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Jana Birchum
news
It's Not Easy Being Green
The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission
BY MIKE KANIN
AISD's Speed Search for Eastside Suitor
District is under the gun to draw a road map for troubled high school
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: A Movement for Common Sense
Saturday rally highlights public support for gun regulation
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Out on a Limb
Bill would take an axe to local tree ordinances
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Walking With the Dead
City Council repeals project duration, holds its breath
BY MICHAEL KING
Three Executions Pending
Three more executions scheduled and under appeal
BY JORDAN SMITH
Corralling the Evidence
Proposed SB 1439 would tighten statewide evidence procedures
BY JORDAN SMITH
Lege Lines
Medicaid, guns, and more
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Texas natives tussle with foreign invaders
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Tapping Into the Kombucha Craze
Local brewers get creative with the ancient tradition of fermenting tea
BY JESSI CAPE
Salud de Paloma Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Hill Country EVOO purveyor targets Texas Hispanics in quest for healthier fats
BY KATE THORNBERRY
TX Blended Whiskey Shatters Expectations
Firestone and Robertson Distilling Company is making some of the best American whiskey we've ever tasted
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-O-File
Virginia contemplates Austin's April foodie marathon
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
East 12th Kafe
Soul and a smile at 12th and Springdale
music
Get Down Brother
San Antonio soul vein yields a goldmine
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Playback
You thought SXSW was the spring festival end-all/be-all? You thought wrong.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Black Angels
Indigo Meadow
Nosaprise, Clemits, Dubb Sicks, LSD
The Book of the Dead, Vol. 1, Skeleton Crew, Beauty From Without, Chimera
Gurf Morlix
Finds the Present Tense
screens
Somebody Up There Likes Bob Byington
The writer-director talks about his fifth feature
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
'Evil Dead' Rises Again
Three originals brought in Fede Alvarez for this horror remake
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bitten by Truth
'High Tech, Low Life' explores citizen reporting in China
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Evil Dead
Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
This overflowing action stew is loaded to the brim with half-formed ideas, action stereotypes, and hints of characters.
The Girl
David Riker's indie drama stars Abbie Cornish as a Texas woman, who finds maturity while smuggling Mexicans across the border.
The Host
Andrew Niccol writes and directs this romantic, science-fiction thriller that's based on a novel by Stephenie Meyer.
Room 237
Pet theories about what really went down at the Overlook Hotel abound in this documentary about Stanley Kubrick's intentions in The Shining.
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Bob Byington's filmed-in-Austin, indie comedy takes place over decades as a guy wanders through life with (scene-stealing) coaching from his best friend, played by Nick Offerman.
Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Perry's melodrama centers an ambitious, married woman's dalliance with a handsome billionaire.
arts & culture
Terminal Stage
With 'Adam Sultan,' playwright Steve Moore again reflects on friendship and mortality in Austin
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Dawn Upshaw
The celebrated singer of opera and musical theatre knows how to use the tools for doing her job
BY ADAM ROBERTS
Everyone Says That at the End of the World
It's wacky and wise, this apocalyptic riot
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
A Minister's Wife
This musical version of G.B. Shaw’s ‘Candida’ is exactly the right size for Austin, cozy with room for plenty of nuance
'Abstraction: Take 3'
A rhythmic joining of three disparate bodies of work, this Davis Gallery show creates a compelling harmony of color and pattern
columns
Letters at 3AM: Me, Myself, I, and Muriel
A poem can awaken many selves
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
What would Stephen have worn in the Stone Age? Not distressed Levi's ...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: You're Just A Babe
Political party, birthday party, art party, dance party ... Sort out your invitations, uniponies, this week's a non-stop party
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Ecosystems collide in East Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Leonardo DiCaprio: What a Dumbass
There's really no good way to dump someone
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
All-Stars, Heroes, Juicers, Old Yards: New Baseball Paintings by Will Johnson
The season begins anew
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
One Austin team remains in high school play-offs, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
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