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features
30 Things
news
Water Fall
Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow
BY NORA ANKRUM
'Chronicle' Endorsement
Place 3 run-off, June 18
Point Austin: Grackle Eaten Here
There's a bitter taste accompanying any Formula One deal – good or bad
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Down the Long Road to SMDs
Council takes another step toward districting ... and other stuff
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Quote of the Week
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar for June 16-23
Headlines
Naked City
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Decisions, Decisions
Voters ponder council election; council ponders F1
BY NICK BARBARO
The Donors Behind the Dough
A glimpse at the campaign finance reports
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Nothing Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum
Candidates rehash their positions at new round of forums
BY MICHAEL KING
LEGELAND
Republicans Search for New Normal
GOP rift appears in approach to education cuts
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
New Assaults in War on Women's Health Care
New rule places stranglehold on Planned Parenthood
BY JORDAN SMITH
Tide Turns on 'Titty Tax'
Tax on adult-oriented businesses may be on its last legs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Redistricting: 'Purposeful Discrimination'
The trampling of Travis County
BY LEE NICHOLS
Loss of Old Homes Fuels East Austin Debate
Juniper Street says goodbye to another old soul
BY AMY SMITH
BPP Retreats on 'Special Condition X'
No more sex-offender restrictions for parolees who aren't sex offenders?
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Three Wrongs Don't Make Big Oil Right; and Who's Getting Face Time With Your Legislators?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food-o-File
Barr's back, cookies are coming, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
New on Burnet Road
A basket of new dining establishments serving everyday eats to everyday folks
BY RACHEL FEIT
The Beat Divas Teach Cooking With Songs of Food, Love, and Mayhem
Music on the Menu at Central Market
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Event Menu
Fun with foodies for June 16-23
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Drums Across Texas
What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.
BY KATE X MESSER
Off the Record
Across the Borderline: BettySoo travels abroad with Doug Cox, Monte Wardens discovers Kevin Ahart, and Ancient VVisdom collaborates with Charles Manson
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
The Wooden Birds
Two Matchsticks
Joe Ely
Satisfied at Last
Black Pistol Fire
Black Pistol Fire
The Echocentrics, Ocote Soul Sounds
Sunshadows, Taurus
Andrae Van Buren
"Deep" ... Nough Said
Rubble
The Farewell Drugs
Lisa Morales, Vanessa Lively, Libby Kirkpatrick, Little Brave
Beautiful Mistake, Uncovering Stones, Heroine, Wound & Will
screens
RoboCop Is Alive and Well and Kicking Ass Onstage
Eighties blockbusters and a 'cardboard aesthetic' courtesy of the Old Murder House Theatre
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
From Bloom to Boom
This pop-up gallery fundraiser for aGLIFF might just blow your mind
BY KATE X MESSER
Drawing Praise
AFF to honor Pixar giant John Lasseter
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
Pale Flower
A dark and dreamy Nippon noir from 1964
TV Eye: Space Pioneers
Perfectly paired with Battlestar Galactica, Outcasts is a great intergalactic frontier drama
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Art of Getting By
As coming-of-age dramas go, this one is flaccid and endlessly irksome.
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Young Judy's summer takes an upward swing when her Aunt Opal (played by Heather Graham) comes to stay.
Submarine
This British film is a bracingly deadpan coming-of-age story that proudly wears its Wes Anderson influences on its sleeve.
Trollhunter
Wayward trolls threaten human life in this delightfully bizarre Norwegian film.
arts & culture
Second Life
For her new play's sophomore production, Suzan-Lori Parks turns director
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company
In making her new dance, Kathy Dunn Hamrick kept turning things upside down
BY DAWN DAVIS LORING
Crisis & Opportunity: An Open, Structured Dialogue
A conversation about the state of the arts turned out to be open and frank
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
Bobcats go Broadway, Palindrome goes Scottish, and billboards go for Austin art
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Woyzeck
Staged in a rough space, this poor man's tragedy is rough-edged as well
The Mikado
The show lacks energy, but its songs, voices, and comic spectacle are intact
'You See ... Thing Is ...'
This found-object art melds Hirst's high concepts and Louis C.K.'s comedy
columns
Page Two: Don't Move Here
We're Number Three!
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Reading Diplomatic Code
There's a shift toward the promotion of Turkey as a stabilizing force in the Middle East
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
These boots were made for nip slips ...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Gay Place loves itself some wonks
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Snow's serves up barbecue that Texas Monthly proclaimed to be the best in the state
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Taste buds, cheesecake, the Pledge of Allegiance, etc.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: A Gil Scott-Heron Tribute & Juneteenth Celebration!
Gypsy Lounge, Saturday, June 18, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
ESPN 'Friday Night Fights'
Yes, we're ready to rumble
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Road trip to Reliant?
