Buddy's Place
Jason Stout
news
Slow Burn
City's climate protection plan sputters in 2010
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Learning From Experience
The things they won't tell you in Texas schools
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Go Foodie and Multiply
Council sings happy food trails to you
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Sept. 23-30
AISD: Matching Buildings to Kids, or Vice Versa?
AISD aims to resolve under- and overcrowding issues with its facilities master plan
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Down and Out in Texas
New data puts Texas among states with highest poverty rates
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Sanders Lawsuit: 'A Deal Is a Deal'
Family attorney argues city's rejection of settlement was breach of contract
BY JORDAN SMITH
Waterboarded in South Austin
Polly Parsons is still getting hassled by water supplier
BY AMY SMITH
Commission Jerks Bradley's Chain
Chairman loses bid to close arson case on Cameron Todd Willingham
BY JORDAN SMITH
Keller Keeps Foot in Courtroom Door
The judge continues to fight 'warning' issued by SCJC
BY JORDAN SMITH
Running the Numbers
A packed agenda yields some interesting figures
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Pocketful of Coal; and Go for the Feingold
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food-o-File
The seductive aroma of smoking meat wafting over Downtown last weekend came from Texas Monthly's first Texas BBQ Festival
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
UT football pregaming, olive oil, and lucha libre? You do the math.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
Box wine finally deserves the frugal connoisseur's choice
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
El Mesón Mexicana y Tequilería
The food here is too exceptional to not be fully supported by consistent service and comfortable ambience
Bess Bistro on Pecan
Check out Bess for the welcome atmosphere, friendly and efficient service, and well-executed menu with something for everyone
Spartan Pizza
Spartan Pizza does the Greek gods proud with its pies
music
Melodymaker
Slayer's oracle originates from Palestine, Texas, for 15 years now
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Tuning in to KOOP Radio, dropping out for the Pixies, and turning up for HAAM Benefit Day
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Grinderman
Grinderman 2
Buke & Gass
Riposte
Raul Malo
Sinners & Saints
Michael Franti & Spearhead
The Sound of Sunshine
the Black Crowes
Croweology
Torche
Songs for Singles
Brian Wilson
Reimagines Gershwin
Efterklang
Tripper + Springer, Parades + Under Giant Trees
screens
Passion Project
Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same
BY MARC SAVLOV
The Movie Bug
Touching down at the Toronto International Film Festival
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Great Are the Myths
Edward Norton introduces Leaves of Grass to Austin
BY CINDY WIDNER
TV Eye: Under the 'Boardwalk'
A new HBO series explores seedy, Prohibition-era Atlantic City
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Alpha and Omega
This 3-D animated film is about two wolves trying to find their way back to their pack.
Devil
A group of strangers takes a ride with the devil on an elevator to hell.
Leaves of Grass
Edward Norton plays dual roles as twin brothers from Oklahoma in this off-kilter mash-up of comedy and drama that co-stars Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss.
Lebanon
This brutally real-feeling Israeli film about the war in Lebanon in 1982 received the top prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2009.
The Tillman Story
Documentary about the high-level cover-up of the circumstances surrounding the death of NFL star turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Oliver Stone delivers an enlivening and wickedly entertaining take on the occasional angels and plentiful demons that have run the country into financial ruin.
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Surprisingly, Zhang Yimou's Chinese remake of the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple, winds up something of a limp noodle.
You Again
A high school loser who reinvents herself as a successful adult regresses when she returns home in this comedy starring Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, and Betty White.
arts & culture
Engagement
UT's new Visual Arts Center connects its art department with the world
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Shakespeare Around Austin
Productions this fall show us there's no limit to how the Bard's plays get done
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'... Might Be Good'
Wendy Vogel takes over as editor of Austin's online visual arts journal
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash
Your chance to dance with Jack Black, and votes pour in for the Paramount
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Imaginary Invalid
At St. Edward's, Molière's satire is a tight two hours of irreverent, blue humor
Hamlet
Shakespeare's best-known play is performed too fast for the audience to absorb
'Paper 2'
A thoughtfully hung show that draws one deep down a river of paper-based beauty
columns
Page Two: New Jersey Reverie
Autumn rain, returning memories
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Beginnings
How I learned that writing for publication wasn't just about me
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
After a Fashion is people!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Friends in need need you now
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Pine Creek Country Inn creates a European-style retreat among the towering pine trees of East Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Fantastic Fest
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Thursday, September 23, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
San Marcos Pet Fest 5K & Fun Run/Dog Jog
Do it for the pups
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex final regular season home game, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Football Watch
Horns win a big one in Lubbock, and more