John Grubbs
Volume 32, Number 5
ON THE COVER:
news
Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
'Spiritual Warfare' is no substitute for the earthly obligations of government
BY MICHAEL KING
Will the city poop out on its fight to block a wastewater permit?
BY AMY SMITH
Houston crisis pregnancy center, with Perry's help, hopes to become new provider in Texas Women's Health Program
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Waller Creek revitalization design contest goes public
BY MICHAEL KING
Two districting activist groups do outreach for the November election
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
AE proposes to sell its Fayette interest, but it may not fly
BY MIKE KANIN
Gay rights, public school finance, cab franchises, endangered species, and more
BY MICHAEL KING
Jessica Alba joins the lineup
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Trib Fest previews the next Lege, and it ain't necessarily pretty
BY MICHAEL KING
In which Mitt Romney lives in fairy land
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Cooking with a message: community, diversity, ambition
SXSW Eco preview: Food & Agriculture
BY JESSI CAPE
Barbecue nirvana at this year's 'Texas Monthly' fest
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Sept. 28-Oct. 4
Food Reviews
Successful restaurateur duo strike again
music
Guitar hero Evan Johns lives!
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Being a musician doesn't always come with a choice, and rarely includes health insurance, so HAAM Benefit Day remains paramount
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Stranger
Sanct Ep, Phranye West, The Righteous EP, Free Beer
Tres
Brothers Brew
Live at the Continental
Symbolyst
screens
Introducing the Polari Film Festival
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Big winners include 'I Declare War,' 'Flicker,' and 'Vanishing Waves' Interviews (Rian Johnson! Karl Urban!), reviews, and photo galleries galore
Alex Karpovsky hits the road to find the comedy behind his anxiety
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Film Reviews
This comedy about four female friends on the eve of one’s nuptials is at times dangerously funny.
Rebooted, and in 3-D.
The marvelous Melanie Lynskey, for once, gets the starring role in this movie about a woman who gets blindsided by divorce.
There's no need to put a stake in the heart of this animated film full of familiar monsters; it's already deadly dull.
This scary-house movie starring Jennifer Lawrence is a strictly middling nonshocker.
When a Manhattanite returns for a visit to his old liberal arts college, he falls hard for a student 15 years his junior.
Crackerjack thrills, time travel, violence, humor, and action: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are characters who share the same morally conflicted core.
This film adaptation of the bestselling, much-loved YA novel about young social outcasts finding their way is marred by its its sunny optimism.
Despite the cookie-cutter dysfunction seen in this college girls' a cappella group, this film film can be a lot of fun.
Two mad-as-hell mamas take back their public school from the bureaucrats and unions that seemingly enforce the status quo.
arts & culture
DiverseArts' series capturing 48 hours in the life of East Austin takes a look in the rearview
BY ROBERT FAIRES
After suffering through a friend's lousy show, is honesty the best policy?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
For celebrating one of the rare wins in hate crimes legislation in Texas, this play is worthy
Everything you expect from a Hyde Park Theatre production and not what you expect at all
Raise a jug of moonshine to printmaker Huck for his exquisite care in depicting backwoods redneck sex
columns
Your Style Avatar occasionally must offer a mea culpa. Get in line ...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
We are coming down from Pride and amping back up for ESHHH
BY KATE X MESSER
Get lost in the Barton Hill Farms corn maze
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
In Austin, fashion is based on the following question: Will I sweat in it?
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Vinceable: Can this really be the end for VY?
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
UT opens Big 12 play with two road wins, and more
BY NICK BARBARO