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SXSW 2013: Fee Waivers

In advance of the 2013 edition of the South by Southwest Festival, city staff prepared for approval by City Council (as they do each year) a list of fee waivers to be granted to the event. These ranged from $43,578 for parking space use to $6,750 for the placement of banners advertising the Festival on…

by Michael King

HB 2 Amendments: Proposed and Rejected

House Bill 2 by Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, R-Parker, would ban abortion after 20 weeks except in very limited circumstances; require doctors to follow a legislatively specified protocol, including mandated dosing levels when administering RU-486, the medical abortion drug; would require all abortion-providing clinics to transform into expensive ambulatory surgical centers (although standard abortion procedures are…

by Chronicle Staff

The Warren Hood Band Record Review

The Warren Hood Band (Red Parlor) Four decades in 44 minutes, quite a feat. Sons should better their fathers, yet Warren Hood’s done the late Champ Hood even grander by not only taking up the standard, but advancing it in a way that ties together more than 40 years of Austin’s root sound. Early Seventies…

by Raoul Hernandez

Civics 101

Sunday 14 BOOK DISCUS­SION WITH GRACE LEE BOGGS Activist Grace Lee Boggs will be taking questions via Skype about her book The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century. Open to the public but participants are encouraged to read the book beforehand. Copies are available at MonkeyWrench Books. 5604 Manor Rd. Free. www.facebook.com/events/249009268557120.…

by Chronicle Staff

Headlines

› City Council won’t meet again until August, but a couple of members showed up Tuesday to meet Hizzoner former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, in town to consult on Downtown parks. See “Auditorium Shores: The Next Millennium?” › Austin Parks and Recreation issued a burn ban July 10 in response to continued dry conditions.…

by Chronicle Staff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

If we see “eke” at all these days, it’s when we “eke out” a living, but it comes from an old verb meaning to add, supplement, or grow. It’s the same word that gave us “eke-name” for “additional name,” which later, through mishearing of “an eke-name,” became “nickname.” The 1997 Disney movie, Hercules, got it…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

Quote of the Week

“I just don’t want that choice to be a knitting needle.” – Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, on the “choices” available to Texas women should proposed abortion restrictions be enacted by the Legislature

by Chronicle Staff

Texas Rollergirls Championship Double Header

There was a time when the Honky-Tonk Heartbreakers were the undisputed queens of flat track Roller Derby in the ATX. From 2004 to 2006, they held the Texas Rollergirls championship in the palm of their gingham-gloved hands. Since then, it’s been a dry seven-year spell. They’ve always had a reputation as the nicest women on…

by Richard Whittaker

Soccer Watch

The Austin Aztex didn’t have the game they wanted Friday night at House Park, but they got the result they needed, as Andres Cuero’s two second-half headers produced a 2-1 comeback win over the feisty West Texas Sockers, solidifying the Aztex’s playoff position, and keeping them in position for home-field advantage in the playoffs. Cuero…

by Nick Barbaro

The Luv Doc: Aphrodisiacs

Luv Doc, Which condiment makes the best aphrodisiac? – OBSeSSed If this is something you’re losing sleep over, OBSeSSed, I am going to recommend you drink a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce laced with about 5mg of Ambien. Why Worcestershire? Because even though it’s impossible to pronounce outside of Massachusetts and the West Midlands of England,…

by The Luv Doc

The Way, Way Back

In this indie comedy, a young teen finds confidence at a local water park after suffering emotional abuse from his insensitive, would-be stepfather.

by Steve Davis

Food Events

• Asti’s Lobsterfest Three course, prix fixe lobster meal for two. Reserve by phone. July 11-13. Asti, 408-C E. 43rd, 512/451-1218. $95. • Red Rabbit Bakery Trailer Grand Opening Free beer, vegan doughnuts, and more. Fri., July 12, 7-10pm. 701 E. 53rd. www.redrabbitbakery.com. • Bikinis, Texas Kick-off Weekend Tickets online. Sat., July 13, noon-10pm. Bikinis,…

by Virginia B. Wood

What Maisie Knew

Young Maisie’s divorced parents are negligent, not cruel, in this contemporary take on the novel by Henry James from the co-directors of the Deep End.

by Kimberley Jones

Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

by Mike Kanin

Pawn Shop Chronicles

Meth addicts, skinheads, and an Elvis impersonator are just some of the characters inhabiting this pawn-shop-set action comedy with an intriguing cast.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

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