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features
ACL MUSIC FEST
ACL Fest 2013 Preview
Interviews, album reviews, and recommendations for the first weekend of the fest
news
From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z
Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent
BY JORDAN SMITH
What's Next for Allan Elementary?
IDEA was sent packing – now AISD and the neighborhood face the school's 'repurposed' future
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: The Davis Challenge
The road from Haltom City to Austin
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: City May Buy Aquifer Land Slated for Sewage
Judge's order offers only clue that talks are in progress
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
Abortion Rights Lawsuit Filed Against State of Texas
BY JORDAN SMITH
Council: Still Biking After Midnight
With the EMS contract filed away, Council moves on to the South Lamar PUD
BY MICHAEL KING
Eckhardt Father and Daughter Day at Scholz
A centennial celebration provides platform to stump for county judge
BY AMY SMITH
HD 50: Will Dem Split Enable GOP?
Front-runners emerge in the race to replace Strama
BY CHRISTOPHER HOOKS
County Preps Voters on Election ID Law
County officials scramble to tell voters what Texas GOP doesn't want them to know
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Death Watch: Madness and Forensics
Two capital cases raise psychological and evidentiary issues
BY JORDAN SMITH
SXSW Eco: By Any Means Available
Conference slate features diverse range of speakers
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Hightower Report
Ryan rants, and a new voice of morality responds
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
ACL MUSIC FEST
Feeding the Beast
ACL food vendors talk strategy for the two-weekend challenge
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Foraging Near Zilker
ACL Festgoers' guide to nearby restaurants
Rock, Then Nosh
ACL aftershow eats
New SoLa Blue Food Court ACL Ready
From kolaches to tacos to West African fare, this trailer park packs in a lot of flavors
BY GRACIE SALEM
How the One Percent Lives
Exclusivity has its perks – and its price – at ACL's VIP Grove
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Barton Springs Pool Info
Show Us Your Tapas!
We go weak at the knees for Barlata
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Wholly Kabob
Persian wraps and bowls carpeted with big flavor
BY MICK VANN
Food-O-File
As the weather cools down, the food event calendar heats up
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Oct. 3-10
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
ACL MUSIC FEST
What About This Two Weekend Deal?
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Brit Face Off: Depeche Mode vs. the Cure
BY ABBY JOHNSTON
ACL Music Fest 2013 Friday Interviews
Talking with ACL Friday performers
ACL Music Fest 2013 Friday Reviews
ACL Music Fest 2013 Friday Listings
Blurbing Friday ACL
Friday Local Limits
Austin bands at ACL Fest, Friday, Oct. 4
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Friday Local Limits
Austin bands at ACL Fest, Friday, Oct. 11
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL Music Fest 2013 Saturday Interviews
Talking with ACL Saturday perfomers
ACL Music Fest 2013 Saturday Reviews
ACL Music Fest 2013 Saturday Listings
Blurbing Saturday ACL
Saturday Local Limits
Austin bands at ACL Fest, Saturday, Oct. 5
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Saturday Local Limits
Austin bands at ACL Fest, Saturday, Oct. 12
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL Music Fest 2013 Sunday Interviews
Talking with ACL Sunday perfomers.
ACL Music Fest 2013 Sunday Reviews
ACL Music Fest 2013 Sunday Listings
Blurbing Sunday ACL
Sunday Local Limits
Austin bands at ACL Fest, Sunday, Oct. 6
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Sunday Local Limits
Austin bands at ACL Fest, Sunday, Oct. 13
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL Aftershows, Oct. 3-10
ACL Aftershows, October 11-13
Kid Rock
Austin Kiddie Limits
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
The Gospel Truth
Zilker Tent stage
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Lebanon Calling
The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Playback: ACL Arrives and So Does Aaron Behrens' New Band
ACL arrives
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Sarah Jarosz
Build Me Up From Bones
Radio Ready, Hundred Visions, Slugbug, Coma in Algiers, the Able Sea
Radio Ready – Lost Power Pop Hits 1978-1983: Texas, Vol 1, Permanent Basement, Truck Month, Christ Adonis Algiers, yr4 pt5
American Sharks
American Sharks
screens
A Capital Idea
How Josh Baer helps people 'quit their jobs' to join the bustling hive at Capital Factory
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
All-Star Alumni
Ten notable start-ups born out of Capital Factory's Demo Day
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Converge and Captivate
Bringing gaming, film, music, and mobile tech together
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Bad Milo!
In this gross but smart comedy from Jacob Vaughan, a man's stress grows into a monster that explodes from his rectum.
Besharam
Bollywood romantic comedy.
Blue Caprice
Generation Iron
This doc about bodybuilders vying for the Mr. Olympia title is narrated by Mickey Rourke.
Gravity
Sandra Bullock is lost in space – alone with the beauty, terror, and the laws of gravity.
Inequality for All
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich tackles income inequality in this documentary.
Parkland
The events surrounding the assasination of JFK are witnessed through the eyes of those who were there in this made-in-Austin film.
The Patience Stone
An Afghan woman finds her true voice while speaking her true thoughts about their marriage to her comatose husband.
Pulling Strings
This bilingual romantic comedy hopes to follow in the footsteps of the U.S. box-office sensation Instructions Not Included.
Raja Rani
Tamil romantic comedy.
arts & culture
Creature Construction
How Trouble Puppet creates those ingenious, inhuman figures that populate its plays
BY ELIZABETH COBBE
Studio Visits: Sam Sanford
This painter logs long hours at his easel in an open, airy space at the front of his apartment
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Christopher Durang
Tony-winning playwright takes up residence at Texas State
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Museum
Tina Howe's satirical study of the people viewing a contemporary art exhibit becomes a fast, over-the-top romp at St. Ed's
Heart
At its best, this program of five choreographers riffing on 'Heart' pulled me in and provoked me to deeper exploration
Field Collision: Dave Culpepper, Rebecca Marino, and Andrew McCloskey
Exhibition of photography and mixed media carries emergent Austin art to new heights
columns
Oops!
He Took the Cat to Texas: Part 2
Suicide was the last lens through which Mayer Vishner gazed upon life
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Gay Place
Time to dig in the crypt of queer music history
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Up, up and away, my beautiful balloon!
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law: Strange Brew – Interesting New Texas Laws
New Texas laws affect eating, drinking, weapons, and tanning
BY LUKE ELLIS
The Luv Doc: Faking It
Some really heavy, dark, first world, existential shit
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornography
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
