features

GREEN CRUSH!
- Green Crush!
  
  A random sampling of our enviro-faves
  
  BY NORA ANKRUM
- Head of the Class
  
  Brandi Clark's groundbreaking works of staggering green-ness
  
  BY KATHRYN O'SHIELDS
- Rocking the Bottom Line
  
  Chris Searles lays down the beat for a sustainable local economy
  
  BY NORA ANKRUM
- He's a Rebel!
  
  The Rhizome Collective's Scott Kellogg
  
  BY SOFIA RESNICK
- Deliciously Ambitious
  
  Progress Coffee's Joshua Bingaman
  
  BY SOFIA RESNICK
- Slumber Party!
  
  Natalie Marquis brings the green to Habitat Suites
  
  BY DARCIE STEVENS
- Dream a Little Dream
  
  Randy Jewart reaches for the sustainable culture stars
  
  BY NORA ANKRUM
- The Outdoorsy Type
  
  Scott Johnson wants to see you with an electric lawn mower – and he's got the hookup
  
  BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
- Soul Train
  
  Texas Impact's Bee Moorhead keeps the faith
  
  BY NORA ANKRUM
- So Many Crushes, So Little Time
  
  More greenies to love
  
  BY KATHRYN O'SHIELDS

news

CLIMATE PROTECTION
- Cool Austin, Cool Planet
  
  This Earth Day, the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan celebrates a first year of slow, quiet, but impressive progress
  
  BY KATHERINE GREGOR
- Austin Climate Protection Plan Year One Highlights
  
  A progress report on Austin's war on global warming
- The Local Politics of Climate Protection
  
  Q&A with Will Wynn on his efforts to fight global warming
  
  BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Retired Teachers Preach the Gospel of Green

Won't you be my green neighbor?

BY JAMES SCOTT BANKSTON
Where You Can Stick Your Styrofoam

Cycled Plastics takes those recyclables that nobody else wants

BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Yogurt Shop Murder

New evidence could hobble state's murder case

BY JORDAN SMITH
Villa Muse

Villa Muse still weighing its options

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
An Industry Perspective

Would Villa Muse revive Texas film industry? Not necessarily.

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Election News
Fundraising Haul: Leffingwell, Shade and Galindo Clean Up

BY LEE NICHOLS
Complaint Filed Against Meeker

BY LEE NICHOLS
Upcoming Candidate Forums
Will Candidates Fight the Good Fight?

BY LEE NICHOLS
Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Rise of the Bikes

Austin pedaling hard toward mobility improvements

BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Happenings

April 17-24
@ Newsdesk

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Christmastime for Big Bend

New easement allows Big Bend visitors into Christmas Mountains Ranch

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Texas Pregnancy Care Network Proves Unimpressive

Report shows Alternatives to Abortion program to be expensive, inefficient

BY JORDAN SMITH
Beside the Point

An election year brings out the best in River City politics

BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report

A CEO Perk for Perks; Why Not 'Drink Local'?

BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

Opal's Goes Green

Owner Michael Parker does the right thing

BY WES MARSHALL
Gardens Build Community

The Sustainable Food Center digs community gardens

BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File

Four days of wining and dining with the best

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu

April 18-20

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews

Dim Sum at Chinatown, and Gypsy Italian Bistro

music

OLD SETTLER'S MUSIC FESTIVAL
- Sad Songs Say So Much
  
  Old Settler's Fest headliner and soul survivor Bettye LaVette loves country but the bad old days not so much
  
  BY THOMAS FAWCETT
- Old Settler's Music Festival Preview
  
  Bluebonnets and bluegrass: the Old Settler's Music Festival, still picking, still grinning
- The Waybacks Reviewed
  
  Loaded
  
  BY JIM CALIGIURI
- Bearfoot Reviewed
  
  Follow Me
  
  BY DOUG FREEMAN
Off the Record

Hayes Carll searches for Ooga Kabooga Juice, Alejandro Escovedo finds a friend in Houston, and introducing the lineup for the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival

BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters

screens

The Serious Play in Saving the World

Gaming gets on the sustainability bandwagon

BY JON LEBKOWSKY
You Do It to Yourself, and That's What Really Hurts

Humans wreak havoc on Mother Earth, one disaster movie at a time
TV Eye

What to Watch on Earth Day

BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews

Dark Matter, The First Saturday in May, The Forbidden Kingdom, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Prom Night, Street Kings, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, Young@Heart, and Zombie Strippers

the arts

Growing Pains

Rapidly expanding Austin Green Art works to sustain its mission and identity

BY NIKKI MOORE
Austin Lyric Opera: 'Carmen' glee-a

ALO makes its long-awaited move into the Long Center with opera's favorite libertine

BY MICHAEL KELLERMAN
In Memoriam: Francis Hodge

The man who wrote the book on directing plays and was an influential teacher at UT has passed on

BY ROBERT FAIRES
ProArts/ACC: A legendary deal where roads cross

The community college and community organization team again to tell the tale of bluesman Robert Johnson

BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews

On the Town, Assassins, and Erin Cone: New Paintings

columns

Page Two: Humanity in Its Habitat

As part of the natural world, we can be neither celebrated nor condemned

BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion

There's always room at the inn for Stephen

BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips

The Odessa Meteor Crater is the site of a serious intergalactic impact

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through

If one were to design an Olympic miler, 15-year-old Chelsey Sveinsson would be the result

BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Panama hats originated in Ecuador, Winnie the Pooh's real name, and more

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law

Every dog gets one bite?

BY LUKE ELLIS

The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones

Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch

Postmarks

Letters to the editor, published daily

books

Book of the Stars, Stars of the Books

The 2008 Nebula Awards ceremony comes to Austin

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

sports

Soccer Watch

U.S. women beat Canada, high school state championships, and more

BY NICK BARBARO

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GREEN CRUSH!

BY NORA ANKRUM

BY KATHRYN O'SHIELDS

BY NORA ANKRUM

BY SOFIA RESNICK

BY SOFIA RESNICK

BY DARCIE STEVENS

BY NORA ANKRUM

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

BY NORA ANKRUM

BY KATHRYN O'SHIELDS

CLIMATE PROTECTION

BY KATHERINE GREGOR

BY KATHERINE GREGOR

BY JAMES SCOTT BANKSTON

BY DANIEL MOTTOLA

BY JORDAN SMITH

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

Election News

BY LEE NICHOLS

BY LEE NICHOLS

BY LEE NICHOLS

BY DANIEL MOTTOLA

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

BY JORDAN SMITH

BY WELLS DUNBAR

BY JIM HIGHTOWER

BY WES MARSHALL

BY KATE THORNBERRY

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

Food Reviews

OLD SETTLER'S MUSIC FESTIVAL

BY THOMAS FAWCETT

BY JIM CALIGIURI

BY DOUG FREEMAN

BY AUSTIN POWELL

Texas Platters

BY JON LEBKOWSKY

BY BELINDA ACOSTA

Film Reviews

BY NIKKI MOORE

BY MICHAEL KELLERMAN

BY ROBERT FAIRES

BY ROBERT FAIRES

Arts Reviews

BY LOUIS BLACK

BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

BY THOMAS HACKETT

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

BY LUKE ELLIS

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

BY NICK BARBARO

Texans Rookie Mini-Camp Report Texans welcome their newest additions

The Changing Face of Mueller A burst of development marks the latest phase of the central city neighborhood

A Second Chance for Drug Dealers on 'The Corner' The Drug Market Intervention project in action

Thinking About Stephen Bruton There’s just no getting over some people

Review: The Great Gatsby A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.

Thinking About Stephen Bruton There’s just no getting over some people

Taste Test Farmers market food sampling bill passes Texas House

Praise the Lloyd Lloyd Maines and the Dixie Chicks hold court for KLRU

East Austin Arts Puts It Into a FRAME This Weekend Big Medium, Co-Lab, Tiny Park, MASS Gallery: Four in Legion

Summer Fun: Season’s Screenings Austin filmmakers pick their favorite summer movies

Summer Fun: Season’s Screenings Austin filmmakers pick their favorite summer movies

Eastside Memorial High School Poem Dedication