Volume 32, Number 35
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news
City budget preview projects strong economy, careful spending
BY MICHAEL KING
May 11 AISD Bond Election
Whatever her decision, she's earned her own mind
BY MICHAEL KING
Old home set for demolition to make way for parking lot
BY AMY SMITH
Johns Hopkins and American Institutes for Research are top candidates
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
HausBar dispute shadows city's urban farms
BY ANNA TOON
AE Governance still the big issue
BY MICHAEL KING
Measure gets nod on House floor
BY JORDAN SMITH
Video footage from D.A.'s booking not as sensational as expected
BY JORDAN SMITH
Texas Lottery, Rainy Day Fund, water, education, payday lenders, and more
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Gagging on ag-gag laws
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Julia Deisler turns a passion for home cooking into a profitable business
BY KATE THORNBERRY
New Rainey Street bar serves only Texas craft beer and bacon
BY IVY LE
Austin chefs turn up the heat on reality TV, plus restaurant openings on the horizon
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
April 25-May 2
Food Reviews
New ownership at an old fave
music
AUSTIN PSYCH FEST 2013
Austin Psych Fest boldly goes where no local music trip's gone before.
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Record Reviews
Tender New Signs
Zeros
Specter at the Feast
Rad Times XPress IV
Fool Metal Jack
Monomania
Plains
World Music
Hung at Heart
Free Reign II
Austin Psych Fest Album Primer
BY AUSTIN POWELL
The sixth annual Austin Psych Fest preps for a peak head trip
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Writer/director Jeff Nichols dishes the dirt on his third feature
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
It's lights, camera, action for the Hill Country Film Festival
BY JESSI CAPE
Producer Sarah Green is a rare breed
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Blue Starlight Mini Urban Drive-In breaks in its big new digs this weekend
BY ALEKSANDER CHAN
The latest on 'Star Wars,' Drafthouse, and Kickstarter
BY MONICA RIESE
Film Reviews
Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.
This mawkish, preachy picture about technophobia has already dated itself.
A young, Latina hip-hop artist gets a shot at a record contract only if she is willing to compromise her ideals.
Ron Morales’ hostage thriller is a fluorescent-lit tour of the city’s seedy underbelly.
A pro ballplayer with a substance-abuse problem goes back home for rehab, and finds Christian redemption by coaching a Little League team.
Hypermasculine yet soulfully romantic, this coming of age story with thriller elements stars Matthew McConaughey.
One of the dirty secrets of modern American filmmaking is what a skilled director Michael Bay really is.
arts & culture
MOONTOWER COMEDY & ODDITY FESTIVAL PREVIEW
Things change, but Janeane Garofalo still loves to stand up on a stage and talk
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Inside Amy Schumer, there's still plenty of teenage girl, but there's also a highly focused comic
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Twenty-five years into a comedy career, Todd Barry doesn't take laughs for granted
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
With Julie Goldman, how butch is too butch? How rough is too rough?
BY KATE X MESSER
These are a few of Janine Brito's favorite things
BY AMY GENTRY
Mary Patterson makes fun of her 'rich girl' background
BY AMY GENTRY
Austin veterans perform their pasts to bridge the civilian-military divide
BY ROBYN ROSS
What the 'Faust' – an opera with a nightclub scene?
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
The second WEST provides a journey of creative wonders
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
Theatre En Bloc experiments with telling the story of our city's growth but fails to be specific about it
Texas State University's delightful staging showed off all the strengths of its musical theatre program
The works in Dance Repertory Theatre's spring program proved unexpectedly timely in a week of unrest and anxiety
columns
Stephen reminisces and plays "No, you!" "Oh no, you!" with Daniel Esquivel
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Volleyballin' it, on the court and on the big screen
BY KATE X MESSER
Sweet and sticky tradition goes back to 1915
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
It’s a rare human being who has the love and patience to gently and compassionately guide a child into responsible adulthood
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
No. 1 seed Stars host Admirals
BY MARK FAGAN
Aztex prep for season, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY RYAN HENNESSEE
BY SAM HURT
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE