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Bob Schneider
news
Travis County 'Death Spiral'
Facing a personnel dilemma, the commissioners respond: Fire everybody!
BY AMY SMITH
Point Austin: A Green and Democratic Place
Local activists kick off co-op project with a visit from Omar Freilla
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: All Things Bright and Comprehensive
One man's diversity is another woman's usual suspects
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar: Oct. 1-8
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Developing Stories: A Long Route to Go
Will we vote on urban rail in November 2010?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Cap Metro
Cap Metro board reluctantly passes budget
BY LEE NICHOLS
MetroRail Watch
How long will we wait for the train?
Watching Jay Like a Hawk
Transit agency's eye follows union leader's moves
BY LEE NICHOLS
SBOE
Dem candidates for the SBOE hope to fight Cynthia Dunbar with the moderate Republican vote
BY LEE NICHOLS
Council Sleeper
You'll be on the edge of your seat for this week's council agenda
BY WELLS DUNBAR
AISD
Rejected by AISD, Community Education Partners blames an academic paper – and sues its author
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Solar Withdrawal Symptoms
Austin Energy's solar rebate program is out of money – are Austin's solar installers out of luck?
BY NORA ANKRUM
Reefer Madness: Kicking the Drug War Habit
More of the same under Obama's new drug czar?
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Health Care Tidbits; and Loco for Local
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
ACL's Food Court Keeps the Crowds Nourished and the Good Times Rolling
Take an ACL break Austin-style with local eateries and portable fine dining
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Restaurants Near Zilker
Lee's Beer Flight
Beer news from Austin and Central Texas
BY LEE NICHOLS
Food-o-File
How 'bout them apples?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Central Texas foodies are already fully in fall mode, with upcoming events that include the fifth annual Texas Fall Fest & Wine Auction this weekend and an Octoberfest party at Zax next week
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Fortune Chinese Seafood Restaurant
Fortune: We welcome you to Austin
Tarbouch Lebanese Grill and Hookah
With a little tightening of the ship, Tarbouch may yet avoid the rocks
Flying Falafel & Po-Boys
Try this UT-area eatery for an interesting balance between Mediterranean fare and New Orleans standards
music
What About Bob?
Don't hate Bob Schneider because of his Lovely Creatures
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
David Garza maps The Road to ACL, inside Ghostland Observatory's new crash pad, and other strange insights into this weekend's festival
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Box Sets
the Beatles
The Beatles, The Beatles in Mono
ACL MUSIC FEST
ACL Music Fest Friday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2009
ACL Music Fest Friday Interviews
ACL Fest Friday Review
ACL Music Fest Saturday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2009
ACL Music Fest Saturday Interviews
ACL Music Fest Saturday Reviews
ACL Music Fest Sunday Picks
The blurbing of ACL 2009
ACL Music Fest Sunday Interviews
ACL Music Fest Sunday Reviews
Austin Kiddie Limits
BY MELANIE HAUPT
ACL Aftershows
ACL's Food Court Keeps the Crowds Nourished and the Good Times Rolling
Take an ACL break Austin-style with local eateries and portable fine dining
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Restaurants Near Zilker
Barton Springs Pool Info
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
screens
Gender Studies
Kino goes back to the classroom with How to Be a Man and How to Be a Woman
BY JAMES RENOVITCH AND KIMBERLEY JONES
Tough Enough
Whip It director Drew Barrymore and scribe Shauna Cross roll with the punches
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
See You Next Year, Fantastic Fest
Thanks for all the memories, FF. Oh, the bleary, beery memories.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
TV Eye likes what it sees in the new Fall lineup
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Boys Are Back
Clive Owen is a widower in Australia who learns to become a hands-on dad to his sons.
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore wants to know where our money went.
Do Knot Disturb
New Bollywood comedy.
Fame
Fame: Some stories live forever. It's more or less the same story as before, just a different generation.
Lord, Save Us From Your Followers
Dan Merchant seeks to uncover why the gospel of love is dividing America.
My One and Only
Renée Zellweger stars in this 1950s-set story that's based on George Hamilton's memories of his early years traveling with his mother while she searched for a new husband.
Pandorum
Two crew members wake up aboard a spaceship with no knowledge of their identities or their mission in this horror/science-fiction amalgam.
Surrogates
Bruce Willis is a cop in a future society where human beings live in isolation and interact through robots.
Toy Story & Toy Story 2: 3-D Double Feature
"To infinity and beyond" gains new dimension in this 3-D-improved double feature.
Toy Story in 3-D
Toy Story 2 in 3-D
The addition of 3-D perks up this second entry in the series.
Under Our Skin
This documentary probes the human, medical, and political dimensions of Lyme disease, its treatment, and diagnosis.
Wake Up Sid
New romantic comedy from Bollywood.
Whip It
Drew Barrymore makes her directing debut with this Austin-set story about the modern age of roller girls.
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Gertrude Berg, the woman behind the radio and TV icon Molly Goldberg, is profiled in this documentary.
Zombieland
A hilarious script and seamless performances make this a quite tasty zomcom.
arts & culture
Setting the Table
New director Ned Rifkin wants to bring more people to the feast that is the Blanton
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arthouse
It takes a village to raise a city
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Sara Medina-Pape
Remembering the longtime costume designer and teacher at St. Edward's University
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Personnel Changes
A leap to Conspirare from the Blanton and a resignation at Zilker Theatre Productions
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Jungle
Puppets add humanity to Upton Sinclair's story, retold here with a lean, mythic power
Three Days of Rain
Few young stage companies risk as much or succeed as well as Penfold Theatre Company does
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
For real spelling bee champs, see Spellbound. For their comic counterparts, see this.
columns
Page Two: Slow Drift
The eternal winter of our discontent
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
This week: Your Style Avatar was brought to you by the letter "E"
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Highway 16 winds through the heart of Texas like the seam of a colorful quilt
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Set your harmonics for another month's queer convergence, as Gaytober begins
BY KATE X MESSER
The Common Law
New Traffic Laws
BY LUKE ELLIS
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Drunk sex, anal glands, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Capital City Marching Band Festival
Toney Burger Activity Center, Saturday, October 3, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Last chance to catch the Aztex in action this year and more
