John Anderson
Volume 29, Number 48
ON THE COVER:
news
Writer Ed Burns on education, totalitarianism, and the possibility of community
BY WELLS DUNBAR
City Council poised to prolong the Sanders / Quintana agony
BY MICHAEL KING
Council comes home to the budget, the Sanders debate, and plenty more
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Citizens' calendar, July 29-Aug. 5
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
The budget gets balanced, saved by the sales tax – and some scrubbing
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Some war chests are full; some are empty
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
New alliance aims to improve working conditions in Texas
BY MICHAEL KING
Remodeling projects must fit narrower definition
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Will Forensic Science Commission let Fire Marshal's Office off the hook for flawed science?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Formula One reveals location, money man
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
New CEO's first order of business is to clean up transit agency's image
BY LEE NICHOLS
Austin's original car-sharing program skids to a stop
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Study predicts how climate change will affect Texas' future water needs
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Surprise! The People Speak.; and Superbugs Go Agro
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
A tale of two cities, Italian-style
BY WES MARSHALL
Somnio's delicious local cuisine vacillates between homestyle and chef-inspired
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Slow money now, wine-pairing dinners later
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
More local frozen yogurt, the city's Restaurant Recyclers, gluten-free in Mama Fu's Asian House, more East Austin trailer dining, and other foodie news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Mother Falcon takes flight – past Paganini
BY MARGARET MOSER
UT and KUT's communications about the Cactus Cafe remain off-grid, while David Kimbrough Jr. reinstates his late father's legacy at TC's, and Alejandro Escovedo goes viral from the Stone Pony in Asbury Park
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Lighthouse
Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Maya
Robert Plant & the Band of Joy
screens
Filmmaker and war photographer Tim Hetherington talks about his yearlong embed in Afghanistan
BY MARC SAVLOV
The Funniest Filmmaker(s) in Austin crowned
John Pierson's Master Class airs on KUT
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
Two early films from Yasujiro Ozu
American Idol hosts Austin auditions, Geeks Who Drink toast The Simpsons, and more
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Voices are given to the live-action animal performers who romp through this four-footed James Bond spoof.
Zac Efron breaks free of his High School Musical routine with this unusual drama about a young man overcoming grief.
This documentary offers a blunt assessment of our fate as a result of nuclear weapons – whether through an act of aggression, accident, or madness.
Director Michael Winterbottom makes some fatal storytelling miscalculations in this screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel that stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson.
Beverly Cleary's beloved Ramona Quimby makes a pleasing leap to the big screen with this adaptation.
This documentary, which chronicles the 15-month deployment in Afghanistan of about a dozen U.S. soldiers, is an example of photojournalism at its finest.
This South Korean war film commemorates the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, and the 71 college students who, in 1950, held the line against North Korean soldiers.
arts & culture
Paladin Theatre Company gives women a chance in the spotlight
BY BARRY PINEO
A metaphysical grudge match to settle the question: Do ideas exist independently?
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
There's no better way to get to know a musician than chamber music
BY MICHAEL KELLERMAN
Arts Reviews
The standing-room-only crowd made it clear that it takes five to tango
Debutantes & Vagabonds' theatrical production invites you to take a piece of the artist
columns
How will naysayers and protesters 'take back the country'? And from whom?
BY LOUIS BLACK
Terry Allen's music reflects the Lubbock mindset
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Your Style Avatar narrowly escapes a poke in the eye by ... something, while wearing faux faux Versace
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
I'm From Driftwood wants to know where you're from
BY KATE X MESSER
The Real Ale brewery tour in Blanco is a beer lover's dream come true
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Spices, typography, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Hole in the Wall, Saturday, July 31, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Avoid long concession-stand lines with the Bypass Lane
BY MARK FAGAN
Aztex host Miami with a lot on the line, and more
BY NICK BARBARO