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Austin Energy Wins Round One

Austin Energy fends off rate case with only minor loss

BY MIKE KANIN
The Deal Gets Done

City Council settles AE rate case in principle, details to come

BY MIKE KANIN
The Players

The utility, the appellants, and the intervenors

BY MIKE KANIN
Point Austin: Instrumental Incentives

The National Instruments deal provides a model for economic development

BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Hotel Hypocrite

Developer wants to cancel wage agreement but keep incentives

BY AMY SMITH
Civics 101
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The Taco PUD

Zilker neighbors have beef with condo tower

BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Council: Get Your Motors Running

National Instruments incentives, Rainey Street, and more ...

BY MICHAEL KING
SXSWedu: Diverse But Optimistic Viewpoints

What's the secret to fixing a broken system?

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Two Austin Churches Move Toward Inclusion

First United Methodist and St. David's Episcopal move towards LGBT inclusion

BY BRANDON WATSON
Levy and EMS Union in Email Throwdown

EMS union leader calls for Mike Levy's resignation from city panel

BY JORDAN SMITH
Death Watch: Fifth Circuit Spanks CCA, Prosecutors

Appeals court reverses death penalty

BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report: Let's adopt the GOP's national platform

Collective bargaining? UN support? Is this the same GOP?

BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

Food-O-File

Local restaurant news never stops

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Veggie Tales

A roundup of Austin's best spots for plant-based dining

BY JESSI CAPE
Meal Times

March 8-14

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Fresh Off the Tempeh Truck

A roundup of Austin's best food trailers for plant-based dining

BY MELANIE HAUPT
SXSW 2013 INTERACTIVE
- Hacking Food
  
  Weight management and Big Food are on the menu for food and health-related panels at SXSW Interactive
  
  BY JESSI CAPE
- To Your Health!
  
  Food panels at SXSW Interactive
  
  BY MELANIE HAUPT

music

Bright Lights, Big City

At the crossroads of the Austin Music Awards.

BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Playback: Blood in the Water

Headliners avalanche SXSW a week out from the music fest

BY KEVIN CURTIN
Tuesday's Gone

On your marks, get set, Tuesday SXSW showcases!

BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Interview: Crooked Bangs

BY ABBY JOHNSTON
Interview: Elle King

BY DOUG FREEMAN
Showcase: K-Pop Night Out

BY DAN OKO
Showcase: City of Austin

BY DOUG FREEMAN
Showcase: Fathers & Sons

BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Showcase: People of Letters

BY MELANIE HAUPT
Showcase: Sounds From Chile

BY MICHAEL TOLAND

screens

SXSW 2013 INTERACTIVE
- Get Your Game Face On
  
  SXSW Gaming Expo opens Palmer to the public this year
  
  BY JAMES RENOVITCH
- Invaluable Information
  
  Technology, privacy, hacking, and legislating in the new Digital Age
  
  BY JON LEBKOWSKY
- You Got Your Interwebs in My Idiot Tube
  
  Studying WWE's playbook for social TV domination
  
  BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
- Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning
  
  Heath care: an oral future
  
  BY SHAWN BADGLEY
- Beyond the Final Frontier
  
  Entering the new age of spaceflight with some unconventional leaders
  
  BY JOEY KEETON
- What's New on the Social Web
  
  Keeping up in the world of Tumblr and Reddit and Facebook and more
  
  BY DAN SOLOMON
- Ouya: The People's Gaming Console
  
  Could Julie Uhrman's Kickstarted project be the innovation the gaming industry was waiting for?
  
  BY SEAN CAREY
- Getting in the Game
  
  Oculus Rift prototypes are coming to the SXSW Gaming Expo
  
  BY JAMES RENOVITCH
- Unicorn Booty's New Dish
  
  Popular LGBTQ blog expands to brick-and-mortar restaurant
  
  BY KATE X MESSER
- Swissmissing in Action
  
  Heart Tina Roth Eisenberg? Wear it on your sleeve.
  
  BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
- The 2-D Stand-Up
  
  Matthew Inman is The Oatmeal
  
  BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
- Star Reporter
  
  Rachel Maddow blazes her first trail to SXSW
  
  BY AMY SMITH
- The Revolution Will Be Printed in 3-D
  
  Great hope or so much hype?
  
  BY JEFF WINKLER
- Smarty Pants
  
  What's next in tech-enhanced fashion
  
  BY AMY GENTRY
- Drawing Fire
  
  Political cartoonist Ted Rall on war reporting in Afghanistan and the new media battleground
  
  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
- Know Thyself ... and Then Log On?
  
  Online dating as existential crisis
  
  BY ASHLEY MORENO
SXSW 2013 FILM
- Gettin' Busy
  
  The South by Southwest Film Festival means everybody has a full plate
  
  BY MONICA RIESE
- Home Movie
  
  Joss Whedon follows 'Avengers' with a Shakespearean labor of love filmed at his house
  
  BY ROBERT FAIRES
- Kathleen Hanna Kills It
  
  'The Punk Singer' turns up the volume on Riot Grrrl pioneer's passion, politics, and devastating illness
  
  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
- South By So Much Punk
  
  Pussy Riot, 'The Punk Syndrome,' and – count 'em – two docs about Green Day: Yep, punk is having a moment in the movies
  
  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
- Queer Culture From the 1970s to 70
  
  Three documentaries highlight a generation of gay icons
  
  BY ANDY CAMPBELL
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
  
  Yen Tan's 'Pit Stop' finds humanity in transaction
  
  BY BRANDON WATSON
- Play Along With Busy Actor Bingo
  
  Mark a tile once you've seen the actor in at least two films
  
  BY MONICA RIESE
- Air Sex in the Name of Love
  
  Bryan Poyser's 'The Bounceback' strives to strike a balance between comedy and emotion
  
  BY DAN SOLOMON
- Around the World in Eight Films
  
  Cultural snapshots give viewers something to write home about
  
  BY JESSI CAPE
- Traveling Road Show
  
  Archivist Rick Prelinger debuts an interactive ode to America in moving pictures
  
  BY LEAH CHURNER
- Celluloid Icons
  
  The larger-than-life John Milius and the enigmatic, introverted Harry Dean Stanton come into focus
  
  BY SHAWN BADGLEY
- You're Next, AJ Bowen
  
  Local actor shares his SXSW with a teen rom-com and a brutal thriller
  
  BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
- Liberty and Justice
  
  Michael Morton tells Al Reinert his story of wrongful conviction and 25 years behind bars
  
  BY JORDAN SMITH
- What Goes Around ...
  
  With 'Some Girl(s)', Neil LaBute circles back from stage to screen
  
  BY ROBERT FAIRES
- Nerd Wars
  
  'Zero Charisma' and the social costs of geekdom
  
  BY DAN SOLOMON
- Lovely Freda Responds Discreetly
  
  The Beatles' longtime secretary takes center stage
  
  BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Film Reviews

The Attacks of 26/11, Emperor, Greedy Lying Bastards, The Last Exorcism: Part II, Lore, Oz the Great and Powerful, and 21 & Over

the arts

Arts Reviews

Intimate Apparel
Double the Funny

With new venues and showcases, SXSW Comedy keeps giving Austin more to laugh about

BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Arts Reviews

Intimate Apparel, Othello, and Wendy Wagner: Look to the Left
Austin Symphony Orchestra

Yolanda Kondonassis joins ASO to show there's much more to harps than angel strumming

BY NATALIE ZELDIN
'The Girl With Time in Her Eyes'

Hidden Room Theatre lets SXSW Interactive play with time travel

BY ROBERT FAIRES
Mary Margaret Farabee: In Memoriam

Remembering the Texas Book Festival co-founder and Austin Arts Hall of Famer

BY ROBERT FAIRES

columns

Letters at 3am: Doppelgängers

Across generations and geography, doppelgängers emerge

BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion: Granted

Stephen put his heart on the line and has peace to show for it

BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Welcome to the GAYTX

It's heeeeere: The throng, the buzz, the madness, the Maddow.

BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips

Botanical garden provides unimpaired view of nature

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones

Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch

Postmarks

Letters to the editor, published daily

sports

Soccer Watch

Dynamo dominate first leg of CONCACAF Champions League, and more.

BY NICK BARBARO
Texas Baseball

The sluggish Horns host Santa Barbara and Oral Roberts

BY MARK FAGAN

comics

This Modern World

BY TOM TOMORROW
Eyebeam

BY SAM HURT
Jen Sorensen Comics

BY JEN SORENSEN
Maakies

BY TONY MILLIONAIRE

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BY ELIZABETH PAGANO

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BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

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BY JORDAN SMITH

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

BY JESSI CAPE

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BY MELANIE HAUPT

SXSW 2013 INTERACTIVE

BY JESSI CAPE

BY MELANIE HAUPT

BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

BY KEVIN CURTIN

BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

BY ABBY JOHNSTON

BY DOUG FREEMAN

BY DAN OKO

BY DOUG FREEMAN

BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

BY MELANIE HAUPT

BY MICHAEL TOLAND

SXSW 2013 INTERACTIVE

BY JAMES RENOVITCH

BY JON LEBKOWSKY

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

BY SHAWN BADGLEY

BY JOEY KEETON

BY DAN SOLOMON

BY SEAN CAREY

BY JAMES RENOVITCH

BY KATE X MESSER

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

BY AMY SMITH

BY JEFF WINKLER

BY AMY GENTRY

BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

BY ASHLEY MORENO

SXSW 2013 FILM

BY MONICA RIESE

BY ROBERT FAIRES

BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

BY AUDRA SCHROEDER

BY ANDY CAMPBELL

BY BRANDON WATSON

BY MONICA RIESE

BY DAN SOLOMON

BY JESSI CAPE

BY LEAH CHURNER

BY SHAWN BADGLEY

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

BY JORDAN SMITH

BY ROBERT FAIRES

BY DAN SOLOMON

BY ANNE S. LEWIS

Film Reviews

Arts Reviews

BY RUSS ESPINOZA