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Panhandlers for God
Not all street solicitors are created equal – some owe their souls to the company church
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: More Water Under the Bridge
Reading the political currents flowing through WTP4
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Sounds like a Plan ... of the Plan ... for the Plan, or ...
A budget's work is never done
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, Sept. 24-Oct. 1
Developing Stories: The Norwood Posse Wants You!
Travis Heights neighbors have revived the Norwood House restoration effort – are they too late?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Chamber Raises a Glass to WTP4
WTP4 supporters are a who's who collection of business interests
BY WELLS DUNBAR
A Virgin Walks Into a Civil Rights Debate ...
The State Board of Ed circus is back in town
BY LEE NICHOLS
Smith Prescribes a Spoonful of Tort Reform
Lamar Smith calls for tort reform in the health care bill
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cap Metro Not Budging on Budget
Board hears earful on inaccessible bus stops
BY LEE NICHOLS
MetroRail Watch
How long will we wait for the train?
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Police dropped charges against AISD senior Mamadee Kamara – but that didn't stop the district from acting as judge and jury
BY JORDAN SMITH
Permission to Approach the Bedroom ... er, Bench?
Death row inmate denied retrial, despite evidence of affair between judge and prosecutor
BY JORDAN SMITH
Will Border Crackdown Cause Ranger Drain?
Perry dispatches Texas Rangers to the border
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Media Watch: Animal Stories and Snacking Trends
If you think TV news is quite dumb enough – you have no idea
BY KEVIN BRASS
The Hightower Report
Stimulus Naysayers Cash In; and Arms Wide Open
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Annies: Day & Night
Two very different sides of a popular Downtown eatery
Food-o-File
Food news about town
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Foodie events around town, Sept. 25-Oct. 2
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman's Sweet Journey From Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker
Gesine Bullock-Prado
Casa Maria
After sampling one of Casa Maria's fat, homemade flour tortillas, I began to perceive that looks can be deceiving
music
Of a Lifetime
Gregg Rolie, the voice of classic rock, and originally, Journey
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Gimme shelter: Red Eyed Fly's 10-year anniversary, the Happen-Ins' Southern harmony, and HAAM Benefit Day.
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Monsters of Folk
Monsters of Folk
Big Star
Keep an Eye on the Sky
Monotonix
Where Were You When It Happened?
the Cave Singers
Welcome Joy
Lightning Dust
Infinite Light
the Feelies
Crazy Rhythms, The Good Earth
screens
Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos
The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009
BY MARC SAVLOV
Northern Exposures
Reflections on the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Screens Reviews
TV Eye
What did Tweets tell us about this year's Emmy Awards?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Amreeka
In this delightfully human and sweetly comic ode to the contemporary immigrant experience in a post-9/11 “Amreeka,” a Palestinian mother and son create a world of possibilities.
The Baader Meinhof Complex
This gripping lesson in the recent history of terrorism is an electrifying, morally complex story of the evil that true believers do in the name of the greater good.
Big Fan
In this dark new film from the screenwriter of The Wrestler, a New York Giants fan and regular caller to a sports radio talk show snatches rededication from the jaws of disillusionment.
Bright Star
Jane Campion's achingly immediate yet eternal story about the love between tubercular poet John Keats and the literal girl-next-door, Fanny Brawne. It affords the filmmaker another rich opportunity to scratch beneath the surface of female sexuality.
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
This collegiate coming-of-age comedy is about as exciting as near-beer.
Love Happens
You can probably guess what happens when Aaron Eckhart's widower meets Jennifer Aniston's lovelorn florist.
Wanted
In this Bollywood remake of the 2006 Telugu movie, a mob hit man loses his sangfroid when he falls in love.
What's Your Raashee?
From the Indian director of Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India comes this confection in which a a young man's romantic ideals meet up with reality.
arts & culture
Plan, Be
The citizens who spent years dreaming up CreateAustin are now working to make it real
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The 24 Hour Roman Reconstruction Project
Arthouse creates a cardboard scale model of ancient Rome twixt one midnight and another
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Geppetto Dreams Puppet Company
It's hard out there for a puppet
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Actual Lives
David Dauber on how he came to direct the company defined as 'crip theatre with attitude'
BY HANNAH KENAH
How to Have a SUCCESSFUL Career in Art
D.L. Tolar and Edward Povey lay the foundation for going pro and getting your art seen
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
bobrauschenbergamerica
This theatrical tribute to the artist is a glorious jumble, an exuberant hodgepodge
Rabbit Hole
A fine cast moves briskly and precisely through this wise and touching tale of loss
New Talent
These new artists render visuals so distinctively, they seem like old hands at painting
columns
Page Three: Clear as Water
Simple as 1, 2, 3?
BY NICK BARBARO
Oops!
Letters at 3AM: The Script Needs a Rewrite
Cinema history as it's been commonly taught is just plain wrong
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
It's always a fiesta in Texas, but what is it when your Style Avatar goes to Fiesta Texas?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Around the world in a gay!
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Possum Kingdom State Park is one of the most popular boating and fishing spots in North Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Moonshine, pipes, Frank Zappa, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
New Traffic Laws – Turn Off Cell Phones and Buckle Seat Belts
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Fantastic Fest Michael Jackson Dance Party
The HighBall, Sunday, September 27, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Aztex dispense player awards, UT and St. Ed’s start conference play on the road, and more
