Jason Stout
Volume 31, Number 37
ON THE COVER:
news
After the May 12 municipal election, start cramming for the May 29 primaries
BY THE NEWS STAFF
The collision of elections leaves many voters in the dust
BY MICHAEL KING
The mayor's race takes a sharp turn in the final lap
BY AMY SMITH
A flurry of last-minute fundraising – and charges and counter-charges between mayoral candidates
BY AMY SMITH
Was cronyism involved in picking those new subcontractors?
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
A paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis could disqualify him
BY JORDAN SMITH
In the latest move in this tennis match, 5th Circuit overturns last-minute stay
BY JORDAN SMITH
Could Romney ever reconcile Mormonism's egalitarianism with his plutocratic narcissism?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
A roundup of local beer news
BY LEE NICHOLS
Get your joie de vivre on at Central Market's Passport France celebration
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
This week's collection of culinary events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
'Top Chef' alum turns out swell sandwiches
music
UT student frequency KVRX struggles to stave off the nationwide downturn in collegiate media
BY LUKE WINKIE
Red River venues re-entrench and Panchanga Fest once again settles comfortably into Fiesta Gardens
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Fear Fun
A Wasteland Companion
Blunderbuss
screens
The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex
BY DAN SOLOMON
With its campus soon expanding, Austin Studios hopes city funds will take the facility to the next level
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Longhorn Showcase's show and tell
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
A troupe of top-tier British thesps raises this crowd-pleasing pap into something enjoyable,
Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.
The roles of mother and daughter get mixed up in this old story told in a smart way.
Purloined cocaine, his kidnapped son, and a den of thieves who wish him ill cause one man to have a very desperate night in this taut French thriller.
arts & culture
Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Fusebox's hybrid artworks get more exhilarating as they get more innovative
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Arts in Austin ISD get a million-dollar boost
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Time to get creative with your vote
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The follow-up is no mere epilogue but a powerful tale that stands on its own
Penfold Theatre offers an example of a great production built on an almost-great script
This year the fest's dance works provoked questions about inequity, grrrl power, fame, and change
columns
Exhausting! That's what spring has been for Your Style Avatar as he reflects on a life holding court.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Working out with Erica Nix may not make you gay, but it'll sure make you gayer
BY KATE X MESSER
Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was the beginning of European settlement in East Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
But the real question is: Can hamsters remember to call on their mothers' birthdays?
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
In the real world of the 99-percenter, however, moral questions are rarely black-and-white
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Dell Diamond welcomes high-flying wrestling mayhem
BY MARK FAGAN
Aztex season begins with a big W
BY NICK BARBARO