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news
Arms on Brazos
As it nears completion of an extended 'Great Streets' rehab project, has Austin learned any lessons?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Bag It
Proposed plastic bag ban will be popular – and under assault
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Water, Water Everywhere ... and Nowhere
Council splits on WTP4 audit, possible shutdown
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Council Notes: When To Park That Election
Downtown parking pulls in at City Council, and more
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Aug. 4-11
Quote of the Week
Naked City
Spears' Retirement Creates Rare Vacancy
Tax assessor-collector leaving office a year early
BY MICHAEL KING AND AMY SMITH
The Right Confounded by Twitter
Empower Texans violates cyber rules, then claims conspiracy
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
For AISD, Some Positive Signs Amid Poor Ratings
Two high schools and six middle schools miss state targets
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A.G. Ruling on Arson Probe Is 'Just Weird'
Decision hog-ties commission's role in Willingham case
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Back to the Great Recession; and Subsidizing Plutocrats
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
'Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home'
Jeni Britton Bauer brings her upscale creations to Austin and your bookshelf
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Rumors of a Burnet Road building boom, Kickstarting cookie cutters, new croissants at Quack's, and other food news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Belly up to the bar for the Texas Rollergirls
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Bartlett's
Bartlett's adds a dash of Austin to the chain-restaurant model and comes out on top
Live Oak Barbecue
The Eastside gets another superlative house of meat
music
Nights in White Satin
Streaming Spotify all the way back to the reel-to-reel
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Fun Fun Fun Fest spins at Turntable.fm, Zorch goes viral, and other digital delights from Bali Yaaah and the Meat Puppets
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Planets
Planets
Charlie Faye
Travels With Charlie
T Bird & the Breaks
Never Get Out of This Funk Alive
The Krayolas
Tipsy Topsy Turvy
The Rock Garage Texas Live Concert Series Volume 1
The Rock Garage Texas Live Concert Series Volume 1
Pocket FishRmen
Live at the Fish Fry
Dickins
Dickins
Squidbucket
Celery City
Bali Yaaah, Equals, Eskimo, Noise Revival Orchestra, ((Sounder))
Never Early Always Fate, Equals, Eskimo, Songs of Forgiveness, If We Don't Get Better
screens
Where the Beards Are
Meet the Austin Facial Hair Club, reality TV's unlikeliest new stars
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
We Can't Go Home Again
Piecing through Nicholas Ray's archive at the HRC
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Screens Reviews
Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director
Film scholar Patrick McGilligan explores an auteur's troubled life and career
Film Reviews
Another Earth
Shaky science fiction shacks up with a corny redemption tale in this Sundance Film Festival double award-winner.
The Change-Up
In this body-switcheroo movie, Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman star as pals each a little envious of the other's life.
Sarah's Key
Two parallel stories from different eras intertwine and inform each other in this film based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel.
Tabloid
Errol Morris finds a real character for his documentary subject this time – scandal magnet Joyce McKinney, who allegedly abducted and raped a Mormon missionary.
arts & culture
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Reading between the features in the Blanton's 'About Face'
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Shakespeare at Winedale
The UT program offers a marathon run of the Bard's early trilogy
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Crisis and Opportunity
Do you know your audience?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Urinetown: The Musical
Students sing and dance this satire at such a high level, it's astounding
Golden Hornet Project Percussion VII
This concert of new music was driven by experiments with rhythm and sound
'Water in Time'/'The Night Way'
Bill Kennedy's photos and Bob Schneider's prints immerse you in watery goodness
columns
Page Two: Community Sourced
Moving backward and forward, toward the future
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion
Sometimes you have to go back to the very beginning to understand where you can begin again
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Get your tickets now for this year's refreshingly goofy Pride lineup
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Hotel El Capitan offers weary travelers a comfortable night's stay in Van Horn
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Sponges instead of toilet paper, Elvis' diet, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
My Security Deposit Is Never Returned
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: 'Texas High School Football: More Than the Game'
Bullock Texas State History Museum, Saturday, August 6, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
ATX Roller Derby
Both of Austin's Roller Derby leagues are in action this weekend
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Soccer Watch
U.S. Men's team replace Bob Bradley, and more