Todd V. Wolfson
Volume 31, Number 44
ON THE COVER:
news
Targeting July Fourth and the Capitol, Occupy Austin considers its future
BY ADAM WASCH
Push comes to shove for districting city government – but we might fumble it once again
BY MICHAEL KING
Community clinic gains new status – and a bundle of funds
BY AMY SMITH
Employees will divvy up six-figure settlement
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Dangerous trends in local government
BY NICK BARBARO
Magistrate judge contends that DNA proves Reed's guilt
BY JORDAN SMITH
Lawsuit followed incident that left Byron Carter dead
BY JORDAN SMITH
Council closes spring meetings with a heavy agenda
BY MICHAEL KING
District considers joining already crowded election ballot
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Environmental groups threaten lawsuit over emissions at Fayette
BY NORA ANKRUM
Detention hearing for Amado Pardo set for June 28
BY JORDAN SMITH
Star pitcher falls flat on promises to Rhode Islanders
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Still waiting for rain
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Cast a ballot for your favorite food entrepreneurs
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The Fourth doesn't have to be your only event this coming week
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Picturesque, serene Hill Country spa resort offers fun and educational culinary programs and farm-to-fork dining
music
Ruby Jane's no longer the innocent
BY ADAM SCHRAGIN
Run-ins at Jovita's, thieves in the night at Mohawk, and Lickona's feeds off of 'Austin City Limits'
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Garage Sale
Plague
Resonating Symphony
A Psychological Thriller
Jack Wilson
All Fall Down
Candiland, Naga Valli, Trenton Law, and Groove Think
screens
Lynn Shelton on the creative process behind 'Your Sister's Sister'
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Allez cuisine, with a generous helping of movie culture: Meet Ron Deutsch, Austin's Chef du Cinema
BY MARC SAVLOV
An interactive doc on Barton Springs seeks community involvement
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film Reviews
Steven Soderbergh directs this story about the male strippers of Tampa, whose lead characters are played by Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum.
More Ordinary People Like Us than anything terribly original, this drama starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, and Michelle Pfeiffer still scores some good points along the way.
Mark Wahlberg and the teddy bear he willed to life as a child stay BFFs into adulthood in Seth McFarlane's zany first foray onto the big screen.
Director Lynn Shelton and her spry and compelling ensemble of three explore a curious tangle of sexual secrets and honesty.
arts & culture
The Founding Fathers' first declaration: 'We're an American band!'
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Michelle Schumann's cause for excitement
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Big move for the little gallery
BY ROBERT FAIRES
New curatorial directions, a new drama getting around, and a new way for theatre to change lives
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
BRADF 2012's opener embraced the experimental but showed deep thinking and skilled execution
City Theatre digs into the ancient Greek tragedy with a wink at antiquated gender politics
columns
"Route 66" taught me that I did not want to be rooted again
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Only Your Style Avatar could figure out a way to meld his new fall collection with a mention of Water Wings
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
This week is all about the ties that bind
BY KATE X MESSER
The Dallas Arboretum is a plant museum of magnificent proportions
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Only a dumbass would let another man make his liquor
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Veterans honored at the Dell Diamond during homestand
BY MARK FAGAN
Aztex break five-game winless streak, Euro2012 update, and more
BY NICK BARBARO