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April 13, 2012
Volume 31, Number 33
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Discomfort Zone
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It's Your City Council!
Candidate and campaign profiles for your consideration
BY MICHAEL KING
Mayor: Defining Leadership, Choosing Direction
Brigid Shea and Clay Dafoe vs. Lee Leffingwell
BY MICHAEL KING
Place 2: Fire and Rain
Laura Pressley vs. Mike Martinez
BY MICHAEL KING
Place 5: Battle Royal
Six candidates are gunning to unseat Bill Spelman
BY MICHAEL KING
Place 6: Novice vs. Veteran
Sheryl Cole vs. Shaun Ireland
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Open Questions
Campaign questionnaires offer a window into the city's political obsessions
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Westward Hos?
City Council takes its rate case to the people of Lakeway
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Civics 101
Officer's Death Hits Home
Jaime De Luna-Padron was the first APD officer shot and killed in the line of duty since 1978
BY JORDAN SMITH
Rooting for Duty
Law enforcement groups endorse candidate running against John Bradley
BY JORDAN SMITH
'I Need Rehab Not Discipline'
Ahmede Jabbar Bradley was fatally shot by an APD officer
BY JORDAN SMITH
ATU vs. Martinez: 'Better a Dog' for Council
ATU 1091 President Jay Wyatt has some choice words about Martinez
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Enrollment Stalling, IDEA Gets Magnetic
IDEA begins recruiting districtwide, magnet-style
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Keeping the Golf Division Weird
Hancock neighbors want to keep the golf course open
BY NICK BARBARO
Spare That Tree
Familiar tree at North Lamar and Martin Luther King may get a reprieve
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Oops
Barbaro vs. BOR, round 2
BY NICK BARBARO
Quote of the Week
Hightower Report
Texas' taxpayer till tapped to fund failure
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food-o-File
Central Texas Beer Festival cancels; Poteet Strawberry Festival celebrates 65 years
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Well, if Zagat says it's good ...
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
A stunning wine at one-seventh the price
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Lenoir
, and
Quite a Catch!
music
Call Me in the Morning
Meet the Wheeler Brothers and their armload of Austin Music Awards
BY LUKE WINKIE
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: The Kids Really Are Alright
In with the new, out with 'someone's scary grandmother'
BY MARGARET MOSER
Texas Platters
At the Drive-In
,
NickNack
,
Pat Mastelotto
,
Phillips & Driver
, and
The Golden Boys
screens
Spring Screening
New on DVD
Chinatown
New on DVD: 'Chinatown'
BY MARC SAVLOV
No Man of Her Own
New on DVD: 'No Man of Her Own'
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Three Outlaw Samurai
New on DVD: 'Three Outlaw Samurai'
BY MARC SAVLOV
The Geisha Boy
New on DVD: 'The Geisha Boy'
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Come Blow Your Horn & Assault on a Queen
New on DVD: 'Come Blow Your Horn' and 'Assault on a Queen'
BY LEAH CHURNER
Design for Living
Reality TV staple and (ahem) silver fox Tim Gunn opines about art, Alexander McQueen, and queer youth
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Get Schooled
James Franco-produced Web series tracks UT film students
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
Blue Like Jazz
,
Bully
,
The Cabin in the Woods
,
Footnote
,
The Kid With a Bike
,
October Baby
,
The Three Stooges
, and
Touchback
arts & culture
Discomfort Zone
How far can Rubber Repertory push you?
BY DAN SOLOMON
All Over Creation: A Brief History of Laugh Riots in Austin
As April overflows with comedy festivals, an overview of Austin's celebrations of funny
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Art City Austin
Austin's urban core gets more playful with surprise swings and bubble sofas
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
A Room With a View
,
'Memento Mori'
, and
The Dragon Play
columns
After a Fashion
Star light, star bright: Ross Bennet could be our 'Fashion Star'!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Unicorn, Totally
We recommend the one with the unicorn in it
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Stonehenge II beckons from its home near the Point Theater in Ingram
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Well, where else are we supposed to play 'Bejeweled'?
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Stop Talking About Your Workout. Forever.
A great body doesn’t make you interesting, it just makes your dullness slightly more tolerable.
BY DAN HARDICK
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
NBA D-League Playoffs
The Toros bring the playoffs to the CPC Sunday
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Only three weeks till the Austin Aztex's opening day, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
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