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news
The Life and Death of Schools
Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: The Devil and Gov. Perry
'Spiritual Warfare' is no substitute for the earthly obligations of government
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Aquifer Angst
Will the city poop out on its fight to block a wastewater permit?
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
Consider 'The Source'
Houston crisis pregnancy center, with Perry's help, hopes to become new provider in Texas Women's Health Program
BY JORDAN SMITH
The New Waller Creek
The Waller Creek revitalization design contest goes public
BY MICHAEL KING
Advocates Prepare for Showdown on Single-Member Districts
Two districting activist groups do outreach for the November election
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Fayette's Fate Up in the Ozone
AE proposes to sell its Fayette interest, but it may not fly
BY MIKE KANIN
City Council: 'All Free Men ... Have Equal Rights'
Gay rights, public school finance, cab franchises, endangered species, and more
BY MICHAEL KING
SXSW Eco Adds Some Star Power
Jessica Alba joins the lineup
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Early Warning: The Lege Is Coming!
The Trib Fest previews the next Lege, and it ain't necessarily pretty
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report: Life Is Beautiful in MittWorld
In which Mitt Romney lives in fairy land
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Culinary Networker Extraordinaire
Cooking with a message: community, diversity, ambition
Feed Your Belly and Your Brain!
SXSW Eco preview: Food & Agriculture
BY JESSI CAPE
Food-o-File
Barbecue nirvana at this year's 'Texas Monthly' fest
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Sept. 28-Oct. 4
Food Reviews
Salty Sow
Successful restaurateur duo strike again
music
If I Had My Way
Guitar hero Evan Johns lives!
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Playback: HAAM-er Time
Being a musician doesn't always come with a choice, and rarely includes health insurance, so HAAM Benefit Day remains paramount
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Balmorhea
Stranger
Bavu Blakes, Phranchyze, Kydd Jones, Cory Kendrix
Sanct Ep, Phranye West, The Righteous EP, Free Beer
Tomás Ramírez
Tres
screens
aGLIFF Sheds Its Skin
Introducing the Polari Film Festival
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Fantastic Fest 2012 Awards
Big winners include 'I Declare War,' 'Flicker,' and 'Vanishing Waves' Interviews (Rian Johnson! Karl Urban!), reviews, and photo galleries galore
Fatalistic Filmmaking
Alex Karpovsky hits the road to find the comedy behind his anxiety
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Film Reviews
Bachelorette
This comedy about four female friends on the eve of one’s nuptials is at times dangerously funny.
Dredd
Rebooted, and in 3-D.
Hello I Must Be Going
The marvelous Melanie Lynskey, for once, gets the starring role in this movie about a woman who gets blindsided by divorce.
Hotel Transylvania
There's no need to put a stake in the heart of this animated film full of familiar monsters; it's already deadly dull.
House at the End of the Street
This scary-house movie starring Jennifer Lawrence is a strictly middling nonshocker.
Liberal Arts
When a Manhattanite returns for a visit to his old liberal arts college, he falls hard for a student 15 years his junior.
Looper
Crackerjack thrills, time travel, violence, humor, and action: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are characters who share the same morally conflicted core.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
This film adaptation of the bestselling, much-loved YA novel about young social outcasts finding their way is marred by its its sunny optimism.
Pitch Perfect
Despite the cookie-cutter dysfunction seen in this college girls' a cappella group, this film film can be a lot of fun.
Won't Back Down
Two mad-as-hell mamas take back their public school from the bureaucrats and unions that seemingly enforce the status quo.
arts & culture
'Facing East 2012: A Retrospective'
DiverseArts' series capturing 48 hours in the life of East Austin takes a look in the rearview
BY ROBERT FAIRES
All Over Creation: When the Truth Hurts
After suffering through a friend's lousy show, is honesty the best policy?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Just Outside Redemption
For celebrating one of the rare wins in hate crimes legislation in Texas, this play is worthy
Middletown
Everything you expect from a Hyde Park Theatre production and not what you expect at all
Tom Huck: 'Hillbilly Kama Sutra'
Raise a jug of moonshine to printmaker Huck for his exquisite care in depicting backwoods redneck sex
columns
Oops!
After a Fashion: Happy 60th
Your Style Avatar occasionally must offer a mea culpa. Get in line ...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
We are coming down from Pride and amping back up for ESHHH
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Get lost in the Barton Hill Farms corn maze
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: The Iron Fist of Fashion
In Austin, fashion is based on the following question: Will I sweat in it?
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornucopia
Vinceable: Can this really be the end for VY?
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Soccer Watch
UT opens Big 12 play with two road wins, and more
