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WAREHOUSE DISTRICT
Can This District Be Saved?
The revival of the Warehouse District is rooted in Austin's history – and its popularity is also its peril
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Scenes From the Warehouse District
Ending the Water War
What if enviros and the city partnered on water conservation?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Headlines
Point Austin: Did You Work Last Weekend?
Reflections on the value of Texas labor
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Discount Government, Part II
Historically low city tax rates bite back in the longer run
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, Sept. 10-17
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Sex Ed: Parents Just Don't Understand
Survey shows that local parents overestimate their influence on teens' sex ed
BY JORDAN SMITH
Hogwarts at Austin High?
Some Austin High parents say the Academy of Global Studies should be its own school
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Obama's School Daze
Local schools react to the hubbub over Obama's school speech
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
MetroRail Watch
How long will we wait for the train?
GALVESTON
A Year Later
Galveston marks Ike anniversary with celebrations of recovery and rebirth
BY KATE X MESSER
State Facilities Head Leaves for Consulting Gig
Former city employee steps in as interim director
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Austin to Grow Green Roofs
New city-appointed group explores strategies for encouraging green roofs
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Reefer Madness: Seeds vs. Suds
Marijuana: A safer alternative to America's favorite social lubricant?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Innocent Man Put to Death?
Report questions forensic science that led to possibly innocent man's execution
BY JORDAN SMITH
Envision Next Session
Having lost its two big battles at the Lege, Envision Central Texas retrenches to win the war
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
The Hightower Report
New Elephant-in-Chief?; and Man vs. Wall Street
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Indie Pizzas II
The return of indie pizzas!
BY MICK VANN
Food Reviews
Wine of the Week
Cheap wines with funky labels and screw-tops
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
French, Indian, and Gulf of Mexico seafood newcomers; restyled Japanese surf with American turf; and postprandial treats for both humans and canines
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Foodie events for Sept. 10-24
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
I Built My Girlfriend's iPod
Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Creative Opportunities Orchestra pays tribute to Tina Marsh, local bands find new ways to finance their recordings, and the many hats of Stop the Truck
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Behemoth
Evangelion
Reigning Sound
Love and Curses
Jay Reatard
Watch Me Fall
various artists, Jim James
Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill, Tribute To
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson: Walking on a Wire (1968-2009)
Michael Jackson
Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection
The Miracles
Depend on Me: The Early Albums
The Supremes & the Four Tops
Magnificent: The Complete Studio Duets
screens
The World Is Flat
How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again
BY CINDY WIDNER
Crafting the Autobiography of Another Man
AFS Documentary Tour: The Windmill Movie
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
TV Eye
The Sundance Channel debuts a new four-part series that goes behind the scenes at Fashion Week
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
All About Steve
Sandra Bullock plays it kooky in this romantic comedy in which she stalks a CNN cameraman (Bradley Cooper) with whom she's smitten.
Gamer
Gerard Butler stars in this futuristic thriller set in a multiplayer online gaming universe.
It Might Get Loud
Masters of rock guitar – Jimmy Page, the Edge, and Jack White – gather for a summit of the generations, caught by the lens of An Inconvenient Truth's Davis Guggenheim.
Lorna's Silence
Belgium's Dardenne brothers deliver another striking film marked by its realistic milieu and moral quandaries.
9
9 is a beautifully and imaginatively animated fable, whose vague story about social cooperation is not equal to its visual grandeur.
The September Issue
This intriguing documentary observes Anna Wintour and her staff at Vogue put together the magazine's September 2007 issue, its biggest issue ever.
arts & culture
Corps de Garbage
Allison Orr's latest dance pays tribute to the working folks who take out the trash
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Cultural Arts Division
Learn from the city how public art happens and how the downturn is affecting local creatives
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Out of Bounds Comedy Festival
In its eighth year, the annual Austin comedy festival did this city proud
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Personnel Changes
With the record heat, August brought the departures of three executive directors
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Confidence Men / Start Trekkin'
Improvised Mamet as sharp and fast as gunfire; Trek a bit slow getting to warp speed
Here We Are: Christa Palazzolo and Brian Halloran
The painters' craft in service of art doesn't get much better than in this two-person show
Chuck Close: A Couple of Ways of Doing Something
This show of portraits invites us to linger over and study faces, to really see them
columns
Letters at 3AM
We share a collective amnesia about the 1950 U.S. law that permitted the concentration camp internment of known Communists and others "liable to become subversives"
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Page Two: Hard Filter
Has perception become reality?
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
In between TV marathons, Stephen Skip-Bos to his Lou all over town at the functions he can still make it to
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Get on back to school with your queer self
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
George Kalesik is the sign king of the 'Watermelon Capital of Texas'
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Mice, cats, Taft, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Avoid Future Dispute With Your New Landlord
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Thursday, September 10, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Aztex lose final home game of the season, and more
