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features
30 Things
The Highs, the Lows, the Lists
news
The Science of Injustice
Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence
BY JORDAN SMITH
Quote of the Week
Point Austin: Magic Numbers
At budget time, the public safety numbers become sacrosanct
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: With Interest
Absent state action, council moves to regulate payday lenders
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Res Publica
Civic calendar of events, Aug. 18-25
Naked City
Constable Says Politics Drove Recall of Warrants
Pre-election antics get off to a roaring start
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Doctor Is In – Then Out
Physician says she was fired for speaking out against bad management
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Still No Pay at the Inn
Florida contractor still withholding payment for Holiday Inn remodeling
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Sparks to Lawmakers: Get Off Your Soapbox
Judge rejects lawmakers' attempts to join ultrasound lawsuit
BY JORDAN SMITH
New Law Forces End of Central Health's Abortion Services
Board says it can't risk jeopardizing its overall health care mission
BY JORDAN SMITH
Forbidden Fruit: Exit, Chased by the Bare
Austin's favorite naughty business closes Downtown location
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Finding the Way to Downtown Parking
A compromise on paid parking hours is steering its way toward council approval
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Obama drags his feet on jobs, and tea party politicians scramble for earmarks
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Seafood With a Conscience
Shoreline should be applauded for taking a step to help preserve our seas without ever making us feel deprived
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
RSVP for a Kitchen Nightmares taping – if you dare
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Enjoy a dance party, pies, beer, Hatch chiles, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Luke's Inside Out
Here you'll find some of the most delectable, exotic sandwiches and appetizers in Austin
Panaderia Chuy
South-of-the-border treats for the south-of-the-river crowd
music
Can't Stop the World
Austin's native contribution to the Go-Go's, guitarist/bassist Kathy Valentine, relives 30 years of Beauty and the Beat
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Gary Clark Jr. and the Cactus Cafe go under the lens
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Leatherbag
Yellow Television, Patience
Larry Lange & His Lonely Knights
Wiggle Room
Guy Clark
Songs and Stories
Gary Nicholson
Texas Songbook
Deryl Dodd
Random As I Am
Mark Jungers
More Like a Good Dog Than a Bad Cat
Eric Dahl
Live by Your Word
Lisa Schneider, Barbara Nesbitt, Beth Ullman, the Beat Divas, Anam Mila, Anam Milá
Milkwood Thistle Promenade, The Bees, We've Got Tonight, Songs of Food, Love & Mayhem, Reset
Gary Clark Jr.
The Bright Lights EP
screens
Pride of the Eastside
The movers and shakers behind El Gallo want you to rethink how movies get made
BY MARC SAVLOV
Remembering Polly Platt
A collaborative filmmaker, friend to AFF, and mentor to many
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Screens Reviews
The Killing
As with the proto-New Wave French gangster epics of the period, the heist's the thing in this early Kubrick film
Film Reviews
Final Destination 5
In case we've forgotten, this series returns to remind us that death does not like to be cheated.
Fright Night
The new Fright Night isn't a prick on the neck of the 1985 original, but what it does it does well.
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
They're on TV. They're on tour. And now they're onscreen in a concert film recorded during their summer tour.
The Guard
A daffy, delightful Irish yarn capped by fabulous performances by Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.
One Day
This gimmicky romantic drama charts 20 years of one British couple's ups and downs in one-day blips.
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D
The family-friendly spy franchise is revived once again, this time with a "fourth dimension" of scratch and sniff.
3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
What a bizarre, beautiful, and tonally askew sex-and-sadism romp this Hong Kong freak show is.
The Whistleblower
The international crime of human sex trafficking is the subject of this melodramatic and often harrowing drama.
arts & culture
'The Red Shoes'
The aerial arts troupe's circus adaptation of the fairy tale flies again
BY RAVEN HINOJOSA
'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'
The Georgetown Palace Theatre tours its hit musical to the State Theatre
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Lyric Opera
ALO is selling its headquarters and losing its community music school
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Down the Drain
The leads put so much of themselves in this new play that it transcends fiction
Hillcountry Underbelly
You can feel Elizabeth Doss' new play rising from deep in her past and this land
'Merrick Ales: Photography'
Ales has captured panoramic, full-color miracles with his cunning lenses
columns
Page Two: Precious Little Harmony
The only thing the founders agreed on was the need to compromise
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Birthdays of art and birthdays of heart
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
'It's up to you to heed these call-ups': not exactly what the Clash said, but close
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park in El Paso offers a breathtaking view of the Rio Grande Valley
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Charlie the Tuna and Mr. Bubble both turn 50 this year, prostitutes win Oscars too, etc.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
Zach Theatre's Whisenhunt Stage, Friday, August 19, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Round Rock Express
Skipper Bobby Jones reaches milestone
Soccer Watch
Longhorns open their regular season this Friday, and more
