Volume 33, Number 20
ON THE COVER:
news
Aftermath of Lehmberg removal trial leaves opponents still polarized
BY JORDAN SMITH
Obstructing health care navigators is GOP politics, not patient protection
BY MICHAEL KING
Is AE throwing shade at sun-powered energy?
BY AMY SMITH
Allandale residents look for alternatives
BY MAC MCCANN
Judges defend abortion restrictions
BY JORDAN SMITH
CMs take on solar energy as more candidates come to light
BY MICHAEL KING
Administrators face grilling from local lawmakers
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Board balance in question as few candidates step up
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A whiff of cheese on Wisconsin streets
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Speed Rack Texas showcases the fastest, fiercest women bartenders around
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Bee Cave gets good 'cue
BY MICK VANN
The Royer family finally brings its pies to Austin
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Whole Foods Market and Dolce Neve open the new year with a bang
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Jan. 9-15
music
At what cost does the vinyl revolution come?
BY LUKE WINKIE
A peak inside indie Austin's new illustrated CD musical
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Free Week Live Shots
OBN III's
American Sharks
screens
Vivogig's rebirth exemplifies a fundamental truth about the Austin start-up scene
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
'Being Ginger' screens at AMC Barton Creek for one night only
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Local writer/director to shoot Jason Schwartzman feature in town this spring
BY MONICA RIESE
Film Reviews
Plates are broken and egos are trampled on in this wonderful ensemble rendition of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Indian film.
In the near future, Theodore upgrades his operating system and subsequently falls in love; Spike Jonze conceives the romance, Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlet Johansson sell it.
Indian film.
A SEAL team mission in Afghanistan goes very wrong in this intense combat film with a bang-up cast.
Indian film.
The franchise is back and this time the paranormal forces are targeting Latino victims.
Indian film.
Indian film.
arts & culture
This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The wisdom of Kahlil Gibran's 'The Prophet' is translated into a new language: flamenco
BY ROBERT FAIRES
For the next month, all of Austin will find prints charming
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
A spirit of fun drives this Austin Playhouse comedy about power plays in the bedroom and the theatre
Photography provides the impetus for improv in this new project from LuckyChaos Theater
Renfro's paintings elegantly evoke a sense of sorrow-tinged wonder about humanity's triumphs of creation
columns
Our DNA has seen it all before – and survived
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Headliners and elevators, Pootin' not Putin, a bear and a fox. That's all you need to know, gaybirds.
BY KATE X MESSER
New Year's style resolutions
BY AMY GENTRY
How many longhorn are too many longhorn?
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Saving a marriage
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY JEN SORENSEN
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
BY SAM HURT