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City of the Dead
Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery
BY CHERYL SMITH
We Have a Winner! Sort of ...
Our scientifically calibrated Bloat-O-Meter© has identified the most McMansiony house in Austin
BY WELLS DUNBAR AND RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
An Honest Ballot
A look at what you're actually going to be voting on
BY MICHAEL KING
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
Point Austin: Refighting the Last Wars
Prop. 1, Prop. 2, Saving Barton Springs ... and Everything Else
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
Attempts to debate Props. 1 and 2 produce only polarized statements and crowd heckling
BY WELLS DUNBAR
On the Lege
Opening day of the special legislative session featured more plot lines than a MASH episode.
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
Don't Look Down at Immigrants, Look Up; and a New Horror From the IRS
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Oh, Sister
Adelaide, South Australia, sibling city and state of Austin, Texas, is a delicious destination for food and wine lovers
BY WES MARSHALL
Want to Really Celebrate Earth Day?
Drink organic wines
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
A couple of corrections; a whole lot of events you might consider attending
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Dariush Persian Grill
Owned by Jaqueline and Farhad Bordbar, Dariush is a pleasant spot on the west side of Congress, just south of 10th
music
Let It Bleed
Riverboat Gamblers: The most thrilling (and battle scarred) punk band this side of the Mason-Dixon Line
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
TCB
Ever health-conscious, TCB talks allergies with Claritin pitchman Bruce Robison, delves into the Music Genome Project, and observes the highest holiday of the most sacred herb
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Riverboat Gamblers Reviewed
Riverboat Gamblers
To the Confusion of Our Enemies
various artists
Quite a Party! 24 Great Instrumental Bands Play the Fireballs
Jon Dee Graham
Full
Electromagnets
Electromagnets II
Single Frame
Everything Wants to be Used for What it Was Made For
Quien esBoom!
Cast Your Burdens Aside
Daniel Johnston
Welcome to My World:The Music of Daniel Johnston
Paper South, Midori Umi
Paper South, Midori Umi
screens
Gaming & Idling
This season's sports games
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Little Underground Worlds
Mary Harron on 'Bettie Page'
BY RICK KLAW
Cine Las Americas
The slate through Sunday
Film News
Paranoia runs deep-fried; plus, 'Elvis and Annabelle,' Troublemaker's future, and more
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
Adorable idiots and selfish jerks
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
American Dreamz
American Dreamz tries to satirize the vapidity of American popular culture; instead, the film gets trapped beneath its own wheels.
Being Cyrus
This atypical Bollywood film is an English-language mystery drama that has no song-and-dance numbers and is a brief, 90-minutes long.
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
This SXSW recipient of the 2004 Audience Award for Best Narrative stars The Daily Show's Rob Corddry as a professional paintball athlete looking to reclaim his former glory.
Friends With Money
Forget friends with money – how about friends with husbands, kids, mortgages, and so-called life plans? That’s the short list of differences between the depressed, single stoner, played by Jennifer Aniston, and her circle of female friends.
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
The film has talent, quirks, laughs, and even some skin, but nevertheless creaks its way through an awkward story.
The Notorious Bettie Page
Gretchen Mol dazzles as the titular pinup girl, but the film raises many more questions about the enigmatic icon than it answers.
Scary Movie 4
What's new in this fourth edition of the popular-culture spoof machine? Well, Shaquille O'Neal and Dr. Phil, for starters.
arts & culture
The Distance Danced
Between its old and new versions of 'Swingin' Then & Now,' Tapestry Dance Company has swung a long way, baby
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Green Art
The city has said Austin Green Art could transform the 40,000 sq. ft. vacant lot of Block 21 into an art park April 15-22 as part of its major Earth Day celebration
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Blue Lapis Light
Before the ugly concrete shell of the Intel building goes away for good, it will be the site for something beautiful: Sally Jacques' next large-scale dance, 'Requiem'
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Arts Hall of Fame
The Austin Critics Table has named the fifth group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Texas Young Masters
Eight students from Austin have been named to the 2006 class of Young Masters as designated by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Texas Cultural Trust Council
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Visual Arts Benefits
Waves in the gardens on the horizons
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Beard of Avon
Different Stages' production of the Amy Freed comedy 'The Beard of Avon' benefits from two actors who create an Elizabethan odd couple in delightful balance
Bad Dates
Theresa Rebeck's Bad Dates is a guilty pleasure, offering reflections on relationships, jobs, fashion, and dating through genuinely captivating monologues
'Life Still'
In the exhibit 'Life Still,' Stella Alesi, Gabel Karsten, and Mo Scollan aren't just showing still lifes of bathroom sinks and kitchen objects, but portraiture breaking away from tradition
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Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Stephen explores the melting pot that is ... HEB?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
To Your Health
Are people who were not breast-fed lacking in any important nutrients?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Deferred Adjudication – What Is It?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the Texas version of the Smithsonian Institute
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
We have mo bananas today
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Hell’s Belles with the Addictions
Antone's, Saturday, April 22, 2006
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
Champions League results pending, and more