John Anderson
Volume 31, Number 43
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news
City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
More than one way to save a neighborhood
BY MICHAEL KING
Comp plan takes a public beating before council approves it
BY AMY SMITH
Academic assessment tests raises questions of fairness
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
STAAR results prompt discussion of retesting requirements
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Mueller, Yellow Cab, Fuddruckers, and more
BY MICHAEL KING
Crowd and traffic control present biggest challenges
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
After the Lege shot them down (four times), new rules have made their way to committees
BY JORDAN SMITH
Who's accountable when a source gives false information?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Another twist in the assault on family-planning clinics
BY JORDAN SMITH
The No. 1 news source in America is full of copycats
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Cultivate your culinary tastes, from the gluten-free to the bug friendly
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Austin's culinary community rocks the Pies & Pigs fundraiser
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Zhi Tea expands menu
The highest highs and lowest lows
Tacos your abuela would be proud of
music
Auditioning for the blues – at band camp!
BY MARGARET MOSER
The Eastern Sea catch the 'Plague,' Eagle Claw goes samurai, John Wesley Coleman III wants to direct, and you can't pee on the Midgetmen
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Big Station
Wasted
The Cimarron Banks
Intersection
Space Ducks: Soundtrack
Local Reviews
screens
Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Retro Studios rumor mill; and betting on games at Gambitious
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Screens Reviews
Three selections from Lina Wertmüller's Seventies output
Film Reviews
Who knew our beloved president also worked the graveyard shift? This capable rewrite of American history delivers its splatter with a straight face.
Although the animation looks terrific and the story features an immensely sympathetic heroine, Brave lacks the sheer imaginative oomph of prior Pixar pics.
Greta Gerwig stars in this movie about thirtysomethings' troubles in life and love, but the conflict teased in the title never clearly emerges.
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley find love and companionship in the face of the apocalypse.
Casting Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg as father and son is a stroke of inspiration, but there's nothing else cute about this comedy.
arts & culture
Choreographer-performer Rosalyn Nasky has a penchant for details
BY JONELLE SEITZ
A trip to see theatre in Chicago brings one writer closer to home
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Bernice L. McFadden at the African American Book Festival
BY SARAH SMITH
Arts Reviews
ACC reaches deep to mine understanding from Albee's profound conversation about aging and dying
Horton Foote's comedy may be a crowd-pleaser, but it's hardly a classic
This irreverent electrified musical bio of our seventh president will rock your socks off
columns
Right-wing rhetoric just beginning to boil
BY LOUIS BLACK
From MJ to generators fueled by human waste, Your Style Avatar flits around the world
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Get'cher gay on with AGLCC and AGLPF this week
BY KATE X MESSER
Wolfmueller's Books in Kerrville carries a large selection of first editions and hard-to-find regional titles
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Who is the animal in this scenario?
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Basketball tourney raises funds for much-needed facility
BY MARK FAGAN
Aztex look to regain early season form, and a Euro 2012 update
BY NICK BARBARO