Guy Juke
Volume 32, Number 9
ON THE COVER:
news
Council members hope they've closed the door on their Open Meetings legal troubles. Trouble is, that won't be the end.
BY MIKE KANIN
The Great Open Meetings Scandal comes to its legalized conclusion
BY MICHAEL KING
Precinct 3 voters have two distinct choices for the future
BY AMY SMITH
Women's health gets hit by a 1-2 punch
BY JORDAN SMITH
Step One: Get Your Binders Out
BY MICHAEL KING AND MONICA RIESE
With election looming, board votes an extension for superintendent
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Neighborhood dispute lingers after council approves housing project
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Are you scared of this postapocalyptic Austin?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
BY JORDAN SMITH
True the Vote had a case in its own backyard
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Texas authors headline the book fest Cooking Tent
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Cocktail recipes for Halloween 2012
BY KATE THORNBERRY
An embarrassment of hoppy riches await
BY IVY LE
October's a great month for Gettin' Sauced
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Paul Qui returns to Austin, and other top chef updates
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Old favorites and new surprises delight at this Austin mainstay
music
Arizona Dranes, the gospel beat, and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
No one plays dress-up like Austin musicians
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Book Festival
Phases & Stages
screens
'Star Trek: The Next Generation' reunited cast, CM Punk, and 'Walking Dead' fresh kills gather at Wizard World Austin Comic Con
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
V2V to focus on start-ups
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
'Sparrows Dance,' 'Informant' awarded Writer / director and UT alum Todd Berger attends with costars America Ferrera and Julia Stiles
Film Reviews
A hot-blooded journalist who is investigating student gangs and the caste system gets into a fight with a politician in this Telugu film.
The lives of six characters intertwine in this Bollywood drama about a rebellion amongst India's youth.
Starring Gerard Butler, this inspirational surfing drama somehow fails to inspire.
This spellbinding adaptation of a supposedly “unfilmable” novel achieves near-perfection on virtually all levels.
In this documentary, the filmmakers have done a fine job corralling many fantastic tales from this style maven's life.
Broad-stroked but often funny, this is a teen tale of a Halloween night that doesn't go according to plan.
Eugene Jarecki examines America's war on drugs and the collateral and self-inflicted damage it has caused within one African-American family.
In this Sundance-honored film, a woman has to figure out what to do after her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison.
This lurid Southern tale by the director of Precious shows that he still knows how to push people's buttons – and gather an all-star cast to sell the goods.
Five years after the end of PA3, things are still going bump in the night.
When it comes to choosing public-school textbooks, what happens in Texas is of national concern – and this documentary captures these culture wars in full bloom.
arts & culture
Winning design for Waller Creek Conservancy's contest creates civic spaces amid greenery
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Bill Cosby holds this 'Chronicle' writer to a no-smoking policy
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Arts Reviews
A befuddling, humorous, and serene journey into the unexpected with two very different couples
A haunted house that deals in the ghosts of regret, lost love, and dream
A perfectly titled show that provides a vivid journey into the wood within the world
columns
Will the hell and high water of cancer keep Stephen from his own show?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
You think October 31 is scary? Just wait til November 6.
BY KATE X MESSER
The Berclair Mansion offers haunted tours
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Maybe you should stop buying your trail mix at Whole Foods
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
UT avoids what would have been devastating home loss to Baylor
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
BY NICK BARBARO