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Austin Power and Light
A guide to 10 new companies that are charging up Austin's theatre scene
'Y' Can't We Be Friends?
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility
CAMPO: Whose Ox Gets Soothed?
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Fix290's proposal gets praised at Tuesday's meeting for its cooperative approach
Follmer Fights Back
BY JORDAN SMITH
Fired APD Officer Joel Follmer to seek reinstatement
Good Morning, Afghani-Stan!
BY MICHAEL KING
Stan Knee will be one of thousands of former U.S. police officers now working abroad in lucrative postings, typically as private employees of international conglomerates under contract to the U.S. government
Media Watch: Libel Suits Ain't Pretty
BY KEVIN BRASS
Suit against KVUE alleges story defamed local modeling and acting school owner
Naked City
[06-16-06]
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
Point Austin: Up or Out?
BY MICHAEL KING
Debates over open space and neighborhoods are the discourse of community
The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
State Secrets; and The GOP's Xenophobic Goofiness
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Austin Power and Light
A guide to 10 new companies that are charging up Austin's theatre scene
Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
BY ROBERT FAIRES
When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself
The True Originals
BY RACHEL KOPER
In her solo show 'True Originals,' painter Daphane Park has created a series of mutant portraits that are 1/3 female creature, 1/3 creepy textures, 1/3 dreamy background
In Memoriam
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Bil Pfuderer, an actor, director, and designer in Austin theatre for 20 years and producer of the Zilker Summer Musical from 1980-1995, died in Canton, Ohio, on June 4
Mozart! (Like You've Never Heard It Before)
BY BARRY PINEO
Austin choral ensemble Conspirare marks Mozart's 250th birthday with the newly finished version of his 'Mass in C Minor' in the concert Mozart! (Like You've Never Heard It Before)
Arts Reviews
• The Intergalactic Nemesis Trilogy
• Bunk Bed Brothers
• Requiem
Book Reviews
The Seducer
Conversations With Mr. Prain
Working-Class Heroes
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The restaurants on the resurgent Airport Boulevard are solid, simple, and affordable
Austin Tea Party
BY MM PACK
The Tea Embassy presents Best on Ice
Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Reports from rumor patrol; plus, it's that time of year for many, many different kinds of beer
Throwback Throwdown
BY CARSON BARKER
Can the next-gen and old-school coexist?
Players' Guide
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
News and rumors from the digital realm
David vs. Goliath
The retro revival takes on some of the hot recent releases
In Print
Austin Wranglers
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
What If?
DVD Watch
BY STEVE UHLER
John Wayne has been called many things, but "beautiful" isn't often one of them
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Better Git It in Your Soul
BY HARVEY PEKAR
Why listen to jazz's greatest bassist Charles Mingus today? The Creative Opportunity Orchestra's monthlong Mingus Among Us series has answers.
Tina Marsh Reviewed
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Mingus Erectus
Recommended Titles
Mingus Among Us
Creative Opportunity Orchestra's Fifth Annual New Jazz Series
TCB
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Talking smack with Doug Stanhope and the Yuppie Pricks, investigating Substance D with 'A Scanner Darkly' composer Graham Reynolds
Phases & Stages
• Tapes n' Tapes
• Be Your Own Pet
• The Raconteurs
• We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
• Dr. John / Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
• Phoenix
• Shellac
Loss Upon Loss
BY LOUIS BLACK
Legendary cartoonist, historian, and Texan Jack Jackson passes on
 Postmarks Online
Letters to the editor, updated daily. Click here to view the letters from this week's print edition.
After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Stephen takes on the statewide political landscape ... and throws a Tupperware Party ... sort of.
To Your Health
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
Is there a reliable and inexpensive way to test a home for radon?
The Common Law
BY LUKE ELLIS
Protesting High Property Taxes – Persuasive Evidence
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Col. Charles Goodnight's home and all of his many accomplishments are being remembered and restored by the Armstrong County Museum and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Prison populations and a Polish pope
Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
Places to watch the WC, and more
Soccer Watch Online
BY NICK BARBARO
News and scores from the U.S. and abroad
The Luv Doc Recommends
BY DAN HARDICK
A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar
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