Jason Stout
Volume 31, Number 35
ON THE COVER:
news
Conversations with the candidates
The latest Perry eruption is a characteristically lamentable mash-up of political calculation and fiscal faux conservatism
BY MICHAEL KING
Sullivan is ready to pass the torch ... preferably not to a 'gray-headed anglo'
BY AMY SMITH
Is banning PP from the Women's Health Program unconstitutional?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas will include 26 clinics from DFW to Austin
BY JORDAN SMITH
Activist and arts lover "encouraged us to be as good as we ought to be"
BY AMY SMITH
Tax troubles claim bookstore's LLC license
BY MIKE KANIN
A new UT study shows black high school students in Texas are three times more likely to drop out from a charter system
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
"There's momentum for this project. ... Don't waste that."
BY MIKE KANIN
Campaign for Cisco grows as questions arise about his owner
BY MICHAEL KING
Magistration streamlining and in-car ticket payment would keep officers on the streets, too
BY JORDAN SMITH
Rick Perry's death tally notches another this week
BY JORDAN SMITH
AISD board also adds advisory council to weigh in on employee matters
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bring a pillow and wear your hard hat
BY MICHAEL KING
A new study by Good Jobs First finds some major loopholes in withholding
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Farm-fresh foods for East Austinites
BY KATE THORNBERRY
No more 'happy endings' here, unless you count the Kalamazoo Julep (and we do)
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Updates on local businesses and a good cause
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine, tequila, and whiskey, oh my
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
music
Say Anything savant Max Bemis let goes of his alienation
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Austin Psych Fest and Old Settler's Music Fest headliners Psychograss have more in common than you might think
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Old Settler's Music Festival Day 1
Old Settler's Music Festival Day 2
screens
Richard Linklater and Matthew McConaughey on their true-crime comedy, 'Bernie'
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Nineties auteur Whit Stillman returns with 'Damsels in Distress'
BY LEAH CHURNER
Film at Fusebox Festival
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey star in Richard Linklater's latest film – an East Texas true-crime story with a comic touch.
The Planet Earth filmmakers turn their cameras on an orphaned chimp.
Greta Gerwig stars in Whit Stillman's new film that's full of awkward artifice and – dance.
This French-language dramedy stars Audrey Tatou as a grieving widow who is trying to re-enter the flow of life.
Telugu action film.
This romcom starring Emily Blunt and Jason Segel possesses something rare: rational, relatable adults.
Off-color, bloody, and hilarious, Goon is the best hockey comedy since Slap Shot.
This zombie film from Cuba is a horror comedy that's also filled with political satire.
Whether it's Pirates or Wallace and Gromit or Chicken Run, Aardman's stop-motion animation delivers the goods.
The (Jason) Stathamization of action filmmaking continues with the star's latest.
This romantic comedy is based on comedian Steve Harvey's book, "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man."
Bollywood actor John Abraham steps into the role of producer for this Indian comedy about a prolific sperm donor.
The most expensive film ever produced in Taiwan to date, Warriors of the Rainbow is a sweeping historical epic.
arts & culture
April 25-28, 2012
Beaming down to Fusebox and charging it up are Captain Kirk and the King
BY ROBERT FAIRES
A California nonprofit helps Bastrop recover by making art from fire-damaged materials
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
This aerial adaptation of H.G. Wells is neat, and there's nothing wrong with that
Eight playwrights wrote 10-minute plays, and the audience lived happily ever after
Seven artists journeyed to an Italian monastery to make prints, with sumptuous results
columns
Stephen loves Bettie Naylor so …
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
The Trinity River Audubon Center preserves a portion of what is the longest river entirely within Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Let someone save your life tonight, sugarbear …
BY KATE X MESSER
Mae West, 'lewd and risqué? Oh, please.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
For aeons, child rearing was just a begrudging afterthought, and somehow humanity managed to march forward
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Four fighters put their undefeated records on the line
BY MARK FAGAN
Aztex sign new players, unveil unis, and more
BY NICK BARBARO