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Meet the New Neighbors
A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Banks of the Blanco
Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Tasers Helped Reduce Use of Force, APD Report Says
But critics still worry about physical effects
BY JORDAN SMITH
Benedict Charges Campaign Finance Violations
Unsuccessful council candidate says out-of-town money violates the law
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY LEE NICHOLS AND CHERYL SMITH
Point Austin: Wish Lists
AFSCME steps up to the council budget table, and the
bonds begin to take shape
BY MICHAEL KING
House Gives Perry the Finger
House Bills 2 and 3 die; it's back to square one
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
The dark art of science twisting; and if you're in your fightin' prime, Uncle Sam is watching
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Combination Punch
Sushi Japon puts it all together with restraint and good taste
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-file
Sweetish Hill is ready to celebrate; plus, Vespaio, P. Terry's Burger Stand, and many options on the Event Menu
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Romeo's
It might be old-fashioned, but it never gets old
Billy's on Burnet
How I found a new favorite hangout
music
There Goes the Neighborhood
Ray Pride's 'Beauty School' Crack Pipes: No day at the ballpark
BY GREG BEETS
Texas Platters
Live shot
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
TCB
It may be in Chicago, but there's something distinctly Austin about Lollapalooza 2005.
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Texas Platters
Voxtrot
Raised by Wolves EP
Slim Thug, Rapid Ric & Mr. Rogers, Suav, Deuce Almighty, Buddy Leroy, DeLoach
Already Platinum, Afta da Relays, Hate Me From a Distance, In Deuce We Trust, Pimp Stroll, The Life and Times of Wally DeLuxe
Stephen Bruton
From the Five
Susan Gibson
Outer Space
Stayton Bonner
Think I'm Gonna Move to Australia
Billy Dee
When the Vow Breaks
Willie Nelson, George Strait, Rodney Crowell
Countryman, Somewhere Down in Texas, The Outsider
Tuxedo Killers, Dumb Haircuts, Ethan Master of the Hawaiian Ukelele, Mexican Blackbirds
M. Night Shyamalan's Tuxedo Killers, Dumb Haircuts / Ethan Master of the Hawaiian Ukelele, Fear of Texas
Clifford
Signal the Sun
Creature of Unusual Size
Paris Utopia
[DARYL], Black Tie Dynasty
Bloody Basin
Kissinger
Me and Otto
Kirk Smith
Suddenly Bright Out
Uptown Creepers
What They Want
The Whiskey Decision
Slow Horse
screens
Bigger Stakes
Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
On the Case: No. 1
The Burnt Orange kids take on 'The Cassidy Kids': No. 1 in a series
BY SPENCER PARSONS
Film News
'The King' finds a throne, Hanks finds another Wilson, and where you'll find time to help Marian Yeager; plus, Sandra Bullock should stay closer to home
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
The flirting has just begun. Yes, it's only the end of July, and yet the networks are already running promos for new shows that may not even premiere until late fall.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
The Best of Open Screen Night: Year Two
How great it is to have an outlet like this in town? Pretty great. But how great is this anthology?
Film Reviews
Happy Endings
Movie about master manipulators and the people who love them is rife with surprises.
Must Love Dogs
Convinced that one is the loneliest number, a divorced woman uses man's best friend to catch a new mate.
Sky High
An adolescent superhero can't find his niche.
Stealth
Masterful aerial action sequences don't compensate for earthbound plot.
Yes
While the unconventional Yes doesn’t realize all of its artistic ambitions, its depiction of romantic passion still resonates.
arts & culture
Off-Off-Broadway Bound
An Austinite's account of taking the stage in New York City
BY LOWELL BARTHOLOMEE
Movin' On Up
With a hotshot New York design team on board, Arthouse makes a long-awaited start on the transformation of its second story
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Two(Funny)fer Words
The Friday Night Twofer is a new night of hilarity building on the recent explosion of improvisational theatre and comedy troupes in Austin
BY PATTI HADAD
Culture Flash!
An award for Trio Contraste, a new contract for Peter Bay, a chorus of 'New York, New York' for Kirk Lynn and Rob Nash, and benefits for 'La Pastorela' and Hyde Park Theatre
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Petra's Pecado
Rupert Reyes' bilingual comedy 'Petra's Pecado' hits the audience with Mexican culture like a well-wrapped enchilada washed down with a frosty margarita
'Alonso Rey'
Alonso Rey's painted psychological dramas transcend jargon to establish an unexpected truthfulness that captures human character
columns
Page Two: Page Break
"Page Two" is taking a break
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar gets all rock & roll on yo' ass this week! Word!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
About AIDS
What's the latest scoop on HIV treatments?
BY SANDY BARTLETT
To Your Health
What's the deal with acrylamide?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Buying on eBay – Caveat Emptor
BY LUKE ELLIS, CHLOË LOVE AND MEGAN LONERGAN
Day Trips
A sea turtle's life has never been easy
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Oops!
Our latest batch
Luv Doc Recommends: The Greencards
Saxon Pub, Friday, July 29, 2005
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Lightning falls short of playoffs
