Downtown Austin
Volume 32, Number 30
news
Neighborhood Watch
Sustainable Neighborhoods group advocates 'family-friendly' north side development
BY ROBYN ROSS
Point Austin: Ten Years of War
Remember the last war, or repeat it
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Two Developments at Crossroads
A proposed recycling plant collides with a planned residential project
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
Zone Defense
City clears the way for Gables Residential and Hotel ZaZa
BY MIKE KANIN
Council Notes: All About AE?
This week, the Council takes on urban density, grandfathering, and parking
BY MICHAEL KING
Cap Metro: A Couple Years of Labor Peace?
McDonald Transit and Amalgamated Transit Union reach an agreement
BY MICHAEL KING
Waterfront Condo Project Hits First Bump
Waterfront advisory panel says it needs more information
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Protecting Women? Deuell Knows Best
The Lege moves to put more restrictions on abortion clinics
BY JORDAN SMITH
Correction: There Are Two Manchesters
Son claims 'Papa' Doug's views on LGBTs have evolved
BY BRANDON WATSON
LegeLines
House of Representatives is finally hearing bills on the floor
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
A blanket of PR to make you want to hug a drone
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
What Is Passover?
A newbie's guide to a Seder
BY AMY KRITZER
Our Barbecue, Ourselves
Third annual Foodways Texas Symposium showcases Texas barbecue arts
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-O-File
A glimpse of SXSW 2014
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
Riondo wines for Passover and Easter
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Schmaltz
Julia Hungerford drums up business at her Jewish, vegetarian sandwich trailer
music
Playback: Empire of Music
Even a new Pope couldn't top SXSW
BY KEVIN CURTIN
What Goes Around ... Comes Around
Final SXSW 2013 live reviews
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
screens
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey doc hits Alamo Slaughter for one night only
BY MONICA RIESE
Film Reviews
The ABCs of Death
Horror anthology does it down to the letter.
Admission
Tina Fey and Paul Rudd go rom-drahm, while Lily Tomlin runs circles around everyone.
The Call
Halle Berry plays a 911 phone operator who takes a call in which everything's on the line.
Come Out and Play
Isolated adults must fight off feral children in this effective, if familiar, horror import.
The Croods
Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.
The Gatekeepers
Six retired directors of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency candidly reflect.
InAPPropriate Comedy
Sketchlike comedy from the likes of Rob Schneider, Adrien Brody, and Lindsay Lohan.
Mindless Behavior: All Around the World
The cameras follow as this boy band goes on tour.
Murph: The Protector
The life of Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, is recalled.
Olympus Has Fallen
It''s Die Hard at the White House as a lone man battles the terrorists who take the building with diabolical force.
Spring Breakers
In turns appealing and horrifying, those contrasts are at the heart of Harmony Korine’s latest outing.
Stoker
Starring Nicole Kidman, this first English-language outing of Korean fave Park Chan-wook is stylish but wanting.
Upside Down
This interplanetary, dystopian romance stars Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess.
arts & culture
A Veteran's Voice
Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life
BY JILLIAN OWENS
UT Wind Ensemble
The ghost of Gershwin plays live in Austin
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Gallery Shoal Creek
Longtime local gallery leaves West Campus for new digs in Flatbed World Headquarters
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Studio Visits: Emma Hadzi Antich
Painting by day, sketching by night, in a small bedroom studio
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Arts Reviews
Lady Windermere's Fan
Austin Playhouse's take on this Oscar Wilde treat is straightforward and buoyed by terrific performances
Goodnight Moon
Zach Theatre's production pleases and would be as pleasing to return to as Margaret Wise Brown's book
'Wunderkammer: Mark Johnson & Debra Broz'
This 'cabinet of curiosities' from artists Broz and Johnson works best when the art is specific and personal
columns
Letters at 3AM: Miss Sunshine Takes Another Bow
Those who are both greatly gifted and severely damaged must remain true to their gifts
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Gay Place
What? No SXSW listings? What? Still a packed calendar?
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Little remains of bygone highway culture
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar learns that while 'sunglasses at night' might be cool, they also might be hazardous to your health
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
The Luv Doc: Dream Crushing
If you never try, you never fail
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
86th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
The Texas Relays boast top-notch track-and-field talent
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
U.S. hosts Costa Rica in World Cup Qualifying, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
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