Women & Their Work
Jason Stout
news
Safety Net or Dead End?
The politics of Austin animal welfare
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Point Austin: A Tale of Two States
How you see Texas depends on where you're standing
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: The City Council Blues ... Again
The price of all these things, twice
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
LEGELAND
LegeLand: Some Key Committee Seats for Local Dems
Funding battles will start in meeting rooms
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LegeLand: Howard Wins in a Squeaker
Four-vote margin = four more years
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LegeLand: Bill of the Week
Green energy vs. HOAs
BY LEE NICHOLS
LegeLand: A Bill To 'Protect Our Women'
Yet another fight over abortion
BY JORDAN SMITH
Amazon's Waltz Across Taxes
Perry frowns on Combs' pursuit of sales taxes
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AISD Takes Stock of Impending Layoffs
There's nothing pretty about budget cuts
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Clemency Sought for Veteran
Execution set for Feb. 22
BY JORDAN SMITH
Health Care Jeopardy
Congressional Republicans propose elimination of Title X funding
BY JORDAN SMITH
Graves: No Restitution
State denies compensation to Graves
BY JORDAN SMITH
Quote of the Week
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Feb. 17-24
The Hightower Report
Congressional DeLay Tactics; and System of Checks and Imbalances
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Local Is as Local Does
Why area farmers want you to beware of faux local
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
DIY 2011
Food-swapping, Kate Payne, and The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking
BY MM PACK
Food-o-File
Two chefs find new homes, and two events bring foodies together
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Pairing and learning and cooking and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Circle Sky
For your resident Head, the Monkees' Michael Nesmith still lassos 'Circle Sky' country-rock
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Prime real estate: Patricia Vonne and the historic opening week for Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Hayes Carll
KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
Erin Ivey & the Finest Kind
Broken Gold
Todd Snider
Live: The Storyteller
Wil Cope
Sunset Craves
Bob Livingston
Gypsy Alibi
Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, Sir Douglas Quintet
Trippin Out on Triplets, The San Antonio Hipster, Texas Gold
Gold Beach
Habibti
the Gary
El Camino
Jackie Bristow
Freedom
Arielle Nicole
This One's for You
Bree Bruns
Bree Bruns
Calida
Winter Songs
Datri Bean
Ruby
Butch Country
Sugarloaf Mountain
screens
Any Given Wednesday
One man, 10 years, some seriously sublime weirdness
BY MARC SAVLOV
He's Not in Wisconsin Anymore
Director Miguel Arteta on his bumpkin-in-the-big-city comedy Cedar Rapids
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
First Steps
New program highlights Texas filmmakers 'before they were legends'
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye: Getting Real
This weekend's Texas-set episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition gets TV Eye teary-eyed
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Cedar Rapids
A wonderful cast turns Cedar Rapids into a semisweet charmer that fluxes between edgy comedy and palpable pathos.
I Am Number Four
This filmed adaptation of the first book in the proposed Lorien Legacies series follows the tribulations of an alien refugee on Earth.
Just Go With It
Instead of seeming effortless, this Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston comedy has the lazy appearance of being effort-free.
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Bieber Fever strikes the cineplex.
7 Khoon Maaf
In this Hindi mystery, a seven-times married woman leaves behind six deceased husbands.
arts & culture
Presto con Fuoco
For violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, life is best played fast and fiery
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Morris Beachy
Remembering Austin's pioneering choral conductor
BY ROBERT FAIRES
On the Funding Front
The governor puts a hit out on the Texas Commission on the Arts
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Hedda Gabler'/'Heddatron'
Two new productions put Ibsen's pistol-packin' heroine in a new light
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
La Sylphide
Ballet Austin's first brush with Bournonville showed his style suiting the dancers
UT New Music Ensemble
This program of fresh work proved again why NME is one of Austin's hidden gems
'Chloé Yingst: Missing'
The artist's first solo show offers a series of ethereal portraits rooted in memory
columns
After a Fashion
Cherchez la Femme restores Your Style Avatar's faith in local fashion shows
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Elevators on gravity, John Wayne on radioactive dirt, and more on more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Gay Place
Free your mind, and your ass will follow right over that bridge
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
David Adickes sculpts larger-than-life statues of larger-than-life men
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: R.A.W. Fridays: DJ Kelly's Vinylogical Warfare
Chain Drive, Friday, February 18, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Texas Rollergirls
Flat-track skates into the Convention Center
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Soccer Watch
Italians crash and burn in Champs League, Austin Co-ed Soccer Association gets under way, and more
