Volume 30, Number 3
ON THE COVER:
news
State Board of Ed races highlight educational tensions
BY LEE NICHOLS
City considers outsourcing all animal adoption programs
BY MICHAEL KING
Council tweaks the minor numbers on the FY 2011 budget
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Citizens' calendar, Sept. 16-23
How will Texas schools fare without federal education money?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Forensic Science Commission to make final decision on whether faulty science was used in Willingham investigation
BY JORDAN SMITH
Are pedicab regulations out of touch?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Budget cuts target Cap Metro's most vulnerable riders
BY LEE NICHOLS
At least the comptroller likes you, Cap Metro
BY LEE NICHOLS
Staying dry would be easier without the extra heat
BY AMY SMITH
Chickens Come Home To Roost; and Cut Congress, Not Food Stamps
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Apples, Hatch chiles, ice cream, and so much more to sink your teeth into
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Moveable feasts and roving wine tours
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
This week, it's tripel the good news
BY LEE NICHOLS
Food Reviews
Jeffrey's half-price happy hour menu is a great way to introduce yourself to this West Austin bastion of fine dining
Chef Daniel Hunt's revamped menu offers surprising, transcendent flavors
Food Reviews
Jeffrey's half-price happy hour menu is a great way to introduce yourself to this West Austin bastion of fine dining
Chef Daniel Hunt's revamped menu offers surprising, transcendent flavors
The sweetest little bar in town serves up classic cocktails
The old Whisky Bar location has a ritzy replacement
music
Meet the Pixies
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Forsaking the Song, the final chapter
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Phosphene Dream
Burning the Day
Against Love
Acronyms
Calm Down
Celestial Navigation
Live at the Saxon Pub
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round
Sounds of the Desert
Get Ready for the Beaumonts
screens
Social media sends one man on a tailspin in Catfish
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Two fall shows bring it on home
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Women inmates find redemption in the doc Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
FX's new drama Terriers is another entry in the growing male-bonding genre
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
This "reality thriller" is a sour cautionary tale about social media.
The Scarlet Letter is refitted for the app age in this winning high school comedy.
This 3-D continuation of the video-game-to-movie series sees the virus spread.
An engaging doc about the Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo.
Ben Affleck directs, co-writes, and stars in this gripping action-drama about bank robbers.
A joint India-Pakistan musical production about opposites attracting.
arts & culture
For the artists of Okay Mountain, it was a very good year
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The master hoofer isn't getting older; he's getting more nonchalant
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The plays Ruined and Middletown take the new national playwriting award
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The city helps artists plan, and a writers' organization edits its own name
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
A gay elementary school love story with palpable resonance for everyone
Shakespeare's last play is ably acted, but the staging lacks heart
No showdown shows up, but Stephanie Keeton shares the thrill of the dancing body
columns
New media, same old story
BY LOUIS BLACK
Like God on the seventh day, Your Style Avatar deserves a rest after schmoozing with Carson Kressley
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
The overwhelment of LGBTQ Austin
BY KATE X MESSER
The Wonder Cave has the unique quality of being the only show cave in Texas created by an earthquake
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Zilker Park, Sunday, September 19, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Boxing, wrestling, and Roller Derby are on the card this weekend
BY MARK FAGAN
Aztex on the road; Champions League, here and across the pond
BY NICK BARBARO
Cowboys fall flat, Texans dominate Colts
BY MARK FAGAN