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news
There They Go ... Here They Come Again
A no-drama session ends – will a high-drama special follow?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
'Suicide by Cop' or Preventable Tragedy?
Family and friends tried to get Herbert "Denny" Babelay the help he needed before he died
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: First Bread, Then Circus
If the 83rd Lege glazed your eyeballs, act two might wake the balcony
BY MICHAEL KING
Lege Lines: The Score
Grading the Lege on women's health, drug policy, and criminal justice
BY JORDAN SMITH
Then There's This: Too Much Heartburn Over AE 'Governance'
Council appoints itself to a committee to study utility oversight
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
AISD: How Much Single-Sex Is Enough?
AISD hires a principal for a new boys' middle school as plans for a boys' academy appear to be on hold
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Headlines
Springsteen Sues for Wrongful Conviction
With all administrative remedies exhausted, Springsteen seeks compensation through federal court
BY JORDAN SMITH
Civics 101
Council Notes: Never Do Today ...
Meet the new agenda, same as the old agenda
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report: A New Home for Poverty in America
A new home for poverty in America
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Read It and Eat
New cookbooks and food culture tomes
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Alla Salute, Salume
Great expectations at Salt & Time
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
May 31-June 4
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-O-File
Problems at Austin's Pizza, Peached Tortilla primed for TV, and – what else? – barbecue news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Damned, Damned, Damned
Chaos in Tejas brings the bedlam
Playback: Chaos in Tejas
Chaos in Tejas courts hip-hop, and other tales from the underground punk / metal fest
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Chaotic Platters
Andy Stott
Luxury Problems
The Men
New Moon
Parquet Courts
Light Up Gold
Iceage
You're Nothing
Power Trip
Manifest Decimation
Grouper
The Man Who Died in His Boat
Framtid
Defeat of Civilization
Destruction Unit
Void
Kromosom
Live Forever
Rotten Sound
Species at War
Coliseum
Sister Faith
Screaming Females
Chalk Tape
Lower
Walk On Heads EP
Wolf Eyes
No Answer: Lower Floors
Manilla Road
Mysterium
screens
Endangered Species Conservation
'The Last Unicorn' takes a victory lap at the Alamo Drafthouse
BY AMY GENTRY
America's Mortal Goddess
AFS Essential Cinema enchants with Marilyn Monroe
BY MARGARET MOSER
Big Money, Big Money
Film incentives see massive boost
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
After Earth
Often gorgeous, sometimes fascinating, this Smith-family outing is ultimately unwieldy and unsurprising.
American Mary
The plastic surgery performed in this horror film gives real meaning to going under the knife.
Frances Ha
There's a tour de force performance by Greta Gerwig and no small amount of magic in this winning movie by Noah Baumbach about a generation in flux.
Kon-Tiki
Real-life adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 trip across the Pacific on a raft is re-created in this beautifully lensed film.
Love Is All You Need
Danish Oscar-winner Susanne Bier lightens her tone with this grown-up romantic comedy that stars Pierce Brosnan.
arts & culture
Culture Connectors
The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Studio Visits: Manik Nakra
On a tarp-covered wall in a studio on Burnet Road, there lurk tigers ...
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Peter Bay spices up the symphonic menu with some new compositions
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Arts Reviews
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Two wounded friends walk a line between nostalgia and regret in Street Corner Arts' staging of Rajiv Joseph's play
Twelve Angry Men
With strong direction and a fine cast, City Theatre's revival of the jury-room drama of the 1950s feels very contemporary
'Not How It Happened'
Artists Joel Ross and Jason Creps craft sardonic messages that may push viewers out of their comfort zones
columns
Letters at 3AM: Obama's May 23 Speech
Obama deftly weaves vagueness, misdirection, and a few outright lies
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Gay Place
Bomb together or bomb separately: It's Queerbomb weekend
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
Don't tell Stephen who to expose
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Wormhole of Despair
Are you an emotional vomit bucket?
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Let the Good Times Roll
The Brewskee-ball National Championships Crown a King of the Lane
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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