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The Aftermath
Days later, the Red River rampage echoes through many lives
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Spending the 'Surplus'
If there's money left over, you're doing something wrong
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Dangerous Path
Commissioners commit to $15 million toll project, minus enviro study
BY AMY SMITH
Civics 101
Quote of the Week
Headlines
The Road to 10-1: The Winnowing
One mayoral candidate out, another in
BY MICHAEL KING
SOS Files Complaint Against Daugherty
Group charges commissioner deleted texts and emails
BY AMY SMITH
Council: Have We Got Deals for You!
CMs postpone discussion on budget 'surplus'
BY MICHAEL KING
'Machete' Sues Over Axed Funds
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Executing Youthful Offenders: The Doyle Case
Death Watch
BY JORDAN SMITH
Equal Pay: Abbott Breaks Silence
Davis campaign asks if attorney general would have vetoed fair pay act
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Farewell, Jordan Smith
Staffer to join First Look Media
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
The spreading plague of anti-bacterial products
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Inside the Texas Wine Trade
Four Texas wineries are joining to launch Texas Fine Wine
BY WES MARSHALL
Gus or Bust
Spicy, fried Memphis deliciousness – just hold the Styrofoam, huh?
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Deliciously DIY
The accidentally punk rock story behind Skull & Cakebones cupcakes
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Food-o-File
The barbecue beat, plus big news for the Omelettry
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
March 20-26
music
We Are the World
Recapping this year's Austin Music Awards.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Playback: Groping the SXSW Elephant
SXSW Music doesn't just boil down to three power points
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Shoot to Thrill
Sara Paxton on all the awkward and awesome moving parts behind E.L. Katz's 'Cheap Thrills'
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Bad Words
Jason Bateman plays a grown man who finds a loophole to compete in a kids national spelling bee, but the reasons are only known to him.
Cheap Thrills
This grisly, dark comedy is last year's winner of Fantastic Fest's Midnighters Audience Award.
Divergent
Yet another dystopic YA book series gets translated to film – and one that resembles thebestseller: engrossing yet flimsy.
Muppets Most Wanted
This re-energized franchise has found its second wind: The Muppets' eighth movie proves that eight is not enough.
Tim's Vermeer
Vermeer must have painted by using a camera obscura and Tim Jenison spends four years proving the method in this fascinating documentary by Penn & Teller.
Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club
Tyler Perry makes a comedy about single mothers who don't get enough credit.
arts & culture
Slam Sisters
The Women of the World Poetry Slam brings Austin a spoken-word contest that's about more than scores
BY AMY GENTRY
That Body, My Teacher
Deborah Hay dances her way into the Blanton to give us a lesson in expanding perception
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Studio Visits: Bobby Scheidemann
Stuck in Traffic? Say 'Hi.'
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
'Copland and Mexico'
Five-day concert series highlights this composer and orchestral music south of the border
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Surf Texas'
UT Press makes waves with 'Surf Texas,' a book of photographs by Kenny Braun
Arts Reviews
Cats
Georgetown Palace Theater delivers the spectacle of this feline musical, and admirably
The Odd Couple
City Theatre's revival suffers from being neither a replica of the original nor a fresh interpretation
columns
Letters at 3AM – Manifesto: A Radical Aesthetics
Get stuff out there; work with cause: That's the genesis of LettersAt3amPress
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
The Good Eye: Auntie Miriam Is Not Impressed
Guest columnist Miriam Malinger is so over it
BY MIRIAM MALINGER
Gay Place
Sharon Bridgforth comes home for a bit to take us to the river
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Wine, beer, and the Regency Bridge make San Saba a destination
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Doomed
Maybe you're not cut out for monogamy
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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