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The Med School Solution
A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?
BY MIKE KANIN
Keeping Busy
Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment
BY NORA ANKRUM
Then There's This: Redemption, Texas
Theatre en Bloc Brings one gay rights activist's fight to the stage
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Civics 101
Quote of the Week
FALL ARTS ISSUE
SXSW Eco and TribFest: Festivals for the Rest of Y'all
Sate your inner policy wonk at these two fall favorites
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Council Passes Budget – Minus Mayor's Vote
A $3.1 billion financial package took two days of wrangling
BY AMY SMITH
Cop Terminated After Filing for ADA Accommodation
Amy Lynch wanted to come to work one hour later to help with a sleep disorder
BY JORDAN SMITH
Death Row Inmate Hoping for Supreme Intervention
Original defense attorney called no witnesses and presented no mitigating evidence
BY JORDAN SMITH
LCRA and Utilities Fight Over Contracts
River authority could lose half of its electric revenues
BY MIKE KANIN
AISD's Wish List
Superintendent Meria Carstarphen gave her facility recommendations, but what's next is up in the air
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Hightower Report: Paul Ryan's Run-in With Truth
About that marathon time ...
food
Locavore Chef
Jesse Griffiths on fishing, hunting, and 'French encouragement'
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Classic Jewish Comfort Food Elevated With Modern Techniques
Traditional Jewish food your Bubbe would be proud of
BY AMY KRITZER
Wine of the Week: William Chris Vineyards
This Hye, Texas vineyard is worth a trip
BY WES MARSHALL
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Meal Times
Beer pairings, baking demos, and savory Independencia
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-O-File
Diez y Seis kicks off a season of food and wine fiestas
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Blue Baker
This bakery satisfies your sweet tooth
music
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Fall On Me
Three fall Austin music perennials.
BY AUSTIN POWELL, RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND JIM CALIGIURI
Playback: I'm Sorry, I Can't Rock You All Night Long
An epic GrulkeFest fires the fall season, including John Prine
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Dirty Projectors
Swing Lo Magellan
Steve Von Till, Scott Kelly, Wino
Songs of Townes Van Zandt
Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Alan Licht
screens
A Woman's Place Is in the Mosque
AFS Doc Night: 'The Light in Her Eyes'
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Film Reviews
Arbitrage
Richard Gere stars in this thriller as a duplicitous hedge-fund manager who, nevertheless, has all the right moves.
Barfi!
This heartwarming Bollywood tale tells the life story of a man who is deaf and mute but lives life to the fullest.
The Cold Light of Day
A young businessman on vacation in Spain with his family becomes caught in a tangled web of espionage and intrigue in this lackluster follow-up by the director of JCVD.
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
There's just too much everything in this chop-socky actioner by Tsui Hark.
Life Is Beautiful
OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie
This documentary, co-directed by the film's subject, is both the realization of a lifelong dream and an intriguing, if incomplete, portal into the way the subject's brain works.
Samsara
The director of Baraka returns with this wordless tone poem filled with stunning images and scant meanings.
Wild Horse, Wild Ride
In this documentary, nine horse trainers have 100 days to transform their mustangs from wild creatures to trusting companions before competing in the Extreme Mustang Makeover.
arts & culture
FALL ARTS ISSUE
The Play's the Thing
Nine local directors on the secrets of season selection
BY ADAM ROBERTS
Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks
From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats
BY ROBERT FAIRES, WAYNE ALAN BRENNER, ADAM ROBERTS, DAN SOLOMON AND ELIZABETH COBBE
East Austin Studio Tour
When local artists open their spaces, follow the crowd
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
This Feather House
An award-winning new script is staged with passion, but the show doesn't quite come together
Stage
This meditation on the blurring of theatre and life doesn't quite seem to fit in a punk club
Heaven-Earth-One
A breathtaking aerial dance that successfully connects the earthly with the heavenly
columns
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar goes glam. No, really. You should go to Facebook and see the pictures.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
FALL ARTS ISSUE
Gay Place: Austin Pride Parade
A look back at the 2009 Pride Parade as we prepare for 2012
BY KATE X MESSER AND ANNE HARRIS
Day Trips
Mount up for the King Ranch Annual Ranch Hand Breakfast
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Rubber Bands
Why the LuvDoc can't buy Tricia's rubber bands
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Horns on a four-game losing streak
BY NICK BARBARO
Hornucopia
Another cupcake for UT
