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news
No Room at the Complex
Renters scramble for housing as dirt churns on new condos
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Foie Gras Foe Foiled!
Police nab suspect in foie gras vandalism mystery
BY AMY SMITH
County Workers Approved for More Pay
Bigger paychecks on tap for sheriff's deputies and county employees
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
Texas Biodiesel Industry Talks Big Business in Austin
Conference and Expo drift: Those who have raised biodiesel industry out of infancy seeking sustained growth
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Cross-Border Craziness
Feds finally release guidelines for new visas, civil rights lawyers file more claims pertaining to May 1 immigration protest in L.A., and Cuero rancher finds possible chupacabra
BY CHERYL SMITH
Naked City
Developing Stories: 'L' Is for 'Lake' – and Legal and Ludicrous
The Waterfront Overlay has an intricate history
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Point Austin: Kickin' Ass
Prepare for another year of war, or worse
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
The budget passes, and the feathers fly
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Giving away Appalachia; and cancel Camel No. 9
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Squares for Rock Stars
Spending a show with chefs Luke Bibby and James Holmes backstage at the Backyard
BY KATE THORNBERRY
New & Noteworthy
Maine Root's Pink Drink
BY MM PACK
Bocaditos
Sambazon organic juices, smoothies, and sorbets
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
Top Chef, a Savvy spirit, and birth announcements
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Sept. 13-20
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Aquarelle's Wine Bar
We expected great food, but the big surprise was the skillfully selected list of wines by the glass
music
ACL FEST
Band on the Run
ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry
BY DOUG FREEMAN
ACL Fest Friday Picks
ACL Fest Friday Interviews
ACL Fest Friday Reviews
ACL Fest Saturday Picks
ACL Fest Saturday Interviews
ACL Fest Saturday Reviews
ACL Fest Sunday Picks
ACL Fest Sunday Interviews
ACL Fest Sunday Reviews
ACL Fest: The Gospel Tent
BY GREG BEETS
ACL Fest: Austin Kiddie Limits
BY MELANIE HAUPT
ACL Aftershows
A Moveable - and Musical - Feast
Eating at ACL Fest
Restaurants Near Zilker
Barton Springs Pool Info
BY NORA ANKRUM
Off the Record
Gearing up for the sixth annual ACL Music Festival with C3 Presents' Charles Attal even as featured performer Steve Earle takes a shot at Austin City Limits the television show
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Manu Chao
La Radiolina
the New Pornographers
Challengers
the Brunettes
Structure & Cosmetics
Von Südenfed
Tromatic Reflexxions
Liars
Liars
Common
Finding Forever
Rilo Kiley
Under the Blacklight
The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty
Wilfrid Sheed
screens
The Advance's Retreat
Is this the end for Cinematexas?
BY MARRIT INGMAN
TV Eye
My NYTVF Notebook
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Austin Film Society Documentary Tour
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Screens Reviews
Dexter: The First Season
Moral responsibility extends even to the amoral
Film Reviews
The Brave One
Jodie Foster might be good at playing a master of vengeance, but The Brave One turns out to be little more than an upscale B-movie about getting even.
The Brothers Solomon
With three great comic talents in Will Forte, Will Arnett, and director Bob Odenkirk working together in relatively untried and controversial comedy territory, the only result is a syrupy fable about love and family.
Descent
Not reviewed at press time. After enduring a brutal rape, introverted college student Maya (Rosario Dawson) spirals out of control, turning to self-destruction in an attempt to exact revenge.
The Devil Came on Horseback
Retired Marine Capt. Brian Steidle tells the real, unedited story of Darfur in this documentary examining the powerlessness of one individual faced with a tragedy of inhuman degree.
The 11th Hour
Leonardo DiCaprio narrates this well-constructed – but oddly calm – documentary on global climate change aimed at the fence sitters, not the true believers.
Mr. Woodcock
Mr. Woodcock is funny for exactly five minutes, with the kind of subversive humor that boosted Billy Bob Thornton, but the rest is just a self-pitying, half-hearted retread.
Shoot 'Em Up
There's not a lot to this action-movie satire other than a seemingly endless fusillade of projectiles and the image of unhinged British gunslinger Clive Owen trading fire with Paul Giamatti.
12:08 East of Bucharest
Using a conversation about history, three men, and a talk show, this Romanian comedy and Cannes Camera d’Or winner achieves surprising levels of underplayed wit and pathos. AFS@Dobie
arts & culture
MACC Mommy
Managing the busy new Mexican American Cultural Center is inspiring work for Amparo Garcia-Crow
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
'The Magic Flute'
Mozart's opera gets a techno remix at UT's Butler Opera Center
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway
Enchanting chanteuse Ann returns with equally enchanting sister Liz
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
Kushner talks Arthur Miller, Zach's cool School Musical is back, and AIPP teaches you how to make permanent public art
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Tooth and Nail: Plus Tooth 2!
Tongue and Groove Theatre dishes up vaudevillian punk in two odd and hilarious shorts
Featuring Loretta
This Canadian comedy set in a seedy motel room can't seem to get past a certain level
Extra-Ordinary: The Everyday Object in American Art
AMOA's shows rejoice over blurred lines between interested corporate marketing and disinterested beauty
columns
Letters @ 3AM
Elation is complicated. It can be joy, but it can also be terror – and it can be both, and more
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen judges. Again.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area outside of Fredericksburg hosts a bat colony twice the size of our own
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Fizzy pop and chop, flying Bambiraptors, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
How do I get a marriage license?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin City Limits Music Festival
Zilker Park, Friday, September 14, 2007
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
Kick off your ACL weekend with the Women's World Cup and Lady Longhorn action