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Jason Stout
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CAPITAL METRO GREEN LINE
The Sausage Link
How Elgin got the New Urbanist transit dream
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal
The Green Line takes conceptual shape
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
SOLAR POWER
Solar Helps Keep Eastside Homes Affordable
Thanks to neighborhood-based nonprofit Blackland CDC
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Harden Solar Duplex/SNAP House Photo Gallery
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Res Publica
This week's civic agenda, Sept. 11-18
Chamber Takes a Swing Against Proposition 2
Opposition starts to mobilize against Stop Domain Subsidies' charter amendment
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Accessibility Institute
UT professor John Slatin was a pioneer in making websites usable for people with disabilities. Who will continue his work now that he and the institute he founded are gone?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Noriega Lays Out Health Plan – Minus Universal Coverage
In a tough race against Cornyn, Noriega tries to distinguish himself on health care
BY LEE NICHOLS
HD 52 Rivals Hit the Forums
Voters are already turning out to see what the candidates have to offer
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Road Bond Vote Heads to Hays
After rejecting a road bond proposal in 2007, Hays voters asked to reconsider in November
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
Gov. Leo Berman?
Another Republican throws his hat in the ring for the 2010 governor's race ... or at least thinks about it
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Obama and McCain Off the Ballot?
Texas' Democratic and Republican voters might just have to write in their favorite candidates this year
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
KB Home Workers Await Payday
Months after completing work on houses for KB Home, seven construction workers still haven't seen their paychecks
BY DIANA WELCH
Big Brother Puts the Squeeze on Good Flow
Feds bully local juicer into closing operations – for now
BY WELLS DUNBAR
KEYE on the Blink?
Shakeout at local CBS affiliate takes toll on station staff
BY KEVIN BRASS
SOS Wins Ammo in Gunn Fight
After a few bad years, SOS finally wins a court case
BY AMY SMITH
Save Town Lake Trumps City in Court
Court of Appeals rejects city's effort to thwart lawsuit
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Point Austin: More Mavericks
You need a Texas scorecard to sort out the pretenders from the real thing
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Hustling the Budget
Council spreads a few extra dollars and covers its bets
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
The Price of Autocratic Arrogance; and Guilt by Association
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Landmark Eateries
Austin landmarks 25-49 years in the making
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Austin Landmarks on the Menu
Pay tribute to old Austin with a visit to one of these 19 landmark restaurants
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Small Sips of Beer News
New local beers bring flavor Austin's way
BY LEE NICHOLS
Event Menu
Open your wallets, and join in local support whilst filling tummies
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Texas loses a barbecue legend, Las Manitas closes its doors, the Rude Mechs celebrate a new adventure, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
No Lonesome Tune
Retiring the dean of Texas songwriters? Fat chance.
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Off the Record
Alpha Rev goes Hollywood, Book of Shadows pen a few new chapters, and Alejandro Escovedo meets a Man From Plains
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Randy Newman
Harps and Angels
Brian Wilson
That Lucky Old Sun
Wovenhand, Sixteen Horsepower
Ten Stones, Live March 2001
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Angles
Girl Talk
Feed the Animals
Mogwai
The Hawk Is Howling
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere
Nudge It Up a Notch
screens
Around the World of Weird
The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008
BY MARC SAVLOV
What Would Chairman Mao Say?
AFS Documentary Tour presents Please Vote for Me
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Go Faux!
The fake perils of Pop Rocks in Web series Never Do This
BY ASHLEY MORENO
Players Guide
Pirates and ninjas, video-game art, and the lucky few whose DNA will wing its way into space
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
TV Eye
Mad Men and the mad men of the Republican National Convention
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Bangkok Dangerous
The Pang brothers' remake of their own film is all cock and no bang.
Burn After Reading
The Coen brothers may be masters of black comedy, but there are times when there’s no point in taking them seriously.
The Women
This remake of the 1939 George Cukor film isn't particularly fun or funny.
arts & culture
Delicious Collisions
What a difference a year makes with Ann Ciccolella at Austin Shakespeare's helm
BY HANNAH KENAH
Dan Dietz
New Dietz play focuses on the 19th century engineer who designed the first computer
BY HANNAH KENAH
Frank Delvy
Remembering one of the city's best-loved musical-theatre actors
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash
Free museums, FronteraFest applications, Gray's tap award, and new Salon leaders
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Five.Two.Ten
Ariel Dance Theatre's latest creates something original, moving, and truly beautiful
Helmut Barnett: Maximal/Minimal
Barnett's precisely rendered colorful abstractions afford your eyes maximum enjoyment
'Sean Perry: Fairgrounds'
Exquisitely toned black-and-white images transport us to a twilight world of thrills
columns
Letters at 3am
If one is to vote for McCain-Palin, what, precisely, would one be voting for?
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Jump on Stephen as he luges through the Swish Alps of the Social Olympics
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Don't mess with javelina, and they won't mess with you (hopefully)
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Kings N Things' almost decade of performance and community service culminates in Drag King: The Musical
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
Playing Through
The Texas Rollergirls on Sarah Palin and what it takes to be both tough and feminine
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Tina Fey, D.W. Griffith, and jass, the American art form
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Citizenship and the Selective Service
BY ANNIE SCHWARTZ
Luv Doc Recommends: PDAP Benefit with Kelly Willis and Patrice Pike
Antone's, Friday, September 12, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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