Volume 30, Number 45
ON THE COVER:
features
The Highs, the Lows, the Lists
news
Cap Metro saving money means hardship for neediest riders
BY LEE NICHOLS
As the Lege dust settles, the speculation game begins
BY MICHAEL KING
While City Hall slumbers, the law in its majesty marches on
BY MICHAEL KING
Citizens' calendar, July 7-14
Naked City
Project provides digital connection for homeless
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
City takes a chain saw to Laura Croteau's wildlife habitat
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Convention center hotels seek city waivers
BY AMY SMITH
LEGELAND
Perry always declares victory, even when he loses
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A group of doctors takes on ultrasound-before-abortion law
BY JORDAN SMITH
An act of Congress may spare inmate's life
BY JORDAN SMITH
Budgeting Room for Ignorance; and Shocking: Fed-Up Voters
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Threadgill's secret to longevity
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Catch her when you can
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The ones from France are more complex
BY WES MARSHALL
Some spirited sightseeing and an eight-course cupcake dinner in this week's food news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Booze, a benefit, and Bastille Day
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Savage survivor and Sex Pistols witness Artly Snuff isn't just another face in Austin's eccentric crowd
BY MARGARET MOSER
Heavy lifting: No Control radio expands, hardcore punks hit the Monolith Training Center, and the Stocktons celebrate 10 years at Beerland
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
A Treasure, The Harrow & the Harvest, Pint of Blood
Larceny & Old Lace
Reason and Rhyme
Horses and High Heels, Still So New
Laru Beya
The 1st Album
Sahel Folk
The Secret
screens
The magic of cinema inspires kids in a Kurdish village to take camera in hand
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
How Mondo is revolutionizing film art-vertising
BY MARC SAVLOV
Summer movie mayhem at Arthouse
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
After 10 years in print, 'TV Eye' has its series finale
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
An undocumented Mexican worker in Los Angeles who struggles to earn a living and keep his teenage son from joining a gang is the subject of this heartfelt drama.
While this comedy aims for new nadirs in raunchiness, the rest of its humor coasts on obvious gags and recycled jokes.
Cute-as-a-button Selena Gomez stars in this tweener mistaken-identity comedy.
In this French drama, a placid, working-class woman discovers passions she never knew she possessed when she learns to play chess.
There are many things we can learn from the animals but lessons in love from talking primates is not one of them.
arts & culture
This summer the Austin Chamber Music Festival really brings the heat
BY ROBERT FAIRES
A master storyteller spins the true yarn of a year spent in Libya
BY ROBERT FAIRES
In this bone-dry summer, one gallery group show has water in abundance
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Maugham's post-World War I marital mix-up is a quirky gem of a comedy
The Big Range Dance Festival shows why that art is worth everyone's attention
Two Austin artists create one hell of a fine show
columns
From a new Hush and some new grooves to a big voice on The Voice, Your Style Avatar covers the sounds
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Go, Skee-Ra, go!
BY KATE X MESSER
Specific Performance – Forcing the Sale of Property?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Hruska's Store & Bakery offers weary travelers world-class kolaches and much more
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Sir Isaac Newton, krummhorn, celery, and more to chew on
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Threadgill's World HQ -, Saturday, July 9, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
World-class tennis event invades the Drum
BY MARK FAGAN
U.S. Women lose their first-ever World Cup group stage game, and more
BY NICK BARBARO