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High School Stakes
Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Headlines
Point Austin: A Few Thoughts About Taxes
You don't get what you won't pay for
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Sunset Landfill Rises Again?
City seeks to annex property after waste company buys it
BY AMY SMITH
Civics 101
Quote of the Week
SH 45: The Road to Commissioners Court?
Karen Huber and Gerald Daugherty face off over a highway in southwestern Travis County
BY MIKE KANIN
IDEA's Records Show Kids From Across District
Charter school says its fulfilling mission to serve the underserved
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Council: What's Your Incentive?
HID Global is getting some economic incentives, but expect the policy on that to change soon
BY MICHAEL KING
Under the Hood Celebrates Hoodstock at JAX
On the 11th anniversary of war in Afghanistan, help a military resource center stay afloat
BY LIZ WILLIAMS
Judge to D.A.: Woman Likely Not Guilty in Toddler Death
Judge Jon Wisser wrote a letter to the district attorney expressing concern over the case he originally presided over
BY JORDAN SMITH
The View From Death Row
Next week's scheduled execution, plus the latest on the Rodney Reed case
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report: The GOP's 'Ballot Integrity' Ruse
How Republican politicos are discouraging voting by minorities
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
ACL MUSIC FEST
Stuffed Cajun Meat Market and Specialty Foods
Stuffed Meat Market serves up traditional Acadian dishes that don't skimp on flavor (or size)
BY RACHEL FEIT
Swede Farm Dairy
Swede Farm Dairy focuses on fresh and flavorful goat milk products
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
Starting this Friday, Tolly Moseley is 'Hungry In..." Austin
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
October 4-11
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Spin Modern Thai Cuisine
Thai fusion restaurant puts a new spin on strip-mall dining
music
Diamond in the Rough
Shawn Colvin's memoir in song
BY ABBY JOHNSTON
Playback
Crooked Bangs sings en français, Western Medical pulls plug on the big machine, and UtopiaFest finds a soul-stirring hero ankle-deep in the mud.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
screens
So Much Specialness
David Byrne's cult classic True Stories captured a lost Texas and a prescient picture of today
BY LEAH CHURNER
Lubitsch's Last Hurrah
New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Film Reviews
Beauty Is Embarrassing
You may not know his name, but you know Wayne White's artwork from Pee-wee's Playhouse or his MTV award-winning design work.
Butter
Jennifer Garner stars in this satire about a woman who'll stop at nothing to win the Iowa state butter-carving competition.
Frankenweenie
Tim Burton’s animated, black-and-white movie about a boy and his dog is sweetly filtered through the lens of Frankenstein and other famous monsters.
The Oranges
The great ensemble cast is the highlight of this movie about a 50-year-old man who falls in love with his best friend's daughter, who is half his age.
Taken 2
The action in this Liam Neeson thriller is frenetic and frequent, and keeps him in constant MacGyver mode.
10 Years
This ensemble comedy follows a group of friends on the evening of their 10th high school reunion.
arts & culture
Wheels of a Dream
With the long-awaited Topfer Theatre, Zach races full-throttle into the future
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Creativity in the Face of Death: The Contemporary Resonance of Terezín'
UT symposium honors and ponders art created in the Nazi concentration camp
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'The Best Man'/'44 Plays for 44 Presidents'
Just in time for the election, presidents take the stage
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Agnes and Alfred
A beautiful play that lightly traces the journey of two well-meaning, imperfect people
Under Construction
A lively collage of all-American memories at once thoughtful, funny, and poignant
The Geometry of Proximity
This dance exploring reinvention and rejuvenation was hobbled by choreography that didn't feel new
columns
Letters at 3AM: Too Much of Nothing
The United States pacifies Afghanistan just enough so that China can profit
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Polari Place
Come out! Come out! For Polari!
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar contemplates ending it all … no not like that! With Coco Coquette!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Humor abounds in this Parisian town
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Plumber's Butt
Maybe you should try something really dirty
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornucopia
David Ash could be Bell County’s greatest gift to the ATX since Spoon
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Soccer Watch
Horns face big test with Oklahoma State, and more