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Where the Sidewalks End
Austin’s patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future
Filmmaker Magazine Lauds Annie Silverstein
Fresh off her Cannes win, Silverstein is named one to watch
Elaine Stritch (1925-2014)
Brassy Broadway legend truly at liberty now
An Eli Wallach Triple-Header
Three Eli Wallach classics will screen over the next few days
Tour de France Report: Stage 12
More tough going for the Green Machine
Vamp of Constant Sorrow? Lana Del Rey
I admire a press-shy rich kid that calls the shots
Johnny Winter (1944-2014)
Guitar great, 70, dies two weeks after our story on him
Tour de France Report: Stage 11
Today was all about Andrew Talansky’s triumph of the spirit
POTUS Pizza
Austin’s hottest new chef is Robert Rodriguez
Wheezing Spools: Cassettes in Electronic Music – Part I
Shriveled monoliths outweighed and overshadowed by vinyl
Rockstar Bagels Robbed Twice
Thief broke in, stole cash both times
‘Guy Town by Gaslight’
New book digs up the dirt on Austin’s scandalous ‘hood of old
East Side King at Cheer Up Charlie’s Opens Today
New menu combines old favorites with Japanese-style hot dogs
The Road to 10-1: Fundraising Highlights
First period $$ deadline brings early numbers
Danzig at Housecore Horror
Special Samhain set, plus Brian Posehn, Neurosis, and more
The AggreGAYtor: July 16
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Opportunity Knocks – Not Once, but Twice
A boy’s chance meetings with the stars of ‘Boyhood’
‘Taco Bell Tree’ Uproots and Leaves
Historic tree rescued in Oak Hill
Grab Your Partner and Circle East
Farmshare Austin to host Farm Raiser feast
Tommy Ramone Goes Gold
Drummer left his beat on every generation after his
The Road to 10-1: More to Come
One in, one out, and we’re waiting on $$$
Searching for Austin in the Corners of Wisconsin
Local landmarks on the road to Farmageddon
Roberto Orci Grabs the Bull by the Horns for ‘Matador’
Taking Robert Rodriguez from his comfort zone with soccer’n’spies
The AggreGAYtor: July 15
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Austin ISD Needs You (to Find the Next Superintendent)
Three days of input meetings starts today
Just How Fast Can You Eat a Roppolo’s Pizza?
Local pizzeria holds a speed-eating contest
The Last Ramone
Onetwothreefour, cretins gonna hop no more
JuiceLand Takes Over the World
Local juice bar is in rapid expansion mode
Tour de France Report: Stages 8-10
Yet another GC favorite bites the dust
The AggreGAYtor: July 14
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Happy Bastille Day?
Four years ago, in Paris – not so much
Wish List: Kiss & Def Leppard
No bands have ever sounded better at Circuit of the Americas
Rock-‘Em-Sock-‘Em Hotshots
Firefighters box cops for charity in ‘Battle of the Badges’
Texas Rollergirls: The Penultimate Battle
Two clashes to decide the championship conflict
DVDanger: Death Rattle Shakes
A case of “Rigor Mortis,” and we pay our dues at the ‘Death Spa’
Lit-urday: ‘Some Dead Genius’
Lenny Kleinfeld paints a vivid portrait of murder in Chi-town
The Return of the Champ
Mick Foley swaps the wrestling ring for spoken word
Fist Bumps for Equal Rights
The incredibly true story of Obama’s Austin fist bump
Kevin Gates: By Any Means Necessary
Baton Rouge rapper returns to the Scoot Inn Wednesday
Liberté! Égalité! Fraternité! Soirée!
Celebrate the spirit of France with food, drink, parties
Where the Girls Go/ATX: Summer Fun Edition
The best events to get queered and wild at this weekend
The AggreGAYtor: July 11
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Tour de France Report: Stage 7
Last day for the sprinters to show their stuff.
July Is Crime Month: Raymond Chandler’s ‘The Long Goodbye’
Sleuthing for a childhood relic
Matt Harlan’s Highway Anthem
Houston songwriter showcases at Maria’s Saturday
Through the Weeds of Hemlock Grove
Famke Janssen, Landon Liboiron talk going off-book for season two
Kickstart Your Weekend: ‘Raise a Good Man’
Local short has already shot, and just needs that last polish
The Luv Doc: A Terror
Dear Luv Doc, I have a friend who had a baby a few years ago, and she is finally getting to a point where we can occasionally have lunch. I really like spending time with her, except that she sometimes brings her baby boy with her, and he is a terror. He throws his food,…
Deliver Us From Evil
A police officer and a priest team battle supernatural forces in this horror thriller from the director of Sinister.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Apes and humans: Why can’t everyone just get along?
Coherence
What seems at first a normal dinner party, slyly turns into an eerie and ominous Something Else.
Life Itself
The life of Roger Ebert is celebrated in this documentary by the director of Hoop Dreams.
Drishyam
Malayalam dramatic thriller.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
Bollywood romantic comedy.
Hey, What’s the Big Idea?
Tiny Pies
Austin Chamber Music Festival 2014 Concert Schedule
Bates Recital Hall, 2406 Robert Dedman Dr. The North Door, 502 Brushy Weiss Kaplan Newman Trio Friday, July 11, 7:30pm, Bates Recital Hall Cavatina Duo Saturday, July 12, 7:30pm, Bates Recital Hall The Texas Gypsies Sunday, July 13, 7:30pm, the North Door Calder Quartet Friday, July 18, 7:30pm, Bates Recital Hall Richard & Mika Stoltzman…
The Hightower Report
Walgreens: An unpatriotic ingrate
The Good Eye: Dance Dance Party Party Reboot Reboot
Get down with your bad self sans fear of crotch-leeches
Building a New Kingdom
Who would have thought that a mere two decades after a genocide, Rwanda could rebound with life lessons about reconciliation and healing? Amazing but true. Sibling filmmakers Lisa and Rob Fruchtman’s Sweet Dreams presents a Rwandan tale that tempers an excruciatingly brutal past with a feel-good story about an all-women troupe of drummers who then…
World Cup Watch
Select Viewing Options Well, the real story here is, World Cup fever has completely taken over Austin. Every bar and restaurant with a television has it tuned in to Brazil, and there are crowds watching. So this list could be 10 times this long, and still not cover everyone. That said, here’s an offering of…
Food-o-File
Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez eyes Jovita’s and makes pies for President Obama
Spilled Milk in ‘Chocolate City’
The city of New Orleans could see it coming like a Category 5 hurricane gaining strength over the Gulf: After the destruction, death, and displacement wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the balance of black and white power dynamics in America’s friskiest “Chocolate City” would seismically shift, if not fully capsize. This week, PBS’s longest-running documentary-dedicated TV…
Civics 101
Thursday 10 OCTOBER FLOOD RECOVERY OPEN HOUSE Info about the ongoing recovery from the Onion Creek floods. 9am-12:30pm. Perez Elementary School, 7500 S. Pleasant Valley. Free. www.austintexas.gov/onioncreek. Saturday 12 FLOOD RECOVERY OPEN HOUSE See Thursday. 12:30-4pm. Perez Elementary School. PROJECT CONNECT OPEN HOUSE Learn more about the proposed urban rail project. 1-5pm. Circle C HOA,…
Meal Times
July 12-17
Playback: Forty Nights
Forty nights of live music? Piece of cake.
Quote of the Week
“I don’t believe he particularly cares whether or not the border of the United States is secure.” – Gov. Rick Perry accuses President Barack Obama of encouraging illegal immigration on ABC’s This Week.
Phases & Stages
“Well, it seems that I’ve been here before/ So if this means that there is more – bring it on.” So intones a familiar, reedy voice, none the worse for wear over 81 years and delivering the titular punch line with characteristic Lone Star Zen: laissez-faire delivery of steel resolve. Halfway through the first verse…
Point Austin: The Powers That Be
The UT stalemate is one battle in an education war
Phases & Stages
Six years after mourning the death of his wife in a car accident on Never Say Never, Austin’s renowned UK expat and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keyboardist turns his wizened eye to romantic relationships in all their glory and sorrow. Despite the impossibility of not flashing back to Ian McLagan’s Small Faces/Faces tenure…
Sidewalk Disasters
Send us your sidewalk disasters!
Then There’s This: Reimagining the South Waterfront
South Central Waterfront Initiative creates a long-term development vision
Phases & Stages
Recorded during a half-dozen sessions in Austin, Nashville, and Louisville, Spanish Gold’s borderland bow, South of Nowhere, blurs the boundaries of band and genre. The collaborative project from former Hacienda singer Dante Schwebel, My Morning Jacket drummer Patrick Hallahan, and Brownout and former Grupo Fantasma guitarist Adrian Quesada was spearheaded by Schwebel and built around…
S-Comm: Hamilton Fans Backlash
Sheriff Hamilton continues to back S-Comm, even as sheriffs across the country reject it
Headlines
› City Council doesn’t meet formally again until Aug. 7 (with a budget work session a week earlier, July 31) although expect to bump into mayoral candidates – not to mention 10-1 wannabes – all over town in the next few weeks. › Months before the election, 10-1 is already having destructive effects on City…
Phases & Stages
In 2000, a German producer under the guise of Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto released El Baile Alemán, an album’s worth of tongue-in-cheek Kraftwerk cha-chas. Good for a few laughs, but it lacked staying power. Brownout dabbling in the dark arts of Black Sabbath arrives as an altogether different beast. What began as a joke…
Council: Summer Doldrums, Autumn Buzz
City Council has entered its annual summer hiatus, but the election money race has begun
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The Texas Quilt Museum says there were 21 million quilters in the U.S. in 2010. Chickens with red earlobes lay brown eggs. Magnesium aluminum oxide sure forms spinel, a coveted gem whose red variant is sometimes confused with ruby. It was used in the Timur Ruby necklace made for Queen Victoria. And an egg-sized lump…
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.
The Texas Punk Problem
The birth of Austin punk in vivid black & white
Day Trips
The Austin Zoo has some new residents
Exhibitionism
Shaw’s comedy may still be politically charged, but Different Stages’ production shows it’s also satisfying entertainment
Judge on Pregnancy ‘Clinics’: Signage Ordinance ‘Vague’
Anti-abortion centers evade medical service signage requirement
Exhibitionism
A collection of elegantly wrought stories that follow two cousins, both gay, coming of age during the 1980s AIDS crisis
Soccer Watch
After earning three road wins in nine days, to clinch their second straight PDL Mid South Division title, the Austin Aztex return to House Park this week for the last two games of the regular season – hosting the second-place Midland/Odessa Sockers on Friday, July 11 at 7:30pm, and the Houston Dutch Lions in the…
Exhibitionism
We need more science – and more art shows inspired by science – as pleasing and stimulating as these two
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.
Letters at 3AM: That Word ‘Oligarchy’
Oligarchy is upon us, claw and beak, and has been for some time
July Is Crime Month: ‘Texas Servant Girl Murders’
PBS’s ‘History Detectives’ tackle Austin’s biggest mystery: the unsolved string of killings in 1885
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.
Know Your Culinary Matriarchs
Meet some of the women who helped shape Austin’s culinary consciousness
Austin Chamber Musical Festival Sixth Annual Pride Concert
Was G.F. Handel on your Gaydar?
Gay Place: Bey Bey Bey Bey Bey Bey
On a mission to find Uranus
Little Kabul on Howard Lane
Chapli Kababs n Curries brings delicious Afghan cuisine to Austin
Seventh Heaven
Michelle Schumann works to keep the Austin Chamber Music Festival fresh
FCC to Radio Pirates: $15,000 Arrgh!
FCC fines couple $15,000 for operating an unlicensed radio station
