultura!, Maneja Beto, Who Said I Was Running?, The Meat of the Fruit
CD/DVD
Eliminator (Collector's Edition), Live From Texas
The Devil Bat
Lingers Like a Ghost
Yuppie Pricks
Balls.
Steve Earle,
Willie Nelson
Copperhead Road Deluxe Edition, Stardust
The Bellfuries
Palmyra
Jim Stringer & the AM Band
Triskaidekaphilia
Murry Hammond
I Don't Know Where I'm Going but I'm on My Way
Harold Ambler
Carousel
Back Porch Mary
Time of the Broken Heart
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