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Todd V. Wolfson
news
Just Add Students
The new Eastside high school takes issue
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Headlines
This week's news with a capital 'N'
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Res Publica
Some good citizenship for your to-do list this week, Aug. 7-13
Enchanted Forest Not Out of the Woods
It could be a year before the forest is all up to code
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AISD Scores TAKS Victories
TAKS ratings improve for many AISD schools
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Does Austin Need Fixing? Ask Reno.
Animal shelter reform has meant less euthanasia in Reno – why not in Austin?
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
Committee Approves Bus Fare Hike
Raises approved for all except elderly and disabled passengers
BY JUSTIN WARD
What, Me Ride the Bus?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Patterson Lobs Another Christmas Surprise
Public access to Christmas Mountains is still uncertain
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Neighbors Protest Proposed Health Clinic
A North Central Austin clinic has neighborhoods up in arms
BY LYDIA CRAFTS
McCaul Takes GOP Mantra to Gas Station
Austin congressman milking gas price issue
BY LEE NICHOLS
Court Upholds E-Vote Machines
State Dems lose another legal round in eSlate case
BY LEE NICHOLS
State GOP Fears Libertarian Upset
Republicans see the future, and it is the Libertarian Party of Texas!
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
News Bullets
Reefer Madness
Pot is the gateway to hell. Who knew?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Developing Stories
Thinking big on transportation and land-use planning
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Point Austin: The Cost of Community
The city budget is where Austin decides how to live
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Gas, Water, and Trash
There could be a higher utility bill in your future
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Video: City Hall Hustle
Back in the Dais – The Hustle Gets Clipped
The Hightower Report
Rise of the Rovians; and Bush's Oily Lies
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
News Bulletin
The FDA and CDC announced that tomatoes are safe, but continue to avoid jalapeños and serranos from Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
DVD Review
José Andrés provides culinary adventure in this PBS series
BY MICK VANN
Book Review
Eduardo Machado shares his experience as a Cuban exile, complete with recipes, in Tastes Like Cuba
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
Hatch chiles weather the storm, Jane King leaves Central Market for Patricia's Lunchbox, Bill Norris of Fino heads to Queensland with his Bee Sting, and Bennigan's lives on while Ararat goes nomadic
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Help out Texas tomato growers, Austin Children's Shelter, and the Capital Area Food Bank, and enjoy some good eats while you're doing it
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Roy's
Seafood lovers will find comfort in dishes from Executive Chef Lawrence Kocurek and Roy's Classics
The Amsterdam Cafe
The Amsterdam is comfortable, informal, and friendly in the laid-back way that has always been Austin's hallmark
music
Chac-Mool
A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Better to burn than fade away: a recap of Lollapalooza 2008
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Centro-matic, South San Gabriel
Dual Hawks
Roy Hargrove
Earfood
McPullish
Back to Mount Zion Riddim
Topaz & Mudphonic
Southpaw Jones
Cruelty
Adam Ahrens
Fond du Lac
deEP end
Mas Cultura!, Maneja Beto, Who Said I Was Running?, The Meat of the Fruit
ZZ Top
Eliminator (Collector's Edition), Live From Texas
The Devil Bat
Lingers Like a Ghost
The Yuppie Pricks
Balls.
Steve Earle, Willie Nelson
Copperhead Road Deluxe Edition, Stardust
The Bellfuries
Palmyra
Jim Stringer & the AM Band
Triskaidekaphilia
The Shake 'Em Ups
The Shake 'Em Ups
Murray Hammond
I Don't Know Where I'm Going but I'm on My Way
Harold Ambler
Carousel
Back Porch Mary
Time of the Broken Heart
screens
Cine Joven Sin Fronteras
Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera
BY MARC SAVLOV
Art, Stunt, or Punk?
James Marsh on his dizzying documentary, Man on Wire
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Send Your Cheek Swab to Space
A new promotional contest for Tabula Rasa sounds like the stuff of science fiction
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
TV Eye
While you're watching the Olympics, who's watching you?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
American Teen
A princess, jock, rebel, heartthrob, and geek: It could be The Breakfast Club, but American Teen is instead a documentary that ducks the consequences of its own making.
Hell Ride
This grindhousey biker film, executive-produced by Quentin Tarantino, is a convoluted, overly snazzy-looking tale of bad blood between even worse people.
A Jihad for Love
What it's like to identify as both gay and Muslim is the topic of this brave documentary, which looks at the seemingly irreconcilable conflict.
A Man Named Pearl
A self-taught topiary artist in South Carolina is profiled in this amiable but unadventurous documentary.
Man on Wire
In a guerrilla act, French wirew-alker Philippe Petit crossed the space between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. His daring and artistry continue to amaze and inspire, as demonstrated in this documentary.
The Midnight Meat Train
This horror film, based on a Clive Barker short story, details the nightly exploits of a butcher who plies his trade nightly on human subway riders.
Pineapple Express
A winning "bromance" between stoners, played by reigning comedy king Seth Rogen and James Franco, is at the heart of this shaggy pot story.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Female camaraderie, nostalgic sentimentality, and emotional catharsis are back in this sequel: The film hits its marks but lacks real depth.
arts & culture
Hey, Emily
BY HARVEY PEKAR AND TARA SEIBEL
K.Lear: Straitjacketed Shakespeare
A Denton performance artist straps on a straitjacket to explore madness in Lear
BY BARRY PINEO
Art Thefts: Ripped Off While You Eat
Someone stole three paintings from a local deli and may be behind a rash of similar robberies
BY ROBERT FAIRES
KidsActing: The Young Ones Take Center Stage
The space known as Arts on Real gets a new name and becomes a theatre of, by, and for kids
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Bat Boy: The Musical
Weekly World News' favorite cover boy is alive and well in Summer Stock Austin's energetic show
The Taming of the Shrew
City Theatre honors Shrew's fun, wild, lusty world while putting Kate and Petruchio in a burger joint
The Deep End
A refreshing, loving look at summer culture from photographer Will van Overbeek and watercolorist Melissa Grimes
columns
Page Two: Other Shoes, Other Feet
Republicans blame it all on the Democrats, while outraged activists flirt with censorship
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar deems it OK to go without the NYC scarves for the summer, and it's hard not to remember a guy whose art is all over you
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
The Gay Place
What's gayer than a coronation? We are!
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Take the short trek south on I-35 to the San Antonio missions for a fun day trip
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
The air sex competition at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz last week featured something that should be inherent in all sporting events, serious fun
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
David Hasselhoff a Young Snapper, 'Hanma' for Hummer, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Moving Somewhere New? Your Lease Terms Are Important.
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Second Annual Austin Ice Cream Festival
Waterloo Park, Saturday, August 9, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
From Burnt Orange to Gold
Eighteen current or former Longhorns will represent the United States in the Beijing Olympics
