Hotel Vegas
Jana Birchum
news
Sixth Sense
Neighbors, business owners, and the city are all searching for the future of East Sixth Street
BY MIKE KANIN
Point Austin: Dick Brown's Hermit Crabs
The outcries of HURF should make Austinites hurl
BY MICHAEL KING
Quote of the Week
Then There's This: Utilities or Food?
The poor get poorer as electric and water rates rise
BY AMY SMITH
Civics 101
Headlines
A 3-D Race for the Bench
Three Dems vying for high-profile felony court
BY JORDAN SMITH
Not the Brightest STAAR
Under pressure from lawmakers, education commissioner defers 15% grading system
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Dissecting the Science of Death
1998 murder case will get a scientific examination
BY JORDAN SMITH
Rick Perry Death Watch
Governor goes two for two this week
BY JORDAN SMITH
Paper Towel Choking Case Back in Appeals Court
Briefs filed for and against a new trial
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Charter, the Devil, and the Details
Charter Revision Committee sends its recommendations to City Council
BY MICHAEL KING
AISD Board Postpones Union Vote
Trustees report almost $100 million in district savings by working with Education Austin
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Police Chief Goes on the Offensive
Acevedo called Henson a "liar" to the Statesman
BY JORDAN SMITH
Hightower Report: The Pampered Patient
Perverting health care into a luxury commodity
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
That Takes the Cake
Austin cake artists strut their stuff at national show
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Hoover Alexander and the Soular Food Garden
A whole new take on soul food
BY MM PACK
Food-o-File
Keep the state from taking a bite from cottage pies and cakes
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
You could keep Mardis Gras going for a week with this smorgasbord
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Bistrot Mirabelle
Cozy French classics
music
Kickstart My Heart
Austin is one of 10 cities featured prominently on online fundraising platform Kickstarter
BY ADAM SCHRAGIN
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: I Got a Line on You
Of poles and polls
BY MARGARET MOSER
Phases & Stages
Leonard Cohen
Old Ideas
various artists
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan
Van Halen
A Different Kind of Truth
screens
Confessions of a Mind on Overdrive
Troy Dillinger has so much to give
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Domestic Terrorists? Or Activist-Acolytes Led Astray by a Mentor?
Documentary 'Better This World' ponders the endless shades of gray
BY MARC SAVLOV
Screens Reviews
Vanya on 42nd Street
This 1994 film captures an alchemical moment of New York theatre lore, a prolonged experiment in Chekhov
Film Reviews
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Nicolas Cage rides again.
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Angelina Jolie steps behind the camera to helm this picture she also wrote, which focuses on the emotional fallout of the Bosnian War.
Rampart
Woody Harrelson reunites with the director of The Messenger to create this portrait of a very dirty cop.
The Secret World of Arrietty
This new animated film from Japan's Studio Ghibli is based on The Borrowers, a story about 4-inch-tall people who live undetected among their human hosts.
arts & culture
Knot a Secret
After 17 years, playwright Hank Schwemmer is finally getting seen
BY ROBERT FAIRES
All Over Creation: Dispatch From the New Theatre Front
Four new UTNT dramas prove you can't go home again
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Scottish Rite Theatre
New manager Emily Marks is thinking outside the temple
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Crucible
St. Ed's stages a chilling version of Arthur Miller's indictment of McCarthyism
Civilization (All You Can Eat)
Jason Grote's play comes off as fuzzy, especially in the half-light of SVT's staging
'Jamie Panzer: Bullshit Detector'
Panzer's tetrahedons are no bull
columns
Page Two: To Start, To Stop, and To Start Again
Dear reader, the day is yours
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: These American Dreams
Steve Erickson's novel 'These Dreams of You' is a profound and hilarious salute to family values and America
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Tyler is back from Afganistan and Stephen cannot get his CO to obey orders
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Show Us Your ...
Oh, the wheels are turning toward a very gay South By …
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Liberty Bar in San Antonio makes for a special dining experience whether for breakfast, lunch, or dinner
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Nudes no more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Toftation Island
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
UT Baseball
UT baseball makes a brief stop at DFF during an early season road trip
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Austin Aztex release 2012 schedule, and more
