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news
One Man's SXSW ... Times 4
Our intrepid correspondent wanders through all four Festivals – and lives to write about it
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Occupying Occupy
APD undercover debacle embarrassed itself, and Austin
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Fight or Flight
Council tries to find balance between developers, enviros, and the Lege
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Civics 101
Quote of the Week
Wrangling Over Housing Tax Credits
Travis County Commissioners to revisit a housing finance scheme
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Lege Lines
School financing, school accountability, beer, redistricting, and more
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Women's Coalition Wins Fed Health Funding
Group says it can serve a greater number of women with the available funds
BY JORDAN SMITH
Council: Everything Old Is New Again
Council considers the East Riverside Corridor, Downtown Austin, and Barton Springs
BY MICHAEL KING
Execution Assembly Line Gets Rolling
12 executions are currently scheduled through July
BY JORDAN SMITH
New Documents Contradict Regnerus' Claims on Gay Parenting Study
Emails reveal close collaboration between Regnerus and Witherspoon Institute
BY BRANDON WATSON
Hightower Report: DHS: Bullish on bullets
DHS stockpiles enough bullets for a 20-year war
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Place to Taste
How Austin Eastciders and Argus Cidery hope on-site tasting rooms will bring the cider community together
BY MARGARET SHUGART
I O Ranch Lamb
Former cattle man Jeff Ruyle on why he made the switch to sheep
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-O-File
Virginia's got meat on her mind
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
This book on American wine is accurate, insightful, and on target
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Russian House
Nightclub meets little-old-lady quaint at the delicious, ambitious Russian House
music
The Prodigy & the Prodigal
Sons of the Fathers Beck & Cauthen ally beyond neo-Americana
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Playback: G.O.A.T. Goes Viral
The God of All Texas might get your G.O.A.T.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Mondo's Big Picture
Gallery's huge success belies the company's humble beginnings, but like the art within, you have to see it up close
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
So 'Wrong,' but So Right
Quentin Dupieux on plots, puzzles, and police
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Straight to (Digital) Video
Devolver Digital Films focuses on new avenues to viewers
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Himmatwala
In this Bollywood action romance, a son returns to his village to avenge his father's shame – but things get complicated.
Language of a Broken Heart
Actor/writer/co-producer Juddy Talt fashions a tale about a romance writer who's unlucky in love, and filmed it largely in Dallas.
No
Gael García Bernal stars in this lo-fi drama about the role advertising played in the ouster of the Chilean despot, General Pinochet.
Wrong
Quentin Dupieux, the director of Rubber, is back with another film brimming with encounters with the bizarre and surreal.
arts & culture
Mother-Daughter Dance
Anuradha Naimpally and Purna Bajekal are of two generations, but they share one timeless tradition
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Texas Young Composers Concert
For the third time, the Austin Symphony gives Texas composers under 18 a chance to be heard
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Mad Beat Hip & Gone
Playwright Steven Dietz takes Austin on the road with Kerouac and Cassady – sort of
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Funniest Person in Austin 2013
Cap City Comedy Club launches its biggest joke-slinging competition yet on the funniest day of the year
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
'Sonya Berg'
In her show at Tiny Park Gallery, Berg's painted-over photographic collages vividly, beautifully, redefine art
The Elementals: Earth
Vortex Repertory Company's ritualistic celebration of earth may make you want to dig your toes into the dirt
Slowgirl
Hyde Park Theatre transports us to Costa Rica's jungle for an awkward but affecting meeting of uncle and niece
columns
Gay Place: Two-Party Parties
Look for political party parties toward the end of the week
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion: Entertainers
What's between DIFFA and Austin Fashion Week? Your Style Avatar
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Pageant revived after 10 year hiatus
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Got Filth?
The LuvDoc offers up solid advice for planners
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Texas Rollergirls
It's a flat-track Roller Derby doubleheader
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Soccer Watch
Extreme conditions for U.S. soccer matches
BY NICK BARBARO
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