Sandy Carson
Volume 32, Number 3
ON THE COVER:
news
A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?
BY MIKE KANIN
Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment
BY NORA ANKRUM
Theatre en Bloc Brings one gay rights activist's fight to the stage
BY AMY SMITH
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Sate your inner policy wonk at these two fall favorites
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A $3.1 billion financial package took two days of wrangling
BY AMY SMITH
Amy Lynch wanted to come to work one hour later to help with a sleep disorder
BY JORDAN SMITH
Original defense attorney called no witnesses and presented no mitigating evidence
BY JORDAN SMITH
River authority could lose half of its electric revenues
BY MIKE KANIN
Superintendent Meria Carstarphen gave her facility recommendations, but what's next is up in the air
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
About that marathon time ...
food
Jesse Griffiths on fishing, hunting, and 'French encouragement'
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Traditional Jewish food your Bubbe would be proud of
BY AMY KRITZER
This Hye, Texas vineyard is worth a trip
BY WES MARSHALL
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Beer pairings, baking demos, and savory Independencia
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Diez y Seis kicks off a season of food and wine fiestas
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
This bakery satisfies your sweet tooth
music
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Three fall Austin music perennials.
BY AUSTIN POWELL, RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND JIM CALIGIURI
An epic GrulkeFest fires the fall season, including John Prine
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Live Shot
The Seer
Shrines
Swing Lo Magellan
Songs of Townes Van Zandt
Alan Licht
screens
AFS Doc Night: 'The Light in Her Eyes'
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Rambo 101 at Fantastic Fest
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film Reviews
Richard Gere stars in this thriller as a duplicitous hedge-fund manager who, nevertheless, has all the right moves.
This heartwarming Bollywood tale tells the life story of a man who is deaf and mute but lives life to the fullest.
A young businessman on vacation in Spain with his family becomes caught in a tangled web of espionage and intrigue in this lackluster follow-up by the director of JCVD.
There's just too much everything in this chop-socky actioner by Tsui Hark.
This documentary, co-directed by the film's subject, is both the realization of a lifelong dream and an intriguing, if incomplete, portal into the way the subject's brain works.
The director of Baraka returns with this wordless tone poem filled with stunning images and scant meanings.
In this documentary, nine horse trainers have 100 days to transform their mustangs from wild creatures to trusting companions before competing in the Extreme Mustang Makeover.
arts & culture
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Nine local directors on the secrets of season selection
BY ADAM ROBERTS
From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats
BY ROBERT FAIRES, WAYNE ALAN BRENNER, ADAM ROBERTS, DAN SOLOMON AND ELIZABETH COBBE
When local artists open their spaces, follow the crowd
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
An award-winning new script is staged with passion, but the show doesn't quite come together
This meditation on the blurring of theatre and life doesn't quite seem to fit in a punk club
A breathtaking aerial dance that successfully connects the earthly with the heavenly
columns
Your Style Avatar goes glam. No, really. You should go to Facebook and see the pictures.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
FALL ARTS ISSUE
A look back at the 2009 Pride Parade as we prepare for 2012
BY KATE X MESSER AND ANNE HARRIS
Mount up for the King Ranch Annual Ranch Hand Breakfast
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Why the LuvDoc can't buy Tricia's rubber bands
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Horns on a four-game losing streak
BY NICK BARBARO
Another cupcake for UT
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN