Parish
Jana Birchum
news
All That Remains
Roxanne Paltauf vanished three years ago, leaving her family with only memories and investigators with few clues
BY JORDAN SMITH
AISD Staff Shake-Up
One day into the new superintendent's tenure, things already look different
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Expect the Unexpected
Summertime and the living is ... frenzied
BY AMY SMITH
Transit Union Resists Giving Up Pay Raise
Cap Metro's budget woes fail to impress union
BY LEE NICHOLS
Political Sage Creekmore Fath Dies
Longtime Austin resident served under FDR
BY AMY SMITH
Lyceum Poll: Texans Full of Surprises
Texans may be learning to love their gays – not as much as their voter ID, though
BY LEE NICHOLS
Developing Stories: Learning From Denver
More insights from the Congress for the New Urbanism
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
New Urbanism Comes to East Riverside
Tranforming car-heavy Riverside into a pedestrian-friendly place to live and work
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Special Session Could End in Fireworks
Governor wants a short and sweet special session
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
$4 Million Later
Lab leaves town, plagued by accusations of faulty research, money waste, and mismanagement
BY LAUREL CHESKY
Manor Expressway: Oh, the Vehicle Miles You'll Travel!
Cash and criticism for the $623 million toll road
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Ott Tackles Austin's Racial Divide
The city manager won't abide changing the subject when it comes to I-35
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
The Hightower Report
Republicans on Health Care; and Wall Street's Gas-Pump Robbery
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Headlines
Naked City
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, July 3-9
food
Lake Eats Revisited
We take a trip down Ranch Road 620 for new bites on the scene
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Steiner Ranch Steakhouse
When a group of six spends more than $400 on dinner, most of the food should be at least as impressive as the saddles
Cafe Blue
Cafe Blue's Sunday brunch is highly recommended, but the rest still needs to be worked out
Wine of the Week
Terredora di Paolo offers delights from the birthplace of wine
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Despite our Natural Grocers fumble, readers keep tipping us off to great new eateries around town
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Foodie events for July 4-8
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
STYLER AND SCARBOROUGH
I Write the Folk Songs
From 1980s MTV Robert Plant look-alike to New Age icon, Marshall Styler knows his way around an eBay melody
BY MARGARET MOSER
Hooping
Eighty-eight keys are too heavy, too melancholy, says computer-key stroker Laura Scarborough
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Explosions in the Sky commemorates the Fourth of July, Harlem signs with Matador, floating down to Whitewater on the Horseshoe, and paying tribute to Sky Sunlight Saxon and the King of Pop
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
The Low Anthem
Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
Jeffrey Lewis
'Em Are I
Hanne Hukkelberg
Blood From a Stone
screens
Tough Crowd
The setup: 21 depressives, neurotics, and social misfits walk into a book. Meet comedy's all-stars.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Split Decision
At last week's open forum, the film community gathered to discuss the future of Austin Studios
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Contracting and Expanding at KLRU
The lights go out on KLRU2 as a new channel takes the stage
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film News
Local singer-songwriter Jesse Dayton tries on a new role as a psychobilly vampire in Rob Zombie's Halloween II; plus news on Gary Kent, the TXMPA, and Turk Pipkin
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
How much is that male escort in the window?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Kambakkht Ishq
Not reviewed at press time. This Hollywood-set battle of the sexes stars two Bollywood stars.
Management
This romantic comedy about a saleswoman and her stalker strains credibility.
Public Enemies
Michael Mann's film is a human-scale biopic of the gangster folk hero John Dillinger.
Whatever Works
Confessions of a cranky misanthrope.
arts & culture
Classics Comeback
Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Dune Shack Summer'
An Austin artist's residency in a Cape Cod dune shack yields an art show and a book
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Hideout Improv Marathon
In hour 40, these improvisers were still in top form: fresh, focused, and incredibly funny
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Geppetto Dreams Family Puppet Workshops
Twice-monthly summer sessions let kids create puppets of their very own
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Department of Angels
A bureaucratic heaven, as envisioned by a couple of charming clowns, is sweet
A Love Supreme – The Music of John Coltrane
Turtle Island Quartet's tribute to the jazz genius was fresh and thrilling
'The Lining of Forgetting: Internal and External Memory in Art'
This thought-provoking exhibition plays off memory's elusive, fluid nature
columns
Page Two: Hypocrisy and Health Care
Toward a list of ingredients for stew
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
Letters at 3AM
At the crest of Beatlemania, 18 and hungry for life was some kind of way to be
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar cleverly distills this weekend's news overkill, so you don't have to
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Pendery's World of Chiles and Spices offers 'gourmet spices for the discerning chef'
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Fort Worth cops open up a six-pack of whoopass just in time to celebrate the anniversary of Stonewall
BY KATE X MESSER AND ASH BELL
Playing Through
Spectator sports can crush our most ardent hopes and dreams, and that's a good thing
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Small places with big names, solving the mystery of white meat, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Austin Water Restrictions
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Symphony July 4th Concert & Fireworks
Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Saturday, July 4, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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