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Where the Sidewalks End
Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: The Powers That Be
The UT stalemate is one battle in an education war
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Reimagining the South Waterfront
South Central Waterfront Initiative creates a long-term development vision
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
S-Comm: Hamilton Fans Backlash
Sheriff Hamilton continues to back S-Comm, even as sheriffs across the country reject it
BY TONY CANTÚ
Council: Summer Doldrums, Autumn Buzz
City Council has entered its annual summer hiatus, but the election money race has begun
BY MICHAEL KING
AISD Election = Turning Point?
With filing for the November election imminent, Austin ISD's board of trustees has vacancies, and it has candidates. Unfortunately, they're not in the same seats.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Judge on Pregnancy 'Clinics': Signage Ordinance 'Vague'
Anti-abortion centers evade medical service signage requirement
BY MARY TUMA
A Development Project With a Silver Lining
The Rebekah Baines Johnson Center is about to be part of an ambitious master planned community for Austin seniors.
BY AMY SMITH
Graves Prosecutor Under Misconduct Review
The Texas Bar has found 'just cause' to review allegations of prosecutorial misconduct against former D.A. Charles Sebesta Jr. for his 1994 capital prosecution of Anthony Graves.
BY MICHAEL KING
FCC to Radio Pirates: $15,000 Arrgh!
FCC fines couple $15,000 for operating an unlicensed radio station
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Hightower Report
Walgreens: An unpatriotic ingrate
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Know Your Culinary Matriarchs
Meet some of the women who helped shape Austin's culinary consciousness
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Hey, What's the Big Idea?
Tiny Pies
BY RACHEL FEIT
Little Kabul on Howard Lane
Chapli Kababs n Curries brings delicious Afghan cuisine to Austin
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez eyes Jovita's and makes pies for President Obama
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Meal Times
July 12-17
music
The Texas Punk Problem
The birth of Austin punk in vivid black & white
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Playback: Forty Nights
Forty nights of live music? Piece of cake.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
screens
Building a New Kingdom
AFS Doc nights: 'Sweet Dreams'
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Spilled Milk in 'Chocolate City'
The racial realities of 'Getting Back to Abnormal' in New Orleans
BY KATE X MESSER
Film Reviews
Coherence
What seems at first a normal dinner party, slyly turns into an eerie and ominous Something Else.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Apes and humans: Why can't everyone just get along?
Deliver Us From Evil
A police officer and a priest team battle supernatural forces in this horror thriller from the director of Sinister.
Drishyam
Malayalam dramatic thriller.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
Bollywood romantic comedy.
Life Itself
The life of Roger Ebert is celebrated in this documentary by the director of Hoop Dreams.
arts & culture
Seventh Heaven
Michelle Schumann works to keep the Austin Chamber Music Festival fresh
BY ROBERT FAIRES
July Is Crime Month: 'Texas Servant Girl Murders'
PBS's 'History Detectives' tackle Austin's biggest mystery: the unsolved string of killings in 1885
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Chamber Musical Festival Sixth Annual Pride Concert
Was G.F. Handel on your Gaydar?
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Arts Reviews
Pygmalion
Shaw's comedy may still be politically charged, but Different Stages' production shows it's also satisfying entertainment
Let Me See It
James Magruder
'The Tesla Project' / 'Lifecycles'
We need more science – and more art shows inspired by science – as pleasing and stimulating as these two
columns
Letters at 3AM: That Word 'Oligarchy'
Oligarchy is upon us, claw and beak, and has been for some time
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
The Good Eye: Dance Dance Party Party Reboot Reboot
Get down with your bad self sans fear of crotch-leeches
BY AMY GENTRY
Gay Place: Bey Bey Bey Bey Bey Bey
On a mission to find Uranus
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Austin Zoo has some new residents
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: A Terror
America has got to stop treating parenthood as some inalienable right, like assault weapon ownership or hydraulic fracturing
BY THE LUV DOC
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
World Cup Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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