Women & Their Work
Bret Brookshire
news
Excited About Life
Friends keenly mourn the death of Esme Barrera
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Nothing From Something
In Austin politics, the more things change, the more they stay the same
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point: 'Mission of Affordability'
AE brings a half-baked rate increase to City Council
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Civics 101
Quote of the Week
Primary Prospects
A rundown of primary election battles shaping up
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
More Confusion in Redistricting Case
High court hears arguments; primary date up in the air
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
School Tax Hike Likely for November Ballot
AISD Board of Trustees mulls a much-overdue teacher pay raise
BY NICK BARBARO
Court Upholds Ultrasound Law
Appeals court says state's new anti-abortion law is reasonable
BY JORDAN SMITH
Formula Farrera
Formula One cranks up sustainability engine
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Groups Plan To Sue To Save Salamander
WTP4 threatens survival of the Jollyville Plateau Salamander, eco groups charge
BY AMY SMITH
Sword of Escamilla Dangles Over City Hall?
Unabated rate discourse, post office roast, and more
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin's Violent Start to the New Year
Police record three murders within first week of 2012
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Corporate cash and the 2012 elections
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Mayor's Fitness Council Challenges Austin Restaurants To Develop Healthy Entrées
Is fast food possible without the fat? Can you dine out on a diet? Find out.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Book Review
Braux's latest book offers belt-tightening recipes
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Food-o-File
New noms flock to the South First strip
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Foodie events, Jan. 12-18
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
French Quarter Grille
You'll roux the day if you skip the crème brûlée
music
Five O'Clock Land
Closing Encore Records is no walk in the park for Chuck Lokey
BY ADAM SCHRAGIN
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: I Heart Austin
Austin's music scene takes another heart-punch after the murder of Esme Barrera
BY MARGARET MOSER
Free Week Live Shots
Whiskey Shivers, Guns of Navarone, Crooks
Whiskey Shivers
Girl in a Coma, Love Inks, Elle King
Girl in a Coma
Cruddy, Nazi Gold, Naw Dude, The Best
Dikes of Holland, Not in the Face, Flesh Lights, Wood Grain, Eagle Claw
Dikes of Holland, Not in the Face, Flesh Lights
Slurr, For Every Empire, Bay of Pigs, Wake the Colossus, Taking On Poseidon, Prey for Sleep
Metal Matinee
screens
Our Bloody Valentine
Movie makeup artist Matt Valentine reps Austin on SyFy's reality competition show Face Off
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Measuring Up
Slamdance to show Evan Roberts' '33 Teeth'
BY TOSHIO MERONEK
Screens Reviews
Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinéma
Few filmmakers would be able to mount a discourse on the 20th century's art and thought process as broad and extensive as this
Film Reviews
Business Man
Carnage
Roman Polanski directs this chamber piece about the demise of social decorum that's adapted from the play God of Carnage.
The Devil Inside
A woman tries to determine whether her incarcerated mother is criminally insane or demonically possessed.
The Divide
This is an apocalyptic narrative about a group of people holed up in a bomb shelter who are under attack from biohazard baddies.
8 Murders a Day
The drug-related violence occurring in Juarez, Mexico, is the subject of this impassioned documentary.
The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep reunites with her Mama Mia! director to play Margaret Thatcher.
Joyful Noise
Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton duke it out in the homespun world of gospel-music competition.
Nanban
This Tamil comedy is a remake of the 2009 Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots.
Pariah
Pariah tells the specific but universal story of a black teenage girl who is a virginal lesbian, budding writer, and nonconformist.
arts & culture
Alone in the Lab
FronteraFest gives solo performers plenty of room to experiment
BY DAN SOLOMON
Who Needs a Dragon Tattoo?
Taylor Stevens continues the renaissance of ass-kicking heroines in The Innocent
BY SARAH SMITH
Austin Lyric Opera
With the sale of the Heller Opera Center, ALO is back in the black
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Children's Hour
Design takes center stage in Different Stages' revival of Lillian Hellman's drama
Return of the Herd of Harpsichords
This La Follia concert was to the harpsichord what a fine wine tasting is to vino
columns
Letters at 3AM: James Hillman (1926-2011)
Remembering James Hillman
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Christmas and New Year's (recently) past with Your Style Avatar
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
This week, Gay Place dotes on the goat and the bunny
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: A Mind-Boggling Variety of Sensory Input
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Anarchy Championship Wrestling
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Soccer Watch
It's gonna be a dogfight for the fourth and last Champions League spot and more
