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news
Point Austin: August Horribilis
The dog days bring bitter reflections
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: The Awesome Power of Women
Political group aims to increase voter turnout and so much more
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
The 10-1 Ticker...
Election updates!
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Headlines
How Not to 'Stop Patriarchy'
New York group has a curious way of "helping"
BY MARY TUMA
HB 2 Final Arguments
Judge Yeakel expected to rule before Sept. 1
BY MARY TUMA
On Hold
Trial, etc., pending in SXSW crash
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Davis: Abbott Soft on Rape
Davis came out swinging with a heavy accusation
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Sun to Set on Severely Disabled Patients
Austin State Supported Living Center cottages to be shuttered
BY MARY TUMA
AISD Accountability: Good News and Bad
New rating system poses challenges for educators, stakeholders alike
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Council: Where's the Meeting?
Council wanders from room to room
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
The damning nuttiness of the GOP's "Hell No" faction
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Betting on Cloud Juice
Richard's Rainwater keeps its eye in the sky
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Best of Both Worlds
El Sapo wows with Tex-Mex burger mix
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Better Eating Through Chemistry
Miche Bread rules the boule
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
Deep Eddy Vodka's in high spirits
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Aug. 14-19
music
Radio Coffee Beer & Folk
Native son Jack Wilson, behind the bar and onstage
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Playback: Nancy Fly Waves Bye-Bye
Pioneering Austin booker Nancy Fly retires, and ATX gets a hip-hop festival
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Dale Watson
The Truckin' Sessions Trilogy
Ben Vaughn
Texas Road Trip
Jason Roberts
That's My Home
Rosie & the Ramblers
Whatever You Need
Sean Orr & Mark Rubin
Texas Fiddle, Okie Guitar
Adam Carroll
Let It Choose You
A. Sinclair
Pretty Girls
screens
Anything for John
The making of John Cassavetes' 'Love Streams,' as witnessed by Michael Ventura
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
A Song in His Heart
'The Essential Jacques Demy' anthologizes the French New Wave's chief romantic
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Old Is the New New
Classic Game Fest
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Anjaan
Tamil film.
Calvary
Brendan Gleeson stars in this darkly hilarious and deeply ruminative update on the passion play.
The Expendables 3
As action stars of yesteryear and tomorrow pop in and out, they demonstrate what expendable really means.
The Giver
This movie based on a Newbery Award-winning novel presents teens in a dystopic society that's a manmade invention born of good intentions.
Mood Indigo
Michel Gondry's latest presents us with an elaborate yet handmade artifice that's thoroughly charming until its color drains away.
Septic Man
This Canadian horror film wades through a cesspool of human waste and challenges our gag reflexes.
Step Up: All In
The dance competition continues – but this time in Vegas.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The slang-slinging, sewer-dwelling, pizza-loving lot are back.
arts & culture
Inability to Cater
What is so 'punk' about JT Habersaat and the Altercation Punk Comedy Tour?
BY TIM STEGALL
'Sure Thing (Live!)'
The joke's on CD as Austin comedy gets its own record label
BY ASHLEY MORENO
I Wear the Black Hat
Klosterman's critique of villainy over the last 40 years offers some surprisingly sharp analyses
BY TIM STEGALL
Arts Reviews
Bright Now Beyond
This new musical looks to put a fresh spin on the familiar Land of Oz, but the storytelling isn't always clear
Vecinos
Playwright / actor Rupert Reyes pays tribute to his father and the pull of the past in this sweet comic romance
Akiko Kotani: Soft Walls
The two works in this exhibit by Akiko Kotani show two sides of repetitive work and of madness
columns
The Good Eye: She of Many Hats (and Antlers)
Learn a little more about the woman who parties like it's 1929
BY AMY GENTRY
Gay Place: Words Escape Us
Another week with too much LGBTQ to do in ATX. Dang.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Watch the world go about its business as you do yours in Sulphur Springs
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Gerbling
Some people like to push the envelope
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
Texas Rollergirls
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
comics
