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Budget Games
As the economy improves, Council looks toward next year's budget
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Underfunded and Overtested
Save Texas Schools builds a groundswell for public education
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Another Swipe at Austin Energy
State report calls for slashing low-income assistance program
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Civics 101
Quote of the Week
LegeLines
UT Regents, education, gun control, and more
Spring Train-ing
Rob Spillar and transit advocates work toward a 2014 rail vote
BY MIKE KANIN
Speed Bump on the Rocket Docket
False-positive field tests derail drug prosecutions
BY JORDAN SMITH
Most Texas Voters Favor State-Funded Family Planning
And disapprove of 2011 fam-plan budget cuts
BY JORDAN SMITH
Council Tentatively Approves Gables Project
Developers of a residential tower and boutique hotel resolve differences with neighbors
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
Let's give our weary Earth a break
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
It's a Rocket, It's a Hot Air Balloon, It's a ... Decorated Show Cake?
Cake decorators and sugar artists from around the country converge on Austin to compete and learn
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week: Zinfandel From Australia? Why Not?
Australian winemaker Groom produces world-class Zinfandel.
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Events
Feb. 22-28
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-O-File
A roundup of this week's food news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Sway
Rene Ortiz's Sway serves up Thai cuisine with a twist
music
One Big Guitar
The return of the True Believers
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback: Pastures of Plenty
Q: Ships and vans share what in common? A: Hazardous waste.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Jamey Johnson
Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran
Sons of Rogues Gallery: Pirate BalladsSea Songs & Chanteys
Sons of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
screens
Angst Is Their Co-Pilot
'Only the Young' charts the agony and ecstasy of a certain age
BY LEAH CHURNER
I See a Darkness
Mike Aho and Will Oldham examine 'The Lonely Life'
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Spoiler Alert! John Dies at the End!
Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli is still doing exactly as he damn well pleases
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Bless Me, Ultima
This honest, earnest, and naturalistic kids’ story about growing up Mexican-American in 1940s New Mexico is based on the popular book.
Escape From Planet Earth
In this 3-D animated movie, a famous astronaut from another planet becomes trapped on Earth – aka the Dark Planet. Interplanetary shenanigans ensue.
John Dies at the End
Together, Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli and Cracked.com editor David Wong created this horror-comedy jumble that's customed-tooled for the midnight hour.
Only the Young
This gorgeously shot documentary impression of three teenagers in Santa Clarita, California, effectively captures the sensation of youth on the verge.
Snitch
A socially conscious action adventure that stars Dwayne Johnson, Snitch is an indictment of our federal minimum-punishment guidelines for drug offenses.
arts & culture
The Flip Side
In Poor Shadows of Elysium's Richard II, a coin makes all the difference in what you see
BY JILLIAN OWENS
'Beauty Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance'
ACC's Department of Drama polishes a few rare gems by black women playwrights
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Interior Landscape of the Emotional Mind'
Chaddick Dance Theater's latest explores movement through a movable feast
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Les Enfants Terribles'
Philip Glass opera gives new meaning to sibling rivalry
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Rite of Spring
Ballet Austin's triple bill melded classicism, romance, and biology to striking effect
Betrayal
Measure for Measure
Mary Moody Northen Theatre delivers a colorful version of Shakespeare's grayscale comedy that's worth seeing
columns
Letters at 3AM: The Future Loose Amongst Us
Digitalized fabrication changes everything we know about work and government
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion: Just Another Day?
Your Style Avatar has found a new love ... same as the old love
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Oops!
Gay Place: TransTexan Luv
Advocacy summit, Trans Lobby Day at the big pink dome, and so much more, Sunday and Monday.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Ghost town a reminder of Texas' industrial history
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Idiot Texters
Why people swerve into you unexpectedly
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornucopia
UT basketball: embarrassed and humiliated
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Soccer Watch
St. Edward’s hosts Global Sports Day and more
BY NICK BARBARO
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