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12 SJR 1: Filling Potholes With Promises; Council Goes Back to Work; City Seeks DOJ Review of Police Shooting; AFA and City at Impasse; Lege Lines; and more

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20 FROM RUNWAYS TO SIDEWALkS The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

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32 ExHIbITIONISM Pippin, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Sunset Limited

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38 MAkING A ‘kILLING’ Joshua Oppenheimer on the half-decade he spent filming for The Act of Killing

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52 film Elysium, We’re the Millers, Planes, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, The Act of Killing, Blue Jasmine

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60 muSiC RECOMMENDED Buzz Osborne ticks off the Melvins’ recent discography, plus an Elliott Smith tribute, Buck Owens Memorial Birthday Bash, the Wannabes, Sara Hickman CD release, Bavu Blakes, Fat Tony, Maligno, Soulfly, and much more

64 VENUES66 ROADSHOWS + CLUb LISTINGS

46 thiS Week It’s one hell of a fine Roller Derby weekend in the ATX, mayhem fans!

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Bottled water is bad for Mother Earth. It has been banished from government offices in San Francisco and national parks. Concord, Mass., has gone one step further, banning all drinks in plastic bottles smaller than one liter. We must stop coating the planet with plastic garbage. Communities like Austin will lead the way. We banned single-use plastic bags and the sky didn’t fall on anybody’s head. Now we should join the growing movement to ban bottled water. Chris Jones

RequiRed ReadiNgDear Editor, Michael Ventura’s continuing articles “An Arbitrary Nation,” [“Letters at 3am,” July 26]

rank with Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” pamphlet that the Founding Fathers of America hailed. This column should be read by all Americans once a year, especially starting with school children. Brilliant, poignant, and right on the money for a confused America. If we lose the essence of early America, it won’t be Michael Ventura’s fault. Michael Brooks

PRofiTs vs. CommuNiTy valuesDear Editor, The so-called “Taco” Planned Unit Development (PUD) proposed for 211 S. Lamar, where the Taco Cabana is located, has gener-ated much heated discussion about affordable housing in the city.

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ThiNk aBouT The ChildReN’s TheaTReDear Editor, Thank you for your update on what happened at the Scottish Rite Theater [“‘Weird Rodeo’ at the Scottish Rite,” News, Aug. 2]. My 3-year-old absolutely adored the theatre’s latest perfor-mance of Charlotte’s Web – almost as much as she enjoyed Pippi Longstocking. Whatever Emily Marks was doing to bring those two stagings to life was important to my daughter, and thus important to me and my wife. It’s disappointing the board of directors and Marks couldn’t get past their differences. There is a need for good theatre for kids in Austin. We’ll keep looking for a theatre doing work as good. Mark Hammer

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There were few surprises in last week’s formal presentation of the proposed city of Austin budget. Whether that’s a good thing or not remains to be seen. The numbers were fairly close to the spring projections by the budget office, even a little better. The city continues steadily to rise out of the national reces-sion, and there should be money available for employee raises and to add back a few more programs or services made threadbare by cuts over the last few years. Some of that flexibil-ity is reflected in the proposals presented to City Council Aug. 1 by City Manager Marc Ott and budget staffers. As proposed (that is, subject to Council approval), the FY 2014 budget would include a 1.5% pay increase for police offi-cers as well as civilian employees (more on that below), as well as certain new programs initiated by Council’s midyear 2013 amend-ments: 24-hour hike-and-bike trails; addi-tional wildfire prevention, upgraded APD forensics; the new civilian civil-service

review (approved by Council over manage-ment objections); and paid parental leave. As drafted, the budget also maintains the much-debated APD ratio of two officers per thousand residents, and begins a shift in the funding method for affordability hous-ing, in an attempt to stabilize those funds

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(which won’t be going away). Budget mavens will also

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› City Council is back to full-time work this week, with a Tuesday work session and a packed agen-da for today’s (Aug. 8) meeting, including hear-ings on the South Lamar Planned Unit Development (aka the “Taco PUD”) and the White Lodging/Marriott fee waiver agreement.

› Amid the ongoing police investigations into the July 26 shooting death of Larry Eugene Jackson Jr., City Manager Marc Ott on Monday said he has asked the Department of Justice to investigate APD’s tactics and procedures and to compare those to its policies. Ott said his request does not demonstrate a lack of faith in the department. Meanwhile, APD will change its description of the shooting from “justifiable homi-cide” to “pending” in a report filed with the state.

› Travis County Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to provide nearly $1.8 million in funding next year for the Travis County District Attorney’s Office Public Integrity Unit. Gov. Rick Perry vetoed $7.5 million in biennial state funding for the PIU, which has statewide jurisdiction in some fraud cases, after D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg, popped for DWI in April, refused to resign her post. Details on Newsdesk, Aug. 6.

› Energy activists are calling on City Council to ramp up Austin Energy’s solar goals, just as the utility has requested a 52% reduction in funding solar programs. See www.solaraustin.org for more.

› Austin state Rep. Dawnna Dukes was injured in a car crash Aug. 1, but expects to fully recover. Dukes’ car was rear-ended and totaled by a trail-er truck as she was stuck in traffic on I-35; the House observed a moment of silence Monday to pray for her recovery.

› The rumor mill about the 2014 plans of Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, spun a little faster this week after she told the national press club “I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices, either my state Senate seat or the governor.”

› The war between UTAustin and the UT system regents got hotter this week after UT announced it will not fulfill an open records request by Regent Wallace Hall, who is currently under investigation by lawmakers and may face impeachment. UT Chief Financial Officer Kevin Hegarty cited concerns about how Hall handled documents under previous requests.

› Victims of April’s West fertilizer plant explosion will receive federal aid. On Aug. 2, President Obama declared the area a major disaster, effectively overturning an earlier FEMA denial of Texas’ application for help.

› Shama Gamkhar, associate professor of public affairs at the LBJ School, was killed in a plane crash Aug. 4, along with her husband, Sid Shah. Gamkhar, 54, taught public finance and was an expert in environmental economic policy.

› Former President George W. Bush underwent heart surgery Aug. 6; doctors gave him a stent after detecting a blockage. Unexpectedly, this trig-gered a national debate on the value of stents compared to cheaper, less invasive treatments.

APD; almost needless to say, public safety (police, fire, EMS) continues to consume nearly two-thirds of the overall General Fund budget.

By the Numbers These proposals are accompanied by the annual big numbers that represent the scale of the budget, as well as the effects of proposed changes. • All Funds budget (incl. enterprise depart-ments): $3.3 billion (FY 2013: $3.1 billion)• General Fund (basic expense budget): $802.6 million (FY 2013: $771.2 million)• Current (nominal) property tax rate: 50.29 cents per $100 taxable value• Effective tax rate (same revenue as 2013): 48.43• Proposed tax rate (0.85 cent increase): 51.14• Rollback tax rate (would trigger a rollback election): 51.34

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Last week, as it appeared the Legislature didn’t have enough gas in its tank to create a road funding plan, Chronicle News Editor Michael King turned his weather eye to me and said, “Used to be that Texas could always pay for two things – roads and prisons. Looks like they can’t even do that anymore.” But that was a week ago, and on Monday, Aug. 5, the Lege voted out Senate Joint Res-o lution 1 – a constitutional amendment that will head to voters for approval in November 2014. It was a hard-wrangled compromise, which explains why it took lawmakers three special sessions, but at least it’s done. Slight prob-lem: If approved by the vot-ers, it will provide less than a quarter of the $4 billion annual shortfall that the Texas Depart ment of Transportation projects it needs to just keep up with future urgent road repairs and construction. It’s little secret that Texas roads are a mess, and it’s not just conges-tion. Drive down North Lamar between Airport and Koenig some time, and feel your teeth rattle. Yet Austin’s lucky. Rep. Tracy King, D-Bates ville, offered a last min-ute amendment to SJR 1, prioritizing repaving roads rather than turning them into gravel tracks. But that’s crazy talk. Surely Texas, that gleaming corporate city on a hill, would never let real roads degenerate into dirt tracks? Well, break out the wagon and mules, because TxDOT indeed intends to convert 83 miles in the Eagle Ford Shale (which runs through South Texas from Cuero to Laredo) into gravel roads.

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CIVICS 101

Each one-cent increase in the property tax rate represents $8.7 million, and even stand-ing pat (i.e., maintaining the nominal rate of 50.29 cents per $100) would bring in addi-tional money because of rising property val-ues, and under state law is considered a tax increase. City budget staff, which notes that the rate will have stayed below the rollback rate for four years (the previous four years were at rollback) calculates that the proposed increase would mean a $4.17 per month rise for the median-valued, $185,000 home. Proposed city fee increases (primarily water and electricity) would add another $10.22. That’s not quite the end of it; with raises anticipated from other jurisdictions (Travis County, AISD, ACC, Central Health), the estimated annual property tax increase amounts to $238 – reflecting overall rough-ly 5.6% of the median family income.

By the Arguments Before you start searching the sofa cush-ions (or writing your Council members), note that all of this remains to some degree con-tested territory. In advance of Coun cil delib-erations, controversies are already brewing over APD funding, parks funding, solar energy funding, affordable housing funding, and more simply, “The Taxes Are Too Damn High.” And the arguments are not only in one direction: For example, while some Council members (e.g., Bill Spelman, Laura Morrison) will argue that the “two police offi-cers per thousand” standard is arbitrary and we don’t necessarily need 47 new sworn offi-cers to maintain that ratio, others (Lee Leffingwell, Sheryl Cole) are likely to argue the opposite, and the APD has requested even more, and the Public Safety Commission just voted to nearly double that recommen-dation, to 92 new officers. (The commission-ers didn’t suggest a funding source.) Similarly, a new coalition of parks advo-cacy groups (“Greater Austin Parks”) is lobbying the city to boost city parks fund-ing another 8% ($4.75 million), and that’s only one of $34 million in “unmet needs” city staff identified above and beyond their base budget recommendations. A similar coalition of environmental advocates is asking Austin Energy to more than double its 2020 goal for 200 megawatts of solar power, to immediate backlash from AE General Manager Larry Weis – that’s likely a short-term nonstarter, but will remain simmering in the overheated Texas air. Most prominently, civilian city employ-ees represented by AFSCME have made it clear that they believe the recommended 1.5% raise is inadequate, and they believe a more equitable figure is 3%. City man-agement and the budget office have described that as “unsustainable” now or over the next few years, but at the first budget work session at least a couple of Council members said they were willing to consider ways it might be accomplished. Shake hands, and come out fighting. n The next Council budget work session is scheduled for Aug. 14; departmental budget video presentations are available on the Financial Services website (www.austintexas.gov/financeonline/finance/main.cfm).

SJR 1: Filling Potholes With PromisesBy Richard Whittaker

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The CosT of Doing noThing It all comes back to Fund 6, the State Highway Fund. Over the years, this has become the state’s unofficial slush fund, and lawmakers have become increasingly frustrat-ed by the amount of cash intended for roads that’s diverted away from Fund 6. The causes, such as education, are worthy; but the result is less money for transportation. SJR 1 cre-ates a complicated mechanism whereby law-makers can divert some gas and oil tax reve-nues that currently go into the Rainy Day Fund into Fund 6. It’s desperately needed:

On Aug. 1, the comptroller’s Chief Revenue Estimator John Heleman told the House Transportation Funding Select Com mit tee that, even as Texas’ population expands and road demand rises, gas tax rev-enue to pay for repairs is dropping. Heleman summed it up: “Fuel econ-omy has been great for everybody except road construction.” That shortfall – and its long-term impact on big business – is why Gov. Rick Perry demanded that lawmakers come up with more cash. Of course, this being Perry, every solution lawmakers proposed had to be a zero-sum game. His

nearly pathological commitment to keeping Texas taxes as flat as possible means a per-petual funding gap. That commitment has created unrealistic expectations about how cheaply Texas can be run, and GOP lawmak-ers know this. Trans portation Funding Committee member Rep. Linda HarperBrown, R-Irving, broke down what it would take to fill that $4 billion pothole: Either add $744 to the driver’s license fee or $200 to vehicle registrations, or raise the gas tax by 35 to 40 cents. Plus, she warned her fellow

committee members, if you think gas tax rev-enues are bad now, wait until the new 55 mpg standards hit in 2025. Clearly, none of those funding options will fly with hard-line Republican primary voters. Knowing their tendencies, Speaker Joe Straus had the road vote pushed to 2014, so it would not damage the chances for the vote on water infrastructure investment on this year’s November ballot. As for the idea that Perry would allow lawmakers to tweak the tax code for businesses to do anything other than add more exemptions, forget it. (Irony of ironies: It’s the increase in heavy traffic for the fracking industry that’s wreck-ing the roads out in the Eagle Shale.) But, as committee chair Larry Phillips, R-Sherman, warned his fellow members, “There’s a cost to doing nothing.”

The CosT of Doing someThing The question is, will Texas voters under-stand they’re already paying that cost in con-gestion, pollution, and deferred mainte-nance? A few years ago, when I was a TA at the University of Texas, I asked my students to explain the difference between a regres-sive and progressive tax. I was amazed by how many got it completely the wrong way around. Dick Lavine, senior fiscal analyst for the Center for Public Policy Priorities, echoed that experience to the committee, telling them that, whenever education funding is on the ballot, people ask him, “‘Doesn’t the lottery take care of that? Why, I don’t even know why I pay property taxes,’ and I have to get over that hump before I even get to what I want to talk about.” That’s a real fear for lawmakers: If SJR 1 passes next November, it may be harder to fill the rest of that $4 billion pothole next session. n

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Floating Tubes Hit NIMBY Rapids It’s been a while since “Secret Beach” was an actual secret, but even with that cat out of the bag, the scene on the eastern leg of the city’s Colorado River was mel-low this past Sunday. The river looked a lot like it has looked for the past year or so – aside from a few orange tubes slowly making their way further east. It’s those orange tubes that have some neighbors seeing red. Red Bluff Road’s MOC Kayaks/East Side Tubes has been renting kayaks for about two years. It wasn’t until Memorial Day – when the business started renting tubes – that the city started to take notice. Under current regulations, the city can’t do much about it. But prompted by a few loud neigh-borhood complaints, the city is now looking into changing that. Dan Walker, who owns East Side tubes, thinks the backlash is elitist. He says no one cared when kayaks, canoes, and pad-dleboards were using the water, and that the complaints are coming from only a handful of neighbors, who are trying to paint the operation with a broad brush by characterizing it as a “frat party on water.” “It’s crazy what so few people can do,” says Walker, of the complainants railing against his business. One is Daniel Llanes, chair of the River Bluff Neighborhood Assoc iation. Llanes spoke at a recent Parks and Recrea tion board meeting about his concerns, and explained that he’s been working with the city and neighbors in the Montopolis, Govalle-Johnston Terrace, and Holly Street areas to remedy the situation, said to be contrary to the neighborhood vision for the corridor. Llanes opposes “commercialization” of that area, saying

that neighborhoods, the Parks and Recre ation Department, and the Lower Colorado River Authority have worked for years to establish that area as a sanctuary and wild-life corridor. Walker thinks this is a bit absurd, point-ing out that the area just south of Cesar Chavez Street is still home to heavy com-mercial zoning and ongoing operations. He says that news reports that have focused on images of trash from swimmers under the Montopolis Bridge are only recording a longstanding bit of grossness that has noth-ing to do with tubers. In fact, he says, his company has been working with Keep

Austin Beautiful to clean up trash in that section of the river, providing kayaks and joining monthly cleanups. Walker also says that declared concerns about safety issues surrounding sudden dis-charge of water from the Longhorn Dam are disingenuous. While it’s true that the dam is not on a set schedule, Walker says he has about 24 hours’ warning from the time upstream Mansfield Dam discharges to pre-pare for the subsequent opening of the Longhorn. Besides, he says, swimming in that section of the Colorado is perfectly legal. Isn’t it better to provide flotation devices to people? Currently, PARD does not regulate the

section of the Colorado River that’s between the Longhorn Dam and the Montopolis Bridge in the same way that it manages Lady Bird Lake. There is a very specific protocol in Town Lake Park, but the Eastside is largely unregulated. Though the Parks Department technically has purview over the recreational use of the water in that section of the river, it cannot require con-cession licenses for businesses on private land. And city ordinances are silent on inner tubes, addressing only boats. At the most recent Parks board meeting, PARD Director Sara Hens ley explained that, bereft of enforcement options concerning the tubes themselves, park police have stepped up their patrols and are looking for alcohol, drug, and parking abuses – all enforceable now – on the land that the city does control. As a longer-term fix that would give the city more control over what happens on the river, the city is now looking into amending the code to address the use of inner tubes. That would require a public process and, ultimate-ly, approval by City Council. Walker would prefer the city to focus on the positive effects of the approximately 500 tubers his business hosts each weekend – of whom he estimates fewer than half are frat boys. “We’ve been pushing so much tourism here, with the five or six hundred people that come on the weekends,” says Walk er. “All of them are asking where to stay, where to eat, what to do. I would say maybe 60 percent is local, and 40 percent is probably out-of-towners. That is huge for this economy. Because everybody is taking a taxi, everybody is staying in the hotels Downtown, and we’re sending them to all of the cool restaurants on the Eastside and Rainey and Downtown. It’s a lot of econo-my that we’re bringing, besides just our sales dollars.” – Elizabeth Pagano

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Council Goes Back to WorkWhite Lodging, taco PUd, and More After a monthlong recess, City Council returns to the dais today to tackle an oversized agenda of weighty items, some of them particularly emotional – including but not limited to: a height con-troversy over a proposed condo project, a wage dispute between construction workers and a hotel developer, and a monu-mental battle over the historic monument at Mount Bonnell. All three are set for public hearings and possible Council action, which almost certainly guarantees the meeting will take a long day’s journey into night. The condo project, pro-posed as a planned unit development, or PUD, at 211 South Lamar at Riverside (currently the home of a Taco Cabana), centers on a requested zoning change to increase the height to 96 feet. The height issue creeps into emotional territory -- city land code holds height and setback restrictions along Lady Bird Lake; developers have had some success broker-ing variances, but shoreline protection advocates and area neighborhood associations believe the city rolls over too easi-ly on its own ordinance, and also claim this is a misuse of the PUD loophole. Developers for the project, Post Paggi, LLC, have touted a range of community benefits they’ll pro-vide in exchange for the variance, including a certain amount of affordable housing units or a $430,000 fee-in-lieu to the city’s affordable housing fund.

Next up: If you see a couple dozen people in the Council chamber wearing “I support White Lodging” tags, please note that some of them may have no idea why they’re there or why they’re wearing stickers. White Lodging is the devel-oper of the upscale JW Marriott Hotel under construction at Congress and Second. In 2011, the Council approved $3.8 million in fee waivers for the project on the condition that the developer pay its construction workers prevailing wages. Two months ago, city management revoked the waiv-ers after investigating workers’ complaints that they were getting stiffed on wages. White Lodging is challenging the decision and the city manager has tossed it back to Council with several options (Item 11). Council was originally sched-uled to consider the matter at its last meeting in June. That’s the day employees of all ranks from the area’s White Lodging hotels were instructed to put on an “I support ...” sticker and head to Council chambers. One employee, through a Spanish-speaking translator (Workers Defense Project’s Gregorio Casar), told the Chronicle that she was merely told to put on the emblem of support and appear at a building she had never realized was City Hall. That’s where she met Casar, who told her and other Spanish-speaking employees why White Lodging had wanted them

there. (For more on this, see the Newsdesk blog from Aug. 7 at austinchronicle.com.) A controversy over proposed park improvements at Mount Bonnell (Item 114) threatens to take the romance right out of this iconic spot. Council will consider an appeal by the West Point Society of Central Texas, which has hit roadblocks at the city in its attempt to replace a weather-battered 1938 mon-ument with a more durable granite monument. The West Point group “adopted” Mount Bonnell as part of the city parks department’s Adopt-a-Park Program, and has obtained the blessing and funding from the original donors of the monument, the Covert family, to replace the limestone monument with granite. The Historic Landmark Commission and city staff are instead recommending restoration of the existing structure. Also, there are a slew of items from Council, including: • A resolution brought by Council Member Chris Riley and Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole directing the city manager to “ini-tiate a comprehensive small-area planning process for the South Shore Central Sub-district of the Waterfront Overlay” and three adjacent properties in Travis Heights (Item 58). • A proposal (Cole, Riley, Mayor Lee Leffingwell) that could potentially kickstart an expedited building permit review process (Item 63).• A resolution (Laura Morrison, Kathie Tovo) to initiate amendments to the City Code to ensure that designated affordable housing units in the Rainey Street area remain affordable for at least 99 years on owner-occupied dwellings and 40 years for rental units. – Amy Smith

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In the wake of last month’s shooting death of an unarmed man by an Austin Police detective, the Texas Civil Rights Project and Austin NAACP are renewing a complaint previously filed with the U.S. Department of Justice, calling for an inves-tigation into when, how, and why APD uses force in Austin. “This is the third police shooting death this year, and the sixth use of deadly force,” reads the letter, signed by TCRP Director Jim Harrington. “It is very clear that the people of Austin are in great need of [DOJ] intervention yet again.” On Monday afternoon at a City Hall press conference, City Manager Marc Ott announced that he has also requested that the Department of Justice review the APD, to determine if their “tactics and practices” are consistent with department policies and with “national policing best practices.” In a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Robert L. Pitman, Ott also requested the DOJ’s assistance in community outreach, in order to “improve trust and further strengthen” community confidence in the APD. Ott said at the press conference that the shooting served to prompt the request for the review, but that his request should not be seen as denoting a “lack of faith in Chief [Art] Acevedo, his leadership team, or the men and women of the Austin Police Department.” On July 26, Detective Charles Kleinert shot Larry Eugene Jackson Jr. in the back of the neck, after a pursuit and a struggle under a bridge over Shoal Creek near 34th Street. Police say Kleinert had been at a nearby Benchmark Bank conducting a fol-low-up investigation on an earlier, and unrelated, bank robbery when Jackson came to the locked front door and twice tried to enter. Bank personnel became sus-picious, and Kleinert went outside to talk to Jackson, who fled after failing to properly ID himself. Although police initially said only that Kleinert pursued a fleeing Jackson on foot, the Chronicle later learned (and APD acknowledged) that Kleinert actually commandeered a car being driven by a civilian and had that person drive him around as he looked for Jackson. Kleinert, whose behavior was described as agitated, spotted Jackson near the bridge over Shoal Creek, and at that point, a source told us, Jackson was merely walking down the street. Exactly what happened after Kleinert got out of the car remains unclear, but the interaction ended in Jackson’s death, from a single bullet to the back of the neck. Jackson was not armed, police said. Over the weekend the Statesman reported that “sources” said that Kleinert told APD’s Internal Affairs investigators that his gun fired accidentally; the daily reported no other information or details regarding the content of Kleinert’s interview. (The apparent leak aggravated Austin Police

Associa tion Pres id ent Wayne Vincent who, in a Monday morning email to union members, said the source of the leak – pre-sumably one of his own – must be found and held accountable for violating “the trust of every police officer who works for the department.”) The TCRP and Austin NAACP first com-plained to the DOJ about APD use of force back in 2004, and repeatedly supplemented the complaint until the DOJ announced in 2007 that it would investigate. A year later the agency came back with a package of more than 160 recommendations for police improvements, including updating its poli-cy on the use of force, its force-reporting requirements, and its process for accepting complaints about officer conduct. In closing that inquiry, the DOJ concluded that there was no “reasonable cause to believe that APD has engaged in a pattern or practice that violated the Constitution or laws of the United States,” according to a May 2011 let-ter to the city’s legal department. Harrington now writes that recent shoot-ing incidents indicate that those fixes didn’t take. In addition to the Jackson shooting, Harrington points to the shooting in April of Herbert “Denny” Babelay, who was killed in his backyard in Montopolis by rookie officers with high-powered rifles; police say Babelay, who had a history of mental illness, brandished a shotgun and threatened the officers. He points also to an incident in May when an officer fired on – and missed – 54-year-old James Barton after Barton refused to get back into his car during a traffic stop near East 12th Street and Airport Boulevard. The series of three incidents – of six total shooting events this year – demonstrate that “police are not being properly trained and supervised and are overreacting in sit-uations, to the peril of citizens,” Harrington wrote. He further blames the City Council for failing, as he puts it, to exercise any “management, oversight, or control over the police, even though the Council has that duty under the city charter,” he wrote. “We respectfully renew our request for intervention by the Department of Justice once again.”

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Meanwhile, police have located a man who they now call a “possible witness” to the shooting. The white male was caught on security cameras near where the incident occurred. On Aug. 2, police

released a statement saying the man had been located and interviewed, but no addi-tional information was made available. In the interim, however, Jackson’s family, which includes his four children, have hired attorney Adam Loewy, who has on several occasions sued the department on behalf of the families of shooting victims, to repre-sent them in their dealings with the APD – including any eventual civil rights lawsuit that could be filed. – Jordan Smith City Manager Marc Ott’s letter to the U.S. Dept. of Justice is posted with this story online, at austinchronicle.com.

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The Fire Last Time: AFA and City at Impasse Two years ago, to the tune of an 18-month, $118,000 contract, I/O Solutions was hired to help the city of Austin redevelop the tests it uses to select new members of the Austin Fire Department. The deal was supposed to help put an end to the hiring conflicts that had brought AFD to the attention of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, added to labor strife, and left a lingering feeling of racial bias around the whole mess for a very long time. But as Austin Firefighters Association President Bob Nicks tells it, the company instead became entangled in the latest round of disputes surrounding AFD’s hir-ing process. Worse, Nicks argues, manage-ment actions that date back to a grievance he filed in 2011 over I/O’s candidate testing procedures poisoned current negotiations between his union and the city over a new meetandconfer contract. At the heart of it all are AFD’s entrance exams. For whatever reason, minority can-didates appear to, collectively, perform less well on the “cognitive” (written) por-tion of the tests – both Nicks and city man-agement agree on that much. In order to offset that fact, the city – and indeed, other departments across the country – blend cognitive testing with behavioral testing. I/O’s 2011 pitch not only combined the cog-nitive and behavioral tests, it made the whole thing pass/fail (at 70%). In a May 13, 2011 story (“The Color of Fire”), Josh Rosenblatt reported that the pass/fail nature of the new exam gave Nicks and his union a fair amount of heartburn. Nicks’ grievance questioned the validity of the tests – and thanks to the 2009 meet-and-confer agreement, the validity measure-ment was not a low bar. “After protracted and sometimes testy negotiations, the December 2009 collective bargaining agreement between the city and the Austin Firefighters Association expressly gave [Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae] Kerr flex-ibility to ‘design a process intended to have a high degree of validity, a direct job rela-tionship, and to seek highly qualified can-didates while minimizing adverse impact,’” Rosenblatt wrote. However, the independent arbitrator eventually found that the “high validity” standard had not been met. But that wasn’t all. In new revelations by Nicks in the wake of last month’s complete breakdown of dis-cussions over a new meet-and-confer deal, the union head shared transcripts of the hearings with the Chronicle. Those tran-scripts – along with language in the arbitra-tor’s ruling and a swapped PowerPoint slide – Nicks argues, illustrate a concerted effort on the part of management to pressure I/O Solutions into changing the test into some-thing that would significantly lower the bar of admission to AFD training. As part of the vetting process for I/O’s testing protocol, the company prepared a PowerPoint presentation. Nicks says that between a presentation he saw on Nov. 18, 2009 and one the next day, I/O switched its

recommendation to allow for the pass/fail option. Nicks suggests that Deputy City Manager Michael McDonald pressured I/O into changing the recommendation. He also accuses management of going to great lengths – including the fabrication of a PowerPoint slide – to cover up the pressure Nicks says it put on I/O. Further, Nicks says that I/O “falsified” a validity test it gave to existing AFD firefighters to determine whether the new test would accurately pre-dict new firefighters’ abilities. The union cited its expert, Dr. Winfred Arthur, in noting, “the vendor deceptively validated a test that was not administered. He validated [a portion of the test] as if it were part of the compensatory scheme, when in fact it was to be used as a pass/fail

test. As Dr. Arthur testified, that simply was not appropriate and is inconsistent with standard practice in the industry.” In a July 18 email, Nicks explained the current impasse for his membership. “In 2010 the City conspired to violate the intent of the hiring article by making the vendor change their [testing] recommendation,” he wrote. “The original recommended test that the vendor was forced to change had been given in around 1,000 different cities. The forced change reduced the validity of the exam to essentially zero. … Efforts during the arbitration produced evidence that showed this manipulation of the vendor came from the City Manager’s office. Also during the arbitration, evidence was doc-tored by the City to help them in their case,

and the vendor became complicit when they falsified the validity certification report.” For his part, McDonald freely admits that he raised the possibility of changing the test to pass/fail. “Everyone in the room agreed that it might help,” he says. That included former I/O President Chad Legel, who signed off on the idea that a change to a combined, pass/fail test would be valid under city contractual obliga-tions. McDon ald would not comment on Nicks’ allegations over what transpired during the arbitration of his grievance. “There is still a process at hand,” he said. “I don’t know what direction the union is going to go.” Legel did not respond to requests for comment. All of this was on the table as Nicks pre-pared for new meet-and-confer discussions this year. But Nicks says he wasn’t ready to wield it as the pressure tool it may well become. Instead, he says, he approached Chief Kerr and, after a month and a half of conversations, he believed they were well on their way to an agreement, and he expected the contracting process to be rela-tively smooth. Instead, negotiators are at an impasse. Nicks blames McDonald. McDonald notes that he is, after all, Kerr’s boss. “The union doesn’t have a role in man-agement,” he told the Chronicle. “I’m Chief Kerr’s supervisor. I have a right to inquire and ask questions.” McDonald notes that, decades ago, when he was still with the Austin Police Department, the APD had a reputation for race relations not unlike the one carried by today’s AFD. Now, he argues, “I think that everyone would agree that we have one of the best police departments in the [country].” As for the negotiations, McDonald argues that the city is simply after flexibility in testing – and a department that, ethnically at least, represents the population it serves. – Mike Kanin

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Members of the Texas Rollergirls break the ribbon at last week’s opening of the new Highland Urban Trail on Airport Boulevard across from the future Austin Community Campus at Highland Mall. The milelong trail connects bicyclists and pedestrians to Capital Metro’s Crestview and Highland rail stations.


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Women’s Health Care Access in Steady Decline As expected, the state-funded Texas Women’s Health Program – designed to preclude women from obtaining services from Planned Parenthood – has at midyear served significantly fewer women than were served by the previous program, which was funded by the federal government and included Planned Parenthood. As of June 1, the Health and Human Ser-vices Commission had processed 79,663 claims for family planning and reproductive health services provided under the TWHP – just 77% of the number processed during the first five months of 2012 (and just 71% of the total claims posted for the same time period in 2012), when the program was known as the Women’s Health Program.

The WHP was originally conceived as a way to provide basic family planning and health services for women who would not be eligible for subsidized care unless pregnant. Under the old WHP, for every $1 invested by Texas, the feds kicked in $9, saving the state mil-lions each of the five years it was operation-al. Moreover, the WHP was designed to help reduce the costs associated with Medicaid births in Texas. (More than half of all births in Texas are paid for by Medicaid, costing the state some $2.9 billion in 2009 alone.) Planned Parenthood was the single larg-est provider under the original WHP, serving more than 40% of the roughly 130,000 women enrolled in a single month. But as part of the coordinated efforts since 2011 (begun years earlier) to deny Texas women the ability to seek care from PP, conserva-tive Texas lawmakers rewrote rules for the

WHP in order to exclude PP. That was accomplished by redefining the term “affili-ate”: henceforth, all Planned Parenthood family planning clinics would be considered affiliated with clinics that perform abortion – based largely on the fact that they share the same name – though none of the PP clinics that participated in the WHP provide abortion care; and, as a program designed to prevent unwanted pregnancy, the WHP did not cover abortion care. The change was successful – but violated federal law, and caused the state to lose the 90% federal funding the program had enjoyed. Gov. Rick Perry said the state would create a rebranded Texas WHP, and so it has – but without reaching nearly as many women as

did the original program. The hit from the drastic 2011 family-planning budget cuts combined with the revamping of the TWHP to exclude Planned Parenthood has led to the closure this year of three PP clinics. Meanwhile, according to enrollment numbers for 2013, the number of women participating in the TWHP pro-

gram has steadily declined each month this year, to a low of 96,686 enrolled and eligible to receive services in August. The number of claims that have been submitted for services rendered has also declined significantly; in April the program posted its highest num-bers, with 16,499 – but that was still just 81% of the 20,442 served in 2012. Sarah Wheat, vice president for commu-nity affairs for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, which includes Austin’s clin-ics, is not surprised by the data. “To score political points,” she said, “Perry dismantled this program and dictated where women could receive their exams and birth control. Texas women lost access to cancer screen-ings and annual exams, and the taxpayers lost federal funding and savings from this program – that is what happens when poli-tics drives public health.” – Jordan Smith


N E W S Can We Go HoMe noW? Finally, after one regular and three special sessions, Texas lawmakers have called sine die for real on the 83rd Legislature. Late on the night of Aug. 5, the House and Senate finally reached a compromise on Senate Joint Resolution 1 and House Bill 1 – the two components required for a constitutional amendment ref-erendum on transportation funding. If the calculations are correct, they should produce around $900 million to $1 billion a year in revenue for road construction. In addition, HB 1 requires the Texas Department of Transportation to find $100 million in sav-ings before the 2014-15 biennium. It was rel-atively easy to reach an agreement on the funding mechanism – taking half of the oil and gas taxes that currently go into the Rainy Day Fund – but the argument about how exactly it should be split between proj-ects, how to protect the Rainy Day Fund, and who should release the funds came down to the wire.

on THe MenD Quick best wishes to Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, who was forced to miss the last days of the third special ses-sion after her Jeep was rear-ended by a truck on I-35 on Aug. 1. Dukes was taken to a hospital emergency room where she was treated and released, but she is still recu-perating at home.

To THe BaLLoT Box … evenTuaLLy! The new transportation bill still requires voter approval, and you’ve got plenty of time to decide where you stand. The measure will be on the 2014 general election bal-lot. More worryingly for lawmakers, even if the bill passes, it will only provide around a quarter of what TxDOT believes it needs to even keep up current stan-dards on Texas roads.

To THe BaLLoT Box … noW! Don’t tear up your voter ID yet: The Legislature is sending nine constitutional amendments to voters for approval on Nov. 5 this year. On Monday, Sec re tary of State John Steen drew the order in which they shall appear on the ballot. There are tax code tweaks, such as the proposals by Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, and Rep. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, to give property tax exemptions to the spous-es of veterans. Then there are constitutional clarifications: For example, Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dal las, wants to remove both the State Medical education Board and the State Medical education Fund from the constitu-tion, since neither is a functioning body. However, the biggest ticket item will be num-

ber six on the ballot: A $2 billion withdrawal from the Rainy Day Fund to establish a new statewide water infrastructure bank. With an estimate of over $30 billion in urgent repairs and investment required over the next 50 years, this is a priority item for lawmak-ers, so on Aug. 1 Speaker Joe Straus announced that he personally will be heading up the new Water Texas PaC, intended to sell the package to voters.

DaSHeD HoPeS Even though Gov. Rick Per ry had limited the third special session to debate on transportation funding only, law-makers filed a slew of bills in the desperate hope that Perry might add them to the call. With the end of the special, and no sign that Perry has any interest in bringing lawmakers back for a fourth fight, they are all now just so much wasted paperwork. So goodbye to new attempts by Sen. Dan Pat rick, R-Hous-ton, to introduce school vouchers and end the cap on charter schools; farewell to the plan by Sen. Carlos uresti, D-San Antonio, to allow online voter registration; and adios to the idea from Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, to let county attorneys openly carry a gun. However, that also means no hearing for tuition revenue bonds, a broadly sup-ported proposal to put construction dollars

into university and college repairs and con-struction. Much to the chagrin of Democrats and Republicans in both chambers, Perry had no interest in adding them to the call.

THe MoST unPoPuLaR DeMoCRaT Speaking of dead bills, Sen. eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, may have put a massive prima-ry election target on his back when he filed Senate Bill 17. Normally it’s up to the GOP to add more punishing regulations onto the backs of women seeking abortions: This time, it was Lucio who proposed that any woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy take a three-hour class on adoption before she be allowed to have the procedure. Lucio told KGBT 4 in Harlingen that the require-ment would “hopefully inspire or have women give a second thought to their abortion thoughts.” Prior to this, Lucio was generally regarded as simply keeping the Senate seat warm for his heir apparent, his son, Rep. eddie Lucio III, also D-Brownsville. Now Democrats are furious about what they see as unconscionable condescension to women by Lucio – who was the only Democrat to vote for the Republican-penned abortion restrictions during the second special ses-sion. Can a challenge be far away? – Richard Whittaker

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2,000-mile border, literally turning it into a corporate honey pot. More drones! More electronic gadgetry! More agents needing more weapons! More war toys! Various corporate lobbyists put their spe-cific wish lists directly into the Senate bill, mandating brand-name purchases. For exam-ple, the bill requires the Border Patrol to buy six airborne radar systems from Northrop at $9.3 million each and 15 Black Hawk heli-

copters from Sikorsky at $17 million apiece. What we have here is the emergence of a full-fledged monster – a border-industrial complex pushing a permanent, ever-expanding border war. How long before they use

the cry of “terrorism!” to militarize the Canadian border, too? And after that, my guess is they’ll want to seal off those pesky anti-war radicals in places like Vermont! Ultimately, they can fence all of us in. Or is it out?

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As scheduled, the state of Texas carried out its 11th execution of the year on July 31, putting to death Douglas Feldman, con-victed of the murder of two truck drivers, murders that Feldman said were prompted by road rage brought on by the rude driving of one of his victims, Robert everett. In the years after his 1999 conviction, Feldman maintained that his victims were to blame for his murders – including on his death bed last week, where he declared Everett and Nicho-las Velasquez, the other man he killed, “guilty of crimes against me.” Feldman was the 503rd inmate put to death in Texas since reinstatement, and the 864th since 1924, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. There are five more executions currently scheduled through the end of the year – but whether the state has the ability to carry those out is uncertain since its stock of

pentobarbital, the only drug it now uses for lethal injection (it began the single-drug pro-tocol last year), is in short supply. The Assoc i ated Press last week reported that it appears that Texas has enough of the barbi-turate for three more executions before the current supply is exhausted. TDCJ spokesman Jason Clark last week told reporters that the state is exploring all options for procuring more drugs – presumably including switching, again, to another protocol to carry out the executions. That has hap-pened twice since 2011, when the maker of one component of the three-drug cocktail the state had been using said it would not provide any more drugs for executions; the state then replaced that drug with the pentobarbital in the three-drug regime before last year switch-ing to execution by barbiturate alone. Texas’ next execution is currently sched-uled for Sept. 19. – Jordan Smith

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Drawn by the promise of a “New Urbanist” neighborhood three miles from Downtown, the Mueller pioneers hit the trail in 2007 and 2008. Their covered wagons were Smart Cars and Priuses. The homesteads they built were energy efficient. They arrived at the former airport, unhitched their wagons, and installed solar panels on their roofs. After the dust had cleared, they did what any pioneers would do: They looked for an elementary school for their kids and lunch from an iconic, locally owned business. Five years after the frontier was settled, Mueller has turned from an idea into a community. Credit for its success so far rests with both the project’s design and the enthusiasm of its residents. The prospect of joining a development billed as experimental, progressive, and sustainable motivated them to leave established neighborhoods and put down money for houses that weren’t built yet, in a community that didn’t exist. “There was so much intrigue right from the beginning,” says Kathleen Malcom, who was among a group of future residents who “stalked” Mueller beginning in 2007. The group met to share tidbits members had learned about the development, and brainstorm ideas for their future neighborhood. “The sense of community began before there were even streets on the ground.”

The first wave of Mueller residents – indeed called “pioneers” by master developer Catellus Development Group – has risen to the challenge of building a neighborhood from the ground up. They’ve started book clubs, a Facebook group with more than 500 members, and progressive dinners, with components toted from house to house in little red wagons. “The area has this experimental and egali tarian feel to it,” says Jill Meyers, a pioneer who moved from Clarksville. “One thing I really feel at Mueller is that we’re all in this together, so people really want to talk to each other and exchange ideas. I think random encounters on the street are friendlier or more meaningful because there’s a sense that this is something new and that we’re building something together.” Yet despite the enthusiasm of its early residents, Mueller is no utopia. Rather, it’s an experiment to see what Austin creates with a resource it’s unlikely to possess again: 711 acres of cityowned land, smack in the middle of town. As the dream gives way to the reality, it also begins to feel the growing pains of a new neighborhood. How Mueller’s architects – and the rest of Austin – respond to its challenges in education, transportation, affordability, and community relationships will set the tone as construction moves forward.

Master Resource For a taste of life in the neighborhood, you might start on Dusty Harshman’s front porch. It’s separated from the street by a tiny yard, mostly planted with droughttolerant prairie flowers. From his corner lot, Harshman can see into the shared green

space of the nearby Garden Court homes, where the neighborhood has shown kidfriendly movies on a makeshift screen. He surveys the neighborhood foot traffic and calls most of the pedestrians by name. Harshman and his family were among the earliest Mueller pioneers. They moved from Brentwood, where they’d rented, attracted by the idea of a walkable, dense, green neighborhood. At Mueller, Harshman and his wife threw themselves into the development’s environmental mission, scaling down to one car and a bike. They’ve talked with other environmentally conscious neighbors about pooling resources to buy a shared “second car” to serve multiple families, and about a community tool shed. “The design is communityup,” he says, waving at a passing jogger. “You’re forced to walk to community mailboxes, you’ve got sidewalks, there’s green space close to residents – packing the homes close together promotes interaction and creates community.” It’s hard to sit on this quiet porch, listening to the birds, and remember that just 14 years ago the only sound here was jet engines. The planning that created today’s neighborhood began decades ago. In the early Eighties, residents in the areas surrounding Mueller formed Citizens for Airport Relo cation to advocate for moving the airport instead of enlarging it (an option that would have leveled much of East Austin). CARE included Cherrywood resident Girard Kinney and Windsor Park resident Rick Krivoniak, who chairs today’s Mueller Commission. The group decided to offer an alternative vision for the land’s future, and its CARE plan for a dense urban development was released in 1984. “We all agreed that if we could get the airport relocated, we needed to be thinking from the beginning about what was going to happen at Mueller,” architect and planner Kinney says. “We wanted it to be a demonstration of what urban places should be.” Kinney went on to chair the Mueller Redevelopment Process and Goals Task Force of the midNineties, a 16person group,

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including Krivoniak, charged with creating guidelines for the site after Austinites voted to move the airport to Bergstrom. It was this entity that recommended the city hire a master planner – it chose ROMA Design Group – before choosing a master developer, which became Catellus. The task force also established Mueller’s six overarching goals, which all the surrounding neighborhoods endorsed: fiscal responsibility, economic development, East Austin revitalization, diversity, sustainability, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods. “I have never seen a project that is trying to do so many things in one place,” says Pam Hefner who, as part of the city’s Redevelopment Services Division, is the project manager for Mueller. “It’s like the wish list of everything you’d want to achieve is being tried here. Some people have one particular area they’re interested in, so they’re not happy that we’re not 100 percent in that area, but they may lack the perspective that we’re trying to do many things.” Hefner emphasizes that her department is delivering Mueller to the entire city, not just those who live there. “They have a perspective,” she says, “but we’re looking out for the residents who aren’t there yet, and the whole city – because this is a resource of the city.” That’s a reference to the fact that Mueller is publicly owned land that’s being sold, piece by piece, to master developer Catellus. Catellus, in turn, is charged with delivering a development that follows ROMA’s design standards and that will ultimately return greater public benefit in the form of tax revenue, public parks and pools, and a vibrant neighborhood where previously there was only tarmac. “It’s not simply the residents who are currently here who ‘own’ Mueller, it’s really the whole community that came together,” says Harshman, who has served on the steering committee of the Mueller Neighborhood Association. “The developer, the city, and the surrounding neighborhoods all had an integral part in the design of the place.”

Riding the Gap And Mueller is still very dependent on the rest of Austin, at least at the ballot box. A section of land in the old airport is set aside for a school, which many in Mueller and surrounding neighborhoods had hoped would soon become an AISD elementary school. But the failure of Proposition 2 in the spring has put those dreams on hold (see “Getting Schooled,” p.24).

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“Although I think the best thing we can do for affordability is increase the supply of housing, so more people have access to more homes, I worry about the side effects.” – James Nortey

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think the best thing we can do for affordability is increase the supply of housing, so more people have access to more homes, I worry about the side effects,” says James Nortey, a Mueller resident and member of the Planning Commission. “Mueller will contribute to the property value increases of surrounding neighborhoods, and I don’t know there’s enough we can do about that. Although Mueller has a commitment to keep a quarter of its homes affordable – even as home values increase – there is nothing to keep homes in surrounding neighborhoods affordable.”

A Neighborhood Culture With so many goals to meet, Mueller is also watched by many eyes. Those include its neighborhood association, the Mueller Commission, city staff, and the property owners’ association led by the developer. The commission doesn’t technically enforce the city’s contract with Catellus – that’s the job of Hefner and her team. But

It’s a gap that prices out people who make at or just above MFI in Austin. “What we tried to do up front was have a price point right above the affordable housing to try to offer something to everybody,” Weaver says. “In the early days we had offerings at the low end. What’s happened now is, with the market, that low end has drifted up, to where now there’s the gap.” The solution everyone’s talking about is “affordability by design” – smaller homes that cost less without being part of the official affordability program. Adams describes some new detached homes on lots 26 feet wide and 60 feet deep. He’s working with builders on even smaller row houses – on lots 16 feet wide – clustered around a garden court. But he calls the challenge to fill the housing gap a continual struggle. Of course, the affordability program at Mueller is about purchase price, not property taxes – and it has no influence over surrounding neighborhoods, except perhaps in driving up prices there as well. “Although I

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Similarly, the original vision for Mueller included urban rail, which would connect the neighborhood and points north, along Berkman, to UT, the medical district, the Capitol, and Downtown. The development is as dense as it can be according to its current traffic impact analysis, which predicts the number of cars it will add to nearby roads. With the addition of rail, the remaining part can be built 20% more densely, on the assumption that residents can use rail instead of driving. But rail, too, must be approved by voters, in a bond referendum to provide up to half the funding required for the first leg of urban rail. In the years since Mueller was conceived, a competing proposal to put the initial rail line on busy, already wellpopulated Guadalupe and Lamar streets has gathered momentum. Urban Rail Program Leader Kyle Keahey, who started work in April, says he plans to have a public discussion about which route is most appropriate and choose a direction before the election, which would probably be in late 2014. One argument for choosing the route through Mueller is that the development’s affordable housing component may increase its chances for receiving matching federal funds for rail. The master development agreement mandates that a quarter of the housing at Mueller is affordable, whether it’s for sale or for rent. To qualify for the affordable program, buyers must make no more than 80% of Austin’s median family income (80% is $58,550 for a family of four); affordable rental units must lease to tenants making 60% MFI or below. Right now the highest concentration of affordability, serving residents with incomes down to 30% MFI, is at Wildflower

Terrace, a senior housing complex off Manor Road. The singlefamily homes designated “affordable” are mixed in with the “market” rate houses throughout Mueller. It’s nearly impossible to distinguish between them from the outside, a situation that pleases Catellus’ Executive Vice President of Development Greg Weaver and master planner Jim Adams. “Mueller has demonstrated that mixedincome communities can and do work,” Adams says. He and his wife and partner Jana McCann created the master plan in the late Nineties as principals with ROMA Design Group and worked with Hefner and the city to hire Catellus. Adams and McCann spun off from San Franciscobased ROMA as McCann Adams Studio and in 2009 moved to Austin, where they live in Mueller. “Where else in Austin do we have $1 million homes sitting immediately adjacent to $150,000 townhouses like we do here? And it works just fine, there’s no devaluing of the area – in fact, everything is appreciating.” Which is both good and bad. With regard to housing prices, Mueller is a victim of its own success. Home values have increased in proportion to the neighborhood’s and Austin’s popularity. While the price of designatedaffordable homes is kept low for buyers who qualify, 75% of the homes in Mueller are subject to market conditions – which means they’re getting more expensive. The resulting difference between the most expensive affordableprogram home and the least expensive marketrate home is called the “housing gap.” If you don’t qualify for the affordable program, whose most expensive home is in the high $100s to low $200s, and you can’t afford the least expensive marketrate house, which starts in the mid$200s, you can’t buy in Mueller.

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G o i N G L o c a L : E a S i E r S a i d T h a N d o N E If all you’ve seen of Mueller is the backside of Home Depot from the highway, you might wonder about the development’s com-mitment to local business. But don’t confuse the big box stores on I-35 with the upcoming “Town Center,” where at least 30% of the businesses must be local. The big stores were never meant to be mom-and-pops. The virtue of big box stores by the freeway – “regional retail” in Mueller parlance – is that they provide predictable sales- and property-tax revenue from day one. The whole development is a “tax increment finance” (TIF) district, which means that tax revenue generated there is dedicated to paying off the municipal bonds that funded Mueller’s infrastructure. To get started, the proj-ect needed an immediate, stable source of revenue. “Those stores were the economic engine to allow the rest of the project to hap-pen,” explains Pam Hefner, the city’s project manager for Mueller. The regional retail center may eventually change as Mueller becomes more densely populated. Planners designed it to be rede-veloped into a mixed-use center when the market can support it. The parking lots have a street grid built into them; the big boxes could one day be replaced by parking garages and multistory buildings with ground-floor retail and living space above.

The upcoming “Town Center” has different goals from the regional retail. Here, the master development agreement requires that at least 30% of the businesses must be local. That strikes some people as too modest a goal – but it’s not easy to recruit local businesses to a brand-new development. A local business that comes to Mueller will be doing one of three things: relocating, expanding, or starting from scratch. Each of these is by definition more challenging for a small business than for a national chain, particularly coming out of a recession. New buildings typically require greater finish-out costs. And entirely new developments require even greater leaps of faith. “As we started marketing the project to any retailer seven years ago it was runways out here, and there was this void – no retail,” Catellus’ Greg Weaver says. “And retail likes to be near retail. Out here, we had to tell a story again and again – and we still tell it – of what’s going on.” It’s getting easier to believe the story as empty fields become roads and houses. Weaver says retailers who wouldn’t consider his pitch a year ago are giving him a second listen. Catellus has printed “wish you were here” postcards for residents to hand to the manag-er or owner of their favorite local businesses. And residents have

taken matters into their own hands: in June, 119 Muellerites staged an “eat-in” at Kerbey Lane Cafe to demonstrate their interest in bringing gingerbread pancakes and queso to the old airport. A point of contention between some residents and Catellus is that locally owned franchises count toward the local business requirement. A Subway franchise, for instance, owned by an Austinite, would count toward the 30% of businesses that must be local. On one hand, such business owners live in Austin, will hire locals, and will keep profit in Austin. Mueller resident and MNA steering committee member James Nortey suggests this is the crux of the “go local” movement: “Local businesses are more likely to be responsive to neighborhood concerns because they have a stake in the neighborhood,” he says. “To the extent that a fran-chise is locally owned – like a Subway – I have no problem with that because the owner still has an interest in seeing this commu-nity developed. I take a much more expansive view of ‘local.’” Still, for most Austinites, the definition of “local” is less about owner-ship and more about the brand and the experience. “If the require-ment is 30 percent local, and local includes Subway franchises?” Mueller Commissioner Jerry Perkins asks. “That, to me, could mean nobody.” – R.R.

“Mueller has demonstrated that mixed-income communities can and do work.”

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“Big projects take a while. If people don’t have a way to access the developer to ask questions, if you let that energy build up, it spills over,” he says. “When you engage people on the front end, things don’t take as long and there’s less anxiety and hostility.” Lack of understanding can lead to criticism. “We always have to remember to revisit the history when we’re answering questions,” Hefner says. “At the beginning people moved here because they really bought into all the ideas and principles, and now there’s people who move there because they just like the house, and they’re not aware of why it is the way it is.” It’s up to Catellus and to pioneers like Harshman, Malcom, and Meyers to fill them in. The label of “pioneer” has frequently applied to adventurers eager to settle lands that, in reality, were already inhabited. There were no such native peoples living in the empty runways of the former airport, but there were residents around the airport who are now feeling the impacts – including increased traffic and property taxes – the new development brings. But this is where the metaphor breaks down. The neighborhoods near Mueller were the force most responsible for the airport leaving, and for it being replaced not by a water park, an office complex, or a state airport, but a dense, sustainable, mixeduse urban neighborhood. Mueller’s redevelopment has taken a long time – on purpose. The task force Kinney chaired recommended Mueller should take 20 years to develop, a period

the sevenmember group does serve as a monthly public forum to keep tabs on the development and discuss the fine points of the agreement, such as the inclusion of franchises in the “30% local” requirement (see “Going Local,” p.22). If Hefner and her team are the “hard accountability” – the actual enforcers of the contract – the commission meetings offer soft accountability, a public venue for commissioners to question Catellus about its progress. “I think the city should set up that kind of commission every time it does a significant publicprivate deal,” says Jim Walker, a Cherrywood resident who serves on the Mueller Commission and has been a citizen leader in Mueller planning since 1995. “Any time there’s a private entity that’s getting any kind of deferred taxation or benefit, the public has the right to say, ‘OK, we’re going to put in place some oversight to make sure the community gets those benefits.’” Seaholm, the Green Water Treatment Plant, and the Domain all could have used a commission, Walker says. Catellus has led several town hall meetings to collect Mueller and nearby neighborhood residents’ feedback. Citizen leaders have also organized public forums for residents of Mueller and nearby neighborhoods. In late May, a “Mueller at Midcourse” forum attracted more than 100 people to discussions of education, affordable housing, and park and pool concerns. Having public meetings cuts down on misinformation and negative emotions, Walker says.

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G E T T i N G S c h o o L E d : W h E r E ’ S M u E L L E r E L E M E N Ta ry ? A popular quip around Mueller is that the place attracts “gays, geezers, and breeders.” For the breeders, in particular, the question of how the Austin Independent School District will accommodate the eventual Mueller baby boom is a major preoccupation. The third of the neighborhood that’s already built is in the Maplewood Elementary attendance zone; most future homes will be zoned to Blanton Elementary. There’s a numbers controversy: AISD projects just under 200 additional students in the two elementary schools by 2017-18; master developer Catellus’ own survey, conducted on a portion of existing residents in 2011, projected close to 1,200 elementary-age children in the neighbor-hood in the same time frame. “The growth from Mueller alone isn’t reflected in the growth number they’re projecting for the two schools we’re currently tracking to,” says Dee Desjardin, vice president of marketing and communications for Catellus. “That growth is vastly larger than AISD can accommodate.” One difference in the numbers comes from the fact that AISD takes a more conservative view of the real estate market, waiting to project num-bers of students in a development until a builder actually starts work. “We wait until [a develop-ment] is a reality, because that’s the only way we can be fiscally responsible,” says Beth Wilson, assistant director of planning services for AISD. She points to projects that promised an influx of kids but stalled in the recession. “We know phase two of Mueller is going to be built, but we don’t count those kids until they start building.” Wilson says populations of children typically fluctuate in new developments, reaching a peak after seven to 10 years. “We don’t want to build a new school just for that peak, because that peak will then stabilize,” she says, offering the example of schools serving Circle C Ranch that were overcrowded for a time but are now comfortable. And not all the children who live in Mueller now are attending AISD schools. Wilson’s most recent study, in November 2012, showed that 98 AISD elementary children lived in Mueller – much lower

than Catellus’ projection of between 300 and 400 students. “If there are more kids there, either they’re not school age, or they’re not our kids,” Wilson says, suggesting they may attend private or charter schools. “I’m a little surprised at how few AISD students are coming from Mueller.” The developer and many Mueller residents hoped May’s bond election would bring a school to a parcel of land in the northeastern part of the neighborhood designated for one. But the failure of Proposition 2, which included funding for three undesignated elementary schools, has left the neighborhood without an immediate plan. Catellus’ Greg Weaver identifies this void as his No. 1 challenge. “We’ve been trying to wave the flag that Maplewood and Blanton will be heav-ily impacted and at capacity, and that the sur-rounding neighborhoods will be looking at AISD, and at us, wondering, ‘Why haven’t you planned for this?’ We thought we were making progress and that the bond was the answer, and then the bond lost.” But even the passage of Prop. 2 wouldn’t have guaranteed a school for Mueller. Wilson says there are other places in the district with greater needs – including schools currently at almost 200% capacity. “I think at some point Mueller is going to peak, and we will probably need a school in that area, it’s just a matter of when – and what else the district has to deal with that’s more imminent,” she says. “Even if the bond had passed, you only have so much money. So you have to take care of the places that are overcrowded today before you can speculate on the situation that may be there in three to seven years. I wish we had the funding to build schools everywhere we think we’ll need them, but we don’t.” In the wake of Prop. 2’s failure, it’s back to the drawing board for Catellus. Weaver emphasizes that the developer is committed to having a public school – and if at all possible an AISD school, rather than a charter – on the property. The devel-oper is meeting with the district and talking with residents to plan its next move. – R.R.

“Any time there’s a private entity that’s getting any kind of deferred taxation or benefit, the public has the right to say, ‘OK, we’re going to put in place some oversight to make sure the community gets those benefits.’” – Jim Walker, Cherrywood resident


trally located tract of land. The 200acre Colony Park project farther east is learning from Mueller, including making some decisions in deliberate contrast to Mueller. Jim Walker points to the Brackenridge Tract and Camp Mabry, where publicprivate partnerships could be employed to achieve similar dense neighborhoods with an affordability component. Walker’s advice is for neighborhoods near large pieces of public land to start planning now, as CARE and its lateNineties successor the Mueller Neighborhoods Coali tion did. “Neighbor hoods should be getting together right now, before there’s a developer, before they get a notice of a zoning change in the mail, and saying ‘What would we want?’” he says. “One of the lessons learned from Mueller is, when you get community groups together sharing a vision before the developer gets there, you get a chance to have something good that’s long lasting. “City shaping takes time – it always will,” Walker says. “We fail a bit when we look at development projects as somehow having a finite point to them. They never stop. You can pound the last nail, but now you have a neighborhood that’s going to keep going.” n

that would inevitably span ups and downs in the economy. “In the downturns, we can see what we did wrong and learn from them and adjust as we go forward,” he says. Conditions have already changed dramatically since the six guiding principles were established in the late Nineties. Austin has become the 11thlargest city in the country. Property values and rents have skyrocketed, including in East Austin. “When we did [the redevelopment master plan] in 1997, developers told us ‘you’ve got to be kidding, nobody is going to live on this property – this is east of I35,’” master planner Jim Adams says. “They thought the land’s highest and best use was industrial.”

Reverberations Even though the Mueller story is far from over, the development is already influencing other parts of Austin. “A lot of the ideas – mixed use, transitoriented development, the emphasis on sustainability and affordability – are already being replicated,” Kinney says. “They have found their way into city code, citywide.” The “next Mueller” doesn’t really exist – the city doesn’t have another 700acre, cen

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This “Arbitrary Nation” series on the U.S. Constitution has emphasized the first 10 amendments – our Bill of Rights – because they are the most vulnerable and violated. Amendments 11 through 27, ratified between 1795 and 1992, are beyond the scope of this series and beyond the energies of this writer. So, too, are the many Supreme Court decisions that have sometimes strengthened and sometimes enfeebled our

rights. (Don’t even get me started on Wickard v. Filburn, 1942. Really. Don’t.) Proceeding, then, to the body of the Constitution: Its seven Articles number only about 4,000 words – or roughly three pages of the Chronicle. That small space houses the basic structure of Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary. Interestingly, more than half those 4,000 words are devot-ed solely to Article I, treating the forms and

powers of Congress. The Framers gave Congress first importance, so, in this final installment of “An Arbitrary Nation,” let’s do the same. The generation that wrote and ratified the Constitution had high hopes for Congress. New York’s Noah Webster, origi-nator of Webster’s Dictionary, wrote that “[w]hile our Legislatures … remain elective, and the rulers have the same interest in the laws, as the subjects have, the rights of the people will be perfectly secure[.]” Samuel Stillman, of Massachusetts, wrote that those elected would be “ourselves; the men of our own choice, in whom we can confide; whose interest is inseparably connected with our own.” Of course, “ourselves” meant white males who owned property; these men expected fair treatment from the white, propertied men they elected. Even then, such faith sound-ed naive to tough-minded men who cherished no illu-sions about the fragility of their republican experi-ment. Virginia’s James Madison predicted that unless voters of “virtue and intelligence [select] men of virtue and wisdom … no theoretical checks, no form of government, can render us secure.” I read Madison’s words, and I read them again, and then I turned to the facts of Congress today, facts that journalists and political commentators know and ignore at the same time. (Psychologists call that condition “denial.”) Facts like these: “The average member of the House of Representatives has to raise $367 for every hour they’re supposedly serving their con-stituents to pay for their re-election cam-paigns. The average senator needs to wran-gle $819 an hour” (Mother Jones, cited in The Week, June 29, 2012). Depending on the Congress member, this takes 30% to 70% of their time (Constitution USA With Peter Sagal, PBS, May 28). Obviously, Congress members so dependent on money must satisfy the sources of that money. And who do they satisfy most? “Donors representing 0.01 percent of the U.S. population contributed 28 percent of the $6

billion spent on the 2012 elections” (Bloomberg.com, cited in The Week, July 5-12). Satisfied big donors give big benefits: “The average member of Congress receives a 1,452 percent salary hike when she or he leaves office and becomes a corporate lob-byist, with some making in excess of $1 million a year” (The Nation, cited in The Week, March 30, 2012). Pious editorials demanding campaign-finance reform and clean lobbying laws are written ad nauseam, exercises in helpless-ness directed at the same Congress that does this: “Since 2007, 73 members of Congress have sponsored bills that benefited themselves or their families, The Washington Post reported this week. Former Democratic Rep. Dennis Cardoza [Calif.] helped get tax breaks for

racehorse owners, and then bought seven horses himself; Rep. Mike

Kelly (R-Pa.) co-sponsored a natural gas bill even as

Exxon Mobil negotiated for his wife’s shares in two gas companies. The practice is permitted under rules that Congress wrote for itself” (The Week, Oct. 19, 2012).

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Congress are free to buy and sell stocks in companies whose

fate can be profoundly influenced, or even determined, by Washington policy.

… [S]ome of Congress’s most prominent members are in a position to routinely engage in what amounts to a legal form of insider trading.” That article damns both parties. On the Democratic side: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), former Massachusetts senator and now Secretary of State John Kerry, and Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.). Baucus, Kerry, and Polis made hundreds of thousands of dollars investing in pharmaceutical and health care companies while negotiating and writing Obamacare legislation. (And you thought they were acting on your behalf and for your good. That’s so sweet of you.) That Newsweek report tells how Rep. “John Boehner (R-Oh.), then House minor-

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ity leader, [invested] tens of thousands of dollars in health-insurance company stocks, which made sizeable gains when the pro-posed public option in the reform deal was killed.” (And you thought he was champion-ing individual choice. That’s sweet, too.) The article also details the profitable she-nanigans of Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Rep. Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.), and former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.). It’s all legal, if by “legal” you don’t mean moral. Lawmakers make laws that allow the law-makers to make lots of money. Presumably, presidents sign some of these laws. Others are “rules” that the Senate and House keep largely to themselves. Meanwhile, journal-ists and political commentators continue to discuss the motives of these politicians without a word about the personal mone-tary ramifications of their decisions. As for reform: With both parties steeped in legalized corruption, no reform effort from within Congress has gained traction. As for the House being stuck in place: Since both parties practice gerrymandering coast to coast, no one in power wants to do anything about that. (To vote in a gerrymandered district is to vote in a fixed election, an election massively weighted toward one side. Whatever that is, it is not a republic.) Why would such a Congress care much about protecting and exercising its legiti-mate – some would say sacred – constitu-tional powers? According to the Constitution, only Congress can make a law, which the courts can then interpret. The president “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” (Article 2, Section 3). But Congress members more loyal to their party than to the Constitution tolerate “signing statements” because presidents of both parties engage in that practice, though the staid American Bar Association has declared it “contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional system” (The New York Times, Jan. 3). First, it’s signing statements. Then, FISA courts, which “for years [have] been devel-oping what is effectively a secret and unchal-lenged body of law” (The New York Times, July 7). Then Pres. Obama decides it’s legal for him to start drone wars and assassinate Americans at will, with no oversight, and this goes unchallenged, for all practical pur-poses, to the extent that “the Obama admin-istration refused to send anyone to a Senate hearing on targeted killings” (The New York Times, May 10) – nor does Obama feel com-pelled to explain his legal rationale for these things. More secret law. Congress and the people accept all this because corruption, when it becomes com-monplace, drains the collective will. Where do you even begin to reform such a thor-oughly compromised system? Perhaps you begin by a refusal to speak about it as though it is what it is not. It is not a functioning republic. n

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‘Confessions of a Mexpatriate’With this neW solo shoW, playWright raul garza takes a journey deep into Mexico Raul Garza has given audiences fantastical tours of Austin and a Texas border town in his plays Fantasmaville and Cura, and even led them on an excursion into “Texaco,” a futuristic no-man’s-land carved out of what we know as the southern part of our state, in Dos Pocitos. Now, the award-winning playwright has arranged a trip across the border and deep into the Mexican Interior. Confessions of a Mexpatriate follows a modern-day, media-minded Mexican-American who wants to unplug from his American side and connect with his Mexican roots in the land of his ancestors. His account of what happens is both funny and fearful – and may say as much about the land he left behind as the one he has entered. Teatro Vivo, which has done so much to promote Garza’s work, is producing the premiere of this new play, with Mical Trejo delivering the story and, in a rare foray outside of Hyde Park Theatre, Ken Webster directing. Here, the playwright shares some background on his latest dramatic expedition. – Robert Faires

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Austin Chronicle: I have this impression of your work moving southward, from Austin in Fantasmaville to the border in Cura and Dos Pocitos and now into Mexico for Confessions of a Mexpatriate. Has that been a conscious direction for you? Raul Garza: Interesting observation – maybe you’ve identified a subconscious direction. Earlier plays definitely allude to Mexico and even cross the border occasionally. In Confessions of a Mexpatriate, however, the story and the storytelling move back and forth between corporate America and Interior Mexico. There is less of the cultural gray area of the border than in my earlier works and a much deeper exploration of the distinct

Mexican and American halves of the Mexican-American identity. AC: Is the passage across Mexico in the play rooted in any experience that you or someone you know has had? What sparked this journey?RG: I have always loved travel in Mexico and have always felt that duality of biculturalism – oozing American pop culture while feeling pangs of longing for the richness of Mexicanismo. Confessions of a Mexpatriate sprung to life during a four-week writing resi-dency I completed last fall in Oaxaca. I was dutifully working on another play, and inhaling Mexican food and culture, when Confessions of a Mexpatriate showed up unannounced, and demanded to be written – wrote itself, really.

The play addresses the concept of “Mexpatriatism” – abandoning the U.S. for a better, more authentic life across the border. Obviously, Mexico is a big part of that story, but not the only part. As a writer, it was tempt-ing to focus on the exotic, romantic, or even dangerous elements of Mexico. But I set out to create a reflective narrative rather than a personal travel journal or glorified Facebook log and hope this work accomplishes that.AC: You’ve chosen the monologue format to tell this story. Is there a reason you wanted to distill this into essentially a story rather than a multicharacter drama?RG: Call me self-indulgent, but I love few things more than a great monologue. I am

drawn to the boldness and intimacy of the for-mat and enjoy the challenge of creating a work that relies so heavily on language. In the case of Mexpatriate, I (finally) had what I con-sidered the ideal scenario to tell a story from a single perspective: a personal crisis that involves the protagonist’s shifting realities as virtual characters. The writing came out lean-er, springier, and just truer from a single voice.AC: Do you see the cultural shifts north of the border being mirrored south of it?RG: American cultural shifts are apparent throughout Mexico thanks to all-powerful social media. I found that Mexicans feel very connected to the United States, but at the same time enjoy their autonomy. Here in the States, there is this notion that every Mexican is just dying to figure out how to get over here. That could not be further from the truth. The Mexicans I visited with had a pro-found love of country and wouldn’t trade their culture for anything. The flip side of that is that Americans, and I’d say particularly Mexican-Americans travel-ing to Mexico, struggle to accept or “own” our uniquely American cultural imprint. And that’s where real self-discovery begins. Maybe. n

Confessions of a Mexpatriate runs Aug. 8-24, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm, at Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd. For more information, visit www.teatrovivo.org.

Ink Tank, the artist collective known for its encompassing, unconventional installations and performances, seeks to capture the spirit of its inspired show “More Awkward Than Heavy” with a sequel, “More Awkward Than Heavy II: 2 Awkward 2 Heavy.” When sitting down with the group of 13 members, all of whom have dis-tinctly different backgrounds and areas of expertise, the clamor of excitement about the upcoming unveiling of “2 Awkward 2 Heavy” is infectious. Jokes are bandied about as quickly as beers are slung down the table when group members settle down to discuss their latest. “We have similar motifs as a movie sequel,” ventures David Culpepper, when pressed to discuss the blockbuster terminolo-gy associated with the show. Mock DVD cases for 2 Awkward 2 Heavy with a full list of supporting cast members – i.e., artists who are joining the group for the exhibition – are passed around. Ink Tank has taken on several projects it considers franchises – e.g., the “Armageddon” series, which concluded in

December – but “More Awkward Than Heavy” was a show it had given no thought to reviving until it was approached by former hosts UP Collective. “[UP Collective creative directors] Ricky [Jaén] and Taylor [Browning] asked, ‘Hey, remember how great that first show was? Want to do it again?’ And of course we said yes,” recalled Emily Cayton. With the venue booked and plans in motion, Ink Tank began to envision how it could recapture the painful, embarrassing, and stressful event that was “More Awkward Than Heavy.” For those who missed out on the original, let’s catch you up on the plot. For one week-end, Ink Tank took over the two-story UP Collective building for a show that was both performance and visual art. Upon entering, guests were confronted by collective members inquiring about their RSVP to the event as plates smashed around them, a mechanism activated by the front door opening and clos-ing. A life-sized bounce house was pressed sadly against the walls of UP Collective’s main

gallery while a sculpture of mannequin heads spun in the corner. Ink Tankers took turns per-forming ad hoc improv routines on an open-mic stage, while the ones tending bar wouldn’t let patrons leave with a drink unless they tipped well. And that’s just scratching the sur-face. “More Awkward Than Heavy” was laced with uncomfortable performances, images, and installations that ebbed with unease, and a cast of characters, both members and eager participants, who flung themselves whole-heartedly into fanning the discomforting flame. With pressure mounting to replicate the overwhelming awkwardness of the original show, it’s hard to imagine how Ink Tank will be

able to pull it off without the element of sur-prise working in its favor. None of the collec-tive members seem phased by the challenge, though. Austin Nelsen chimes in, “You’ve seen a sequel to a movie without seeing the original, right? It’s like that. It’s still good.” “Being awkward is universal,” emphasiz-es Cayton. When asked what they hope for their prospective audience, member Casey Polachek announces, “Please come!” to which Cayton tacks on, “Well, at least come in.” – Caitlin Greenwood “More Awkward Than Heavy II: 2 Awkward 2 Heavy” will take place Saturday, Aug. 10, 7-11pm, at UP Collective, 2326 E. Cesar Chavez. For more informa-tion, visit www.inktankwebsite.com.

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Listening to Katie Rose Pipkin, I’ve come to believe that I inhabit a world that will find me obsolete well before I’m ready to pour out the inkwell. It happens while talking with the 22-year-old artist on the patio of Wild Wood Bakehouse by the university area. She’s sporting the anachronistic look of today’s youth in a (totally Eighties) heather gray, wide-necked top, remote tattoos, and geek-chic rectangular eyeglasses – which allow her to say things like, “I’m not a code expert. I do HTML, CSS, and occasionally a little Java. It’s something I used to do when I was a lot younger,” without coming off as precocious. I’m not as much halted by the complexity of the tools that she describes as I am by the feeling that I have at last acknowledged the Internet for all its poten-tial, and now I’m horribly embarrassed. “The Internet is a fundamentally new medium, which is exciting because you don’t get those all that often,” Pipkin says. “And that’s totally discounting acting and performance and bodily work. We’re look-ing at purely visual, flat stuff. You just don’t have that many developments anymore.” Lately, the Austin born-and-bred artist has been experimenting with a technique called glitch video. I’ve seen young graphic artists in Santa Fe likewise insert poetry or famous quotes into video code, and I imagine view-ers witnessing Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 for the first time felt simi-larly: The work is hard to decipher and a lit-tle off-putting, but you realize that every-thing is about to change, and quickly.

Pipkin’s own forays into the unknown have been accelerated by a string of recent achievements. Last summer, her artwork appeared on the cover of the album Celebrity (Empire of Emptiness) by prodigious local fiddler Ruby Jane Smith. In November, she was named Artist of the Year: Early Career at the 2012 Austin Visual Arts Awards. This April, she showed her pen-and-ink drawings in a grayDUCK Gallery group show, while simultaneously hosting a collaborative installation/performance called Basements Were Rooftops during Fusebox Festival. Then, she created live visuals in response to music by the local band Boy Friend at the Austin Museum of Digital Art in May. And her puppet designs appeared in the 7 Towers

Theatre Company’s recent production of The Pillowman. This might be all in a day’s work for your average Austin “creative,” but Pipkin was also recently welcomed by the Texas art establishment when the Texas Biennial selected one of her digital projects for its fifth edition, beginning at the end of the month. This personal success, combined with her reputation as the Great Collaborator, makes Pipkin something of a local myth: The visual artist, whose transition from raw creativity to accomplished technician, will finally give Austin a seat at the table with San Francisco, if not Los Angeles or New York. “When I first met Katie Rose, I announced that she was going to become a very well-known artist,” Olivia Pepper, Pipkin’s part-ner in the shuttered Wardenclyffe Gallery, says. “I still think so. I’m more than confi-dent that she’ll be that ‘Austin legend.’” The daughter of Turk and Christy Pipkin, Katie Rose had an idyllic childhood, she says, exploring and playing around the rural family estate in Bee Cave. She trav-eled extensively with her parents’ nonprof-it, the Nobelity Project, as early as 8 years old, according to Christy. The family went to Ecuador, Ethiopia, Kenya, and many other locations to shoot documentaries on global issues like education, health, and the environment. By 14 or 15, Katie Rose was taking stills to accompany the films. “We could be standing side by side with cameras in hand, and the photographs would turn out so different,” Turk says.

“You could tell who was the great artist.” The Pipkins disclaim much responsibili-ty for the talent of Katie Rose, saying she was born “with her way.” Christy remem-bers when Katie Rose was 16, studying on a grant at the Art Academy of San Francisco. “She came back and said, ‘I don’t want to go to art school because they’re all crazy.’” Instead, Pipkin enrolled in the University of Texas’ art program to form a wide artistic practice that didn’t involve the kind of self-obsession she had witnessed in the Bay Area. Her mentor and professor at UT, Jeff Williams, says that her work was interdisci-plinary, “including painting, sculpture, installation, new media, and video.”

Williams continues: “Katie Rose is also well versed in philosophy and poetry, which informs how she conceptualizes a piece.” Early Web projects such as Snowfall DESTROYS Three Cars meet an “unabashed” interest in beauty with the classic art of observation. However, the string of unrelat-ed YouTube videos, collected in collabora-tion with Zonodon Andersonoceros, are real-ly a private fascination, demonstrating little more than the artists’ quirks. The project is a vestige of youth, like her pixie haircut and the way she smiles crookedly as a prelude to answering a question. Otherwise, according to Pepper, Katie Rose has come of age. “She has migrated away from some of the childlike whimsicality and quirky humor … and explores darker, richer, more nuanced territory,” Pepper says.

“There’s certainly some more intensity to it now, more deliberateness.” This was apparent to me when I first encountered her work at grayDUCK. The pen-and-ink drawings are alle-gorical, possessing a dark humor that 7 Towers must have recognized when it hired her for the disturbing-ly sublime The Pillowman. Pipkin was 17 when she and Pepper met. They pre-pared the grounds for Wardenclyffe and its collab-orative air through a project

they called “The Island.” “The Island” was really just a “ramshackle bohemian cottage” shared by Katie Rose and Pepper, where they hosted large art events. Wardenclyffe closed on June 1 so the land-owner could attempt to sell the property, now that artists have made the Eastside attractive to buyers. But the partnership sees only opportunity. For one thing, the name seemed less theirs once Wardenclyffe Tower in Shoreham, New York, reopened as a Nicola Tesla museum. For another, the collective has expanded from a two-person creative junkyard into a nine-person organization set on developing 15 to 20 studios and a resi-

dency program, among other things. They named the group Cloud to Ground Collective. “We got tired of running Wardenclyffe on a shoestring,” Pepper says. “It started to pick up a little at the end, but mostly we were impoverished artists the whole time.” Meanwhile, Pipkin focuses on her own work. She’s headed to Colorado Springs for a public art collaboration; then, in October, to the Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, and she’ll be at the Pilot Balloon Church-House in Lawrence, Kan., by February. In September, her new media project, EternalReturn.org, will be on dis-play at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum in San Antonio during the Texas Biennial. EternalReturn is a transitional piece. With a name suggesting Mircea Eliade’s concept of the relationship between the sacred and the profane, the website depicts motion pen-and-ink graphics of clouds crossing the sky and birds falling out of it. Shea Little, an organizer of the Texas Biennial through the nonprofit Big Medium, says that he was perplexed by the selection committee’s choice, adding that while her illustrations alone probably wouldn’t have been selected for an event of this stature, her technology-based material shows innovation. “It’s collections of things, documents of daily travel, weird objects she finds, secrets of other people’s lives,” he says. Those secrets have been the subject of reprove from viewers who think some of her video projects just encourage the “high-brow art crowd” to laugh at “these common stupid folks,” Pipkin tells me. But as Pepper points out, those viewers just may not be prepared to understand the new artistic medium of the Internet. “I certainly have heard suggestions that her tech-based work is voyeuristic, aloof, robotic, or cold, somehow inhuman.” Pepper says. “But that seems to me more a critique of the technology being utilized than of the artist herself.” n

Katie Rose Pipkin’s work may be seen in the West Airside Gallery at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport through Sept. 4. Her work EternalReturn.org will be on view in the 2013 Texas Biennial exhibition at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, 116 Blue Star, San Antonio. For more information, visit www.katierosepipkin.com.

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PippinRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 512/474-5664www.summerstockaustin.orgThrough Aug. 10Running time: 1 hr., 55 min. Pippin is a surprisingly long-lived and flexible show. From its inception in the early Seventies – a production financed, in part, by Motown Records, which led to covers of a handful of its songs by artists including Michael Jackson and the Supremes – through its countless high school productions to the recent Broadway revival (which cleaned up at this year’s Tony Awards), Pippin has always punched above its weight. While it doesn’t have a reputation as a masterpiece, it has a durability befitting a piece that is, ultimately, about finding your own corner of the sky. You can take Pippin to Broadway, to Motown, or to a school audito-rium – the thing still tends to work.

The Sunset LimitedTrinity Street Players, First Baptist Church, 901 Trinity, 512/402-3086www.trinitystreetplayers.com Through Aug. 18Running time: 1 hr., 33 min. Before I first sat through The Sunset Limited at the 2007 Galway Arts Festival, I couldn’t bear the work of Cormac McCarthy. Taken literally, it is a hard read. The writer of No Country for Old Men and The Road is clearly a skilled techni-cian – creating suspense without withholding information, for instance – but he’s also an absolutist. Most people are depraved, in his view, except for the enlightened few whose choices are limited to observing or running. The arts provide some level of comfort, but we’ll get to that. As The Sunset Limited demonstrates, how-ever, McCarthy’s work is not literal. It’s alle-gorical – a test of the human will, whether we can face the desert, as Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote, and not concede. Nonetheless, audience members left the Trinity Street Players’ free production of The Sunset Limited expressing feelings of heaviness. They should be grateful, however, that TSP delivered a more lighthearted (as much as possible) rendi-tion than the one I saw in Galway. Our first hints that this is allegory are the characters’ names: They are called “Black” (Trevor Bissell) and “White” (Derek Jones) in the script, while they answer to “Preacher” and “Professor,” respectively, throughout the play. And the play is full of these little meta moments: White says to Black, “You’re so black-and-white.” Black later says to White, “It’s a story about what you want and what you get.”

A Streetcar Named DesireCity Theatre, 3823-D Airport, 512/524-2870 www.citytheatreaustin.orgThrough Aug. 18Running time: 2 hr., 50 min. In a famous line from an even more famous play, a disintegrating Blanche DuBois spurts, “I don’t want realism. I want magic!” In City Theatre Company’s current revival of the Pulitzer Prize-garnering the-atrical staple by Tennessee Williams, the magic is its realism. As my friend and I arrived at City Theatre, I was surprised (and elated) to find a house packed to the gills. Granted, it doesn’t take an army to fill this com-pact storefront space, but I didn’t expect to encounter an overflow-ing crowd so early in the production’s run. After all, at a running time approaching three hours (including a generous intermission), one settles in for Streetcar with a significant investment of time at stake. And though the drawback to a packed house at City Theatre is the shutdown of air conditioning during the performance so the actors may be heard, this investment nonetheless provides sizable dividends when all is said and done. In City Theatre’s revival, the payoff comes most notably in the realism – or, more accurately, in the realness – with which Williams’ tale of a crumbling social-ite in 1930s New Orleans is wrought by its

EXHIBITIONISM That’s certainly true of Summer Stock Austin’s production, which again finds a broad assortment of the city’s youthful tal-ent – the program lists 31 high school- and college-aged performers in its cast – taking the stage together. The show opens with the stage packed with people in charismatic costumes, exhorting the audience to “join us,” and it’s an effective come-on: So much of what makes Pippin work is the notion that the world of lights and songs and magic we see onstage is dazzling, and director Ginger Morris and co-musical directors Michael McKelvey and Adam Roberts – full disclosure: a Chronicle arts writer – do a fine job of set-ting up that illusion. The show itself follows Pippin – the eldest son of Charlemagne (Alec Cudmore) and played here by Gray Randolph as a hoodie-wearing everykid – as he returns from his studies on a quest to find a life that’s bold

actors. Most strikingly real of all, perhaps, is Rachel McGinnis Meissner in the espe-cially tough role of Blanche. It’s a part that can be overplayed easily, but Meissner refrains from pushing the envelope too far in City’s intensely intimate venue. In fact, the friend with me felt Meissner doesn’t take her portrayal far enough, specifically with the intricacies of her character’s unraveling emotional state. But I feel dif-ferently. If Meissner can be said to err, it’s on the side of understatement – a wel-

come interpretation of the character, I think, and one that succeeds in providing both realism and magic. It’s not only Meissner who portrays her character through this fresh, trans-parent ether. The whole cast contributes to the collective musk lingering in the air, especially Laura Artesi as a wonderfully crafted Stella. Director Jeff Hinkle summons a sultry New Orleans in a way that sidesteps the trappings of melodrama without losing any of the ambient, mythic quality that drives Streetcar. The set (presumably by pro-

duction designer and City Theatre Artistic Director Andy Berkovsky, assisted here by Kevin George) may be the best of any City Theatre production I’ve seen, evoking the cramped, seedy quarters necessary for the claustrophobic sense of the story. It may be a hot evening to handle (espe-cially if your audience is as packed as mine), but no matter; this Streetcar is most certainly worth catching. – Adam Roberts

White has surrendered to the desert. Or he was about to by jumping in front of a subway train, called the Sunset Limited, when Black swooped in and saved him. We learn about this as the two men talk in Black’s shabby apartment, where the whole play takes place. It’s very telling that the closest we come to finding out what’s bothering him is his description – meshing perhaps Slavoj Žižek with Blanche DuBois – of a world in which art and culture no longer provide a barrier against the deep. “The efforts that people undertake to improve the world invariably make it worse,” he says. Black is an ex-con who has devoted his life to helping junkies and lowlifes, and he just knows Jesus Christ is in the room, always. His view of evil is Miltonian: The bad helps us recognize the good. However, he struggles to find common ground with White, who’s an atheist and therefore can see no purpose in his struggle. This is a key work in McCarthy’s canon, par-ing down his narrative to declare his view of existence and argue it against a foil. It’s a bat-tle of mind and heart that makes McCarthy’s dismal view more bearable, even if he does remain so absolute. – Matthew Irwin

and fulfilling enough for his own opinion of himself. He pursues the arts of war, the plea-sures of the flesh, the craft of politics, and the simple joys of a quiet home life before

deciding that none of them really provide the exciting life he feels he deserves. Along the way, he’s taunted by a nameless Leading Player (Vincent Hooper), who encourages him to dream those big dreams, with the sugges-tion that there’s a grand, glorious finale avail-able to him if he’s unable to find it in any of the choices he makes. Most of this is set up by the show as parts on which to hang a lot of fun set pieces, and the Summer Stock production embraces that. There are battle scenes, sex choreography, love songs, and a sense of surreal silliness that runs throughout the performance. The sprawling cast helps pull those things off, too, whether it’s the soldiers engaged in slow-motion combat or the cleverly costumed ensemble (there’s no circus here as in the Broadway revival, but there are a strongman and a bearded lady) drawing attention to the way that life on a stage is just so much more exciting than life in the seats. Pippin takes full advantage of Summer Stock’s resources, and forty years into its life, Pippin still works. – Dan Solomon

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The organizers of Fun Fun Fun Fest staged an event last week to present John Mueller as the Official Curator of Grub for 2013. He’ll be choosing six food trucks and about a dozen other vendors to oper-ate booths at the fest. Interested candi-dates should submit applications for Mueller’s review at www.funfunfunfest.com/food. Marketing Director Sawyer Stoltz offered this tip to potential vendors: “We’re looking for people who offer unique options but at the same time prove they can handle our crowds for three days.”

Kickstarter funding campaigns are all the rage these days, and none of them more intriguing than that of cake artist Natalie Sideserf. You may not recognize her name but Sideserf won the Best in Show award at the That Takes the Cake competition in the spring with an incredibly lifelike sculpted cake of Willie Nelson’s head that immediate-ly went viral on the Internet. Now she’s work-ing toward opening a retail pastry bar and cake decorating studio loosely based on a sushi bar concept, where patrons can enjoy pastries, coffee, or adult beverages while watching cake artists work their magic. For more details, go to www.sideserfcakes.com.

Owners of the Popcycle, the newest entry in the local artisan frozen dessert market, dropped by the office with samples last week, much to our delight. Lindsey Byrd’s luscious hand-crafted frozen treats come in flavors such as orange dreamsicle, bananas foster, buttermilk lemon thyme, kiwi mojito, roasted plum and ginger, water-melon habanero, honeydew sea salt, and avocado coconut milk, and are $4 each, or two for $6. Byrd and partner Elizabeth Carroll are dispensing the delectable fro-zen treats from a custom Icicle Tricycle (a bike outfitted with a freezer chest) which can be booked for special events and pri-vate parties. Available flavors are listed on their website www.thepopcycleaustin.com and locations are announced via Facebook and Twitter @thepopcycle.

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› SuMMER SPARKLiNg DiNNER Enjoy a multicourse dinner paired with sparkling wines to benefit the Sustainable Food Center. Reservations required. Tue., Aug. 13, 7-10pm. parkside, 301 E. Sixth, 512/474-9898. $100. www.summersparklingdinner.eventbrite.com.

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barbecue sauce). A chilled, unfiltered Nigori sake paced our meal, which concluded with the delicious monthly rotating soft-serve ice cream flavor: Plum & Shiso, a sweet and salty combo with herbal notes. Every dish was as fresh as promised, the service was quick and knowledgeable, and prices are reasonable. Though I wished for an optional beni shoga (pickled ginger) bomb in my ramen, the gentle, clean comfort of a bowl of Japanese chicken noodle paired with the belly-warming, delicious croquettes guar-antee a return. – Jessi Cape

Did the world’s wine companies suddenly have an epiph-any? Or did some of the better places wake up and realize that the majority of wine lovers don’t cruise home to their 20,000-square-foot houses to casually pop the cork of a nice

$100 bottle of wine? For some reason, wine-makers have been trying to dominate the

upscale .01% market, leaving the bread-and-butter territory to Australian com-panies with cute animals on the label. But something happened, and hallelu-jah! We have recently been inundated with really good wines under $12. The first one to grab our attention is

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just the perfect flavors for grilled beef. Close your eyes, and you might guess you are drinking a $25 Bordeaux! At the other end of the stylistic curve, anyone who loves the old style Sonoma Zinfandels – thick, dense, jammy, and packed with dark berry aromas – will think they’ve stepped through a time portal to the mid-Sixties when they taste the new Barefoot Zinfandel ($6.99). Its only downside is it’s a little too oaky, but then, so were the old Sonoma Zins. Columbia Crest is always depend-able, but they have knocked it out of the park with their grand Estates Amitage ($11.99), a brilliant blend of Merlot, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc. Finally, anyone out there who, like me, thinks Texas summers demand cold wines must try the bone-dry Spanish Rosé called El Coto Rioja Rosado ($8), a full-bodied wine with extravagant strawberry and cherry aromas. The Yauquen is available at Central Market, and all the rest of the wines are widely available at wine shops. – Wes Marshall

Ever since the September 2012 debut of Ramen Tatsu-ya, Austin has been booming as a ramen town. Charming newcomer Daruma Ramen is the third dedicated shop to open locally, and is located Downtown, across from Jim-Jim’s Water-Ice. Sister restaurant to Airport Boulevard’s beloved Komé Sushi Kitchen, Daruma’s name references traditional Japanese wishing dolls, whose predominant red, black, and white features are reflected in the Richard Weiss interior design. The cozy-but-modern 28-seat restaurant packs in the patrons and puts a new twist on an ancient dish. Daruma eschews the usual creamy pork broth in favor of a fresh-daily house-made chicken broth. The lightness and clarity of the broth is refreshing, and likely a healthy alter-native to its darker, more intensely flavorful cousin, lending a much different experience. The eggless, partially tapioca-based chijire-style (squiggly) noodles were delightful, and a perfect match for Daruma’s delicate spin on modern ramen. In three bowls, the layers of good flavor are simple and silky: the custom-

ary aji tamago (soft-boiled egg) pairs with grilled chicken, various veggies, and unique toppings. The fourth option is a creative vegan ramen, the broth derived from veggies and fruit. Notably, no add-ons are avail-able. The summer special menu includes a Boggy Creek Farm-sourced tomato ramen and two flavors of hiyashi chuka (cold noodles), available for takeout. My ramen-slurping buddy and I chose the Shoyu Ramen ($9), the classic plus seafood stock and accoutrements; and Miso Ramen ($9.50), the original with added homemade miso-tare, or fermented soybean sauce, and ra-yu, or hot chili-infused oil, plus toppings, and the latter was the resounding favorite. We also noshed some Daruma chicken wings ($5.50) and onigiri okaka ($2.50), triangular

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Testing One’s MettleWill Bridget dunlap’s neW restaurant shine or tarnish on the eastside?by Melanie Haupt Bridget Dunlap, the Queen of Rainey Street, has ventured out of the Downtown entertainment district to stake her claim in the Eastside with Mettle, which seeks to define East Austin dining under the leader-ship of the impeccably credentialed chef Andrew Francisco (Vespaio, Olivia). The space is perhaps a bit too literal in its homophonic play on the name of the restau-rant, with a towering rebar sculpture domi-nating the bar area and a repurposed glass chandelier in blues, greens, and browns descending on the dining room. The mascu-line industrial decor is mediated by a Queen Anne’s lace motif on the walls and servers’ aprons, which doesn’t make much sense but is pleasing to the eye. Each of Mettle’s three menus – lunch, dinner, and brunch – includes Francisco’s playful riffs on bistro classics, but the dishes sometimes fail when the execution is sec-ondary to the tinkering. Our first visit for a midweek lunch was, to put it mildly, a dis-appointment. The pork belly quesadilla ($9) was so greasy that I couldn’t take more than two bites, while the French dip ($14) tasted mainly of horseradish, which I suspect was meant to disguise the dry, overcooked short rib. Most egregious was the grilled cheese sandwich ($10), which had the barest sug-gestion of cheese between thick slices of crisp pain au lait. The flavorless, greasy fried green tomato brought nothing to the sandwich; the dominant flavors were spicy mustard and caramel, an inexplicable condi-ment that detracted from rather than added to what should have been a simple, excel-lent rendition of a classic dish. Thankfully, dinner was a bit more suc-cessful. We started out with the vegan chicharron ($5), tapioca pearls that puff up and turn crispy when flash-fried. They are dusted with a vegan “bacon” powder and served with two house-made salsas that popped with bright flavor. My husband’s flatiron steak ($28) was nicely cooked and

served in a flavorful veal reduction. The accompanying potato chip gratin was a dis-appointment in that the house-made potato chips were crisp and delicious, but were drowned in a thick béchamel that cooled and congealed far more quickly than we could eat them. My spaghetti ($21) featured al dente noodles resting in a parsimonious portion of star anise-flavored pork broth and topped with a soft-boiled egg, too-salty duck prosciutto, and a serviceable chunk of braised pork belly. The result is a muddle: Is it pasta or is it ramen? Our charmingly awkward waiter shared our bemusement

regarding the sparse descriptions on the dessert menu and attempted to explain the intricate concepts behind Pastry Chef Finn Walter’s “creations.” We finally gave up and punted with the brioche ice cream with dulce de leche ($5), a tidy and beautiful pair-ing of intense vanilla with silky caramel. Ice cream turned out to be a point of con-tention when we returned for brunch, our most satisfying meal at Mettle. I ordered the fried chicken ($14), served with a scoop of maple ice cream in a waffle cone, ostensibly a play on chicken and waffles. “Why would you serve ice cream with hot fried chicken?” my husband groused as he watched the ice cream melt onto the wooden block that served as my plate. I was too busy doling out “taste this!” hunks of the rich, piping-hot bone-in thighs to our companions and slath-ering the ice cream and cone in the straw-berry umeboshi garnish to quibble over the utility of such a choice. My friend’s French toast ($12) was mildly flavored and not too sweet, grilled pears and lime serving as a mellow complement to the dense bread. The

grilled fruit ($6), squares of pineapple, watermelon, and cucumber doused in chili and sesame oils, were the morning’s big surprise, the chili balancing nicely with the refreshing sea-sonal cultivars. Because this is a Dunlap operation, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the signature cocktails. I

highly recommend both the New York sour ($10), a marriage of Templeton Rye, lemon, and Malbec, and the mojito ($10), a brunch cocktail that gives the Cuban classic a Texan twist with grapefruit and Topo Chico. Chef Francisco is to be commended for making an effort to be interesting and cre-ative in his role of executive chef, but he would do well to remember the fine line between being novel and being a novelty. Right now, Mettle skews toward the latter, but there is potential there for true innova-tion rather than the culinary equivalent of jazz hands. Watch this space. n

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Detroit has become TV’s biggest body double. For years, thanks to Michigan’s generous production incentives, the Motor City has attracted films and TV shows in production. But it’s always masquerading as somewhere else: L.A., N.Y., even standing in as Austin for Whip It. But in AMC’s new cor-rupt-cop drama Low Winter Sun, the struggling city is getting some real face time in front of the camera. British actor Mark Strong, who plays the show’s chief anti-hero, said, “I walked into a shop to buy something and the guy said, ‘How are you enjoying Detroit?’ I told him ‘I’m having a great time,’ and he said to me, ‘People don’t normally say that.’” The show is based on a British two-part miniseries from 2006. In the original, set in Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh, Strong played Detective Frank Agnew, a cop lured into murder by his partner (Brian McCardie). In AMC’s Michigan-set reboot, Strong is a new version of Agnew, but caught in the same trap. This time it’s Lennie James (The Walking Dead, Snatch) who pulls him into conspiracy and cov-er-up as they are charged with investigating their own crimes. For Strong, the two Agnews are different characters. “I looked on it as a new job,” Strong said. “The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing that I brought from that to

this other than me physically. There are some plot points that we repeat, but I’m with Lennie, I’m not with Brian. It’s only in talking about it that there’s a resonance. The actual physical doing of it was a whole new thing.” While the British drama was a lean three hours of noir, AMC’s new vision takes a long, slow delve into the criminal underbelly of Detroit and the attempts to rebuild the broken city. Strong called the city “an incredible backdrop. … There are areas that are really struggling. Like in any city, you can go down one street and not see it, but go down another street and you come face-to-face with it.” When relocating Agnew, series writer Chris Mundy (Criminal Minds, AMC’s Hell on Wheels) had a short list of locations: New Orleans or Detroit. James, who has worked in both, rec-ognized the similarities, but noted the big difference: One was devastated by nature, the other by human hands. James said, “Detroit may look like a tornado hit it, but it isn’t a tor-nado. It’s just abandonment.” There’s little doubt that Detroit gives Low Winter Sun all the imposing urban plight it could require. Agnew’s house – a real Detroit home – is the only non-collapsed structure on the street. The rest looks like a war zone. “We were told about

the white flight that was followed by the black middle-class flight, and that everybody who could leave the city of Detroit has left as quickly as they could, and the only people left are the people who couldn’t get out,” James explained. “That’s not the whole truth. There’s a lot of people who stayed and fought for their city and are still fighting for their city.” After living and working in Detroit for several months, both men see a city trying to turn itself around. Strong said, “If you ask me honestly if people are saying the city’s going down or going up, there seems to be a really positive vibe.” The city may have formally filed bankruptcy this summer, but there’s a revived property market, as well as clusters of start-up firms. To reflect that planned revival, in the first episode there’s talk of a new police station near the river. Strong said, “There are greater minds than mine at work on it, but the point is that there are minds at work on it.” n

Low Winter Sun debuts Sunday, Aug. 11, on AMC at 9pm – immediately following the season premiere of Breaking Bad.

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Harnessing the creative power of Austin’s blossoming film industry and the longstand-ing dedication to community, the fifth annual Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival channels inspiration into action with 18 activist films. Three features and 15 shorts will be spread out over three evenings, each benefiting an

organization, in the 501(c)(3) nonprofit’s brain-child. The fingerprints of the capital city can be found throughout many of the films, includ-ing local nonprofits (the Austin Children’s Shelter in “Transforming Lives” and I Live Here, I Give Here in “Amplify Austin”), music by Shakey Graves and Dana Falconberry, and

scenes shot around town. Other films shine light on work that’s physically a little further from home but emotionally right up the alley of Austin activists: planting fruit trees in school yards situated in food deserts (“Let’s Get Real”), creating vertical bricks of oyster larvae to slow receding shorelines (“Coastal Erosion Restoration”), advocating for legislation to pro-tect sex workers (“Advocacy in Albany: No Condoms as Evidence”), healing through art (“Learning Photography in Haiti”), enhancing urban afterschool programs (“This Is Renzi”), and supporting elderly dementia patients (“Community Report: Health – Greater Twin Cities United Way”). These films offer a cinematic passport into the real stories of humanity’s fractures and restorations manifesting as a call to action when the festival connects causes with agents of social change. The stories transcend time, too: A young boy retells a 1985 Schwarzenegger plot in “Alex Presents: Commando,” all the while debunking a stereotype. Friday’s feature, When I Rise, illuminates the racial divide at the University of Texas in 1957 through opera student Barbara Smith Conrad’s power-ful story. But one of the most stirring of the festival’s entries is a story of today and now: “A Fighting Chance” follows several families, one living in our own backyard, who are hon-est in their struggles to survive the devastat-ing grip of poverty. Addiction, exorbitant medi-

cal bills, and sometimes just really bad luck spell a slippery slope despite valiant efforts to thrive. Organizations big and small want to help, and Lights. Camera. Help. is on a mis-sion to deliver the messages. Genre specifics pale where political, racial, gender, and socioeconomic issues threaten to divide families, yet the hand-picked schedule’s filmmaking styles and creative effects are not lost among bootstraps and heartstrings.

Comedic moments are a testa-ment to the individual personali-ties; horror is revealed in the startling realities of everyday life; romance is not limited to love. The films’ portrayal of personal truths present hope through an accessible and artistic medium, allowing the magic of humanity to catalyze solutions.

A panel of judges – “usually a nonprofit person, a filmmaker, and a communications professional,” explains Executive Director Aaron Bramley – will select several films and their corresponding organizations to receive cash prizes. With one dedicated Alamo Drafthouse Village screen (other movies will be playing on other screens), Bramley says, “We plan on filling every one of the 120 seats we have available to us. Ticket sales directly impact the amount we can support the causes behind our winning films.” Festival success is measured in funding the LCH mis-sion through inspired collaboration within an engaged community. n

Give and Let LiveCAuse-driven filM festivAl lights. CAMerA. help. hits the sweet spot between heArt, Mind, And ACtionby Jessi Cape

The Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival takes place Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 15-17, at the Alamo

Drafthouse Village (2700 W. Anderson). Tickets are $25-30 for a one-night pass, $70 for a three-night badge, and $20

for the closing party. See www.lightscamerahelp.org

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An old man lies sleeping and whimpering on a bed, plagued by bad dreams – dreams of blood, dreams of decapitation, dreams of murder and genocide. They are dreams of his life. But he was not the victim. In 1960s Indonesia, Anwar Congo was a street thug who became a death squad leader. In The Act of Killing, he and his fellow state-sanc-tioned murderers gleefully reenact their sins. While audiences may see him as a blood-drenched criminal, to many in his country, those same actions make him a hero. For documentarian Joshua Oppen-heimer, Congo gives an insight into the terrible, almost inconceivable story behind modern Indonesia. He said, “It is like Nazi Germany 40 years after the Holocaust if the Nazis were still in power.” Modern Indonesia is a blind spot for many in the global community, but it has in its past some of the most terrible lines in the pages in history. In 1965, Gen. Suharto began a power grab, mounting a bloody purge of his enemies by declaring them Communists. Suddenly, men like Congo – a petty gang-ster and ticket scalper – were given carte blanche to murder as many “enemies of the state” as they could. No one really knows how many people died in the bloodletting, but estimates range from 500,000 to as high as 3 million. Then in 1968, Suharto became president, and his murderous cadre sud-denly became the establishment. Forty years later, Congo’s twitching dreams are the closest he has ever come to a trial. That scene may be among the most tell-ing moments in The Act of Killing, but it is not the most surreal. In a radical departure from the standard Robert Greenwald school of talking-head documentaries, Oppen heim-er and his co-director Christine Cynn got Congo and his friends to reenact their crimes for the camera, however they saw fit. They saw themselves as suave heroes,

birthed from the Hollywood classics for which Congo used to scalp tickets when he was a young street thug. That self-image is reflected in the vignettes they create. Dancing girls sway in front of a giant fish like an opium-doused Busby Berkeley rou-tine. The murderers dress as Bogart-style gangsters, cleaning the streets. In one chill-ing scene, they burn the village to save it, Platoon-style, and are greeted by cheering crowds. It is the story of the massacres from their viewpoint, no matter how subjective, self-serving, and ultimately self-incriminat-ing. Oppenheimer explained what he told them: “You want to show me what you’ve done. Show me what you’ve done in what-ever way you’ve wished, and I will film the process in any way you wish. I will film any reenactments that you stage, any demon-strations of how you killed.” The result mixes bizarre re-creations with “behind the scenes” footage and interviews, creating something that is as much a mak-ing-of as a film in its own right. Before their Indonesian adventure, Oppenheimer and Cynn were based in London, trying to find new approaches to truth-telling. “We had been experimenting with documentary methods that would provide insight into how people see themselves,” Oppenheimer said. The summation of their dabbling has been given the blessing of two of the godfathers of experimental documentary, with both Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Into the Abyss) praising the film for rewriting the meaning and poten-tial of a documentary; they’re both on board as executive producers. By making the sub-jects the directors, Oppenheimer said: “The viewer enters the violence with them. … It allows people to see the multiple stories that we tell about ourselves. Half-remembered, secondhand, third-rate stories that we iden-tify with, fantasies that make us who we are.”

The Act of Killing is the product of a dec-adelong hunt for Oppenheimer: a quest to answer how a small-time hoodlum like Congo could become an unindicted mass murderer. In 2001, he and Cynn were inter-viewing plantation workers trying to union-ize in post-Suharto Indonesia for their doc-umentary The Globalisation Tapes. They traveled 40 miles outside the city of Medan, to a Belgian-owned oil palm plantation. “We were supposed to document the vio-lence of globalization,” he said. “The women workers were forced to spray an herbicide that was destroying their livers and killing them in their 40s.” Yet they were afraid to start a union because they feared a second genocide. He said, “They were the children and grandchildren of people who had been in a strong plantation workers union, but because they were in a union [and] had been accused of being Com munist sympathizers by the military, they were put in concentration camps and dis-patched to be killed.” Word spread that the pair were delving into the genocide, and they were quickly and repeatedly harassed by the military. “They would take our equipment, they would take our tapes, they would detain us,” Oppenheimer said. “It was very diffi-cult to get anything taped, and it was very frightening, especially for the survivors.” This was a dangerous endeavor: On The Act of Killing’s credits, 20 members of the crew – including one of the co-directors – are listed as anonymous, for fear of retribution. Concerned for their safety, Oppenheimer traveled to Jakarta to talk with human rights groups about how he could continue. “All of those human rights advocates and even the survivors themselves said, ‘No, you’re on to something extremely impor-

tant.’” This was not just about explaining what had happened in Indonesia to the wider world; he also wanted to create “some-thing that exposes Indonesians themselves to something they know but have been afraid to speak up about.” The turning point came during the film-ing of The Globalisation Tapes. One of the men who took part in the systematic mas-sacres still lived in the same village as his victims. Rather than fearing retribution, Oppenheimer said, “He was very boastful about what he had done, immediately open about it.” This opened a new door to the hidden history. “One of the survivors said: ‘You’ve heard one perpetrator boast. Film more perpetrators. From them, you will find what happened. In their boasting, the audi-ence will see why we’re so afraid and the nature of the impunity they enjoy.’” Over five years, he worked his way up the food chain, from local enforcers to retired mili-tary officers in Jakarta, even to former CIA officers living back in the U.S. So when Oppenheimer finally met Congo in 2005, he wasn’t the first interviewee, or even the 10th. “He was the forty-first executioner I filmed,” said Oppenheimer. When it came to the reenactments, there was no deceit, Oppenheimer said: “The method was not an elaborate lure to get them to open up. The method was a response to their openness.” Congo saw each re-creation after it was shot, even while some of his fellow executioners were starting to worry about how much they were being exposed. “We see this process within the film, where [Congo’s fellow death squad leader] Adi Zulkadry says, ‘If we succeed in making the film, it will turn history on its head.’” Much of the film is about how Congo and his allies mentally process their own blood-stained legacy, and that was essential for Oppenheimer. For him, simply condemn-ing them as evil is “reductionist. … You can say what they did was evil, but you must

separate that from the human being, who is much more com-plex than that.” He said, “If anybody asks me, ‘Isn’t it wrong to humanize them?’ there’s a very simple answer. They are human. If we want to under-stand how human beings do

these things, why we do them, what it means when we do them, we have to approach them as humans.” Yet the director paid a psychic toll. He spent year after year hanging around with murderers as they gleefully demonstrated how to turn decapitation into a production line process. “It was painful,” said Oppenheimer, who admitted that he had nightmares during filming. He ended up walking “a tightrope of revulsion and empa-thy,” and he attempts to reconstruct those emotional contradictions for viewers. “In the film, I’ve tried to use humor just to get the audience’s guard down just before some of the most horrific moments. These moments are meant to replicate for the viewer what I went through.” n

Making a ‘Killing’Joshua Oppenheimer on the half-decade he spent filming for ‘The Act of Killing’b y R i c h a R d W h i t t a k e R

The Act of Killing opens in Austin on Aug. 9 at the Alamo Lakeline and the Alamo Slaughter Lane. See Film Listings, p.52,

for showtimes and review.


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Dallas soul man Bobby Patterson, best known for funky late-Sixties/early-Seventies singles “TCB or TYA” and “How Do You Spell Love,” recently completed recording a fresh new album at Arlyn Studios in South Austin. A true polymath of the music industry, Patterson’s spent the last five decades singing, songwriting, producing, promoting, and spinning songs at Soul 73 KKDA in the Big D, on which he delivered an endless Rolodex of one-liners, spoken in flamboyant rhythm and rhyme: “I don’t care if you’re from the hood or the trunk, you can’t get away from my funk!” “I’d make up lines like that all day,” laughs Patterson. “I’ve probably forgotten more rhymes

than Jay-Z ever knew.” Patterson allowed

producer Zach Ernst, guitarist for the Relatives,

to glimpse his many weathered notebooks of sharp-

witted rhymes. Ernst then helped him shape them into the impeccably clever 10 tracks that make up his new album. With a backing band consisting of local soul rockers the Disciples and expert guitarist Denny Freeman, the jams live up to the jive. Since losing his radio gig last year, Patterson’s finally shifted his focus entirely to performing. “All I’m doing now is entertaining folks around the world – every boy, girl, and man. Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, and Japan, I’m fixing to be the man.” For now, he’s at the Continental Club Friday night.

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On July 24, the same morning that Scottish Rite Theater’s Creative Director Emily Marks was fired, local musician Matt Puckett arrived at the venue to find the locks changed. It was the third day of Mother Falcon’s Music Lab, a weeklong camp for musicians ages 11-17 being tutored by Puckett and his Mother Falcon bandmates. Puckett, the camp’s director, was informed by Scottish Rite members that a recent inspection by the Austin Fire Department raised safety concerns and that the building would be closed. Thirty-five

children and eight counselors relocated on foot to the All Saints Episcopal Church, where they completed the remaining three days of camp. Last week, Puckett released an open letter to the Scottish Rite, with this at the heart of it: “Your choices that day displayed a fla-grant and cavalier disregard for the safety and well-being of those children. It is painfully clear that you were much more interested in making a point to one of your employees –

a drama in which we have no part – than in doing right by the people depending on you.” Puckett told “Playback” by phone that the Scottish Rite organization has withheld money brought in by the camp’s tuition, an estimated $8,500, funds sorely needed for Mother Falcon’s current West Coast tour. “Perhaps they just don’t realize that they’re taking money from young musicians and deceiving the parents who paid,” he added. Rebutting, Scottish Rite Chairman Todd Smith says the building’s closure was only for the welfare of the campers and staff, and

also pointed out that the camp was invited to return later on Wednesday, but lead-ership declined. Regarding the money, Smith says his fiducia-ry responsibility to the non-profit means he can’t pay Mother Falcon without being presented with contracts from Mother Falcon’s manager John Riedie, who Smith char-acterizes as a disgruntled for-mer contractor for the Scottish Rite Theater. Expect a shift in entertainment at the Scottish Rite. During Marks’ tenure, bookings included comedians, psych rock bands, a New

Year’s Eve Gourds show, and even Henry Rollins performing in the 19th century opera house. Smith promises “Quality, wholesome entertainment for families.” For now, Friday’s Elliott Smith tribute goes on as planned

(see “Music Listings,” p.60), but Saturday’s Percussion VII event

by the Golden Hornet Project – also managed

by Riedie – has been relocated to the Off Shoot (2211-A Hidalgo).

Notes from the road Within the madness of my two-week tour with Black Eyed Vermillion, ripping through the center of America in hitting punk clubs, festivals, and sketchy biker bars – sometimes sharing the stage with Austin musicians like Miss Izzy Cox and Scott H. Biram – long hours in the van gave me time to reflect on my experiences and note some valuable lessons.

• Always travel with a spare tire and a floor jack, duh. In the event of a blowout, these tools can trans-form you into a NASCAR pit crew instead of six sweaty assholes stuck on the side of the highway.• Earplugs are great for mitigating high decibels at concerts, but they’re additionally valuable at stifling the sounds of a bandmate’s snoring.• Don’t expect there to be toilet paper at a three- day outdoor punk festival. Bring your own roll, other-wise you might end up with an odd number of socks. • Denver > Amsterdam.• Use a live percussionist. A drum machine can-not fuck the merch girl.• It’s “Sound Engineer” not “sound guy.” Show a little respect and you’ll get a better monitor mix. • Everyone thinks they do the most work. Usually it shakes out pretty equally. Don’t complain; just do your best.• Love your bandmates for who they are – idiosyn-crasies, obsessions, quirks, and all. Chemistry beats talent any day so embrace it.

Half Notes› Tenacious D has been tapped to play Fun

Fun Fun Fest’s comedy stage. Jack Black and Kyle Gass will perform without a back-ing band, as they did at their electrifying and hilarious South by Southwest appear-ance at Brazos Hall. In other FFF news, local Black Flag linchpin Greg Ginn recent-ly filed a lawsuit against his former band-mates to quash their reunion tour as Flag – including their FFF set – claiming their name and image infringe on his copyrights.

› Jeff Pinkus continues pulling double duty, playing in both the Melvins and Honky as they tour nationwide. Considering his ongoing tenure in Butthole Surfers, Pinkus now has the coolest rock & roll résumé in town, play-ing in two of the most esteemed underground rock bands of the last 30 years. Conversely, Melvins’ drum god Dale Crover, once a member of Nirvana, continues to sit in with Honky. Both bands lay waste to the Mohawk on Friday. See “Music Listings” for chatter with Melvins’ front ‘fro Buzz Osborne, p.60.

› Call off the search. Joe King Carrasco’s amplifier has been returned safely to his castle. Wanted posters circulated at local clubs and on Facebook after Carrasco’s red Fender Hot Rod Deluxe was stolen from a garage last month. Eventually, a vigilant musician noticed it at South Austin’s Mustang Pawn, but the shop wouldn’t release it to Carrasco or place a hold on its sale until a kindhearted musician/policeman found out about the situation on Facebook and personally intervened. Now that’s community! JKC celebrated his amp’s safe return by cranking it up at Strange Brew last Saturday.

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Frontier Bar Becomes Lost Well For better or worse, the Frontier Bar picked the right name. The club stood deeper in the Eastside than safely settled regions where similar bars like the White Horse and Hotel Vegas have flourished. It had live bands most nights and sometimes drew decent crowds, but never attained the same kind of traction in the music scene as the aforementioned haunts. No surprise then, that two years after opening, the Frontier throws in the towel and makes way for a new venture, the Lost Well. Headed up by Lovejoys bartender Marcello Murphy, the heart and soul of the former Sixth Street watering hole’s Thursday night music series – in which gritty punk, metal, rock, and country bands collided with $2 pints for guaranteed good times – the Lost Well will host live bands Thursday through Saturday. Cello also hopes to fill the calendar with all the old Lovejoys staples like Corrine Rose, Dirty Charlie, Blood Royale, the Beaumonts, Honky, and the Hickoids. Be there opening night, Aug. 15.

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The Real CountryMiles and miles with Mike & the Moonpies B Y C H A S E H O F F B E R G E R

There’s a camera on Mike Harmeier. It’s been on him all night. They’re filming a documentary about the scrawny, string-haired songwriter and his band, Mike & the Moonpies, the finest young crew in Austin honky-tonk. It’s mid-July, the last night of the group’s Thursday residency at the White Horse, a weekly destination that lasted for more than 72 weeks. “Someone’s got to capture this before they’re gone,” the documentary’s producer, their friend, the songwriter Chris Brecht says a few nights before the show. “What they’ve done here, not a lot of bands have done in a while.” At the moment, the cameraman can’t get a good shot of Harmeier, because the singer keeps getting diverted by friends. Everybody’s chatting him up tonight, offering con-gratulations and Lone Stars. They send their well-wishes and move on to the dance floor. Everyone knows this is the residency’s final night. They’re all here for a last two-step. The White Horse walls come caked in the sweat of the Moonpies’ six members. Quite literally: They painted the red and brown walls of the joint before it opened December 2011. Then they uprooted from their Monday slot at the Hole in the Wall for the midnight shift on Thursdays at the East Austin venue. “These guys work harder than 99 percent of the bands I’ve seen in this town,” offers White Horse co-owner Denis O’Donnell, who started working with the band when he was the general manager of the Hole in the Wall in 2008. “And I’ve been in Austin since 1999.” No surprise, then, that the dance floor’s filled to the tables by the second song – filled with masters and hacks and couples and friends. It’s dark as daybreak out there, sweaty and drunk. O’Donnell throws a round at the band-members. It’s past midnight and the party’s got hours to go. The Moonpies are bringing down the curtain on this scene because they’ve recently signed a booking agreement with Red 11 Music, an Austin-based talent agency that works with clay-kicking country crews like Crooks, Turnpike Troubadours, Jason Boland, and Cory Morrow. A once easily mapped tour schedule has spewed sideways and out, so the band needs its Thursday nights for new markets.

“We’ve got to get to Dallas that night if we’re in Oklahoma on Friday,” Harmeier explains. “Lately we’ve averaged about 500 miles per weekend. Looking at the calendar, it’s going to get way higher than that.” This month, the Moonpies play 14 dates in nine Texas towns, plus Oklahoma and Arkansas. In November, they’re in Tuscaloosa, Ala., one Friday, then Knoxville, Tenn., that Sunday. They just bought an RV complete with a bathroom, sink, fold-out couch, and queen-sized bed in the back. Harmeier calls it the best investment the band’s ever made. Tonight’s all about the White Horse, though, and Mike & the Moonpies’ tree house infatuation with it. “It’s always a morale booster,” explains bassist Preston Rhone. “Even a bad show here, there’s still a full dance floor.” The evening ends with Harmeier laughing shirtless onstage, coaxed out of his pearl snap by Not in the Face singer/guitarist Jonathan Terrell, who’s also half monty. The band’s got a late afternoon load-in in Lubbock this same day. The RV leaves at noon.

Bandera Waltz It takes one hour and 56 minutes to get from South Austin to Bandera’s Longhorn Saloon, but for Houston native Mike Harmeier, that first trip took years. “I was trying to get into that club forever, because I had known the owner for years,” he explains. “I used to get up and sing with him when I was 11 years old.” That’s Brian Black, big brother to country crooner Clint, an old friend of Harmeier’s father. Black bought the Bandera roadhouse six years ago. “I used to try to get gigs out there when I was playing in these blues bands, and he’d always say no. Finally he gave the Moonpies a Friday night. We got out there and he told me this later: ‘I thought I was fucked ‘cuz y’all looked like a bunch of kids from the Seventies.’” Black’s modified his stance since then, because the Moonpies in Bandera means the circus has come to town.

Only 1,000 people live in the Hill Country hamlet. Friday at the Longhorn, roughly half that population will two-step. “Where else would they go?” one young dancer asks me rhetorically. “Once they hear these guys, they stay.” The crowd at the Longhorn Saloon looks like it was cast for a movie about a Texas Hill Country bar called the Longhorn Saloon. It’s diverse and homogeneous, aged and ageless. There are 11-year-olds with boots and large belt buckles, and old men in what might be slippers. From her bar stool, one woman says she rarely gets out of the house, but confides to me that her neighbor’s now on her sixth husband. “But that girl Katherine’s a money-grubbing bitch,” she says. The woman takes a drag off her cigarette and reaches for her Budweiser. The Moonpies spot up at a table and get drinking. They’re buried in their iPhones when they’re not slugging down Lone Stars. They’ve got three hours of music to make in Bandera. Nobody’s bothering to make a set list. The Longhorn dance floor fills up like that of the White Horse, but there’s a quality to the dancing that drunk hip-sters can’t match. It’s crisp and fluid. It’s somehow spa-cious, but simple. It’s the only endeavor many of the show-goers will engage in all night. The Moonpies open at 9:17pm. They take two breaks and finish at 1:30am, with Brian Black’s brother Kevin and his two kids finishing with a run through the classics: America’s “Sister Golden Hair,” Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say,” the Eagles’ “One of These Nights.” Most in the building are drunk beyond compare by the time the clock strikes 2am. The Moonpies, having just played nearly 30 songs, sit down for hamburgers and whiskey.

� e Hard Way All-night gigs are what made Mike & the Moonpies. “We never had rehearsals,” Harmeier attests. “It was only shows, and every show was a rehearsal. Four or five shows a week for four hours each night. There was never any time to do anything else.” The band was born from a dream of no day jobs. Four nights of gigs could replace five days pushing paper. Anybody who could make it through those sets was in: first Rhone and drummer Kyle Ponder, then guitarist Catlin Rutherford and pedal steel player Zach Moulton. “That’s the same way we broke in Johnny Carbone,” Harmeier says of their keyboardist, the newest full-time mem-ber of the six-person outfit. “He was at the Hole in the Wall one Monday, and he was like, ‘Hey man, I just moved here

from Boston. I play keyboards and really want to play in a honky-tonk band.’ I had a Halloween gig and didn’t have any other soloists, so I gave him a call and asked him to sit in. He was nervous as shit, because he didn’t know any of the songs, but he started playing Mondays with us. We only had one rehearsal with him, ever.”

It’s a work ethic you can still see at the Broken Spoke, the venerable South Austin honky-tonk that the band holds down semimonthly. The dance hall, dwarfed now by a tandem of four-story apartments (see last week’s “Waltz Across Texas”), runs a tighter ship than the freewheelers at the White Horse. Here, the audiences come to dance, not to see Harmeier’s nipples. Harmeier knows this. That’s why, despite Red 11’s tour-ing schedule, he’s committed to club owner James White for two Wednesdays a month at the Spoke. After six years, including 2010 LP The Real Country and its 2012 follow-up The Hard Way, he’s earned it. They all have. “I still tell them what I want to do,” Harmeier says of his new agents. “I want to do the Spoke, play the White Horse on a Friday or Saturday; I can say that. I made it clear to them that this is something that I’ve built for a long time. I know how to work myself in this town.” �

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Two-steppin’ at the Spoke: (l-r) Kyle Ponder, John Carbone, Mike Harmeier, Preston Rhone, Catlin Rutherford, and Zach Moulton



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Darden Smith Love Calling (Compass) On 2010’s Marathon, Darden Smith covered terrain detailing physical and spiritual desolation in a chilling, captivating manner. In its wake, Love Calling’s warmth and affection comes as a welcome surprise. Over the course of more than 25 years locally, the master song craftsman’s ability to cap-ture exquisite moments with a penetrating eye has sharpened at every turn, and that teaming here of experience and emotional resonance represents yet another plateau for him. Recording in Nashville with several fellow travelers and songwriters – Radney Foster, Jay Clementi, Gary Nicholson, Harley Allen – Smith seems especially compatible with the former on “Angel Flight,” a heart-swelling portrait about the Texas Air National Guard plane that transports the bodies of Guardsmen slain in combat. In a better world, one of Smith and Foster’s other co-writes, the brisk and hope-filled “Better Now,” would be the follow-up to Smith’s Top 10 hit “Loving Arms.” The ominous “I Smell Smoke” contains Love Calling’s best wordplay, all suspicious lovers and cigarettes. In an interesting twist, the CD ver-sion of the album contains two live bonus tracks recorded for SiriusXM Radio; a sultry bossa nova rendition of Bacharach/David’s “Say A Little Prayer,” as well as one of the first readings of the title track, a tune that became so requested it forced Smith to do a proper recording when he hadn’t

planned to include it in the collection at all.HHHHn – Jim Caligiuri

Peter StopschinskiNow Would Be a Good Time Searching for stock music for your latest film, video game, or theme-park ride? Look no further than this 12-track library of instrumental nerve ticklers from the co-founder of the Golden Hornet Project. Armed with the goal of reconciling pop and rock with latter-day classical composition, Brown Whörnet key-boardist Peter Stopschinski challenges the listener with jarring bombast and quick right turns while keep-ing the overall mood playful and irreverent. Along those lines, each composition comes parentheti-cally designated with a long-form description such as “Creepy Sneaky Techno Orchestra with Drum Machine.” Opening salvo “The Red Bishop” pits bari-tone saxophonist John Mills against cellist Valerie Klatt-Fischer, with the only thing missing being raw snippets of David Mamet dialogue. “Mr. Jefferson” conjures up the sensation of being eaten alive before a studio audience, and the gradual build of “1979 AFC Championship Game” combines the epic veneer of an NFL Films score with the disorientation of hav-ing your block knocked off. For maximum sensory impact, Stopschinski lassos everything from early Pink Floyd to Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. The result is a wild ride between background anxiety and full-bore cataclysm.HHH – Greg Beets

InstrumentalismExplosions in the Sky & David WingoPrince Avalanche: An Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Temporary residence) Austin’s Explosions in the Sky has become synonymous with Friday Night Lights: evocative, West Texas expanse and moments of sheer triumph. The band’s first of two planned collaborations with Ola Podrida’s David Wingo (the second being Al Pacino vehicle Manglehorn), Prince Avalanche all but abandons that signature sound. Instead, the soundtrack to David Gordon Green’s slacker comedy works on a smaller scale, capturing fleeting moments in a series of reflective interludes that often pair long, sustained notes over plucked acoustic guitar. EITS still moves in spirals, rippling onward and out,

but the effect is more subdued, which has everything to do with Wingo. Aided by the local soundtracker’s depth of cinematic subtlety (revisit “Great World of Sound,” May 24), “Wading” and “The Lines on the Road That Lead You Back Home” unspool like Music for Airports of the not-too-distant future, cold and eerie. Removed from its visual backdrop – Bastrop after the devas-tating wildfire – the opening number, with its

fanning ambience and cackling flames, loses some emotional weight, but other sequences clearly stand on their own. Both “Alone Time” and “Join Me on My Avalanche” break new ground for both local par-ticipants, layering pulsing analog synths, distant voices, and minimal-ist piano to stunning effect. Such moments demand the big screen.HHH – Austin Powell

MetallurgyMammoth GrinderUnderworlds (20 Buck spin) Four years after its Relapse Records debut Extinction of Humanity, Mammoth Grinder sharpens its fangs to razor-sharp edges on third full-length Underworlds. Pulling as many sinews from thrash as from the cooling corpse of death metal, this four-headed Austin hellbeast wastes no time on gentility. For 26 min-utes, the quartet blasts away with all the rumbling power chords and raving growls in its arsenal. As unrelenting as that is, Mammoth Grinder doesn’t just randomly slash and tear. These are precision kills. Dragon-clawed bruisers like “Breeding,” “Barricades,” and “Wraparound Eyes” hit violently but on point, like a ball-peen hammer wielded by a mob enforcer who likes his job just a little too much. With the over-amped muscle of a sociopathic wrestler and the horrifying grace of a serial killer, Mammoth Grinder wreaks carefully targeted death and destruction here in the Underworlds.HHH – Michael Toland

Birth A.D.I Blame You (Dark Descent records) Recalling the cynical aggres-sion of M.O.D.’s genre classic, Gross Misconduct, local crossover thrash trio Birth A.D. unleashes a remark-ably consistent run of two-minute tunes in which bassist/singer Jeff Tandy rips on every aspect of society, including his peers in “This Scene Sucks” and “Mission Statement,” wherein he derides image-conscious retro-thrash wannabes in high-tops and headbands. “Bring Back the Draft,” “Popular War,” and a cover of Fearless Iranians From Hell’s “Blow Up the Embassy” may sound radical, but really it’s political incorrectness that reins supreme for Tandy, who unreservedly references “fat chicks,” “retards,” and “the welfare mob” to present this thesis: The world’s full of morons who deserve to die. It’s not the most poignant message, but Tandy’s clever enough to make it an immensely entertain-ing argument. As a vocalist, he’s semi-pro, but lyrically he might be the best pure shit-talker Austin’s seen since Dickie Moist. With no apparent desire to melt faces musically, except for the extra metallic drumming of Mark Perry, Birth A.D. stays simple and sticks to the fundamentals of crossover thrash. What would you expect from such unabashed purists? HHHn – Kevin Curtin

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P-TekDPS/LP2 Adam “P-Tek” Protextor presides over Tuesday Austin Mic Exchanges at the Spider House Ballroom. It’s the largest ongoing open-mic cypher this city’s got going, and he raps like he’s constantly trying to one-up the MC that spat before him. On DPS/LP2, his second CD, the Iowa native emerges dynamic and hysterical (“Wet My Whistle”), locking into intense flows on one track before flipping the script entirely on the next. Tek’s cooled-out “Purple Nurple” represents the only outlier: a chunky, faded cruiser amidst a dozen twists and turns, all of which arrive on local producer Egon’s busy electronic beats. P-Tek fills those dozen with a gang of local talent (Tee-Double, Mike Davis, Doc Deuce, fellow Space Camp Death Squadman Doc Brown), and enough pop culture refer-ences (Spice Girls, Vanilla Ice’s “Ninja Rap,” the “just the tip” line) to keep casual ears tuned in. HHHn – Chase Hoffberger

The Polyphonic SpreeYes, It’s True (Good records) Thirteen years have flown since the Polyphonic Spree touched off its con-fetti cannon into the cultural consciousness. A thousand soiled robes later, Dallas’ sym-phonic pop choir unveils its fifth full-length, Yes, It’s True, an inconsistent collection of life-affirming pop that lurches uncomfortably like a 50-year-old twerking at a bar mitzvah. All the characteristics of a Spree disc remain, including blatting brass notes (“Popular By Design”), and a funky homage to David Bowie, the band’s champion and mentor (“Heart Talk”). There’s demonstrable matu-rity in instrumental arrangements coupled with a nostalgic nod toward frontman Tim DeLaughter’s Tripping Daisy (“Blurry Up the Lines”). Yet there’s also a painfully earnest vapidity undercutting the whole LP. “Hold Yourself Up” sounds like it belongs on an ani-mated children’s show, while ballad “You’re Golden” finds DeLaughter decrying the trap-pings of culture: “It’s not your phone with an i/It’s not your Facebook likes/It’s not your Instagram bride.” Oof.HH – Melanie Haupt


Ronald Rock, 31, was arrested in Malone, N.Y., in May after surveillance video convinced police that he was the man at a Sears store who told a female stranger that he loved her shoes and wanted to buy a pair for his mother – and asked if she would take one off to show him. Rock then appeared to stuff the shoe down his pants and masturbate vigorously. (Malone is within 25 miles of the small town of Massena, which was the site of the man caught on video stuffing the Hannaford’s pepperoni down his pants for the same purpose – reported in “News of the Weird” seven weeks ago.)

Brew NatioN Pro-nationalism English Defence League activists seemed to be itching for a street brawl to break up a scheduled anti-nationalist demonstration in downtown Birmingham, England, on July 18, causing the city to mobi-lize more than 1,000 police – when officials arrived at a solution. Police shepherded “hun-dreds” of rowdy EDL operatives into the popu-lar Bar Risa pub at 11am, confining them for three hours, until the anti-EDL rally had dissi-pated. (Given British habits, many EDLers decided to enjoy their confinement with a brew.) As a result, police reported only sporadic street scuffling. (Bar Risa, perturbed by police pressure to host alleged “fascists,” donated its profits to the Midlands Air Ambulance service.)

Cultural Diversity For “beach season” in Qingdao, China, recently, middle-aged ladies returned to the shore of the Yellow Sea sporting their rela-tively revealing (though age-appropriate) bath-ing suits – but wearing distinctive cloth hoods with tiny holes only for the eyes, nose, and mouth. To many in China, dark skin still sig-nals laborers and fair skin the indoor “lei-sure” class, according to a July report on the business website Quartz. In Shenzhen, China, one of the country’s rich-est cities, services are being openly advertised by “wet nurses” to supply adults with breast milk, either directly from the source or after pumping (and purchased by either the infirm or just rich people overconcerned with nourish-

ment). These milk “suppliers” can earn at least four times the average personal income, with healthy, attractive women earning even more, of course, according to a July Agence France-Presse dispatch. Comments on China’s social media ranged from “It’s just a business” to “People become perverts when they are too rich and tire of other forms of entertainment.” Because Zimbabwe is reputedly among the world’s most corrupt countries, bribery is nor-mal and makes the news only when innovators go above and beyond. The anti-poverty organiza-tion Transparency International reported in July that one hospital in Harare had recently been imposing a $5 charge on mothers each time they screamed during childbirth (in addition to the $50 delivery fee). Furthermore, it has long been rumored that hospitals in Zimbabwe (and other countries) may detain mothers and their children at the hospital if they cannot pay the fees. (Transparency International reported sev-eral days later, after finally obtaining a meeting with a government official, that the per-scream charge will be lifted.)

latest religious Messages Satan was thrust into the recent Texas Legislature debate with pro-choicers shouting, “Hail, Satan!” at the right-to-life faction. However, whom Satan had endorsed was not clear. A British organization called UK Church of Satan appeared to criticize the pro-choicers (according to Twitter comments) while the New York-based Church of Satan (founded in 1966 by Anton LaVey) insists on a woman’s

right to choose, said its High Priest Peter Gilmore – although he acknowledged that shouting “Hail, Satan” to anti-abortion activ-ists was “ludicrous and meaningless.” Megachurch Bishop Ira V. Hilliard told his Sugarland, Texas, congregation (New Light Christian Center) in June that one of his two private aircraft – a helicopter valued at about $1 million – needs new blades, but rather than pay it himself, he asked parishioners to each find it in their hearts to send him $52 “favor seeds” for the blades. (His ministry also owns a $2 million Hawker jet and a $3 million han-gar.) To sweeten the deal, he virtually promised that a donor’s gift would be met by a “break-through favor” from God in the form of a car repair or their very own “dream” car either 52 days or 52 weeks later (according to a church letter described by the Christian Post).

QuestioNaBle JuDgMeNts Sharon Jobson thought her major grieving was over at the two-year mark after her son had been killed driving into a CN Rail train at a crossing that had not then been updated with safety features. (John Jobson, 22, was speeding and failed to stop, perhaps because of a partially obscured warning sign and a nonstandard train horn.) The government sub-sequently ordered upgrades, and Sharon decided not to sue, but CN Rail had no such reluctance and filed in July for $500,000 against John’s estate to cover damage to its tracks and the subsequent customer slow-down caused by the collision. (At press time, with grief forced upon her once again, Sharon was re-evaluating litigation.) Inexplicable: 1) In May, a 24-year-old man accidentally shot a teenage boy in the leg with a high-caliber gun at a home in Santa Fe, Texas, in front of the boy’s mother, whose first reaction was to look up “gunshot” on WebMD – and then not to take her son to Mainland Medical Center until seven hours later. Deborah Tagle was charged, along with the shooter, for injury to a child. 2) Carole Longhorn, 66, struck a metal object in her garden in Norfolk, England, in June, and, though it looked like a projectile bomb, she said she decided to take it inside and wash it off in the sink before calling police (who later detonated the World War II-era munition in a controlled explosion). (Said her husband later: “You can imagine what I said to her.”)

the reDNeCk ChroNiCles 1) Police in York, Pa., arrested both Karen Harrelson, 48, and Gregory Stambaugh, 57, in May because they could not figure out which one started the couple’s knife fight – over which contestant (Candice or Kree) deserved to win this year’s American Idol. They had apparently stabbed each other with the same knife. 2) Dewayne Eddy, 54, was charged in Yuba County, Calif., in May, with beating his adult daughter with folding lawn chairs and a can of beans after discovering that a bolt was missing in the chicken coop in his yard.

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TheaTreOpeningCONFESSIONS OF A MEXPATRIATE Teatro Vivo presents an original solo show in which a man embarks on a journey across Mexico in search of his life’s meaning and discovers what it truly means to be Mexican-American. Three excellent rea-sons for seeing this: Mical Trejo stars; Ken Webster directs; script by Raul Garza. See “Confessions of a Mexpatriate,” p.29 for more. Special opening weekend “Noche Oaxaqueña” with preshow reception featuring Oaxacan-inspired hors d’oeuvres and drinks: Sat., Aug. 10, 6pm. $40. Regular shows: Thu.-Sat., Aug. 8-24, 8pm. Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 512/413-6791. $20 ($15, students, seniors; pay what you wish, Thursdays). www.teatrovivo.org.THE MOTHERFUCKER WITH THE HAT “Things are looking up for recovering alcoholic Jackie and his girlfriend Veronica – until Jackie spots another man’s hat in their apartment and embarks on a sublimely incompetent quest for vengeance.” So – should we let you guess? OK, you’re right: It is Capital T Theatre that’s staging this dark comedy by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Featuring Ben Wolfe, Jude Hickey, Indigo Rael, Antoinette Robinson, Rommel Sulit, and Aaron Alexander – as directed by Carrie Klypchak. Warning: foul language, nudity, and a hat. Thu.-Sat., Aug. 8-31, 8pm. Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd, 512/479-7529. $15-30. www.capitalt.org.MORTIFIED: BACK TO SCHOOL Look at them: Your talented friends and neighbors, up there onstage and sharing their most embarrassing childhood artifacts (diaries, letters, lyrics, poems, home movies) in front of you and a room packed with strangers. Equal parts comedy, theatre, and therapy – this time, based on those unfortunate schoolroom memories that bedevil so many of us. Fri., Aug. 9, 8pm. The North Door, 502 Brushy, 972/523-5107. $15 ($12 in advance). www.getmortified.com.AVANT GLAM CABARET: CAT’S MEOW! Burlesque duo Sassy Delure and Roxie Moxie are back in all their retro-glam glory, joining with their viva-cious friends (Miss Lady Luck, Lilly LaFleur, Frannie Brown, and Serese Brown) to bring you a fringe-filled, sparkle-soaked good time. Fri.-Sat., Aug. 9-10, 8 & 10:30pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. $12-25. www.fb.com/avantglamcabaret.THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) Thought you missed it, but it’s back for just a few more shows! Ken Webster, doing his best work as an actor, nailing Will Eno’s brilliant, rambling, hilarious, heartbreaking monologue: This is what, with good reason, sold out night after night at Hyde Park. Now here’s another chance to introduce friends to what good theatre can mean. Bonus: This follows the Teatro Vivo presentation of Confessions of a Mexpatriate in the same venue. Thu.-Fri., August 15-23, 9:30pm. Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 512/479-7529. $20. www.hydeparktheatre.org.

ClOsingSUMMERSTOCK AUSTIN: PIPPIN, SWING!, THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS Three different classic musicals, as performed by the aspiring young thespi-ans of SummerStock Austin at the Long Center. See website for details. Through Aug. 11. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W. Riverside, 512/474-5664. $15-25. www.summerstockaustin.org.

OngOingTHE SUNSET LIMITED Cormac McCarthy’s play – in which a near-fatal encounter brings two very different men together to explore and debate the meaning of life, human suffering, and the existence of God – is directed by Patrick Torres for the Trinity Street Players. Through Aug. 18. Fri.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. 901 Trinity. Free. www.trinitystreetplayers.com.ZILKER SUMMER MUSICAL: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Right there on the hillside, observe as an anthrophagic monstrosity named Audrey II devours humans in a song-filled comedy spectacle for the 55th annual iteration of this Austin theatrical tradi-tion. Through Aug. 17. Thu.-Sun., 8:30pm. Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, 2206 William Barton Dr., 512/479-9491. Donation accepted. www.zilker.org.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer-winning classic is brought back to the stage by a City Theatre cast under the direction of Jeff Hinkle. Through Aug. 18. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5:30pm. City Theatre, 3823-D Airport, 512/524-2870. $10-25. www.citytheatreaustin.org.

J THREE, OR THE SOUND OF THE GREAT EXISTEN TIAL NOTHINGNESS Timothy Braun’s fan-tastical modern-day reworking of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters is directed by Graham Schmidt for Breaking String Theatre and features Cami Alys, Dawn Youngs, and Gricelda Silva among the terrific cast exploring themes of “loneliness, the yearning for a better life, and the struggle to connect.” Through Aug. 17. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. The Off Center, 2211-A Hidal go, 512/784-1465. $15-25. www.breakingstring.com.THE RESET PROJECT “What if you could take a point in your life and ReSet it?” This show brings together eight improvisational actors, all over the age of 40, to reflect on their lives and share true stories of crucial crossroads from their past. Directed by Asaf Ronen for Lucky Chaos Theatre. Through Aug. 10. Fri.-Sat., 8pm. Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 512/474-7886. $10. www.luckychaos.com.RAISIN IN THE SUN Lorraine Hansberry’s classic drama about the struggles of an African-American family in the Fifties – the play that “changed American theatre forever” – is directed by Laurie Carlos for UpRise! Productions. Zell Miller III stars. Through Aug. 17. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282. $10-30 (2-for-1 admission, Thu. & Sun., with donation of two canned goods for SafePlace). www.vortexrep.org.

J ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Here’s the blues-belting queen of rock & roll revitalized, in a show created, written, and directed by Randy Johnson and starring Kacee Clanton, Tiffany Mann, Tricky Jones, Felicia Dinwiddie, and Cari Hutson. Take another little piece of this art now, baby. Through Aug. 18. Tue.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2:30pm. Zach Theatre, 1510 Toomey, 512/476-0541. $35-65 (student rush tickets: $18, one hour before showtime). www.zachtheatre.org.

AUDiTiOnsTHE LIBERTY BELLES Carolyn Kennedy and Peter Graupner of KG Entertainment are looking for strong singer/actors (men and women, yes, ages 20-60) for this new musical comedy celebrating World War II music. Contact for appointment; they’ll email musi-cal selections. Mon. & Wed., Aug. 26 & 28, 6-9pm. Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 512/551-2007. [email protected] AND OLD LACE Joseph Kesselring’s twisted comedy classic will be directed by Norman Blumensaadt for Different Stages. The roles of the sisters are being played by Jennifer Underwood(!) and Karen Jambon(!), but the rest of the cast is still being sought: women (ages 25-35) and men (27-70). Call for appointment. Sat., Aug. 24 & 31, 11am-2pm. The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/444-3303. www.main.org/diffstages.

Comedyin THe ClUBsCAP CITY COMEDY CLUB 8120 Research #100, 512/467-2333. www.capcitycomedy.com.

Sean Patton Born and raised in New Orleans but now based out of New York, this funnyman “focuses more on originality, personal perspective, and tales glorifying the beauty of human flaws rather than classic set-up/punch joke-telling.” Maybe you’ve seen him on VH1? Maybe you should see him here this weekend, with Rojo Perez opening. Aug. 7-10. Wed.-Thu., 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 8 & 10:30pm. $9-19.

Sarah Colonna How do we know this Colonna’s gonna be funny? Because she’s a regular on Chelsea Lately? Because her book, Life as I Blow It, was on the NYT’s bestseller list? Because she’s a popular touring comic? No, because she’s got Jonathan Pace opening this weekend, which already sets the comedy bar kind of high, know what we’re saying? Aug. 15-17. Thu, 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 8 & 10:30pm. $9-19.

COLDTOWNE THEATER 4803-B Airport, 512/814-8696. www.coldtownetheater.com.

This Week in Coldness: They’re right there on Airport Boulevard, where the goodness is funky and the funk is getting good. Bear Derby and Malki improv showcase. Thu., 8:30pm. $5. The Hustle Show Thu., 10pm. $5. Bad Boys, featuring improv

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by boys who are, well, somewhat rude, let’s say. Fri., 8:30pm. Live at ColdTowne is stand-up comedy. Fri., 10pm. The Filmmaking Adventures of Wade Wood Sat., 8:30pm. The Frank Mills and their smart, character-driven improv, run rampant with Midnight Society. Sat., 10pm. Nice Astronaut pres-ents. Sat., 11pm. And don’t forget the rest o’ the week: Stand-up with The Jam (with Oh, Science! on Sundays, Maggie Maye’s stand-up mic on Mondays, the ongoing Stool Pigeon on Tuesdays, improv antics with Miller and Purselly and Cagematch on Wednesdays), and – yes, check the website!

ESTHER’S POOL 525 E. Sixth, 512/320-0553. www.esthersfollies.com.

Esther’s Follies Musical comedy skits, magic, and a political satirical revue with the bustling backdrop of Sixth Street on view through the stagefront window! And now the gang’s sassing the heat with their new “Hot, Hot, Hot August Show,” featur-ing new sketches and classics skewering the Supreme Court, the flexing guns of the FLOTUS, Sequestration Blues, and Texas Guv’nor Rick Perry’s take on state politics, to bring the laughs all night long. Bonus: the large-scale illusions and arch antics of magician Ray Anderson. Reservations rec-ommended. Thu., 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 8 & 10pm. $24-29.

THE HIDEOUT THEATRE 617 Congress, 512/476-0473. www.hideouttheatre.com.

It’s Hideoutrageous! Here’s your one-stop Downtown emporium of laughter, art, and sweet coffee drinks (and now: wine cocktails), run like a brilliant clockwork made from Del Close’s skull. The Threefer Improv! Thu., 8pm. $5. The Free Fringe Gettin’ experimental with it. Thu., 10pm. Free. Fakespeare Improvised Shakespeare. Fri., 8pm. $5. Pick Your Own Path is a kind of adventure that you get to choose, get it? Fri., 8pm. $5. The Spectacle presents the homebase legends Pgraph with Ophelia’s Rope. Fri., 10pm. $10. Fakespeare Saturday Night Sat.,8pm. $12. Maestro A whole stage-full of wild imps, battling for victory. Sat., 10pm. $12. Another Weekender brings a student showcase and Phil. Sun., 8pm. $5.

INSTITUTION THEATER 3708 Woodbury, 512/895-9580. www.theinstitutiontheater.com.

It’s Institutional! The Boys of Summer It’s been a whole year, and now those hot musical mamas of Girls Girls Girls are back for another season of improvised musicals – featuring a different male-type-person for each show. Up next with these lilt-ing ladies: Chuy Zarate. Fridays, 8pm. Through Aug. 23. $12. FUCK, IT’S HOT! The Institution hates the heat as much as you do, baby. Come into the air conditioning and check out this sketch show about Austin’s triple-digit inferno. Saturdays, 8pm. $12. Triple Scoop The best comedy comes in threes, and here it’s two improv troupes and stand-up comedian Chris Sebilia. Sat., Aug. 10, 10pm. $5. The Rubber Room is an open improv jam, yo, so join in – if you dare. Sun., Aug. 11, 8pm. Free.

NEW MOVEMENT THEATER 616 Lavaca, 512/788-2669. www.newmovementtheater.com.

The New Movement It’s that space Downtown – an underground space, literally, right there on the corner of Seventh and Lavaca. And this is what’s up: Lights Up! Three troupes, one show. Thu., 8:30pm. Block Party. Thu., 9:30pm. $10. Water Park Musical-type improv. Fri., 9pm. $5. The Neverending Comedy Competition Brackets, baby! Who’s gonna win? Fri., 10:30pm. $5. JAMIE KILSTEIN You know this provoc-ative comedian from TV and all, right? See him here, live. Sat., 7 & 8pm. $15. The Megaphone Show Sat., 10:30pm. Good Neighbor and Britanick All the way from L.A. Sun., 7:30pm. $5. And look a week ahead to the Megaphone Show: Wednesdays, 9:30pm. $5. And there’s Clubhouse, where Kath Barbadoro hosts the open mic. Mondays, 9pm. Pay what you wish.

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Ladies & Gentlemen, Your Friday Night Host: Lucas Molandes Molandes – one of Austin’s fun-niest people ever – presents this Friday-night dou-ble-shot of laughter each week, curating two shows of the best stand-up comics around. The Early Show 9:30pm. $5. The Late Show 11:30pm. $5.Katie Pengra This Arizona native’s headlining the Velv, because she’s been in Austin long enough for the venue’s secret managerial cabal to finally recognize that, whoa, she’s way fucking funny. And Steven Farmer and friends warm up the crowd first. Sat., Aug. 10, 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10.

BUT WAiT – THeRe’s MORe!THE OUT OF BOUNDS COMEDY FESTIVAL IS ALMOST HERE! Whoa, baby. Just a few more weeks until that mad conflagration of improv and sketch and stand-up and drunken revelry visits itself upon our familiar urban hub. Suggestion: Check back here for more coverage before it all goes down. www.outofboundscomedy.com.SURE THING A stand-up showcase hosted by Duncan Carson and Brendan K. O’Grady. You need to know more than that, Austinite, you don’t know what’s funny. Saturdays, 8pm. Austin Java, 1206 Parkway, 512/476-1829. www.austinjava.com.LAUGH, DAMMIT! This live game show, where con-testants are challenged not to laugh at a team of very funny people, wowed them at Moontower. The new gig’s got David James, Roxy Castillo, and Duncan Carson as hosts, with Matt Sadler, Scott Hardy, Derek Phelps, and that gingery spitfire Courtney Hopkin all working to make you laugh so you don’t win some fabu-lous prize. And the movie being savaged by these wags in the name of humor is: Jurassic Park. Mon., Aug. 12, 7:30pm. Cap City Comedy Club, 8120 Research #100, 512/467-2333. $5. www.capcitycomedy.com.AVALANCHE COMEDY & MUSIC This weekly show-case is hosted by the incredibly funny Chris Cubas, who unleashes a few of his own stand-up stylings and presents comedians from all over the country. And some of his favorite bands, too. Recommended. Mondays, 10pm. Holy Mountain, 617 E. Seventh, 512/391-1943. Free. www.holymountainaustin.com.JAZZ CIGARETTE This new stand-up showcase is hosted by Joe Hafkey and Mac Blake. (We mean, 2013 Funniest Person In Austin winner Mac Blake, of

course.) Mondays, 9pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. $5 ($2, students). www.spiderhousecafe.com.IMPROV AT ZACH: A COMEDY SHOWCASE See the improv all-stars of Austin, the Known Wizards, head-line this MerlinWorks improv-comedy showcase with spontaneous scenes, games, songs, and fantastic stories all made up on the spot – based on audience input. Sun., Aug. 11, 8pm. Zach Theatre’s Kleberg Stage, 1421 W. Riverside, 512/476-0594. $9. www.merlin-works.com.

ClassiCal musiCCHARLES PREWITT SOLO CELLO Thu., Aug. 8, 7pm. Flipnotics Coffeespace, 1601 Barton Springs Rd., 512/480-8646. Free. www.flipnotics.com.TUNESDAYS AT THE LIBRARY: LOS PINKYS The traditional bilingual conjunto band specializes in polkas, rancheras, cumbias, boleros, waltzes, mambos, and more. Tue., Aug. 13, 6:30pm. Laura’s Library, 9411 Bee Cave Rd., 512/327-3045. Free. www.westbanklibrary.com.

danCeLOOKING FOR DANCE CLASSES? Swing? Ballet? Tango? Hip-hop? Pole-dancing? We’ve got a myriad of classes listed online, waiting to get your feet firmly on the floor to joyful moves.ACC DANCE: SUMMER INFORMANCE This eclectic blend of contemporary dance features Vitality Exhale and Merge Dance Company, with choreography by Darla Johnson, Roman Morgan, and Melissa Feather. Tue., Aug. 13, 7pm. Austin Community College Rio Grande Gallery Theater, 512/294-7712. Free.

J RHYTHM ON STAGE: HIP HOP The Long Center and Ballet Austin’s Butler Community School con-clude their series of performances and lessons with this final opportunity of the summer. Tue., Aug. 13, 7pm. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W. Riverside, 512/457-5100. www.balletaustin.org.

Visual arTseVenTsINK TANK: MORE AWKWARD THAN HEAVY II Popular art collective Ink Tank presents work by itself and others in this sequel – “2 Awkward, 2 Heavy” – to their earlier show on the Eastside. See “2 Awkward, 2 Heavy,” p.29, for more. Now rinse. Sat., Aug. 10, 7-11pm. UP Collective, 2326 E Cesar Chavez. 928/713-4262. www.inktankwebsite.com.KINETIC CHILD Aaaaaaah! This mechanical marvel is a 20-foot-tall baby’s head with animatronic eyes and mouth! Its creators will be transporting the

giant infantile cabeza to Burning Man later this year, but first they’re giving Austinites a chance to see it – hell, to walk into the head itself – at this family-friendly event that also features aerial arts, hooping, fire dancers, and live music. Babyhead party, y’all: BABYHEAD PARTY! Fri., Aug. 9, 9pm. Indra’s Warehouse, 7904 FM 969. $10. www.kineticchild.com.

OpeningEPOCH COFFEE: ANIMAPURINTO NO HITOBITO These elaborate paintings by David Lamplugh put

dogs, cats, hawks, and other animals into the cos-tumes and attitudes of samurai, geisha, and other cultural icons as depicted in Japan’s Edo period. This exhibition, occupying a sort of halfway point between the works of Malcolm Bucknall and James Kochalka, is a fine accompaniment for your daily java intake. Reception: Thu., Aug. 8, 7-9pm. Exhibit: through Aug. 221 W. North Loop, 454-3762. www.epochcoffee.com.YARD DOG FOLK ART: SUM ASSEMBLAGE ACQUIRED Austin artist Larry Seaman (ex-Standing Waves) constructs his 3-D collage art from odd relics and cast-offs, the eclectic pieces coming together in old wooden clock boxes, letter trays, drawers, and windows. Reception: Sat., Aug. 10, 7-10pm. Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm; Sat., 11am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. 1510 S. Congress, 512/912-1613. www.yarddog.com.

ClOsingBITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW, THEN CHEW IT In her first solo show, photographer Lindsay Hutchens shares work and thoughts on interactions small and large. Saturdays, noon-5pm, through Aug. 10. Pump Project’s Flex Space, 1109 Shady. www.pumpproject.org.LA PEÑA: FROM BASTROP TO PHOENIX Maria Montoya-Hohenstein’s new show presents fragments of objects found among the ashes of the 2011 Bastrop fire. Through Aug. 8. 227 Congress #300, 512/236-0610. www.lapena-austin.org.LORA REYNOLDS GALLERY: SUMMER SHOW New works by Colby Bird, Ben Durham, Eve Fowler, Francesca Gabbiano, and others in the main gal-lery. And, in the Project Room, New York artist Jason Middlebrook’s first solo show here features a selection of abstract acrylic paintings on large hardwood slabs of maple, walnut, elm, cottonwood, ash, and birch. Through Aug. 10. 360 Nueces #50, 512/215-4965. www.lorareynolds.com.

OngOingARTWORKS GALLERY New space, new art, and a new opening attended by artists Su Allen, Lisa Chandler, Enid Wood, Linda Wilde, and others; featur-ing Luca Vidal glass imported from Murano, Italy. 1214 W. Sixth #105, 472-1550. www.artworksaustin.com.AUSTIN ART GLASS The glassblowing studio and gallery offers glass art, classes, and more. 1608 S. Congress, 512/916-4527. www.austinartglass.com.BLANTON MUSEUM: LUMINOUS This exhibition highlights the breadth and depth of the museum’s collection of works on paper – “50 Years of Collecting Prints and Drawings” – where you can see some of its finest examples displayed together for the first time. Through Sept. 15. 200 E. MLK, 512/471-7324. www.blantonmuseum.org.CARVER MUSEUM: REAL ISMS Works on canvas by Carla Nickerson Adams. Through Aug. 31. 1165 Angelina, 512/472-4809. www.cityofaustin.org.CLAYWORKS: THE ART OF MUSIC Local artists riff on music – in paint, clay, photography, metal, glass, and any medium that makes or represents music. Phillip Wade, Fidencio Duran, Kathleen Ash, and many others. 1209 E. Sixth, 474-9551. www.clayworks.net.

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PFLAG SOUTH MONTHLY MEETING Family is nice; allied family is love. Second Thursdays, 6:30-9pm. Faith Presbyterian Church, 1314 E. Oltorf. Free.

QUEER YOGA AUSTIN (NÉE QUEERDALINI) For those who’d prefer to focus on chi rather than he or she. Queerdalini, Mondays, 7:30pm; Hatha, Thursdays, 7:30pm. Soma Vida, 1210 Rosewood. $5+ donations encouraged. www.facebook.com/groups/QYogaAustin.

PATRICE PIKE Take a hike, and see the Pike. Thursdays, 8-10pm. Saxon Pub, 1320 S. Lamar. www.facebook.com/PatricePikeBand.

TEMPTATION THURSDAYS Hip-hop, R&B, and house in the house, all for we LGBT. Thursdays, 9pm. Quantum Lounge, 305 W. Fifth. Free (Ages 18-21, $10).

FRIDAY NIGHT BEARS A-tisket, a-tasket, check out that bear basket. Fridays, 9pm-2am. Iron Bear, 121 W. Eighth. Free. www.theironbear.com.

POO POO PLATTER’S HOT SUMMER MESS Look a mess. Act a fool. Just your typical poops show, featuring the usual suspects: Althea Trix, Merci Killingspree, Lady Grackle, Zane Xena Coxx, Alice Mizuki, Chola Magnolia, Cupcake, Grann Maw, plus a tightie whities contest. Fri., Aug. 9, 10pm. Elysium, 705 Red River. $5.

BIG BOI YOGA Hatha flow with big boi modifications. Saturdays, 11am. Soco Yoga, 1109-B S. Congress. $5-10. www.facebook.com/groups/QYogaAustin.

THE AUSTIN FABRIC SHOP HOP Stitch Lab, Form & Fabric, Bunny’s Designs, Remnants Fiber Culture, Walker Hall Design, and Common Thread are all on this pub-crawly shop hop offering discounts and camaraderie all rolled up in bolts of luv. Sat.-Sun., Aug. 10-11, 6-10pm. $5. www.austinshophop.com.

TEXAS ROLLERGIRLS ALL-STAR BOUT FOR EQUALITY No C-blockin’ metaphors here: Allies and sisters alike jam, slam, assist, and roll some hot jams for our good cause. Sat., Aug. 10, 6pm. Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez. $15.

2 AWKWARD 2 HEAVY It’s the “More Awkward Than Heavy II” art show. Sat., Aug. 10, 7-11pm. Up Collective Gallery and Studios, 2326 E. Cesar Chavez.

DJ PROTEGE’S FIRST AID Heal what ails ye. Sundays, 5-10pm. Rain on 4th, 217 W. Fourth.

www.rainon4th.com.

$5 WORKOUT WITH ERICA NIX! Our own trixter vixen (and friend of

Richard Simmons) is gonna make you sweat. And then she’ll make you work out. Mondays, 7-8pm. Galaxy Dance Studios, 1700 S. Lamar #338. $5. www.galaxydances.org.

AGLCC TOASTMASTERS Come hone your public speaking and communica-tion skills. Second and fourth Mondays, 5:45pm.

Ballet Austin, 501 W. Third. www.aglcc.org/toastmasters.

FREE BUFFET It’s about time someone served up some yummy

free grub all week long to soak up all those drink specials. Mon.-Fri., 5-7pm.

Bout Time II, 6607 N. I-35. Free.

GEEKS WHO DRINK QUIZ GAME Be a geek. Be a bear! Buy a drink! Mondays, 8-10pm. The Iron Bear, 121 W. Eighth. www.theironbear.com.

BUG DAVIDSON AND ‘NOTHING LIKE IVANHOE’! Polari presents a tribute to an Austin regular: the one they call Bug. If you’ve ever seen a Homoscope, expect par along those lines of excellence. If you’ve never, well, now’s your chance. Tue., Aug. 13, 7pm. North Door, 502 Brushy. Free. www.facebook.com/aGLIFF.

PFLAG NORTH Meet and greet with fellow allies. Second Tuesdays, 6:45pm. Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Church, 3315 El Salido, Cedar Park. Free. www.pflag-austin.org, www.straightforequality.org.

BOUT TIME KARAOKE Stryker will set you up. Tuesdays, 9am. Bout Time II, 6607 N. I-35. www.bouttime2.com.

QUEER RIDE Search Team ProHomo on Facebook for up-to-date details on meeting spots and stops of this weekly ride. Wednesdays, 7pm. Texas State Capitol, 1100 Congress. Free. www.facebook.com/AustinTPH.

ESOTERIC Each week explores alt-labels like Sub Pop, Touch & Go, etc. You know, shizzzz grizzled old punk daddies might luv. Wednesdays, 8pm-12mid. Chain Drive, 504 Willow.

BOUT TIME POOL TOURNEY Enjoy balls in dark little pockets, plus discounted Crown & Down. Thursdays, 9pm. Bout Time II, 6607 N. I-35. www.bouttime2.com.

BEARAOKE WITH KENNY Goes ’til close. Rrrawr! Wednesdays, 9:30pm. The Iron Bear, 121 W. Eighth. Free.

AGLCC HAPPY HOUR Nosh and mingle with Austin’s swingin’ gay chamber. Third Thursdays, 5:30-8pm. City Hall, 301 W. Second. Free. www.aglcc.org/calendar.

ho-riZonAUSTIN PRIDE 2013 Austin Pride keeps piling it on: The entire Pride week boasts events leading up to the star-studded festival (Andy Bell! Crystal Waters! Jane Wiedlin! Jojo! RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Raja, Shannel and Shangela, JD Samson of Le Tigre/MEN and Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem) and the cram-packed nighttime parade. Damn right we’re proud. Get your tickets now at the discounted rate and/or sign up to volunteer. Saturday, Sept. 7. Fiesta Gardens, 2100 Jesse E. Segovia. $20; $17 advance. www.austinpride.org.

BuGGin’ Beloved Homoscope director Bug Davidson returns to ATX and Polari hosts.

on our GaydarHAPPY HOUR WITH MS. WRIGHT Margaret Wright on the black & whites is a great way to head into the weekend. Thursdays and Fridays, 6-8pm. Skylark Lounge, 2039 Airport, 512/730-0759. Free.

LOG CABIN RECEPTION FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY Our LCR guys present this free reception (see their FB page for opportunities to donate and get free grub!) featuring Equality Texas’ Brian Thompson exploring the ramifications of the recent Supreme Court deci-sions. Thu., Aug. 8, 6:30-8:30pm. Liberty Tavern, 500 E. Fourth. www.logcabin.org/chapter/texas-austin.

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FLATBED PRESS: ARCHIVE This new exhibition represents nearly 20 years of Larry Scholder’s work as an artist and printmaker. Closing reception: Fri., Aug. 23, 6-8pm. 2830 E. MLK, 512/477-9328. www.flatbedpress.com.BLUE MOON GLASSWORKS Handmade glass art and jewelry. 108 W. 43rd, 512/380-0770. www.austinbluemoon.com.GALLERY BY JEANA MARINO Art by Greta Olivas, Marilyn Rea Nasky, Rebecca Bennett, and more. 612 Brazos #100, 560-7924. www.jeanamarino.com.GRAYDUCK GALLERY: BULK COLLECTION Jason Webb was the win-ner of Salvador Castillo’s third annual “Eyes Got It!” competition at last year’s East Austin Studio Tour. Now here is Webb’s first solo show, featuring acrylic renderings (ah, the painstaking beauty of photorealism!) of 1) random piles of junk outside houses on bulk-collection day, and 2) other people’s beloved personal collections. Compare; contrast; don’t miss this excellent display of work. Through Aug. 25. 608-C W. Monroe, 512/826-5334. www.grayduckgallery.com.HECHO EN MEXICO Two-dimensional work by members of the Creative Arts Society. Through Oct. 2. 6001 W. William Cannon. www.creativeartssociety.org.IMAGINE ART: PARABLES Artists with disabilities explore age-old wis-dom. Through Sept. 13. 2830 Real. 512/448-1840. www.imagineart.net.JAN HEATON: QUIET The artist, a true wizard with watercolors and the glory of organic forms, offers a solo show that’d be worth the drive even if it weren’t in the midst of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s gor-geous landscape and architecture. Calm your soul and delight your eyes with Heaton’s “Quiet,” waiting there just past the edge of this too-busy town. Through Aug. 18. 4801 La Crosse, 512/232-0100. www.wildflower.org.MACC: THE WATCHDOG AND THE THIEF Hector Hernandez and William Hundley present a show of diverse new work, featuring vivid, oversized photographic prints interspersed with labor-intensive sculp-tures and found-object assemblages. You want to get your mind blown by some odd and unforgettable art? Head over to the Community Gallery at the Mexican American Cultural Center and witness what these artists have created. Through Aug. 31. 600 River. www.maccaustin.org.MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL EPHEM ER ATA The curators of Austin’s charming MNAE offer outdoor tours of selections from the “impermanent collection” and Ephemerata Gardens. Bonus: You can taste things from the garden! Saturday, 10am-1pm. 1808 Singleton, 512/320-0566. www.mnae.org.ROADHOUSE RELICS Vintage neon, carnival banners, and other tributes to U.S. popular culture by Todd Sanders. 1720 S. First, 512/442-6366. www.roadhouserelics.com.

NEW EAST ARTS GALLERY: MEMORIES OF CUBA DiverseArts pres-ents the paintings of Cuban artist Luis Abreux, part of the Eastside venue’s ongoing Fresh Black Paint series. Through Sept. 5. 1601 E. Fifth #106, 512/477-9438. www.diversearts.org.SOUTH AUSTIN POPULAR CULTURE CENTER: BURTON WILSON On the walls: the legendary photographer’s images of musicians from the Black Queen, Castle Creek, Antone’s, The Chequered Flag, Soap Creek Saloon, and other clubs from back in the day. Through Sept. 30. 1516-B S. Lamar, 512/440-8318. www.southaustincenter.org.STUDIO L GALLERY Sculptural work by Rita Marie Ross, Jacob Colburn, Daryl G. Colburn, Dorthy Crummer, and more. 2309 Thornton. 577-3479. www.darylgcolburn.com.TEXAS FURNITURE The Bullock Texas State History Museum presents this exhibition of exemplary domestic craftwork from the Ima Hogg Winedale Collection. Through Oct. 6. 1800 N. Congress, 512/936-8746. www.thestoryoftexas.com.THE BLANTON MUSEUM: LIFELIKE Visual and sculptural realism? Verisimilitude? Masters of the concept, in many forms, are represented here in this gorgeous, sometimes uncanny exhibition: Ron Mueck, Ai Weiwei, Catherine Murphy, Gerhard Richter, Vija Celmins, Susan Collis, Chuck Close, and others. Recommended. Through Sept 22. 200 E. MLK, 512/471-7324. www.blantonmuseum.org.THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN: THREE NEW EXHIBITS Three new exhi-bitions in this haute brobdingnagian display case Downtown: “Please” by Devon Dikeou uses silk plants and custom-made glass to manifest floral arrangements from Edouard Manet’s final paintings; “The Syphilis of Sisyphus” is a video, co-directed by Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley, featuring an eleven-minute monologue set in 1852 in Paris, France, in which a young, pregnant prostitute traverses the narrow alleys of the city and a cast of historical characters acts out a series of vignettes; “Advanced Young Artists” celebrates the intensive visual-arts mentorship between twelve pairs of precocious high schoolers and their supportive artist-mentors. Through Sept. 1. 700 Congress, 512/453-5312. www.thecontemporaryaustin.org.THE RUSSELL COLLECTION: MODERN MASTERS Chagall, Miro, Picasso. Through Aug. 31. 1137 W. Sixth, 512/478-4440. www.russell-collection.com.TINY PARK: DRAWING ANNUAL This group show focuses on drawings and the concept of drawing, in the widest (and even wildest) terms, featuring excellent work by Sara Frantz (San Antonio), Calixto Ramirez (Mexico), David Culpepper (Austin), Rob Verf (Buenos Aires/Austin), Sam Prekop (Chicago), and Claude van Lingen (Austin). Through Aug. 31. Saturdays, noon-5pm, and by appointment. 1101 Navasota #2. www.tinyparkgallery.com.“Animapurinto no Hitobito” by David lamplugh at epoch Coffee


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WOMEN & THEIR WORK: WATER, WATER, EVERY WHERE Erika Blumenfeld’s new installation incorporates photographs, charred debris collected from recent wild-fires across the Southwest, desert sand, and a bonsai-trained tree – all serving to examine the shifting water patterns due to climate change, natural resource and land ownership, and increasing drought. Through Aug. 29. 1710 Lavaca, 512/477-1064. www.womenandtheirwork.org.UMLAUF SCULPTURE GARDEN: FAMILY Charles Umlauf’s sculptures of human, sacred, and ani-mal families. Through Aug. 25. 605 Robert E. Lee, 512/445-5582. www.umlaufsculpture.org.WALLY WORKMAN GALLERY: JOYCE HOWELL A solo show of large abstract oils by this Texas artist fills the walls of the elegant gallery on West Sixth. Through Aug. 31. 1202 W. Sixth, 512/472-7428. www.wallyworkmangallery.com.YOUNG LATINO ARTISTS 18: CON/JUNTO Michael Anthony Garcia has curated this latest iteration (#20!) of the Serie Project at Mexic-Arte Museum, featuring works by Raul Gonzalez, Daniel Adame, Sergio Garcia, Ricardo Paniagua, Robert Jackson Harrington, Isabella Bur, and many more represent-ing a wide range of media – from photography, instal-lation, video, and performance, to collage, sculpture, yarn bombing, and painting. Through Sept. 8. 419 Congress, 512/480-9373. www.mexic-artemuseum.org.

CReATiVe OppORTUniTiesATELIER 3-D: A SCULPTORS’ STUDIO is a centrally located sculpture studio (featuring the work of Steve Dubov, Heather Tolleson, and Terry Wilemon) that offers ongoing classes and workshops for all skill levels; the venue’s also open to artists looking for workspace and tools. New classes starting soon! Call or see the website for details. 701 Tillery, 512/385-1115. www.atelier3-d.com.CALL TO EAST 2013 PARTICIPANTS Thu., Aug. 8. 512/939-6665. www.eastaustinstudiotour.com.IEI AUSTIN GALLERY: CALL FOR ENTRIES The new IEI Austin Gallery is accepting submissions from art-ists whose work is inspired by notions of sustainabili-ty. See website for details. Deadline: Aug. 31. Canopy, 916 Springdale. 713/294-6535. www.ieiaustin.com.

AUSTIN FIGURATIVE GALLERY Art Seen Alliance presents a live-model painting and drawing session. Bring your own supplies. Mondays, 7-9pm. 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. $5. www.artseenalliance.com.

liTeraReADings, signings, AnD peRFORMAnCesBOOKWOMAN READING: ALLYSON WHIPPLE Poetry by the director of the Austin Feminist Poetry Festival, followed by an open mic hosted by Cindy Huyser. Thu., Aug. 8, 7:15pm. BookWoman, 5501 N. Lamar Ste. 105-A, 512/472-2785. Free. www.ebookwoman.com.

BOOKPEOPLE READINGS Toby Barlow: Babayaga The new novel, presented by the bestselling author of Sharp Teeth. Fri., Aug. 9, 7pm. The Great Texas Wind Rush presented by Texas environment journalists Kate Galbraith and Asher Price. Sat., Aug. 10, 4pm. Susannah Cahalan: Brain on Fire The powerful account of the young author’s descent into madness. Tue., Aug. 13, 7pm. BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar, 512/472-5050. www.bookpeople.com.POETRY READING AT FAREWELL BOOKS Featuring poems by Amy Berkowitz, Kendall Grady, Gabriel Kalmuss-Katz, and Paula Mendoza. Fri., Aug. 9, 7pm. Farewell Books, 913 E. Cesar Chavez. Free.

ROSES: MEET THE AUTHOR Rose Smith’s second annual gathering of new Texas authors and poets. Book signings, author chats, open mic, food provided by Mexitas, and more. Sat., Aug. 10, 10am-3pm. Lucky Lady Bingo Hall, 1107 N. I-35. 512/579-8265. Free.

TINY PARK: FUN PARTY READING SERIES Literature, live, in that elegant gallery across the street from Hillside Farmacy. This night, featuring the works of Sampson Starkweather, Dan Magers, and Ana Božicevic. Sat., Aug. 10, 7:30pm. Tiny Park, 1101 Navasota #2. Free. www.funpartyatx.tumblr.com.

J BEDPOST CONFESSIONS Here’s the popular monthly show where an array of writers and perform-ers represent a wide range of sexualities through storytelling and performance. Truthful, timely, and titillating, this month features presentations by Sara Gray, Eroticouple Chris & Greg, Sexa-Cellist Jen Mulhern, Teacher Kate, Bert Ivey, and special guest Pannica Tack – with the vivacious Julie Gillis and Sarah Kitchen as your MCs. Bonus: sexy door prizes from Package Menswear and Glo’s Goodies. Thu., Aug. 15, 8pm. The North Door, 502 Brushy, 512/485-3002. $10. www.bedpostconfessions.com.

WRiTing/BOOK gROUpsSTORY CIRCLE NETWORK Nonprofit organization for women, offering monthly reading and writing circles and more, in North, Central, and South Austin. 512/454-9833. www.storycircle.org.WRITE BY NIGHT Write, read, collaborate, or just kick back and dream: This is the writerly sanctum you’ve been looking for, right there near Downtown. Details online. 512/322-5242. www.writebynight.net.

Open MiCsNEO-SOUL LOUNGE Where great poetry gets its fla-vor. Hosted by South Flavas. Thursdays, 9pm-12mid. 1050 E. 11th. $6. www.southflavas.com/neosoul.html.OPEN MICS Austin Poetry Slam Tuesdays, 8pm. 29th Street Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. Full English Tea Room Thom hosts. Saturdays, 6-9pm. 2000 Southern Oaks, 512/240-2748. Spoken & Heard Sundays, 7-10pm. Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport #725, 512/454-5425. More listed online!

CommuniTyTHURSDAY NIGHT SOCIAL RIDE Kinda like Critical Mass without all the pretension. Relax, ride around town, chat it up with cycle-lovers like yourself, and overrun a park or a local hangout or two or three. Thursdays, 7:30pm. Festival Beach, 2101 Bergman. www.facebook.com/socialcyclingaustin.HEADSPRING BACKPACK DRIVE Bring a backpack to donate to economically challenged schools in the area, and Headspring will match your donation. Mon.-Fri., through Aug. 16, 9am-5pm. Headspring Head quar-ters, Avallon Building, 10415 Morado Circle, Building 3, 877/459-2260. www.headspring.com/backpackdrive.MORTIFIED Watch as brave souls bear their souls by sharing artifacts from their childhood and the embar-rassing stories that accompany them. It’s an entertain-ment/therapy hybrid. “Entrapy” if you will. Fri.-Sat., Aug. 9-10, 7:30pm. North Door, 502 Brushy, 512/485-3002. $15 ($12, advance). www.thenorthdoor.com.CAT’S MEOW BURLESQUE It’s being called a variety show, but we imagine the focus will be on the semi-clad folks skulking and shimmying about the stage. Fri., Aug. 9, 8-11:30pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. Free.

SALES TAX TAKES A HOLIDAY As summer vacation comes to an end, it’s time to stock up on school sup-plies, and that can be pricey. Thankfully, this weekend is a sales tax holiday. That means most of your back-to-school items (under $100) will be at least a bit cheaper. Go online for a complete list of untaxed items. Fri.-Sun., Aug. 9-11. www.texastaxholiday.org.

CLEAN LADY BIRD LAKE Register online, and get in a green mood. Bring your kayak to help clean up where the land-bound volunteers can’t reach. Loca tion info will be provided with registration. Sat., Aug. 10, 9-11am. 512/391-0617. www.keepaustinbeautiful.org.CEDAR PARK BUSINESS EXPO & JOB FAIR Look professional, bring a few résumés, and cross your fingers. Sat., Aug. 10, 10am-3pm. Cedar Park High School Cafeteria, 2150 Cypress Creek Rd., Cedar Park, 512/260-7800. Free. www.cedarparkchamber.org.FABRIC SHOP HOP Get your passport ($5) and receive discounts and other special consideration at participating fabric shops around town. Sat.-Sun., Aug. 10-11, 10am-6pm. 440-0712. www.austinshophop.com.HOLISTIC HEALING ARTS FAIR Get your palm, aura, numbers, and stars read at this gathering of the local healing community. Sat., Aug. 10, 10am-5:30pm. Nature’s Treasures Community Center, 4103 N. I-35, 512/461-7111. Free. www.spiritofallthatis.com.POLLINATOR TALK: MONARCHS, MILKWEEK & YOU The Monarch butterfly population is dwindling. Learn from the experts how you can help. Sat., Aug. 10, 1pm. Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Rd., 512/477-8672 x17. $2. www.zilkergarden.org.SUGAR CIRCUS FIRST BIRTHDAY Celebrate one year of the Eastside’s neighborhood circus. The cele-bration includes live music, drinks, games, cupcakes, and more. Sat., Aug. 10, 1-6:30pm. 2613 E. Fifth, 512/761-4100. Free. www.sugarcircusatx.com.ORGANIC GARDENERS MEETING Forget the sum-mer and start planning your fall garden. The Austin Organic Gardeners Club shows you how. Mon., Aug. 12, 6:30pm. Zilker Botanical Garden, 2220 Barton Springs Rd., 512/477-8672. Free. www.austinorganicgardeners.org.THE HIGHLIGHTER Wary of giving your money to an invention or a creative endeavor without knowing the folks behind the idea? Meet local people behind local crowdsourcing initiatives and see if they’re worth your money. Tue., Aug. 13, 7-10pm. Pluckers Wing Bar, 9070 Research Ste. 201-C, 512/533-9464. Free. www.augusthighlighteratx.eventbrite.com.NERD NITE This month’s dork extravaganza invites three experts to discuss their obsessions. In this case attendees will hear from a falconer (and his falcon), a YA fiction lover, and someone who knows all about Austin’s history with Negro League Baseball. Wed., Aug. 14, 6:30pm. The North Door, 502 Brushy, 512/485-3002. Free. www.austin.nerdnite.com.WORLD TRAVEL 101 Plan your trip from packing to transportation options to safety with the help of the traveling experts from Hosteling International. Thu., Aug. 15, 6:30-8pm. REI, 601 N. Lamar, 512/444-2294. Free. www.hiusa.org/austin.NEW COURSE FOR FOSTER CHILDREN DINNER CRUISE This air-conditioned cruise includes a meal and a great view of the bats. Proceeds benefit the Adoption Coalition of Texas. Thu., Aug. 15, 7-10pm. Capital Cruises, 208 Barton Springs Rd., 512/450-8608. $75. www.adoptioncoalitiontx.org.

to explore and touch. Currently, it has the added attraction of an exhibit of scary car-nivorous plants. Third, and this is mainly for the under-four-foot-tall crowd, there is Kiddie Park on Broad-way just southwest of the Witte Museum. Opened in 1925 and renovated in 2009, this is the oldest children’s amusement park in the country. Many of the rides, including a 1918 carousel, are original equipment. The San Antonio Kidcation Week runs Aug. 12-18. For coupons and events, visit www.kidcationweek.com. It’s just a reminder how kid-friendly the Alamo City is year-round.

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The Witte Museum is the center of a full day of Kidcation Week activi-ties in the very kid-friendly town of San Antonio. The city hardly needs a week of special events to be attractive to kids of all ages. Of course, there’s the Alamo, the River Walk, the zoo, and hundreds of other kid-friendly places, but the north side of Brackenridge Park offers a tri-fecta of attractions. First, the Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, currently has a special show of life-sized animatronic dinosaurs. Be care-ful among the towering monsters or you might learn something. The same is true at the museum’s H-E-B Science Treehouse, a hands-on playscape of scientific experi-ments. For those who make it upstairs, there are rooms full of Texas curiosities. Second, the San Antonio Botanical Garden across Broadway from the museum always offers a chance for kids

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IT’S HOT, TAKE IT OFF BURLESQUE SHOW Not that the Bat City Bombshells need an excuse to shed a few layers, but the heat’s as good a reason as any. Thu., Aug. 15, 9:30pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. $7-15. www.batcitybombshells.com.

ouT oF ToWnJ UTOPIAFEST It’s almost time for one of the most intimate outdoor festivals in the state. The producers limit the total number of tickets sold, and some camping permits have already sold out, so get your tickets while they’re still offering buy-5-get-1-free. Thu.-Sat., Sept. 19-21. Utopia, 512/469-2798. www.utopiafest.com.NAVASOTA BLUES FEST The hometown of the late legendary bluesman Mance Lipscomb brings artists from around the state together for a weekend of music and food to raise money for a scholarship in his name. Fri.-Sat., Aug. 9-10. Navasota. $30 two-day pass. www.navasotabluesfest.org.PUBLIC FUN NIGHT Kids and adults are invited to feel the thrill of the hill in a soapbox derby car in a non-competitive environment. Sat., Aug. 10, 7-9pm. Greater Houston Soap Box Derby Track, Hockley Park, Houston, 281/891-3420. Free. www.higgytoy.com/ghsbd.GRAPE STOMP Decorate a T-shirt with your purple-stained feet while enjoying the music and tasting the award-winning wines. Sat.-Sun., Aug. 10-11, 24-25. Pedernales Cellars, Stonewall, 830/644-2037. www.pedernalescellars.com.CHAPPELL HILL LAVENDER AND WINE FEST Tour the farms and shop the vendors while listening to live music and sampling the local cuisine. Sat., Aug. 10. Chappell Hill Lavender Farm and Windy Winery, Washington County. Free. www.chappellhilllavender.com.PARI-MUTUEL HORSE RACING Feel the excitement of the ponies thundering around the track as part of the Gillespie County Fair. Sat.-Sun., Aug. 10-11, 24-25, post time 1pm. Gillespie County Fairgrounds, Fredericksburg, 830/997-2359. www.gillespiefair.com.SWING DANCE LESSONS Take a one-hour class to learn the simple and fun East Coast Swing and then stay to practice your new moves with the rockabilly band Two Tons of Steel. Tue., Aug. 13, 20. Gruene Hall, Gruene, 830/606-1281. $8. www.gruenetexas.com.

sPorTsTHe MAin eVenTLAKEFEST DRAG BOAT RACE Scads of boats will be moving at remarkably unsafe speeds (up to 250 mph) while you watch. Fri.-Sun., Aug. 9-11. Marble Falls, 830/693-4449. www.marblefalls.org.TEXAS ROLLER DERBY It’s the last match before the playoffs and the Rhinestone Cowgirls hit the track against Putas del Fuego. Sat., Aug. 10, 7pm. Palmer Events Ctr., 900 Barton Springs Rd. $15. www.txrd.com.CAPTURE THE FLAG PAINTBALL CHALLENGE Before the outdoor screening of Drafthouse Films’ lat-est release, I Declare War, get in on an epic paintball war. Go online to get your tickets to the battle or the film. Fri., Aug. 9, 5pm. Stunt Ranch, 13317 Fitzhugh. $10-25. www.drafthouse.com.

THe HOMe TeAMsROUND ROCK EXPRESS The Express prepare for a four-game stand against Salt Lake City followed by a series against Tacoma. Saturday is Eighties night, so dress accordingly and get rewarded with a show from the Spazmatics after the game. Aug. 8-9, 12-15, 7:05pm; Aug. 10-11, 6:05pm. Dell Diamond, 3400 E. Palm Valley Blvd., Round Rock, 512/255-2255. $7-16. www.roundrockexpress.com.

ReCReATiOn & FiTnessSTREET HOCKEY Bring sneakers and your street-hockey stick and get in on one of the open practices. Over 21 only, since there will likely be some imbibing afterward. Mondays and Wednesdays, 8pm. Metz Park, 2407 Canterbury. Free. www.streetbirdhockey.com.TETRA’S SUMMER OLYMPICS We’re not sure if we’d call this a birthday “celebration,” unless you think of a 10K cycle race, tire-pull sprint, and obstacle course as a celebration. Sat., Aug. 10, 7:30am-1pm. Tetra Fitness, 1717 W. Sixth, Bldg. 2, 512/480-0262. Free. www.weviva.org.FENCERS CLUB OPEN HOUSE Kids and adults are invited to check out this Olympic sport and meet local fencers. Sat., Aug. 10, 10am-1pm. Red River Church gym. 4425 Red River. Free. www.austinfencersclub.com.

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The home season is over, but in flat track Roller Derby, that means one thing: The travel teams are breaking out their fastest wheels. This weekend, the Texas Rollergirls find them-selves in the middle of a pincer movement as Dallas and Houston send their biggest and baddest. Currently ranked sixth in the nation by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, Austin’s own Texecutioners will likely treat this as a warm-up for the big challenge, a Sept. 13 showdown at the WFTDA divisional playoffs in Richmond, Va. A win this weekend over the Houston All-Stars will cement the Texecutioners’ reputation as the top dog in Texas. Then again, it’s a chance for No. 26 Hous-ton to put the screws to the state’s top team. The All-Stars arrive in Asheville, N.C., Sept. 22 for their own round of playoffs, and a win over the Texies could set them up as the circuit’s dark horse contenders. Meanwhile, ATX B-team the Firing Squad may not be tournament bound, but they’d like to turn Dallas’ Assassination City Conspiracy into cannon fodder.

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WilD CARDsFANTASY FOOTBALL INSIDER CAMP The folks at ESPN know a few things about sports, and they will be sharing their insight to help you with your fantasy football draft and season. Thu., Aug. 8, 7-10pm. Twin Peaks, 701-D E. Stassney, 512/383-9699. Free. www.espnaustin.com.

KidsWILLY WONKA JR. Pre-professional students put together this production of the cinematic classic. Thu.-Fri., Aug. 8-9, 2 & 7pm. Zach Theatre, 1510 Toomey, 512/476-0594. $12 ($10 kids). www.zachtheatre.org.GOLDIE (A FISH STORY) Music and lyrics by the pros and acted by kidsActing students, Goldie tells the story of a fish looking for her chance at stardom. Fri.-Sun., Aug. 9-11. Center Stage Texas, 2826 Real, 512/836-5437. $15 ($12 kids). www.kidsactingstudio.com.THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS Allen Robertson of Biscuit Brothers fame brings his folk tale to life with a healthy dose of musical accompaniment. Kids fol-low the travels and travails of a band of animals. July 27-Aug. 11, Saturdays and Sundays. The Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 512/474-5664. $10 ($5, kids). www.summerstockaustin.org.PETER PAN & HIS LOST SHADOW You know the story and that it’s not the same unless it’s sung sur-rounded by the younger generation who will clap with abandon when prompted. Sat.-Sun., Aug. 10-11. Boyd Vance Theatre at the Carver Museum, 1165 Angelina, 512/971-0810. Free. www.summermusical.com.HARDWORKING HONEY BEE BOOK RELEASE PARTY Locally illustrated and written, this book has the sights, smells, and words to help get the kids to bed. Sat., Aug. 10. The Natural Baby Company, 515 S. Congress #200, 512/761-2892. Free. www.facebook.com/TheNaturalBabyCompanyAustinTX.BUBBLEPALOOZA! If the kiddie tunes somehow don’t keep the little ones’ attention, then hopefully the chalk art and water games keep them occupied. Oh, did we forget to mention the ridiculous amounts of bubbles made by kids and pros alike? Sat., Aug. 10, 8am-4pm. The Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 512/457-5664. Free. www.thelongcenter.org/event/bubblepalooza.FAMILY SATURDAY ICE PAINTINGS You might think it’s too hot even to make art, but the Contemporary Austin has kids painting with ice. Sat., Aug. 10, 11am-3pm. Laguna Gloria, 3809 W. 35th, 512/458-8191. $10. www.thecontemporaryaustin.org.TEEN IMPROV NIGHT Check out up-and-coming improvisors take the stage before the pros. Sundays through Aug. 18, 5pm. ColdTowne Theater, 4803-B Airport, 512/809-0017. www.moveyourtale.com.FLYING THEATER MACHINE: DINOSAURS Can all the dinos get along? Find out in this improvised romp through really, really olden times. Kids are encour-aged to get in on the improv action. Sundays, 2pm. The Hideout Theatre, 617 Congress, 971-3311. $7. www.hideouttheatre.com.

How Sweet It Is Leading up to their USL-PDL national champion-ship final, neither the Austin Aztex nor the Thunder Bay Chill had allowed a goal in the entire playoffs, so it would’ve been hard to predict the wild opening minutes of Sunday night’s final at House Park. The Aztex set a franchise attendance record for the fifth straight game; at 4,253 people, this was the biggest crowd I’ve seen at House for any event, and late arrivals were harshly punished: Within 80 seconds, the Aztex were down 1-0, and less than two minutes later, the tables were turned completely when league MVP Kris Tyrpak was pulled down from behind by Chill goalie Steven Paterson. Straight red card to Paterson; PK goal by the Aztex’ Sito Seoane; and Thunder Bay had lost their lead and had to play a man down the rest of the way. In retrospect, the game was essentially decided at that point, but there remained a lot of work to be done: Seoane gave the Aztex the lead in the 22nd minute – banging in a cross from captain Zack Pope, touched on by Tyrpak – and then set up an insurance goal in first-half stoppage time, with a lovely through ball for Khiry Shel ton. The singing and chants in the crowd grew louder and more confident as the minutes ticked down on the second half, and the trophy presen-tation and postgame celebrations were sweet indeed. There’s little doubt that we’ll be seeing Tyrpak, Seoane, goalkeeper Devin Cook, and others joining the pro ranks some time soon. But if you were there this night, you can say you saw them when they became champions. And what’s next for the Aztex? Let’s talk about that next week.

Meanwhile, out in the wider world, the big national news was Clint Dempsey’s move back to the U.S., to play for the Seattle Sounders in MLS… Meanwhile, the 2013-14 European season gets underway across most of the continent… even as national teams get ready for the final World Cup qualifying push starting the first week of September. Catch the U.S. trying to extend their record 11-game win streak in a friendly with Bosnia-Herzegovina this Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1:30pm on ESPN2.

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RUns, WAlKs, & RiDesHOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR RIDE & PARTY In case you haven’t noticed, it’s hot out there. A bike ride might sound like torture, but this trip brings you to Stacy Pool and Shipe Pool, stopping at El Chilito for dinner. From there the party continues at the Liberty (1628 E. Sixth) to benefit Bike Austin. Sat., Aug. 10, 2-10pm. Austin Tri-Cyclist Inc., 923 Barton Springs Rd. Free (donations accepted). www.bikeaustin.org/hot.5K FOR CLAY Walk or run the 3 some-odd miles and think about the life of Clay Madsen while you do it. Sat., Aug. 10, 8am. Madsen Rec. Center, 1600 Gattis School Rd., Round Rock. $23-28. www.roundrocktexas.gov.

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Sat., Aug. 10, 6-9pm. Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez, 512/404-4000. $15 (free, kids). www.texasrollergirls.org.


D: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Anonymous. (NR, 122 min.)

The Act of Killing

Churchill’s truism gets a makeover. The Act of Killing allows the victors a forum to elaborate on their story, and, by their own hands, these aged conquerors unwittingly rewrite aspects of the history that has propped them up for so many decades. The place is Indonesia and the events under review in The Act of Killing took place between 1965 and 1966. The country’s first president was overthrown in a military coup in in 1965, which led to a violent purge by the army of anyone suspected of being a Communist. The term was loosely applied and included activists involved in the struggle against Dutch colonialism, trade unionists, opponents of nationalization, and all ethnic Chinese. It’s estimated that nearly one million Indonesians were killed over the course of one year, although the true figure remains unknown to this day. The army’s efforts were supported by Western powers, and the soldiers were also assisted in their mass killings by civil-ian paramilitary groups and independent gangsters. Nearly 50 years later, these murderers remain honored and respected figures in Indonesian society, although the smiles and respect many of the citizens dis-play toward them barely mask generalized fear and acquiescence. Anwar Congo and his friends were among the gangsters recruited in North Sumatra to carry out the killings. These aging men are a boastful lot and take great pride in having killed 1,000 people, give or take. They are also avid movie fans, and especially crazy for American films. Joshua Oppenheimer and his co-directors take the curious tack of hav-ing these men re-stage their former exploits for the screen, using any styles they choose

or can imagine. The gangsters’ candor is shocking but not surprising, since they are still powerful figures and there’s never been anything like a Nazi hunter looking for them. Congo chillingly demonstrates his favored killing technique, the garrote, and cuddles fondly with his grandchildren while viewing video playbacks of scenes. The gangsters talk about how much pleasure they derived from American movies and how watching Elvis Presley or Humphrey Bogart on the screen prior to murdering their fellow Indonesians put them in a happy frame of mind for their work. Guilt and regret are not part of their vocabulary, although Congo confesses to fre-

quent nightmares. A discussion two men have about the dif-ferences between cruelty and sadism proves enlightening. The movie styles the gang-sters use range from deep-shadowed film noir to surreal

Asian song-and-dance spectacles. And the more they talk and re-enact their former deeds, the starker the reality that’s before us becomes. It comes as little surprise that Errol Morris and Werner Herzog, both masters of sly documentaries in which the subjects nail themselves with their own words, are the executive producers of Oppenheimer’s film. Like any movie about making movies, The Act of Killing has some downtime during which the project seems to be spinning its wheels. I don’t know what the future holds for Anwar Congo and his cronies, but I guarantee that you’ve never encountered any screen figures as memorably disturbing as these men. Joshua Oppenheimer will conduct a Skype Q&A after the 2pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday at Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane. See “Making a Killing,” p. 38, for more on the film.

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”History is written by the victors,” observed Winston Churchill. However, in this canny documentary,

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new reviewsJ Blue Jasmine D: Woody Allen; with Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Louis C.K., Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tammy Blanchard. (PG-13, 98 min.) The Woody Allen mojo is at work in his lat-est film, which gets an extra boost from Cate Blanchett’s extraordinary performance as a Park Avenue matron brought low by the recent financial crisis. Drawing in equal measures from A Streetcar Named Desire and the real-life Ruth Madoff story, Blanchett plays the titular Jasmine as a woman aghast by and ill-equipped to deal with how low her circum-stances have fallen. The last 20 years have been hit-or-miss for Allen, but Blue Jasmine is definitely one of the strongest works from these two decades. Neither a straight-out comedy nor drama, the film dabbles in both modes, creating an easygoing yet poignant observation of a woman and her mores. Jasmine is a woman on the verge of a ner-vous breakdown, but damned if she doesn’t seem fabulous, yet fatuous, on the way down. Married to a financial whiz (Baldwin) who meets a Bernie Madoff-like end, Jasmine claims to have had no knowledge of her spouse’s swindles. Once he goes to prison, Jasmine decamps to Brooklyn (horrors!) before moving cross-country to crash with her sister Ginger (Hawkins) in San Francisco. A study in contrasts, Ginger is the comfortable lowbrow to Jasmine’s effete highbrow. In particular, Jasmine has taken a strong dislike to all the men in Ginger’s life, from her loutish ex-husband (Clay, in a surprisingly unaffected performance) and her current dolt of a boyfriend (Cannavale) to her fling with a deceptive no-goodnik (C.K.). All the while, Jasmine ranges between unrealistic fantasies and harsh reality checks. Your heart will break for her one second before wanting to slap her silly the next. The saga unfolds in a fairly charming fashion, and only Allen’s abrupt ending breaks the spell. Clearly, the filmmaker has no more ideas than Jasmine about how to resolve her predicament. When we leave her, Jasmine is still on the verge, and we sense there’s no butterfly waiting to arise. Allen seems to have bitten off more modern reality than he knows what to do with. But until that point, his observations about class differences and the shambles of life are spot-on.HHHHn – Marjorie BaumgartenArbor, Violet Crown

elysium D: Neill Blomkamp; with Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, William Fichtner, Emma Tremblay. (R, 109 min.) South Africa-born director Neill Blomkamp’s debut film in 2009, District 9, is one of the best – and most socially conscious – sci-fi movies in at least the past 20 years. Utilizing a mix of flawless, gritty CGI and heart-on-sleeve social commentary, District 9 riffs on everything from apartheid to global xenophobia, and mixes those meaty subtexts with a main storyline that pits a believably mad military-industrial complex against actor Sharlto Copley’s lone everyman. As far as smart, emotionally engaging science fiction goes, the only other film that’s even come close to packing the moral wallop of Blomkamp’s film is that following summer’s

criminally underappreciated Splice. Blomkamp’s follow-up, Elysium, disap-points, and does so, sad to say, with all the plummeting grace of the Hindenburg bursting into flames. While the film’s setup is sound (if predictably so), various characters lack crucial backstories, and the main plot (which is again a sociologically aware slice of dys-topian life – think orbiting one-percenters vs. Occupy Planet Earth) is simply too riddled with obvious cliches to clutch at the heart-strings in the manner of District 9. Elysium’s third act is so rushed and chaotic that it feels as if Blomkamp and/or Sony were desperate to wedge the whole mess into the summer box-office season, come what may. Set in Los Angeles in 2154, but look-ing for all the world like the favelas of São Paulo, Elysium posits everyman Max (Damon, oddly miscast and still carrying echoes of Jason Bourne) as the sole savior of Earth. And boy howdy, does the planet ever need a savior: It’s looking like a cross between Wall-E and John Carpenter’s They Live – one gigantic slum with the ecology in tatters and menacing, brutal robots keeping the rabble in line. High above, in the sky, is Elysium, where the world’s wealthy and powerful have created a spoked, orbiting simulacrum of peace on Earth and bad will toward anyone in a lower tax bracket. (I’d be surprised if George Romero’s Land of the Dead wasn’t an influence on Blomkamp.) Led by power-mad Defense Secretary Delacourt (Foster, equally miscast and sporting a dodgy accent), these ultra-elites have perfected medicine via tech-nology: A simple scan removes everything from hangnails to cancer. Meanwhile, back on terra firma, Max suf-fers an industrial accident and is given five days to live. Sensing a chance – too convo-luted to get into here – to breach Elysium’s defenses, Max’s tattooed gangster pals outfit him with a robotic exoskeleton and plot to seriously upset the status quo. There’s also a running romantic subplot between Max and Frey (Braga), a nurse who has a daughter dying of leukemia, although it feels (like so much in this film) more like a convenient plot device than an organic extension of the story. Ultimately, Elysium ends up with explo-sions, running gun battles, and summer non-blockbuster tedium. The outcome is never in question, and while Blomkamp has proven himself to be a master of sci-fi social com-mentary in the past, this dull wheel in the sky just lands with a resounding thud.HH – Marc SavlovAlamo Ritz, Alamo Lakeline, Alamo Slaughter Lane, Alamo Village, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Flix Brewhouse, Highland, Gateway, iPic, Lakeline, Metropolitan, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Westgate

Percy Jackson: sea of monsters D: Thor Freudenthal; with Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Douglas Smith, Leven Rambin, Brandon T. Jackson, Jake Abel, Anthony Head, Stanley Tucci, Paloma Kwiatkowski. (PG, 106 min.) I suppose anything that gets kids inter-ested in Greek mythology can’t be a total travesty, but this ham-fisted, teen-centric blend of Harry Potter and the infinitely more spellbinding Jason and the Argonauts comes within a cyclops’ eyelash of being so bad

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it’s almost (but not quite) good. The second in an apparent film franchise drawn from author Rick Riordan’s young-adult novels based on the exploits of Poseidon’s teen-age offspring Percy (Lerman) and his pals – Grover the Satyr (Jackson) and Clarisse the something-or-other (Rambin) – Sea of Monsters reunites the kids of Camp Half-Blood (as in demigods and demigoddesses) and then proceeds to put them through the Hellenic wringer once again. Director Freudenthal, taking over from Chris Columbus, piles on the challenges as Hermes’ scheming son Luke (Abel) seeks to wreck the fun at Camp Half-Blood by destroying the magical protective force field that encircles it. Thus Percy and his pals – along with newcomer Tyson (Smith), a youthful cyclops claiming to be Percy’s long lost half-brother – embark on a quest to secure the legendary Golden Fleece before Luke can use the magical hide to resurrect a world-destroying Titan. Comic moments fall flat throughout; a whizzing cab ride driven by three witches sharing one eye feels lifted, bizarrely, from both Harry Potter and, of all things, Scrooged, and the race to the cyclops’ lair feels perfunctory at best, grating at worst. Stanley Tucci, returning as the appropriately garish Dionysus (aka “Mr. D”) provides some acting worth watching, but the first film’s roster of adult thespians – Uma Thurman, Steve Coogan, Pierce Brosnan – are for the most part nowhere in evidence here. It pretty much goes without saying that the 3-D adds nothing to the film, and while the digital effects are sometimes thrilling (the toothy, whirlpooling Charybdis, in particular), any movie that relies on special effects over character development and a coherent plot is doomed from the get-go. Sea of Monsters’ most bizarre and apro-pos-of-nothing moment comes when the half-blood kids find themselves stuck on – I kid you not – what appears to be the Civil War ironclad ship Monitor, captained and crewed by a host of Confederate zombies. What the Hades? It makes no sense in the Greek mythos on which the film draws, but hey, zombies are hot these days, so why not? In a film that tries way too hard to please every-one, that’s just silly.HHn – Marc SavlovAlamo Lakeline, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Highland, Gateway, Lakeline, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Tinseltown South, Westgate

Planes D: Klay Hall; with the voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Priyanka Chopra, John Cleese, Cedric the Entertainer, Carlos Alazraqui, Brent Musberger. (PG, 91 min.) What a clunker. Though billed as coming from “the world of Cars” – that would be Pixar’s 2006 hit about talking race cars – this spin-off is a co-production of DisneyToon Studios and India’s Prana Animation Studios. (It was also reportedly first intended to go direct-to-DVD before reversing course for a theatrical release in the traditional dumping ground that is August.) None of that backstory would have mattered, of course, had Planes been a superior film, but it’s as low-flying as its crop-duster hero, Dusty Crophopper (vanilla-voiced by Dane Cook), who dreams of overcoming his humble origins and fear of heights to compete in an around-the-world aerial race. A charmless, schematic, aspirational film, Planes scotches the visual promise teased in its globe-trotting premise; a pretty fly-by of the Taj Mahal is the only site on this world-geography sprint that stands out. And the script, by Jeffrey M. Howard (who previ-ously penned a series of Tinker Bell movies for Disney), crudely draws the international assembly – a hot-blooded Mexican racer is trailed by mariachi players, while in India sacred cows have been replaced by tractors – and mistakes crassness for risk-taking. (If I were a parent, I would riot at the film’s chirpy reveal – SPOILER ALERT – that Old Yeller takes a bullet. By the way: Planes’ “spoiler alert” is a postscript, not a preface. Assholes.) The occasional amusing moment notwithstanding (a split-personality, German flying car got giggles for sheer bizarreness), Planes is a hunk of junk, its autopilot course set to buckets of money wrung from families looking for something like Lightning McQueen to strike again. No such luck.H – Kimberley JonesAlamo Slaughter Lane, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Highland, Gateway, iPic, Lakeline, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Tinseltown South, Westgate

thalaivaa D: A. L. Vijay; with Ilayathalapathy Vijay. (NR, 182 min.) Not reviewed at press time. Tamil political thriller. – Marjorie BaumgartenTinseltown South

openingsThe Act of Killing (nR)

Blue Jasmine (Pg-13)

Elysium (R)

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Pg)

Planes (Pg)

Thalaivaa (nR)

We’re the Millers (R)

ratingsHHHHH As perfect as a movie can be

HHHH slightly flawed, but excellent nonetheless

HHH Has its good points, and its bad points

HH Mediocre, but with one or two bright spots

H Poor, without any saving graces

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2:55, 6:10, 9:00, 11:50pm; Sun, 1:05, 1:55, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45; Mon, 3:45, 4:40, 7:30; Tue-Wed, 3:45, 4:45, 7:35, 10:30; Thu (8/15), 3:45, 4:40, 7:30

Shintoho Mindwarp: Flesh Pier: Sun, 5:00pm Shintoho Mindwarp: The Horizon Glitters: Sun, 7:15pm Master Pancake: Jurassic Park: Sat, 7:00, 10:00 Music Monday: The Musical Depreciation Revue: Mon, 10:10pm Weird Wednesday: 99 Women: Wed, 10:00pm Girlie Night: Notting Hill: Tue, 7:00pm Action Pack: Semi-Charmed Kind of Sing-Along: The Nineties Pop Rock

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The Act of Killing: Fri, 10:25am, 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:45pm; Sat, 10:05am, 1:10, 4:15, 6:50, 10:20pm; Sun, 10:15am, 1:10, 4:55, 7:25, 10:35pm; Mon, 10:15am, 1:10, 4:05, 6:50, 10:10pm; Tue, 10:15am, 1:10, 4:05, 6:50, 9:55pm; Wed, 10:15am, 1:10, 4:05, 6:50, 10:10pm; Thu (8/15), 10:25am, 1:20, 4:15, 6:40, 9:40pm

Celebrity Guests: All Dogs Go to Heaven: Sat, 4:00pm Celebrity Guests: An American Tail: Sun, 1:00pm *The Conjuring: Fri, 10:00am, 12:35, 3:25, 6:05, 9:00pm; Sat, 10:00am,

12:55, 3:45, 7:10, 10:15pm; Sun, 9:55am, 12:35, 3:40, 6:05, 9:00pm; Mon, 10:00am, 12:55, 3:45, 6:10, 9:05pm; Tue, 10:00am, 12:55, 3:45, 6:10, 10:20pm; Wed, 10:00am, 12:50, 3:45, 6:10, 9:05pm; Thu (8/15), 10:00am, 12:55, 3:45, 9:30pm

District 9: Mon, 7:00pm; Thu (8/15), 7:00pm *Elysium: Fri, 10:00am, 11:50, 2:40, 5:35, 8:05, 10:55pm; Sat, noon,

3:00, 5:50, 8:20, 11:10; Sun, 11:25am, 2:20, 5:10, 7:40, 9:40, 11:00pm; Mon-Tue, 11:45am, 2:45, 5:35, 8:05, 10:55pm; Wed, 11:55am, 2:45, 5:35, 8:05, 10:55pm; Thu (8/15), 11:45am, 2:35, 5:35, 7:30, 10:25pm

Master Pancake: Jurassic Park: Fri, 7:00, 10:00 Kids: Madagascar: 10:00am Girlie Night: Notting Hill: Wed, 7:00pm *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters: Fri, 10:30am, 1:15, 4:10, 6:20, 9:15pm;

Sat, 10:45am, 1:40, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40pm; Sun, 10:00am, 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 10:00pm; Mon, 11:00am, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:25pm; Tue, 11:00am, 1:45, 4:35, 7:00, 9:05pm; Wed, 11:00am, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:25pm; Thu (8/15), 11:00am, 1:45, 4:35, 6:15, 10:10pm

*Red 2: Fri, 11:55am, 3:00pm; Sat, 10:20am, 9:55pm; Sun, 3:05, 6:35; Mon, noon, 3:05, 9:55; Tue, noon, 3:05, 10:10; Wed, 11:00am, 9:55pm; Thu (8/15), 12:15, 3:25, 10:50

Celebrity Guests: The Secret of NIMH: Sat, 1:00pm *The Smurfs 2: Fri-Sat, 9:40am, 12:25, 3:10, 6:00, 8:45pm;

Sun, 9:45am, 12:30, 3:15, 6:00, 8:45pm; Mon-Wed, 9:40am, 12:25, 3:10, 6:00, 8:45pm; Thu (8/15), 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 9:00pm

*2 Guns: Fri, 11:30am, 2:25, 5:20, 8:25, 11:15pm; Sat, 11:15am, 2:20, 5:35, 8:40, 11:30pm; Sun, 10:50am, 1:50, 4:40, 8:15, 9:30pm; Mon-Tue, 11:30am, 2:30, 5:20, 8:25, 11:15pm; Wed, 11:40am, 2:30, 5:20, 8:25, 11:15pm; Thu (8/15), 11:15am, 2:10, 5:05, 8:25, 10:55pm

The Way, Way Back: Fri, 9:50am, 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:25pm; Sat, 9:45am, 12:35, 3:30, 6:15, 9:10pm; Sun, 9:45am, 12:50, 3:35, 6:20, 9:15pm; Mon-Wed, 9:50am, 12:40, 3:35, 6:20, 9:15pm; Thu (8/15), 10:25am, 1:10, 4:05, 11:15pm

*We’re the Millers: Fri, 10:40am, 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40pm; Sat, 11:05am, 2:00, 5:10, 8:00, 10:55pm; Sun, 10:30am, 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 10:30pm; Mon-Wed, 11:15am, 2:05, 4:55, 7:45, 10:40pm; Thu (8/15), 11:10am, 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40pm

*The Wolverine: Fri, 1:30, 4:35, 7:40, 11:35; Sat, 11:30am, 2:40, 7:20, 9:40pm; Sun, noon, 4:20, 7:55, 11:05; Mon-Wed, 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40; Thu (8/15), 11:40am, 2:50, 6:25, 9:55pm

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Action Pack: The Big Lebowski Quote-Along: Mon, 7:15pm *Despicable Me 2: Fri, 10:20am, 1:00, 4:40, 6:25, 8:10pm; Sat, 11:30am,

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*Elysium: Fri, 11:05am, 1:15, 4:55, 7:50, 9:35, 11:30pm; Sat, 10:25am, 12:35, 3:05, 6:00, 7:45, 10:40pm; Sun, 10:35am, 1:25, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45pm; Mon, 11:55am, 2:45, 5:15, 8:05, 9:45, 11:20pm; Tue, 11:35am, 2:25, 5:15, 8:05, 9:45, 11:20pm; Wed, 11:50am, 2:30, 5:15, 8:10, 9:50, 11:25pm; Thu (8/15), 11:35am, 2:25, 5:15, 8:05, 9:35, 11:15pm

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3:50, 6:45, 9:10pm; Sun, 10:20am, 12:35, 3:25, 6:05, 8:15pm; Mon, 11:40am, 2:20, 4:40, 6:00, 8:40pm; Tue, 11:25am, 1:45, 4:25, 6:00, 8:40pm; Wed, 11:20am, 2:10, 4:25, 6:00, 8:45pm; Thu (8/15), 11:25am, 1:45, 4:25, 6:00, 8:40pm

*Red 2: Fri, 10:50am; Sat, 2:10pm; Sun, 1:00pm; Mon, 11:00am; Tue, 11:15am; Wed, 11:10am; Thu (8/15), 1:40pm

Action Pack: Totally Eighties Sing-Along Dance Party: Sat, 10:15pm *2 Guns: Fri, 11:30am, 3:50, 6:45, 9:05, 11:55pm; Sat, 11:10am, 1:00,

5:10, 8:10, 11:45pm; Sun, 10:55am, 12:50, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10pm; Mon, 1:45, 3:25, 8:00, 11:00; Tue, 2:10, 3:25, 6:55, 10:55; Wed, 1:35, 3:25, 7:00, 10:00; Thu (8/15), 1:00, 3:25, 6:40, 10:55

*We’re the Millers: Fri, 12:35, 2:30, 5:20, 7:25, 11:20; Sat, 10:10am, 1:20, 4:40, 8:50, 11:20pm; Sun, 10:00am, 1:05, 4:30, 7:35, 10:25pm; Mon, 12:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30; Tue, noon, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30; Wed, 11:30am, 4:05, 7:50, 10:50pm; Thu (8/15), noon, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30

Whisky Galore!: Thu (8/15), 7:15pm *The Wolverine: Fri, 3:05, 8:15, 10:50; Sat, 11:55am, 7:05, 9:35pm;

Sun, 5:00, 8:45, 10:50; Mon, 3:10, 6:40, 10:50; Tue, 2:50, 7:05, 10:15; Wed, 2:50, 7:20, 10:30; Thu (8/15), 2:50, 7:00, 10:15

*The Wolverine (3-D): Fri, 11:55am; Sat, 3:30pm; Sun, 1:45pm; Mon-Tue, 12:40pm; Wed, 12:50pm; Thu (8/15), 12:40pm

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The Act of Killing: Fri, 1:55, 7:15; Sat, 1:15, 7:15; Sun, 1:25, 10:40; Mon, 5:10, 10:20; Tue, 5:10, 10:40; Wed, 10:40pm; Thu (8/15), 5:00, 10:45

*The Conjuring: Fri-Sat, 12:20, 4:50, 7:15, 10:15; Mon, 2:15, 5:10, 7:30, 10:40; Tue, 2:15, 3:45, 8:00, 10:20; Wed, 1:50, 5:00, 7:30, 10:20; Thu (8/15), 2:05, 4:35, 7:20, 10:30

*Elysium: Fri-Sat, 9:30am, 12:20, 3:10, 6:00, 8:50, 11:40pm; Sun, 11:00am, 12:55, 3:50, 8:00, 9:55pm; Mon, 12:45, 3:10, 7:30, 10:40; Tue, 10:50am, 12:55, 3:45, 8:00, 10:20pm; Wed, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20; Thu (8/15), 12:50, 3:40, 7:55, 10:25

In Organic We Trust: Wed, 6:00pm Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival: Thu (8/15), 6:30pm Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels: Wed, 7:00pm

Kids’ Camp: Muppets From Space: Fri, 11:00am; Sat-Sun, 10:00am; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:00am

Master Pancake: Mystery Preview: Tue, 7:00pm *Pacific Rim: Fri, 10:45am; Sat, 10:40am; Sun, 9:45am; Mon, noon;

Tue, 11:05am; Wed, 10:40am; Thu (8/15), 10:35am The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Sat, 12mid Action Pack: Semi-Charmed Kind of Sing-Along: The Nineties Pop Rock

Party: Fri, 10:45pm Action Pack: Shaun of the Dead Quote-Along: Sun, 7:00pm Action Pack: Totally Eighties Sing-Along Dance Party: Sat, 10:45pm Bangarang: Trainspotting: Mon, 7:00pm *We’re the Millers: Fri, 10:25am, 12:50, 4:25, 6:45, 10:15pm;

Sat, 10:20am, 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20pm; Sun, 10:25am, 12:30, 3:20, 6:15, 9:05pm; Mon, 1:30, 4:20, 8:05, 9:35; Tue, 1:45, 4:35, 6:30, 9:20; Wed, noon, 3:00, 8:00, 10:55; Thu (8/15), 1:45, 4:35, 6:30, 10:00

*The Wolverine: Fri, 1:15, 3:40, 7:45, 9:35; Sat, 1:45, 4:10, 7:45, 10:15; Sun, 1:50, 4:20, 7:30, 10:55; Mon, 11:15am, 3:40, 10:55pm; Tue, 12:05, 3:20, 7:30, 10:55; Wed, 12:25, 3:45, 9:50; Thu (8/15), noon, 3:15, 9:25

ARBOR CINEMA @ GREAT HILLS 9828 Great Hills Trail (at Jollyville), 512/231-9742. Discounts daily before 6pm.

The Attack: Fri-Wed, 12:30, 3:40, 7:40, 10:10 Blackfish: 12:05, 2:10, 4:50, 8:00, 10:15 Blue Jasmine (CC): noon, 1:00, 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 NCM Fathom: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013: Tue, 7:30pm Fruitvale Station (CC): 12:10, 2:20, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 I’m So Excited!: Fri-Mon, 12:50, 9:55; Tue, 12:50pm; Wed-Thu (8/15), 12:50, 9:55 Mud: Fri-Mon, 3:50, 6:50; Tue, 3:50pm; Wed, 3:50, 6:50; Thu (8/15), 3:50pm NCM Fathom: Starship Troopers: Thu (8/15), 7:00pm 20 Feet From Stardom: 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:50, 10:10 The Way, Way Back (CC/DVS): 12:40, 3:20, 7:10, 9:50

BARTON CREEK SQUARE (AMC) Barton Creek Square mall, MoPac & Highway 360, 888/262-4386. Matinee discounts available before 4pm daily. Bring Your Baby matinees the first Tuesday of every month.

*The Conjuring (digital): Fri-Wed, 11:00am, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15pm *Despicable Me 2 (digital): Fri-Sun, 12:15, 5:35, 10:45;

Mon-Tue, 12:15, 5:10; Wed, 12:15, 5:10, 7:35 Elysium (digital): Fri-Sun, 10:55am, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00pm;

Mon-Wed, 10:55am, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55pm Elysium (digital, IMAX): Fri-Sun, 9:40am, 12:15, 2:55, 5:35, 8:15,

11:00pm; Mon-Wed, 9:45am, 12:20, 2:55, 5:35, 8:15, 10:50pm *Fruitvale Station (digital): Fri-Sun, 2:20, 6:55; Mon-Wed, 2:30, 7:15 *Grown Ups 2 (digital): Fri-Sun, 11:55am, 4:30, 11:05pm;

Mon-Wed, noon, 4:45, 9:40 *The Heat (digital): Fri-Sun, 9:40am, 5:45pm; Mon-Wed, 11:35am,

2:25, 5:20, 8:05, 10:50pm Summer Nights: Oblivion: Mon-Wed, 10:00pm *Pacific Rim (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:05am, 4:05, 10:10pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): Fri-Sun, 9:40am, 12:35, 2:15,

3:15, 7:45pm; Mon-Wed, 2:15, 7:45 *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): Fri-Wed, 11:40am, 5:00, 10:30pm Planes (digital): Fri, 11:20am, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 8:00, 9:20pm;

Sat-Sun, 11:20am, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:20pm; Mon-Wed, 11:20am, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30pm

*Planes (3-D): Fri-Sun, 9:40am; Mon-Wed, 9:45am *Red 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 1:20, 7:15 Autism Society: The Smurfs 2 (sensory friendly): Sat, 10:00am *The Smurfs 2 (3-D): Fri-Wed, 10:35am, 4:05, 9:40pm *The Smurfs 2 (digital): Fri-Sun, 9:40am, 3:05, 8:40pm;

Mon-Wed, 9:45am, 3:05, 8:30pm *Turbo (digital): Fri, 9:35am, 2:45, 8:15pm; Sat, 2:45, 8:15;

Sun, 9:35am, 2:45, 8:15pm; Mon-Tue, 9:55am, 2:45, 7:35pm; Wed, 9:55am, 2:45pm

*2 Guns (CC/DVS, digital): Fri-Sun, 9:35am, 12:05, 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45pm; Mon-Wed, 9:45am, 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45pm

*The Way, Way Back (digital): Fri, 11:55am, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20pm; Sat, 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20; Sun, 11:55am, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20pm; Mon-Wed, 11:50am, 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20pm

*We’re the Millers (digital): Fri-Sun, 11:30am, 2:05, 4:45, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30pm; Mon-Wed, 11:30am, 2:05, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15pm

*The Wolverine (3-D): Fri-Wed, 1:00, 6:45 *The Wolverine (digital): Fri-Sun, 12:05, 5:45, 11:05; Mon-Wed, 12:10,

5:35, 10:50

BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM 1800 N. Congress, 512/936-4629.

Flight of the Butterflies (3-D): Fri-Sat, 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30pm; Sun, 2:30, 5:30; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30pm

Great White Shark (3-D, IMAX): Fri-Sat, 10:30am, 1:30, 4:30, 6:30pm; Sun, 1:30, 4:30, 6:30; Mon-Thu (8/15), 10:30am, 1:30, 4:30, 6:30pm

Rocky Mountain Express: 12:30pm Texas: The Big Picture: Fri-Sat, 9:30am, 3:30pm; Sun, 3:30pm;

Mon-Thu (8/15), 9:30am, 3:30pm

CINEMARK CEDAR PARK 1335 E. Whitestone, 800/326-3264. Call theatre for complete list of movies and showtimes.

The Conjuring (digital): 10:40am, 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00pm Despicable Me 2 (3-D): Fri-Wed, 9:50am, 3:00, 8:10pm;

Thu (8/15), 9:50am, 3:00pm Despicable Me 2 (digital): 12:20, 5:20, 10:20 Elysium (digital): 11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:40pm NCM Fathom: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013: Tue, 7:30pm Grown Ups 2 (digital): Fri-Mon, 1:20, 7:00; Tue, 1:20pm; Wed, 1:20,

7:00; Thu (8/15), 1:20pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): 11:20am, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): 10:00am, 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20pm Planes (3-D): Fri-Wed, 10:20am, 8:50pm; Thu (8/15), 10:20am Planes (digital): 1:00, 3:30, 6:20 Red 2 (digital): Fri-Mon, 10:30am, 3:50, 9:30pm; Tue, 10:30am,

3:50pm; Wed, 10:30am, 3:50, 9:30pm; Thu (8/15), 10:30am, 3:50pm The Smurfs 2 (3-D): 12:40, 3:20, 6:10 The Smurfs 2 (digital): 10:10am, 8:40pm NCM Fathom: Starship Troopers: Thu (8/15), 7:00pm Turbo (3-D): 12:30, 5:30 Turbo (digital): 9:50am, 2:50, 7:50pm 2 Guns (digital): 10:20am, 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40pm We’re the Millers (digital): Fri-Sat, 10:50am, 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10,

10:40pm; Sun-Thu (8/15), 10:50am, 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10pm The Wolverine (3-D): Fri-Sat, 10:00am, 10:10pm; Sun, 10:10pm;

Mon-Thu (8/15), 10:00am, 10:10pm The Wolverine (digital): 1:00, 4:10, 7:10

CINEMARK HILL COUNTRY GALLERIA 14 12812 Hill Country Blvd., 800/326-3264.

Kids: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Wed, 10:00am The Conjuring (digital): Fri-Sat, 11:15am, 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25pm;

Sun, 11:15am, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25pm; Mon, 11:15am, 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25pm; Tue, 11:15am, 2:00, 10:25pm; Wed, 11:15am, 10:25pm

Despicable Me 2 (3-D): Fri-Wed, 2:35, 8:00 Despicable Me 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:45am, 4:15, 9:50pm Classics: Dirty Dancing: Sun, 2:00, 7:00; Wed, 2:00pm Elysium (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:50am, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15pm NCM Fathom: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013: Tue, 7:30pm The Heat (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:45am, 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 10:00pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): Fri-Wed, 12:25, 3:15, 6:10, 9:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): Fri-Wed, 11:00am, 1:50, 4:45,

7:30, 10:15pm Planes (3-D): Fri-Wed, 1:35, 6:50 Planes (digital): Fri-Wed, 11:05am, 4:10, 9:20pm Red 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:45 The Smurfs 2 (3-D): Fri-Wed, 2:10, 7:50 The Smurfs 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 11:25am, 5:00, 10:30pm NCM Fathom: Starship Troopers: Thu (8/15), 7:00pm Turbo (3-D): Fri-Wed, 11:50am, 5:20, 10:30pm

Turbo (digital): Fri-Wed, 1:15, 7:15 2 Guns (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:55am, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10pm The Way, Way Back (digital): Fri-Wed, 11:20am, 2:05, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20pm We’re the Millers (digital): Fri-Wed, 11:10am, 1:55, 4:40, 7:35, 10:25pm The Wolverine (3-D): Fri-Wed, 3:50, 10:05 The Wolverine (digital): Fri-Wed, 12:40, 7:00

CINEMARK MOVIES 8 ROUND ROCK 2120 N. Mays, Round Rock, 512/388-2848. Discounts daily before 5pm.

The Bling Ring (digital): Fri-Sat, 9:55, 11:45; Sun-Thu (8/15), 9:55pm The Croods (3-D): 3:45pm The Croods (digital): 10:15am, 1:00, 6:45pm Epic (3-D): 2:15pm Epic (digital): 11:45am, 4:45, 7:15pm Fast & Furious 6 (digital): 3:15, 9:30 The Great Gatsby (digital): noon, 6:15 The Internship (digital): 10:45am, 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, 10:15pm Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (digital): Fri-Sat, 9:15, 11:30;

Sun-Thu (8/15), 9:15pm Man of Steel (3-D): 10:30am, 1:45, 5:00, 8:15pm Man of Steel (digital): Fri-Sat, 11:30am, 2:45, 6:30, 9:45, 11:00pm;

Sun-Thu (8/15), 11:30am, 2:45, 6:30, 9:45pm Star Trek Into Darkness (3-D): 10:00am, 1:15, 4:30, 8:00pm Star Trek Into Darkness (digital): Fri-Sat, 12:15, 3:30, 7:00, 10:00,

11:15; Sun-Thu (8/15), 12:15, 3:30, 7:00, 10:00

CINEMARK ROUND ROCK 4401 N. I-35, Round Rock, 800/326-3264. Cost for 3-D shows is regular ticket price plus a $3.50 premium.

The Conjuring (digital): Fri-Wed, 11:25am, 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:25pm; Thu (8/15), 11:25am, 2:10, 4:50pm

Despicable Me 2 (3-D): Fri-Wed, 11:30am, 4:30, 9:20pm; Thu (8/15), 11:30am, 4:30pm

Despicable Me 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:10am, 3:15, 8:05pm; Thu (8/15), 10:10am, 3:15pm

Elysium (digital): 10:00am, 11:20, 12:35, 2:00, 3:10, 4:40, 5:45, 7:25, 8:20, 10:05, 10:55pm

Grown Ups 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:15am, 3:50, 6:20, 8:50pm; Thu (8/15), 10:15am, 3:50, 6:20pm

The Heat (digital): 1:05, 6:30 Pacific Rim (digital): 12:50pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): noon, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): 10:40am, 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45pm Planes (3-D): 12:40, 5:20, 10:00 Planes (digital): 10:20am, 3:00, 7:40pm Red 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:25am, 3:55, 9:25pm; Thu (8/15), 10:25am, 3:55pm The Smurfs 2 (3-D): 1:10, 6:10 The Smurfs 2 (digital): 10:30am, 3:40, 8:40pm Turbo (3-D): Fri-Wed, 2:05, 6:55; Thu (8/15), 2:05pm Turbo (digital): Fri-Wed, 12:45, 5:40, 10:30; Thu (8/15), 12:45, 5:40 2 Guns (digital): 10:35am, 1:15, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15pm We’re the Millers (digital): 10:55am, 1:40, 4:25, 7:20, 9:55pm The Wolverine (3-D): Fri-Wed, 1:00, 7:00; Thu (8/15), 1:00pm The Wolverine (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:05am, 4:00, 10:15pm;

Thu (8/15), 10:05am, 4:00pm

CINEMARK SOUTHPARK MEADOWS 9900 S. I-35, 800/326-3264. Cost for 3-D shows is regular ticket price plus a $3.50 premium.

The Conjuring (digital): Fri-Mon, 11:15am, 2:05, 4:55, 8:00, 10:45pm Despicable Me 2 (3-D): Fri-Mon, 9:55am, 2:50, 7:50pm Despicable Me 2 (digital): Fri-Mon, 1:10, 6:30 Elysium (digital): Fri-Mon, 10:10am, 11:25, 12:55, 2:15, 3:35, 4:55,

6:15, 7:40, 8:55, 10:15pm NCM Fathom: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013: Tue, 7:30pm Grown Ups 2 (digital): Fri-Mon, 7:50, 10:25 Pacific Rim (digital): Fri-Mon, 10:15am Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): Fri-Mon, 6:15, 9:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): Fri-Mon, 10:00am, 12:40,

3:20, 6:10, 8:50pm Planes (3-D): Fri-Mon, 11:10am, 1:30, 3:50pm Planes (digital): Fri-Mon, 9:50am, 12:15, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40pm Red 2 (digital): Fri-Mon, 10:20pm The Smurfs 2 (3-D): Fri-Mon, 11:50am, 2:30, 5:10pm The Smurfs 2 (digital): Fri-Mon, 10:20am, 1:00, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10pm NCM Fathom: Starship Troopers: Thu (8/15), 7:00pm Turbo (3-D): Fri-Mon, 12:20, 5:20 Turbo (digital): Fri-Mon, 10:30am, 3:50, 9:15pm 2 Guns (digital): Fri-Mon, 11:35am, 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10pm We’re the Millers (digital): Fri-Mon, 11:35am, 12:55, 2:15, 3:35, 4:55,

6:15, 7:45, 9:05, 10:25pm The Wolverine (3-D): Fri-Mon, 10:30am, 4:30, 10:30pm The Wolverine (digital): Fri-Mon, 1:30, 7:30

CINEMARK STONE HILL TOWN CENTER 18820 Hilltop Commercial Dr. (southwest corner of highways 130 & 45), 512/251-0938.

The Conjuring (digital): Fri-Sun, 1:00, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45; Mon-Wed, 1:00, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40

Despicable Me 2 (3-D): Fri-Mon, 10:20am, 4:00, 9:20pm; Tue, 10:20am, 4:00pm; Wed, 10:20am, 4:00, 9:20pm

Despicable Me 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 12:45, 6:10 Elysium (digital): Fri-Sun, 10:00am, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00pm;

Mon-Wed, 10:00am, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45pm NCM Fathom: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013:

Tue, 7:30pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): Fri-Wed, 3:40, 9:40 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:00am, 12:40, 6:40pm Planes (3-D): Fri-Sat, 4:50, 10:10; Sun, 4:50, 10:00; Mon-Wed, 4:50, 9:40 Planes (digital): Fri-Sun, 11:10am, 2:00, 7:40pm; Mon-Wed, 11:10am,

2:00, 7:15pm The Smurfs 2 (3-D): Fri-Mon, 1:00, 6:30; Tue, 1:00pm; Wed, 1:00, 6:30 The Smurfs 2 (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:00am, 3:20, 9:00pm NCM Fathom: Starship Troopers: Thu (8/15), 7:00pm 2 Guns (digital): Fri-Sat, 10:30am, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10pm;

Sun, 10:30am, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50pm; Mon-Wed, 10:30am, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40pm

We’re the Millers (digital): Fri-Sat, 10:20am, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20pm; Sun, 10:20am, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00pm; Mon-Wed, 10:20am, 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45pm

The Wolverine (3-D): Fri-Sun, 3:20, 9:30; Mon-Wed, 3:20, 9:25 The Wolverine (digital): Fri-Wed, 10:00am, noon, 6:30pm

FLIX BREWHOUSE 2200 S. I-35, Round Rock, 512/244-3549. *Elysium (digital): 10:15am, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55pm *The Heat (digital): 12:15, 3:05, 6:15, 9:15 Pajama Party: Matilda: Sat, 10:30am *The Smurfs 2 (3-D, digital): 9:30am *The Smurfs 2 (digital): 12:30, 3:15, 6:00, 10:30 *2 Guns (digital): 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 8:55 *We’re the Millers (digital): 11:00am, 1:45, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm *The Wolverine (3-D, digital): 10:00am *The Wolverine (digital): 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15

GALAXY HIGHLAND 10 N. I-35 & Middle Fiskville, 512/467-7305. No one under 18 will be allowed in the theatre on Friday or Saturday after 7pm without an adult.

*The Conjuring (digital): Fri-Sat, 10:45am, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40, 12mid; Sun-Thu (8/15), 10:45am, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40pm

*Despicable Me 2 (digital): 10:00am, 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35pm *Elysium (digital): Fri-Sat, 10:55am, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40, 12mid;

Sun-Thu (8/15), 10:55am, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40pm *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): Fri, 11:00am *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D, digital):

Sat-Thu (8/15), 11:00am

*Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): Fri-Sat, 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20, 11:55; Sun-Thu (8/15), 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20

*Planes (3-D): Fri, 10:10am *Planes (3-D, digital): Sat-Thu (8/15), 10:10am *Planes (digital): Fri-Sat, 12:10, 2:20, 4:35, 6:50, 9:15, 11:30;

Sun-Thu (8/15), 12:10, 2:20, 4:35, 6:50, 9:15 *The Smurfs 2 (3-D): Fri, 10:00am *The Smurfs 2 (3-D, digital): Sat-Thu (8/15), 10:00am *The Smurfs 2 (digital): 12:10, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 *2 Guns (D-Box, digital): Fri-Sat, 11:30am, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45,

12mid; Sun-Thu (8/15), 11:30am, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45pm *2 Guns (digital): Fri-Sat, 11:30am, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45, 12mid;

Sun-Thu (8/15), 11:30am, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45pm *We’re the Millers (digital): Fri-Sat, 10:05am, noon, 12:25, 2:10, 2:50,

4:50, 5:15, 7:25, 7:40, 9:50, 10:10, 12mid; Sun-Thu (8/15), 10:05am, noon, 12:25, 2:10, 2:50, 4:50, 5:15, 7:25, 7:40, 9:50, 10:10pm

*The Wolverine (digital): 10:00am, 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40pm

GATEWAY THEATRE 9700 Stonelake, 512/416-5700. Discounts daily before 6pm. Cost for 3-D shows is regular ticket price plus a $3.50 premium.

The Conjuring (CC/DVS): Fri, 11:25am, 2:25, 5:05, 7:55, 10:40pm; Sat-Sun, 1:20, 4:10, 7:55, 10:40; Mon-Wed, 11:25am, 2:25, 5:05, 7:55, 10:40pm; Thu (8/15), 11:25am, 2:25, 5:05pm

Despicable Me 2 (CC/DVS): Fri, 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45pm; Sat-Sun, 10:30am, 1:30, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45pm

*Elysium (CC/DVS): Fri, 11:40am, 2:30, 5:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:40pm; Sat-Sun, 9:40am, 11:40, 2:30, 5:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:40pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:40am, 2:30, 5:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:40pm

*Elysium (CC/DVS, IMAX): 11:00am, 1:45, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10pm The Heat (CC/DVS): Fri, 11:10am, 1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 10:20pm; Sat-Sun, 1:00,

4:45, 7:25, 10:20; Mon, 11:10am, 1:55pm; Tue-Wed, 11:10am, 1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 10:20pm; Thu (8/15), 11:10am, 1:55, 4:45, 7:25pm

*Pacific Rim (CC/DVS): 12:10, 4:20, 7:35, 10:35 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (CC/DVS): Fri, 11:30am, 2:00, 7:25pm;

Sat-Sun, 9:30am, 11:30, 2:00, 7:25pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:30am, 2:00, 7:25pm

*Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D, CC): 4:40, 10:05 Planes (CC/DVS): Fri, 11:45am, 2:20, 7:20pm; Sat-Sun, 9:30am, 11:45,

2:20, 7:20pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:45am, 2:20, 7:20pm *Planes (3-D, CC): 4:50, 9:50 Red 2 (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 11:00am, 1:45, 4:50, 7:45, 10:35pm;

Thu (8/15), 11:00am, 1:45, 4:50pm The Smurfs 2 (CC/DVS): 11:45am, 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00pm *The Smurfs 2 (3-D, CC): 11:10am, 1:40, 4:15pm Turbo (CC/DVS): 11:20am, 2:00, 4:35, 7:00, 9:35pm 2 Guns (CC/DVS): 11:05am, 11:50, 1:40, 2:40, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 8:00,

10:10, 10:40pm We’re the Millers (CC/DVS): Fri, 11:50am, 2:40, 5:20, 8:10, 10:45pm;

Sat-Sun, 10:00am, 11:50, 2:40, 5:20, 8:10, 10:45pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:50am, 2:40, 5:20, 8:10, 10:45pm

*The Wolverine (CC/DVS): Fri, noon, 3:30, 7:20, 10:30; Sat-Sun, 10:00am, noon, 3:30, 7:20, 10:30pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), noon, 3:30, 7:20, 10:30

IPIC THEATERS AUSTIN 3225 Amy Donovan Plaza (at the Domain, formerly Gold Class Cinema), 512/568-3400.

The Conjuring (Stadium Seating): 11:45am, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45pm Elysium (Stadium Seating): 10:00am, 10:45, 1:20, 4:00, 6:35, 9:15, 10:55pm *Grown Ups 2 (Stadium Seating): Fri-Wed, 12:30, 3:15, 6:15, 9:00;

Thu (8/15), 1:45, 4:30 Planes (3-D): 10:30am, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30pm Red 2 (Stadium Seating): 10:00am, 1:00, 4:15, 7:05, 10:00pm The Smurfs 2 (Stadium Seating): Fri, 10:00am, 12:45, 3:40, 6:20,

9:00pm; Sat, 12:45, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00; Sun-Thu (8/15), 10:00am, 12:45, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00pm

2 Guns (Stadium Seating): 11:15am, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15pm We’re the Millers (Stadium Seating): 11:30am, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30pm

LAKELINE Lakeline Mall at Highway 183 & RR 620, 512/335-4793. Discounts daily before 6pm.

Despicable Me 2 (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, noon, 2:20, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 *Elysium (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 12:30, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 11:40am,

2:10, 7:10pm *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D, CC): Fri-Wed, 4:40, 9:50 Planes (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 11:30am, 2:00, 7:00pm *Planes (3-D, CC): Fri-Wed, 4:30, 9:45 The Smurfs 2 (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 11:45am, 2:15, 7:25pm *The Smurfs 2 (3-D, CC): Fri-Wed, 4:45, 9:55 Turbo (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 11:50am, 2:05, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40pm 2 Guns (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 12:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:25 We’re the Millers (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 12:30, 4:10, 7:40, 10:20 *The Wolverine (3-D, CC): Fri-Wed, 12:10, 10:15 *The Wolverine (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 4:00, 7:15

METROPOLITAN S. I-35 & Stassney, 512/447-0101. Discounts daily before 6pm. Cost for 3-D shows is regular ticket price plus a $3.50 premium.

The Conjuring (CC/DVS): 11:30am, 12:50, 2:20, 4:20, 5:15, 7:15, 8:05, 10:05, 10:50pm

*Elysium (CC/DVS): 11:20am, 12:30, 2:10, 3:20, 5:00, 7:00, 7:55, 9:45, 10:45pm

NCM Fathom: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013: Tue, 7:30pm

Fruitvale Station (CC): 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Grown Ups 2 (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 11:25am, 2:00, 4:40, 7:25, 10:05pm;

Mon, 11:25am, 2:00, 10:05pm; Tue, 4:40, 7:25, 10:40; Wed, 11:25am, 2:00, 4:40, 7:25, 10:05pm; Thu (8/15), 11:25am, 2:00pm

The Heat (CC/DVS): Fri-Mon, 12:40, 4:30, 7:35, 10:35; Tue, 12:40, 4:30, 10:35; Wed, 12:40, 4:30, 7:35, 10:35; Thu (8/15), 12:40, 4:30

The Lone Ranger (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 11:50am, 3:40, 7:05, 10:25pm; Thu (8/15), 11:50am, 3:40pm

Man of Steel (CC/DVS): 11:45am, 3:40, 7:05, 10:25pm Red 2 (CC/DVS): 4:45, 10:50 R.I.P.D. (CC/DVS): 11:50am, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:35pm NCM Fathom: Starship Troopers: Thu (8/15), 7:00pm The Way, Way Back (CC/DVS): 11:25am, 2:00, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00pm *The Wolverine (CC/DVS): noon, 1:50, 4:00, 7:10, 7:40, 10:15 World War Z (CC/DVS): 1:15, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30

MILLENNIUM THEATRE 1156 Hargrave, 512/472-6932. Located within the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex. Adults, $6; children, $4.

Kids: Life of Pi: Wed, 10:30am Now You See Me: Fri-Sat, 10:30am, 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30pm;

Wed, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00; Thu (8/15), 10:30am, 12:45, 3:00, 5:15pm

MOVIEHOUSE AND EATERY 8300 N FM 620 Bldg B, 512/501-3520.

Kids: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Tue, 10:00am The Conjuring: 5:30, 8:15, 11:00 *Despicable Me 2: 10:00am, 12:30, 3:00pm Elysium (Stadium Seating;The Big House): Fri-Mon, 11:15am, 4:45,

7:30, 10:00pm; Tue, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00; Wed-Thu (8/15), 11:15am, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00pm

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters: 9:45pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): 8:30pm Planes (3-D): 12:30pm Red 2: 3:15, 11:00 The Smurfs 2: 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:00pm Turbo: 10:00am, 12:45, 5:30pm 2 Guns: 10:00am, 3:00, 7:45, 10:30pm 2 Guns (D-Box): 3:00, 7:45, 10:30

PARAMOUNT THEATRE 713 Congress, 512/472-5470. Classics: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: Mon, 7:00pm;

Tue, 9:05pm Classics: Le Doulos: Wed, 7:00pm; Thu (8/15), 9:00pm Classics: Le Petit Soldat: Fri, 9:15pm Classics: Max and the Junkmen: Fri, 7:00pm Kids’ Classics: The Neverending Story: Sat, 3:35pm; Sun, 2:00pm Classics: Portrait of Jason: Sat-Sun, 6:00pm Classics: “The Red Balloon” and “White Man”: Sat, 2:00pm;

Sun, 4:05pm Classics: That Obscure Object of Desire: Mon, 9:05pm; Tue, 7:00pm Classics: Un Flic: Wed, 9:10pm; Thu (8/15), 7:00pm

STATESIDE AT THE PARAMOUNT 719 Congress, 512/472-5470.

Classics: Amarcord: Sun, 4:05pm Classics: Umberto D.: Sun, 6:05pm

TEXAS SPIRIT THEATER AT THE BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM 1800 N. Congress, 512/936-8746.

AFF: An Evening of Texas Shorts: Wed, 7:00pm

TINSELTOWN NORTH N. I-35 & FM 1825, 512/989-8535. Cost for 3-D and XD shows is regular ticket price plus a premium.

The Conjuring (digital): 10:50am, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25pm Despicable Me 2 (3-D): 12:30, 5:50 Despicable Me 2 (digital): 1:45, 7:05 Classics: Dirty Dancing: Sun, 2:00, 7:00; Wed, 2:00pm Elysium (digital): 12:25, 3:15, 6:05, 8:55 Elysium (XD): 11:00am, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20pm NCM Fathom: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013: Tue, 7:30pm Fruitvale Station (digital): 8:15, 10:35 Grown Ups 2 (digital): 11:25am, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15pm Pacific Rim (3-D): 10:55am, 5:00, 10:35pm Pacific Rim (digital): 9:45am, 3:30, 9:15pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): 10:00am, 1:00, 3:45, 6:35pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): 11:30am, 2:20, 5:10, 8:00,

10:45pm Planes (3-D): 12:05, 2:45, 5:25, 8:05 Planes (digital): 11:05am, 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40pm Red 2 (digital): 9:25pm R.I.P.D. (3-D): 2:05, 8:10 R.I.P.D. (digital): 12:55, 6:40 The Smurfs 2 (3-D): 12:15, 3:05, 5:45 The Smurfs 2 (digital): 10:45am, 1:35, 4:25, 7:20, 10:10pm NCM Fathom: Starship Troopers: Thu (8/15), 7:00pm Turbo (3-D): 9:50am, 3:10, 8:30pm Turbo (digital): 11:10am, 4:30, 9:50pm 2 Guns (digital): Fri-Sat, 10:05am, 11:20, 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 5:05, 6:30,

7:55, 9:20, 10:45pm; Sun, 10:05am, 11:20, 12:50, 3:35, 5:05, 6:30, 7:55, 9:20, 10:45pm; Mon, 10:05am, 11:20, 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 5:05, 6:30, 7:55, 9:20, 10:45pm; Tue, 10:05am, 11:20, 12:50, 2:10, 3:35, 4:50, 6:30, 9:20, 10:45pm; Wed, 10:05am, 11:20, 12:50, 3:35, 5:05, 7:55, 9:20, 10:45pm; Thu (8/15), 10:05am, 11:20, 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 5:05, 7:55, 9:35, 10:45pm

We’re the Millers (digital): 9:45am, 11:15, 12:40, 2:10, 3:25, 4:55, 6:20, 7:50, 9:10, 10:30pm

The Wolverine (3-D): 11:35am, 2:35, 6:00, 9:05pm The Wolverine (digital): 9:55am, 1:05, 4:10, 7:25, 10:30pm World War Z (3-D): 10:40pm

TINSELTOWN SOUTH S. I-35 & Stassney, 512/326-4408. $10 “special event” ticket prices apply to Indian films.

Kids: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Tue-Wed, 10:00am Despicable Me 2 (3-D): Fri-Tue, 12:25, 5:30, 10:30 Despicable Me 2 (digital): Fri-Tue, 11:25am, 4:25, 9:30pm Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (digital): Fri-Tue, 3:15, 9:25 Monsters University (3-D): Fri-Tue, 2:25, 7:45 Monsters University (digital): Fri-Tue, 11:40am, 5:05pm Pacific Rim (3-D): Fri-Tue, 10:25pm Pacific Rim (digital): Fri-Tue, 3:35, 9:40 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D): Fri-Tue, 12:30, 3:10, 6:00, 8:45 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (digital): Fri-Tue, 11:30am, 2:10, 4:50,

7:30, 10:15pm Planes (3-D): Fri-Tue, 11:55am, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10pm Planes (digital): Fri-Tue, 11:10am, 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15pm The Smurfs 2 (3-D): Fri-Tue, 1:00, 3:45, 6:40 The Smurfs 2 (digital): Fri-Tue, 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:05, 10:40 Thalaivaa (digital): Sat-Tue, 12:15, 4:00, 8:10 This Is the End (digital): Fri-Tue, 9:20pm The To Do List (digital): Fri-Tue, 12:50, 6:50 Turbo (3-D): Fri-Tue, 3:00, 8:00 Turbo (digital): Fri-Tue, 1:55, 7:00 2 Guns (digital): Fri-Tue, 11:50am, 12:45, 2:30, 3:30, 5:10, 6:10, 7:50,

8:50, 10:30pm We’re the Millers (digital): Fri-Tue, 11:45am, 12:40, 2:35, 3:20, 5:15,

6:15, 7:55, 9:00, 10:35pm White House Down (digital): Fri-Tue, noon, 6:20

VIOLET CROWN CINEMA 434 W. Second, 512/495-9600. Four-hour parking validation in attached garage with ticket purchase. Reserved seating; bar and cafe on-site.

Blackfish: Fri-Sat, 11:00am, 2:00, 5:10, 7:00, 8:50, 10:10pm; Sun-Thu (8/15), 11:00am, 3:00, 6:00, 8:00, 9:50pm

Blue Jasmine: Fri-Sat, 11:10am, 12:10, 1:15, 2:15, 3:20, 4:20, 5:25, 6:25, 7:30, 8:30, 9:35, 10:35pm; Sun-Thu (8/15), 11:10am, 12:10, 1:15, 2:15, 3:20, 4:20, 5:25, 6:25, 7:30, 8:30, 9:35pm

Fruitvale Station: Fri-Sat, 3:50pm; Sun-Thu (8/15), 1:00pm *The Way, Way Back: Fri-Sat, 11:50am, 12:50, 3:00, 5:45, 8:00,

10:45pm; Sun-Thu (8/15), 11:30am, 1:40, 3:50, 4:50, 7:00, 9:10pm

WESTGATE 11 S. Lamar & Ben White, 512/899-2717. Discounts daily before 6pm. Cost for 3-D shows is regular ticket price plus a $3.50 premium.

The Conjuring (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 12:35, 3:10, 4:55, 7:50, 10:15; Mon-Wed, noon, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 10:15; Thu (8/15), noon, 2:35, 4:50, 7:20, 10:15

Despicable Me 2 (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50; Thu (8/15), 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30

*Elysium (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 10:00am, 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:30am, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55pm

The Heat (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 1:15, 7:00; Mon-Wed, 1:30, 7:00; Thu (8/15), 1:30pm

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 10:00am, 11:45, 2:20, 7:35pm; Mon-Wed, 11:45am, 2:20, 7:35pm; Thu (8/15), 11:45am, 2:20, 7:25pm

*Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3-D, CC): Fri-Sun, 5:15, 10:25; Mon-Thu (8/15), 4:45, 9:55

Planes (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 10:00am, 12:20, 2:50, 7:30pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:50am, 2:20, 7:00pm

*Planes (3-D, CC): Fri-Sun, 10:25am, 5:10, 9:55pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 4:40, 9:30

Red 2 (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 4:15, 9:40; Thu (8/15), 4:15pm The Smurfs 2 (CC/DVS): 11:30am, 2:00, 7:00pm *The Smurfs 2 (3-D, CC): Fri-Wed, 4:30, 9:25; Thu (8/15), 4:30pm Turbo (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 11:00am, 12:45, 3:00, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15pm;

Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:15am, 12:15, 2:30, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40pm 2 Guns (CC/DVS): Fri-Wed, 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35;

Thu (8/15), 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 8:05, 10:35 We’re the Millers (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 10:00am, noon, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55,

10:35pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), noon, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:35 *The Wolverine (CC/DVS): Fri-Sun, 11:10am, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40,

10:30pm; Mon-Thu (8/15), 11:15am, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30pm

transgressions, Sudeikis’ near-delirious rambling is believably human. Based on his performance in We’re the Millers, Saturday night’s loss may be American film comedy’s gain.HHH – Steve DavisAlamo Lakeline, Alamo Slaughter Lane, Alamo Village, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Flix Brewhouse, Highland, Gateway, iPic, Lakeline, Tinseltown North, Tinseltown South, Westgate

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the attack D: Ziad Doueiri; with Ali Suliman, Reymond Amsalem, Evgenia Dodena, Uri Gavriel, Karim Saleh, Dvir Benedek. (R, 102 min.) A woman weeps as she says goodbye to her husband at the beginning of Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri’s latest film, The Attack. Departing Tel Aviv to visit her family in Palestine, she is not at his side when he receives a prestigious medical award in Tel Aviv. Shortly after the ceremony, a terrorist bomb goes off in the city, killing 17 people. After tending to the surviving victims, the surgeon, Amin (Suliman) – an assimilated Arab – is told that all evidence points to the fact that his wife Siham (Amsalem), who died in the attack, was the bomber. Amin’s known universe no longer makes sense and, after mourning, he begins to investigate, though answers prove elusive. A thoughtful and provocative mystery – not so much into the identity of the bomber, but into Palestinian identity as a whole – The Attack is at its best when making the political personal. (08/02/2013)HHHn – Marjorie Baumgarten

We’re the millers D: Rawson Marshall Thurber; with Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Ed Helms, Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn, Tomer Sisley, Luis Guzmán. (R, 110 min.) The R-rated comedy gets a little harder with We’re the Millers, pun intended. Among other things, it features an 18-year-old’s swol-len, grapefruit-sized testicle on prominent display not once, not twice, but three times. (A pesky tarantula bite causes the gonad’s temporary elephantiasis.) Not since another 18-year-old boinked an apple pie has a movie played teenage male anatomy for such raun-chy laughs. It’s only a matter of time until someone crosses the Rubicon with a pants-down, full-on (well, maybe only half-mast) boner that takes good-natured vulgarity to the next graphic level. The question is: Will anyone be shocked? At this rate, it’s unlikely. But if We’re the Millers is any indication, rest assured it will be outrageously funny in the right hands, so to speak. With its tongue firmly in cheek – as well as in someone’s mouth most of the time – We’re the Millers celebrates fam-ily values in a most nontraditional way. It exaggerates the contempt that familiarity can breed between spouses and siblings – the middle finger is the typical means of communication for the members of the faux Miller clan – while depicting the affec-tion and loyalty that develops from the same intimacy. In its own twisted way, it’s a comedic take on the love/hate dynamic that Eugene O’Neill and Edward Albee mined so powerfully in their best work. If you’ve seen the movie’s trailer, you know the storyline. A small-time Denver drug dealer (Sudeikis), who’s deeply in debt to his source, recruits a stripper (Aniston), a geek (Poulter), and a runaway (Roberts) to pose as his wife and kids as part of a plan to smuggle a huge shipment of marijuana from Mexico to the States. His thinking? No one will suspect the gee-willikers four-some of any criminal activity as they cross the international border in a mammoth recreational vehicle packed with enough pot to impress even Willie Nelson. While its plot points are pedestrian at best, the genius – at least, the definite charm – of We’re the Millers is its notion of family as something beyond a simple blood connec-tion, particularly when exigent circumstanc-es create the ties that bind. With the exception of Roberts, who blends into the background of every scene in which she appears, the cast comprising the Millers keeps this sweetly crude comedy afloat. Poulter’s spot-on performance as the virginal Kenny gives the movie its naive heart, though you can’t discount the comedic chops this British newcomer demonstrates. (His rendition of TLC’s Nineties hip-hop hit “Waterfalls” will knock your socks off.) Aniston once again proves why she’s the Friend with the most staying power, performing a mean striptease in a to-die-for body while conveying a subtle maternal instinct and vulnerability along the way. But it’s recently departed SNL alum Sudeikis who impresses the most. He’s a rare bird: a no-holds-barred comedian who can also play a real person. In the scene in which he pleads forgiveness for his paternal and husbandly



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the smurfs 2 D: Raja Gosnell; with Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Jacob Tremblay; with the voices of Katy Perry, Christina Ricci, Jonathan Winters, J.B. Smoove, George Lopez, Anton Yelchin, John Oliver. (PG, 104 min.) Does the world need another movie about a bunch of miniature, blue-skinned humanoids with bulbous noses and perky bobtails; gnomelike creatures who wear floppy caps, live in mushrooms, and use the word “smurf” in every other sentence? Someone apparently thinks so. The 3-D, live-action/animated film The Smurfs 2 takes up where its wildly success-ful 2011 predecessor left off, as the malevolent magician Gargamel (Azaria) and his feline accomplice Azrael once again scheme to extract mystical Smurf essence in a diabolical plan to rule the world. This time around, however, the Smurfs find themselves in the City of Lights. It’s a clever way to introduce youngsters to one of the world’s most beautiful cities, and, for parents, the Parisian travelogue will provide a welcome distraction from the hocus-pocus storyline and relative absence of subtext. The narrative makes very little sense, but the kids won’t mind. They’ll find it all perfectly smurfy. (08/02/2013)HHHn – Steve DavisAlamo Lakeline, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Flix Brewhouse, Highland, Gateway, iPic, Lakeline, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Tinseltown South, Westgate

J the to Do list D: Maggie Carey; with Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Sarah Steele, Scott Porter, Rachel Bilson, Donald Glover, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Connie Britton, Clark Gregg. (R, 103 min.) Teenage boys losing it at the movies? Been there, done that. But girls’ loss of virginity? That is a tale less told, at least in American mainstream cinema. Parks and Recreation’s eternally deadpan Aubrey Plaza plays Brandy, a know-it-all and proud nerd in Boise, Idaho, circa 1993. As Brandy decides she will lose her virginity by summer’s end, she embarks on a sex-training spree. The language and material are hard-R, although the most visually explicit thing seen here is a hand trawling under underwear. In fact, there’s something rather retro-sweet about The To Do List, with its pre-Internet confusion (see Brandy searching an Encyclopedia Britannica fruitlessly for “rim job”) and the wide berth it gives actual issues of sexual politics. Maybe someday there will be a better commercial comedy about a girl taking charge of her sexual education, but for now, this is the only one we’ve got, and it’s a filthy-fun charmer. (07/26/2013)HHHHn – Kimberley JonesTinseltown South

turBo D: David Soren; with the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Peña, Luis Guzman, Bill Hader, Snoop Dogg, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Patrick Bell. (PG, 96 min.) ”No dream is too big, no dreamer too small,” pro-claims race-car driver Guy Gagné (voiced by Hader) in this animated movie. Those words are taken to heart by Turbo (voiced by Reynolds), a suburban garden snail who dreams of winning the Indianapolis 500. An impossible dream, of course … but we’re in the world of cartoons, so when Turbo gets sucked into the manifold of a car engaged in a street race, the nitrous

a vacant runway. A bit of every character’s backstory is revealed, sexual relations are enjoyed by many, and much gossip and many drugs are shared. A cute pre-amble prior to takeoff features Almodóvar mainstays Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz as ground-crew workers. Even though I’m So Excited! doesn’t soar, the film is a fun flight. (07/26/2013)HHH – Marjorie BaumgartenArbor

Pacific rim D: Guillermo del Toro; with Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Rob Kazinsky, Max Martini, Ron Perlman, Diego Klattenhoff. (PG-13, 131 min.) Chances are you already know if you’re “drift com-patible” (to use the film’s terminology) with Pacific Rim – this summer’s giant monsters vs. robots spectacular – before jumping into the breach. What I can tell you is that Pacific Rim is bigger, badder, smarter, and ferociously louder than any film in this genre ever aspired to previously. In the near future, the world community bands together in its ongoing war with the giant beasts called Kaiju, constructing massive robots, dubbed Jaegers (hunters), to fight them. The program has since been abandoned, but when pilots are needed for an early-model mecha, Jaeger meister Raleigh Becket (Hunnam) is pressed back into service. All the film’s technical contribu-tions are top-notch, and director Guillermo del Toro captures some of the most vivid battle scenes ever recorded in megamonster movies. There’s no deny-ing it: Pacific Rim is the best modern film of its kind. (07/12/2013)HHH – Marjorie BaumgartenAlamo Slaughter Lane, Alamo Village, Barton Creek Square, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Gateway, Tinseltown North, Tinseltown South

reD 2 D: Dean Parisot; with Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung-hun Lee, Neal McDonough, David Thewlis. (PG-13, 116 min.) This bone-crunchingly, brain-numbingly assaultive shoot-’em-up sequel to 2010’s Red, based loosely on a mid-Nineties DC Comics title, retains the happily larky/barky chemistry of the first, but is the boomer generation really clamoring for so many gruesome bullets to the head and snapped necks? Willis – pushing 60 and still cueball-king of the franchises – returns as former CIA black-ops agent Frank Moses, trying to go straight but forever being pulled back into the game by nefarious forces. This time Frank and his old pal Marvin (Malkovich) have been linked – erroneously – to a weapon of mass destruction that went missing in the Eighties; to clear their names, they must go on a wild goose chase (and often slaughter) throughout Europe. It’s all supremely silly stuff, and amusingly so, as long as you don’t stop to think about all those blameless officers and agents cut down in the line of mindless entertainment. (07/19/2013)HHHn – Kimberley JonesAlamo Lakeline, Alamo Slaughter Lane, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Gateway, iPic, Metropolitan, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Westgate

baddie/now daddy Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) exchanged a life of supervillainy for domesticity when three little orphans committed the most heinous crime of all – stealing his heart. In this animated 3-D sequel, the question is: Can Gru also open his heart to romantic love, while saving the world from a mysterious criminal who possesses a serum that transforms Jekylls into Hydes? You can guess how it all turns out. Like its predecessor, DM2 caters to the preadolescent crowd, ramping up the fart jokes and emphasizing the saccharine over the smart. That said, the gibberish and slapstick antics of Gru’s Minions, those little yellow capsules of chaos, appeal to all ages; they’re hugely welcome in a film that’s otherwise unexceptional. Rumor is that the fran-chise’s planned spin-off will feature only these unin-telligible bundles of id. Now that’s a movie everyone can get excited about. (07/05/2013)HHHn – Steve DavisAlamo Slaughter Lane, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Highland, Gateway, Lakeline, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Tinseltown South, Westgate

J fruitvale station D: Ryan Coogler; with Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Ariana Neal, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Ahna O’Reilly, Marjorie Shears. (R, 90 min.) Emotionally wrenching and based on true events, Fruitvale Station creates a sad portrait of a young man shot down in his prime. This winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards for Dramatic Film at Sundance tells the story of Oscar Grant, a black, 22-year-old native of Oakland, Calif., who died on New Year’s Day 2009 from wounds received from a police bullet. A docudrama that traces Oscar’s last day of life, the movie opens with a bystander’s cell-phone recording of the incident, which serves to inform view-ers about the event but also creates a mood of dread that permeates the rest of the film. Jordan delivers a brilliant, sensitive performance as Oscar and is one of the primary reasons Fruitvale has such resonance. However, as much as Fruitvale Station humanizes the person behind the headlines, writer/director Coogler also stacks the deck by overly sentimentalizing Oscar Grant’s story. (07/26/2013)HHH – Marjorie BaumgartenArbor, Barton Creek Square, Metropolitan, Tinseltown North, Violet Crown

i’m so exciteD! D: Pedro Almodóvar; with Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Laya Martí, Javier Cámara, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, José María Yazpik, Guillermo Toledo, José Luis Torrijo, Lola Dueñas, Cecilia Roth, Blanca Suárez, Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas. (R, 95 min., subtitled) I’m So Excited! is something of a return to form for Almodóvar. It’s the kind of madcap comedy the filmmaker made more commonly in the earlier part of his career. It’s not as zany a frolic as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, but it’s pleasantly amusing, if a bit undercooked. It’s something of a roundelay, bouncing variously among a handful of characters, each of whom is a piece of work. On a trans-Atlantic flight from Madrid to Mexico City, a technical malfunction causes the pilot to steer the plane in circles while waiting for clearance to land on

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J Blackfish D: Gabriela Cowperthwaite. (PG-13, 83 min.) This shocking documentary about the plight of captive killer whales at SeaWorld and similar faux-oceanic environs just makes you want to put a bullet in the head of the whole of mankind. Stick a harpoon in us, we’re done for. Cowperthwaite’s depressingly unsurprising doc focuses on the ongoing plight of Tilikum, an orca implicated in a series of aggressive encounters with marine-park employees, which culminated in the death of SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau. Blackfish’s damning core assertion, heavily bolstered by a roster of former SeaWorld trainers and animal experts, is that penning these gorgeous, glossy – and extremely intelligent – black-and-white wonders inside man-made water-worlds with an eye toward entertainment and free enterprise is tantamount to animal cruelty of the highest order. Blackfish systematically, and with great compassion toward all the mammals involved, rips the corporate entity of SeaWorld to shreds for its functional imprisonment of these awe-inspiring creatures. (08/02/2013)HHHHn – Marc SavlovArbor, Violet Crown

the conJuring D: James Wan; with Lili Taylor, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell, Hayley McFarland, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy, Kyla Deaver, Shannon Kook. (R, 111 min.) The Conjuring uses every parlor trick imaginable to scare up a scream. The seen-it-all-before elements of this supernatural thriller, however, are more hoary than horrific. Purportedly based on a true story – aren’t they all? – the film largely takes place in the haunted Rhode Island farmhouse recently inhabited by the Perron family – Roger (Livingston), Carolyn (Taylor), and their five daughters. Soon, things don’t merely go bump in the night; they crash, boom, and clatter. Enter husband-and-wife paranormal investiga-tors Ed and Lorraine Warren (Wilson and Farmiga), who, before you know it, are engaged in holy battle with straight-out-of-hell evil. (The power of Christ is needed to compel a straight face during this ear-splitting nonsense.) The Conjuring wants it both ways, alleging veracity to legitimize its premise and then using familiar (read: overused) tactics to scare the bejesus out of you. It’s enough to make your head turn 360 degrees. (07/19/2013)HH – Steve DavisAlamo Lakeline, Alamo Village, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Highland, Gateway, iPic, Metropolitan, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Westgate

DesPicaBle me 2 D: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin; with the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Steve Coogan, Ken Jeong, Elsie Fisher, Dana Gaier, Moises Arias. (PG, 98 min.) In Despicable Me’s initial installment, former

D: Howard Bretherton and William Keighley; with Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Lillian Roth. (1933, NR, 69 min.) Austin Film Society: Pre-Code Barbara Stanwyck. Stanwyck plays a gun moll who serves time in the women’s unit of San Quentin. @Marchesa Hall & Theatre, Tuesday, 7:30pm.

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D: Lake Bell; with Bell, Fred Melamed, Rob Corddry, Demetri Martin, Michaela Watkins, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, Alexandra Holden, Tig Notaro. (2013, R, 93 min.) Austin Film Society. Lake Bell – the writer, director, and star of this comedy set in the world of movie voiceovers – will be in attendance for a Q&A. The film won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance this year. @Marchesa Hall & Theatre, Wednesday, 8pm.

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D: Shirley Clarke. (1967, NR, 105 min.) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. Recently restored, this landmark documentary captures an all-night talking binge by Jason Holliday – a witty, black, gay cabaret performer and hustler. The avant-garde filmmaker Shirley Clarke creates a vivid sense of documentary truth as Jason recounts the details of his life within a rough, black-and-white format that echoes his self-invention. New print. @Paramount, Saturday & Sunday, 6pm.

Portrait of Jason

D: Alison Klayman. (2012, R, 91 min.) Screenings at the Blanton. This doc is as much a rallying cry for freedom of expression as it is a portrait of an artist whose career is ongoing. (*) @Blanton Museum Auditorium (on the UT campus), Thursday (8/15), 6pm.

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covery of their true identities, the two men become real partners as the number of their opponents swells dramatically. In classic form, Bobby and Stig are solid buddies before the end. Boasting a swift and clever repartee between its two leads, and some engagingly twisty plot convolutions, 2 Guns, is a refreshing blast. (08/02/2013)HHH – Marjorie BaumgartenAlamo Lakeline, Alamo Slaughter Lane, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Flix Brewhouse, Highland, Gateway, iPic, Lakeline, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Tinseltown South, Westgate

the Way, Way Back D: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash; with Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, AnnaSophia Robb, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet. (PG-13, 103 min.) A contemporary coming-of-age tale taking place in a sleepy beach town on Cape Cod, The Way, Way Back savors a Generation X nostalgia for the good ol’ days, its time-warped sensibility invoking Pac-Man, Buick sta-tion wagons, and REO Speedwagon in subtle homage to Eighties-era movies in which teenaged boys experi-ence transformative summers on their way to adult-hood. Sad-sack Duncan (James), a 14-year-old child of divorce, is on extended vacation with his well-meaning mother (Collette) and Trent (Carell), her grossly insen-

fumes magically transform the snail into a racing machine. After running away from home, Turbo is res-cued by Tito (Peña), a man who races snails for enter-tainment, and, together, they get a shot at accomplish-ing their dreams. The plot of this latest DreamWorks Animation release isn’t terribly original, but it’s service-able, and the images are bright and lively. By the time Turbo reaches the finish line, it joins the winner’s circle without quite nabbing the trophy. (07/19/2013)HHH – Marjorie BaumgartenBarton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Gateway, Lakeline, Moviehouse, Tinseltown North, Tinseltown South, Westgate

2 guns D: Baltasar Kormákur; with Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Fred Ward, Edward James Olmos, Robert John Burke. (R, 109 min.) Following the hail of bullets along the way to the fiery conclusion of Baltasar Kormákur’s 2 Guns (which is based on the Boom! graphic novels by Steven Grant) proves to be an entertainingly escap-ist journey. As the film opens, the titular guns – Washington’s Bobby Trench and Wahlberg’s “Stig” Stigman – appear to be partners in crime. However, each man, unknown to the other, is deep undercover: Bobby is a DEA agent and Stig an NCIS officer. Both are out to capture Papi Greco (Olmos), the bullish head of a Mexican drug cartel. After the mutual dis-


sitive, belittling boyfriend from hell. His slump-shoul-dered demeanor only begins to change when Owen (Rockwell), the somewhat irresponsible manager of the local water park, offers Duncan a job. In short (and largely improbable) order, the socially awkward teen finds his self-esteem. James delivers a likable acting turn, though one the film does not always serve hon-estly. That’s the central problem with The Way, Way Back – it’s more manipulative than truthful. (07/12/2013)HHHn – Steve DavisAlamo Lakeline, Arbor, Barton Creek Square, Hill Country Galleria, Metropolitan, Violet Crown

the Wolverine D: James Mangold; with Hugh Jackman, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Will Yun Lee, Ken Yamamura, Haruhiko Yamanouchi, Famke Janssen. (PG-13, 126 min.) The second Wolverine movie to spin off from the original X-Men film franchise casts the perma-snarl-ing, adamantium-clawed Logan (Jackman) as a wolf without a pack, in self-imposed exile after the ruinous losses of 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand. Familiar faces are few and far between, save brief appear-ances by Janssen’s Jean Grey and an end-credits tack-on you’ll want to stick around for. A stand-alone actioner, The Wolverine takes place mostly in modern-day Japan, where Logan reconnects with a former soldier he shielded from the atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945. While never punching in the same weight class as the first two X-Men pictures, screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie, Mark Bomback, and Scott Frank do get some mileage out of the set-ting, pitching Logan as a wandering ronin in search of something to believe in. They’ve also scripted a few standout action set-pieces. Alas, the nonaction is dull as dishwater. (07/26/2013)HHHn – Kimberley JonesAlamo Lakeline, Alamo Slaughter Lane, Alamo Village, Barton Creek Square, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, CM Round Rock, Southpark Meadows, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Flix Brewhouse, Highland, Gateway, Lakeline, Metropolitan, Tinseltown North, Westgate

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Thursday 8Big, Loud & Live 10 (2013) NCM Fathom. The

2013 Drum Corps International World Championship Prelims will be broadcast live from Indianapolis, Ind. @Southpark Meadows, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Tinseltown North, Arbor, Metropolitan, 5:30pm.

J Escape From New York (1981) D: John Carpenter; with Kurt Russell. (R, 99 min.) Tough Guy Cinema. Kurt Russell creates the most unforget-table role of his career: the criminal/hero Snake Plissken. It all takes place in the sci-fi future of 1997, in which the entire island of Manhattan has been put to use as a maximum security prison. @Alamo Lakeline, 7pm.

Footloose Dance-Along (1984) D: Herbert Ross; with Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Lori Singer. Action Pack. @Alamo Ritz, 7:30pm.

J Le Petit Soldat (1963) D: Jean-Luc Godard; with Michel Subor, Anna Karina, Henri-Jacques Huet, Paul Beauvais, László Szabó. (NR, 88 min.) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. Godard’s fourth feature film looks at the possibilities for love in a time of terror. The filmmaker tackles the morality of the Algerian War in this film which is the source of the oft-cited quotation: “Photography is truth … and cinema is truth 24 times a second.” In the film, a right-wing French terrorist falls in love with his female counterpart in a left-wing group. New print. (Double bill: Max and the Junkmen.) @Paramount, 7pm.

J Max and the Junkmen (1971) D: Claude Sautet; with Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider. (NR, 112 min.) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. A French detective infiltrates a group of thieves led by an old friend of his. He feeds them false information and grows sweet on the leader’s girlfriend. This morally complex policier is just now receiving its first U.S. release, having never been released in U.S. theatres until now. (Double bill: Nights of Cabiria.) @Paramount, 8:50pm.

Semi-Charmed Kind of Sing-Along: The Nineties Pop Rock Party Action Pack. @Alamo Ritz, 10:30pm.

SPACESFast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) D: Amy

Heckerling; with Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates. (R, 92 min.) Blue Starlite Drive-In: Date Night. @Austin Studios, 8:45pm.

J “The Love Life of an Octopus” (1967) D: Jean Painlevé. (NR, 14 min.) Close Encounters. Artist-in-residency Jules Buck Jones presents this short film by Jean Painlevé, whose short film stud-ies create a unique blend of hard science and humorous surrealism. @Mass Gallery, 7pm.

Friday 9J The Canyons (2013) D: Paul Schrader; with

Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Gerard Funk. Celebrity Guests: Paul Schrader. Paul Schrader directs this erotic thriller from a script by Bret Easton Ellis. The film, which stars Lindsay Lohan and porn actor James Deen, has stirred lots of con-troversy over its dark view of human behavior. But what else would you expect from the these guys. One wrote Taxi Driver, and the other Less Than Zero. Paul Scrader will be in attendance at the Friday screening for a Q&A. @Alamo Ritz, 7pm.

J Cat People (1982) D: Paul Schrader; with Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O’Toole. (R, 118 min.) Celebrity Guests: Paul Schrader. In Schrader’s remake of the Val Lewton classic, in which horror is implied rather than displayed, a woman transforms into a black leopard as her sexuality deepens. Paul Schrader will introduce the film. @Alamo Ritz, 10:15pm.

J The Gore Gore Girls (1972) D: Herschell Gordon Lewis; with Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin, Henny Youngman. (NR, 81 min.) Horror Show. One of his last films, The Gore Gore Girls is one this exploitation master’s best. A reporter and a detec-tive seek to discover who is killing a club’s strip-pers. @Alamo Slaughter Lane, 10:30pm.

Jurassic Park (1993) D: Steven Spielberg; with Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough. (PG-13, 127 min.) Master Pancake. See the Pancake merrymakers point and laugh at the prehistoric beasties. (*) @Alamo Lakeline, 7, 10.

J Le Petit Soldat (1963) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. @Paramount, 9:15pm. (See Thursday, 8/8.)

J Max and the Junkmen (1971) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. @Paramount, 7pm. (See Thursday, 8/8.)

J The Mission (1999) D: Johnnie To; with Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Francis Ng, Jackie Lui Chung-yin. (NR, 71 min.) Austin Film Society: Films of Johnnie To. Five protectors of a Triad boss are turned against one another. @Marchesa Hall & Theatre, 8pm.

Muppets From Space Free. (*) @Alamo Village, 10am.The Neverending Story In this inventive and inspir-

ing fantasy, the book that’s read by the story’s hero actually comes to life. (*) @Paramount, 3:35pm.

The Smurfs 2 (sensory friendly) At these screenings, the auditorium has its lights brought up and the sound turned down. Additionally, audience members are welcome to get up and move around during the screening and bring along special-diet snacks. @Barton Creek Square, 10am.

sunday 11J Adjust Your Tracking (2013) D: Dan Kinem

and Levi Peretic. (NR, 84 min.) Video Hate Squad. This documentary about present-day video culture features a great many interviewees, including such Austin locals as Zack Carlson and Brian Connolly. @Alamo Ritz, 10pm.

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) D: John English and William Witney; with Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr.. Sprocket Society: Secret Sunday Matinees. Weekly episodes of this Forties serial are followed by a “secret classic feature.” Shazam! @Alamo Ritz, 11am.

J Amarcord (1973) D: Federico Fellini. (R, 123 min.) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. With this film, Fellini gives us the story of life in his small Italian home town as well as his joy-ful, funny, lusty, and poignant experiences there as a child and young man. It is a lovely portrait, full of emotions and detail, and a story Fellini knew inside and out. @Stateside at the Paramount, 4:05pm.

J An American Tail (1986) D: Don Bluth; with the voices of Phillip Glasser, Cathianne Blore, Dom DeLuise. (G, 83 min.) Celebrity Guests: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. In this animated film, the immi-grant experience in America is shown through the story of young Fievel of the Mousekewitz family. @Alamo Lakeline, 1pm.

Dirty Dancing (1987) D: Emile Ardolino; with Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey. (PG-13, 100 min.) Cinemark Classics. (*) @Hill Country Galleria, Tinseltown North, 2, 7.

Flesh Pier (1958) D: Teruo Ishii; with Yoko Mihara, Hiroshi Asami, Seiji Hara. (NR, 73 min.) Shintoho Mindwarp. Japan’s short-lived Shintoho studios spe-cialized in making horror, noir, and risqué oddities. In this film, an undercover cop investigates a call-girl ring and discovers his long-lost love. (*) @Alamo Ritz, 5pm.

The Horizon Glitters (1961) D: Michiyoshi Doi; with Jerry Fujio, Terumi Hoshi. (NR, 89 min.) Shintoho Mindwarp. Although Japan’s short-lived Shintoho studios specialized in making horror, noir, and ris-qué oddities, this film is unusual for them: a black comedy. @Alamo Ritz, 7:15pm.

J The Mission (1999) Austin Film Society: Films of Johnnie To. @Marchesa Hall & Theatre, 2pm. (See Friday.)

J Portrait of Jason (1967) See p.56.J “The Red Balloon” and “White Mane”

Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. @Paramount, 4:05pm. (See Saturday.)

Shaun of the Dead Quote-Along (2004) D: Edgar Wright; with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost. (R, 97 min.) Action Pack. @Alamo Village, 7pm.

J Umberto D. (1952) D: VIttorio De Sica; with Carlo Battisti. (NR, 89 min.) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. In this simple but heartbreak-ing tale by the Italian neorealist master De Sica, a retired man tries to scrape by on his pension and draws sustenance from his love for his dog, his only companion. @Stateside at the Paramount, 6:05pm.

SPACESBreaking Bad BC Smoke Shop. @The North Door, 7pm.El Ultimo Bandoneón (2005) D: Alejandro

Saderman. (NR, 90 min.) Tarde de Documental. Venezualan documentary about this musical instru-ment. @EsquinaTango, 5:30pm.

J The Show! The film lineup includes”Merman” by Jono Foley, “Dead Explorer” by Alejandro Dominguez, “Ex-Votos” by Ivete Lucas, and “My Mom Smokes Weed” by Clay Liford. Ralphie Hardesty will serve as host and the improv group, Girls Girls Girls, will perform. For more info and advance tickets see www.theshowaustin.com. @Spider House Ballroom, 8:30pm.

Tarantino Month Food and drink specials. @Aviary Lounge, 8pm.

Semi-Charmed Kind of Sing-Along: The Nineties Pop Rock Party Action Pack. @Alamo Village, 10:45pm. (See Thursday, 8/8.)

SPACESThe Goonies (1985) D: Richard Donner; with Sean

Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton. (PG, 114 min.) Summer Movie Nights. Free. (*) @Top Notch, 8pm.

Grease (1978) D: Randal Kleiser; with Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta. (PG, 112 min.) Blue Starlite Drive-In: Frisco’s 60th Anniversary. (*) @Austin Studios, 8:45pm.

I Declare War (2012) D: Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson; with Gage Munroe, Siam Yu, Michael Friend. (NR, 94 min.) Rolling Roadshow: Capture the Flag Paintball Challenge. Participate in a game of cap-ture the flag and other activities before an outdoor screening of this 2012 Fantastic Fest Audience Award winner. @Stunt Ranch, 5pm.

J Maniac (2013) D: Franck Khalfoun; with Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder. (NR, 89 min.) This remake of the 1980 slasher film stars Elijah Wood as the owner of a mannequin shop who becomes fixated on one of his patrons. The novelty of the movie is that it’s all shot from the serial killer’s point of view. This is the Austin premiere. @The North Door, 10:30pm.

KIDSMonsters vs. Aliens Free. (*) @Alamo Slaughter

Lane, Alamo Village, 10am.

saTurday 10All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) Burt Reynolds,

Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi, Melba Moore (G, 89 min.) Celebrity Guests: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. In this animated film, a dog returns from heaven to seek revenge for his untimely death, but winds up learning about love and sacrifice. @Alamo Lakeline, 4pm.

J The Canyons (2013) Celebrity Guests: Paul Schrader. @Alamo Ritz, 3:30pm. (See Friday.)

Jurassic Park (1993) Master Pancake. @Alamo Ritz, 7, 10. (See Friday.)

J Portrait of Jason (1967) See p.56.J “The Red Balloon” and “White Mane”

D: Albert Lamorisse. Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. These two short, French movies from the Fifties are among the most beloved of all childrens’ films. In “The Red Balloon” (1956) a boy follows a balloon throughout the city, and in “White Mane” (1953) a boy befriends a stallion. (Double bill: The Neverending Story.) @Paramount, 2pm.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (R, 95 min.) Austin fans have been dressing up and doing the “Time Warp” thing live for more than three decades. For more info, see www.austinrocky.org. @Alamo Village, 12mid.

J The Secret of NIMH (1982) D: Don Bluth. (G, 82 min.) Celebrity Guests: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Animated adventure features lab animals that are as smart as humans. @Alamo Lakeline, 1pm.

Totally Eighties Sing-Along Dance Party Action Pack. @Alamo Slaughter Lane, 10:15pm; Alamo Village, 10:45pm. (See above.)

SPACESGrease and Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Blue Starlite Drive-In: Double Feature. @Austin Studios, 8:45pm.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) D: Peter Jackson; with Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin. (PG-13, 179 min.) Austin Public Library. Free. (*) @University Hills Branch Library, 1pm.

J Maniac (2013) @The North Door, 10:30pm. (See Friday.)

Santos vs. the Vampire Women (1962) D: Alfonso Corona Blake; with Santo, Lorena Velázquez. (NR, 89 min.) Austin School of Film: Pessadillas Calidas, Horror Films From Mexico. Santo, the Mexican wrestling hero, rescues a woman captured by a vampire horde. @Austin School of Film, 9pm; free.

KIDSMadagascar Free. (*) @Alamo Lakeline, 9:30am.Matilda Wear your PJs. (*) @Flix Brewhouse, 10:30am.Monsters vs. Aliens Free. (*) @Alamo Slaughter

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KIDSMadagascar Free. (*) @Alamo Lakeline, 10:30am.Monsters vs. Aliens Free. (*) @Alamo Slaughter

Lane, 10am.Muppets From Space Free. (*) @Alamo Village, 10am.The Neverending Story In this inventive and

inspiring fantasy, the book that’s read by the story’s hero actually comes to life. (*) @Paramount, 2pm.

Monday 12The Big Lebowski Quote-Along (1998) (R, 117

min.) Action Pack. @Alamo Slaughter Lane, 7:15pm.Broadcast News (1987) D: James L. Brooks; with

Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, William Hurt. Cinema Club. This brilliant romantic comedy was nominated for an Oscar in almost every category, but took home nothing. Guest curator, Elizabeth Avellán of Troublemaker Studios and EYA Productions, will present the film. @Alamo Ritz, 7pm.

J The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) D: Luis Buñuel; with Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran. (PG, 100 min.) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. This Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film is also one of Buñuel’s most accessible works. A comic gem, Discreet Charm tells the story of a group of wealthy friends who repeatedly gather together for a meal, only to have their dining plans interrupted by some surreal event or another. (Double bill: That Obscure Object of Desire.) (*) @Paramount, 7pm.

J District 9 (2009) D: Neill Blomkamp; with Sharlto Copley. (R, 113 min.) This previous film from the director of Elysium is a wrenching, riveting, occa-sionally violent, and socially conscious science fic-tion film and love story. (*) @Alamo Lakeline, 7pm.

The Musical Depreciation Revue D: Various. (NR, 80 min.) Music Monday. Maestros of every musical instrument, from the whoopee cushion to the shotgun, are gathered in this clip reel. @Alamo Ritz, 10:10pm.

Oblivion (2013) D: Joseph Kosinski; with Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough. (PG-13, 125 min.) AMC Summer Nights. (*) @Barton Creek Square, 10pm.

J That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) D: Luis Buñuel; with Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina. (R, 102 min.) Summer Film Classics:World Cinema Classics. Buñuel weaves a hypnotic story about a man who is obsessed with his much younger maid – who is played by two different actresses, reflecting various sides of her personality. (Double bill: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.) @Paramount, 9:05pm.

Trainspotting (1996) D: Danny Boyle; with Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald. (R, 94 min.) Bangarang!. (*) @Alamo Village, 7pm.


Lane, 11am.Muppets From Space Free. (*) @Alamo Village, 11am.

Tuesday 13Austenland (2013) D: Jerusha Hess; with Keri

Russell, Bret McKenzie, JJ Feild, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour, James Callis. (PG-13, 97 min.) This advance screening of the soon-to-be released film seems custom-made for Girlie Night. @Alamo Lakeline, 7:30pm.

Axe (1977) D: Frederick R. Friedel; with Leslie Lee, Jack Canon, Frederick R. Friedel. (R, 68 min.) Terror Tuesday. At their remote farmhouse, a girl and her paralyzed grandfather are terrorized by criminals. @Alamo Ritz, 10:10pm.

J The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. @Paramount, 9:05pm. (See Monday.)

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013) (NR, 150 min.) NCM Fathom. Video footage from this year’s legendary guitar festival at Madison Square Garden includes behind-the-scenes footage and performances by the Allman Brothers Band, Booker T., Buddy Guy, Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Gregg Allman, Jeff Beck, John Mayer, Keith Richards, Keith Urban, Los Lobos, Robert Cray, Sonny Landreth, Vince Gill, and many more. @Southpark

Meadows, Arbor, Metropolitan, Hill Country Galleria, CM Cedar Park, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Tinseltown North, 7:30pm.

J Ladies They Talk About (1933) See p.56.Mystery Preview Master Pancake Theater.

Mystery mocking. @Alamo Village, 7pm.Notting Hill (1999) D: Roger Michell; with Julia

Roberts, Hugh Grant. (PG-13, 123 min.) Girlie Night. Love blossoms between a London bookstore owner and beautiful movie star. Can this relationship sur-vive the obvious hindrances? (*) @Alamo Ritz, 7pm.

Oblivion (2013) AMC Summer Nights. @Barton Creek Square, 10pm. (See Monday.)

J That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Summer Film Classics:World Cinema Classics. @Paramount, 7pm. (See Monday.)

SPACESJ Bug Davidson Retrospective and “Nothing Like Ivanhoe” Premiere D: Bug Davidson. Polari. A retrospective of the short films of Bug Davidson, recipient of this year’s Polari Filmmaker Assistance Program, will screen, along with the premiere of his newest film. Next year’s recipient will also be announced here. @The North Door, 8pm; free.

Hotel Transylvania (2012) D: Genndy Tartakovsky; with the voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez. (PG, 91 min.) Austin Public Library: Family Movie Night. Free. (*) @Twin Oaks Branch Library, 6:30pm.

Monsters (2010) D: Gareth Edwards; with Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able. (R, 97 min.) Austin Public Library: Weeknight Cinema – Contemporary Kaiju. Free. (*) @Milwood Branch Library, 6:30pm.

KIDSAlvin and the Chipmunks $1. (*) @Tinseltown

South, 10am.Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Free. (*)

@Moviehouse, 10am.Madagascar Free. (*) @Alamo Lakeline, 9:40am.Monsters vs. Aliens Free. (*) @Alamo Slaughter

Lane, 11am.Muppets From Space Free. (*) @Alamo Village,

10:25am.

Wednesday 14Dirty Dancing (1987) Cinemark Classics.

@Hill Country Galleria, Tinseltown North, 2pm. (See Sunday.)

J Le Doulos (1962) D: Jean-Pierre Melville; with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Dessailly, Michel Piccoli. (NR, 108 min.) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. Le Doulos (The Finger Man) is a black-and-white tale of chase and betrayal among cops, thieves, and snitches. It is one of Melville’s best films. (Double bill: Un Flic.) @Paramount, 7pm.

J In a World … (2013) See p.56.In Organic We Trust (2012) D: Kip Pastor. (NR, 90

min.) Chipotle and Urban Roots. This documentary explores what the organic label actually means. Following the movie, the director will participate in a panel discussion about local barriers to sustain-able agriculture in Austin, which will be moder-ated by Kate Vickery, an urban agriculture planner with the city of Austin. Joinng them will be State Representative Eddie Rodriguez and Urban Roots Executive Director Max Elliott. @Alamo Village, 6pm.

J Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) D: Guy Ritchie; with Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Stratham, Sting. (R, 106 min.) Guy Ritchie’s turbocharged debut. (*) @Alamo Village, 7pm.

99 Women (1969) D: Jess Franco; with Luciana Paluzzi. (NR, 90 min.) Weird Wednesday. Prolific and controversial Italian filmmaker Jess Franco helped usher in the golden age of women-in-prison movies with this gem. (*) @Alamo Ritz, 10pm.

Notting Hill (1999) Girlie Night. @Alamo Lakeline, 7pm. (See Tuesday.)

Oblivion (2013) AMC Summer Nights. @Barton Creek Square, 10pm. (See Monday.)

A Place at the Table (2013) D: Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush. (PG, 80 min.) Faith Presbyterian Church. The issue of hunger in America is on the menu in this stirring documentary. The film will be followed by a Q&A. Proceeds will benefit Mobile Loaves and Fishes. (*) @Alamo Slaughter Lane, 6:30pm; $20.

J Un Flic (1972) D: Jean-Pierre Melville; with Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve. Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. Melville’s film (aka Dirty Money) scrupulously focuses on the details of a bank robbery while behind the scenes, one of the thieves and a vice cop are involved with the same moll. New print. (Double bill: Le Doulos.) @Paramount, 9:10pm.

SPACESJ An Evening of Texas Shorts Austin Film

Festival: Made in Texas. A collection of narrative, animated, documentary, and experimental films that have shown at the festival over the years will screen. See www.austinfilmfestival.com for the lineup. @Texas Spirit Theater, 7pm.

J Flash Gordon (1980) D: Mike Hodges; with Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max Von Sydow, Ornella Mutti. (PG, 111 min.) Do512: Austin Sound & Cinema – Music & Movies on the Lawn. Music by Magnifico (a Queen tribute band) at 8pm; movie at dusk. @Long Center for the Performing Arts City Terrace, 8pm.

Last Night at the Alamo (1984) D: Eagle Pennell; with Kim Henkel, Lou Perryman, Sonny Carl Davis. (NR, 80 min.) I Luv Spider Juice Video Nights. Wonderful ensemble performances enrich the soulful twang of this Texas movie. (*) @Spider House, 9pm.

KIDSAlvin and the Chipmunks $1. (*) @Hill Country

Galleria, Tinseltown South, 10am.Life of Pi Free. (*) @Millennium, 10:30am.Madagascar Free. (*) @Alamo Lakeline, 9:40am.Monsters vs. Aliens Free. (*) @Alamo Slaughter


10:30am.

Thursday 15J District 9 (2009) @Alamo Lakeline, 7pm. (See

Monday.)J Le Doulos (1962) Summer Film Classics:

World Cinema Classics. @Paramount, 9pm. (See Wednesday.)

J Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival This film festival celebrates films made for nonprofits and other cause-driven films. See www.lightscamerahelp.org for the full schedule, which continues through Saturday, August 17. @Alamo Village, 6:30pm.

Semi-Charmed Kind of Sing-Along: The Nineties Pop Rock Party Action Pack. @Alamo Ritz, 9:45pm. (See Thursday, 8/8.)

Shaun of the Dead Quote-Along (2004) Action Pack. @Alamo Ritz, 7pm. (See Sunday.)

Starship Troopers (1997) D: Paul Verhoeven; with Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Jake Busey. (R, 125 min.) NCM Fathom: RiffTrax Live. Listen as the RiffTrax crew cracks wise on this alien-invasion pic-ture. (*) @Southpark Meadows, Arbor, Metropolitan, Hill Country Galleria, CM Cedar Park, Cinemark Stone Hill Town Center, Tinseltown North, 7pm.

J Stranded in Canton (2005) D: William Eggleston. (NR, 76 min.) Austin Film Society: That’s Genius. Photographer William Eggleston turns to a video camera to shoot this collage of colorful characters around Memphis. Andrew Bujalski, who used the same video equipment in his soon-to-be-released feature Computer Chess, presents the film. @Marchesa Hall & Theatre, 8pm.

J Un Flic (1972) Summer Film Classics: World Cinema Classics. @Paramount, 7pm. (See Wednesday.)

J Whisky Galore! (1949) D: Alexander Mackendrick; with Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood. (NR, 82 min.) When a ship carrying cases of whisky runs aground off Scotland, the island inhabitants of the Outer Hebrides rummage as many bottles as they can find before the authorities step in. @Alamo Slaughter Lane, 7:15pm.

SPACESEdible City: Grow the Revolution (2012)

D: Andrew Hasse. (NR, 71 min.) Third Coast Activists. Potluck dinner at 7pm; movie at 8pm. @5604 Manor, 8pm.

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) D: Sam Raimi; with James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams. (PG, 130 min.) Austin Public Library: Based on Books. Free. (*) @Yarborough Branch Library, 6:30pm.

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Flight of the Butterflies (2012) D: Mike Slee; with Gordon Pinsent, Patricia Phillips. (NR, 44 min.) The life cycle of a monarch butterfly and its long-distance migration from Canada to Central Mexico is captured in this 3-D nature documentary that also focuses on the decades of fieldwork conducted by Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart.

Great White Shark (2013) D: Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas; narrated by Bill Nighy. (NR, 40 min.) This 3-D film explores the great white’s place in our imaginationsand fears, while concentrating on key aggregation points in the waters off Mexico, South Africa, Los Angeles, and New Zealand.

Rocky Mountain Express (2011) D: Stephen Low. (NR, 45 min.) Giant IMAX cameras were strapped to a 1930s steam engine from the Canadian Pacific Railway to follow its trek through the Rockies from Vancouver to Calgary.

Texas: The Big Picture (2003) D: Scott Swofford; narrated by Colby Donaldson. (NR, 39 min.) Texas is shown to be a land broad enough to produce every-thing from grapefruit to microchips.

oFFscreenAustin FilmWorks: The Film Mind This 12-week

course covering advanced cinematography and directing, taught by filmmaker Steve Mims, blends an in-depth examination of current large-sensor digital cinematography with classic filmmaking techniques. Register now for the fall schedule. See website for details. www.austinfilmworks.com.

Cine las Americas: Season Launch Party Celebrate the start of a new season and find out what the future holds for this thriving multicultural organization. Wed., Sept. 4, 6-10pm. 400-B W. Second. www.cinelasamericas.org.

Screen It Like You Mean It Austin Studios has a state-of-the-art screening room, which is available to the public on a rental basis. Community and indie rates are available for the room, which sports an 18-foot-by-7-foot screen, 28 fixed theatre seats, a sur-round-sound system, and supports Super 35, 35mm, 16mm, VHS, and DVD formats. Accessibility, rest-rooms – the works. It also has a break room suitable for presentations, meetings, and general cinematic tomfoolery. 512/322-0145. www.austinstudios.org.

The 48 Hour Film Project: Register Now! It’s the world’s largest filmmaking competition and it happens, this year, on Aug. 16-18 in more than 125 cities. Why enter the competition? Listen: The best film from Austin will be awarded a copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter Software and a trophy and will be screened at the 48 Hour Film Project Filmapalooza in 2014. Also, the top 12 films globally will screen at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. Oh my, yes. See website for details and mind the dead-line: Fri., Aug. 16. www.48hourfilm.com/Austin.

Ultimate Capture-the-Flag Paintball Challenge Drafthouse Films challenges Austinites to participate in an explosive all-or-nothing game of Capture-the-Flag as part of their latest Rolling Roadshow. Team up with the star and directors of new film I Declare War and battle it out in the Texas wilderness, then enjoy a screening of that compelling narrative feature – and some of the best barbecue in Texas, from Micklethwait Craft Meats! See website for details. Fri., Aug. 9, Stunt Ranch, 13317 Fitzhugh. $10-25. www.drafthouse.com.

Upstart’s Off-Kilter Xmas Film Fest: Call for Entries This fifth annual Bastrop-based festival is looking for DVDs of your short films – 10 minutes or shorter – preferably comic – about holidays gone awry. See website for details. Mail the DVD (with a $10 entry fee, payable to Upstart) to: Carolyn Banks, 223 Riverwood Drive, Bastrop, TX, 78602. Deadline: Sept. 1. www.upstartbastrop.com.



Mohawk, Friday 9 Honky opens. Inside afterward: Howl, Lord Dying, Unmothered

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in-stores: Friday: Colin Gilmore, Waterloo Records, 5pm; Buildings, John Wesley Coleman, the Abominable Mex, Trailer Space, 7pm; Saturday: Cabra, Coma in Algiers, Elvis, Secret Society in Smaller Lies, Trailer Space, 7pm; Tuesday: IBN UBO, Dakota Hogback, Polio Club, Trailer Space, 7pm; Thursday: Jesse Woods, Waterloo Records, 5pm; Kingdom of Suicide Lovers, Trailer Space, 7pm

Elliott Smith tributEScottish Rite Theatre, Friday 9 A chance meeting between David Garza and Ashley Welch, younger sister of Elliott Smith, sparked a series of national tribute shows in memory of the late folksinger this month in New York, Portland, and Los Angeles. The local installment, organized by Garza and hosted by KUTX jock Jody Denberg, features performances from Amy Cook, Ben Kweller, Nina Diaz (Girl in a Coma), Johnny Goudie, Nakia, Dana Falconberry, Suzanna Choffel, and Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle singing from Smith’s melancholy songbook. Fittingly, the event benefits SIMS, which provides mental health services for musicians. – Kevin Curtin

WannabESCarousel Lounge, Friday 9 “If you’re not dead by August,” proclaimed the Wannabes on 1990’s Lucky Pierre, “you’re not dead.” A bumper sticker-worthy encapsulation of life in this slow furnace still resonates nearly three decades later as lake levels drop and Lost Pines burns. Recognized with a mayoral edict proclaiming “Wannabes Day” in 2011, the local quartet remains a genuine Austin institution. Even though their prescient “Don’t Move Here” T-shirts failed spectacularly, their well-crafted barroom pop anthems remain the perfect analgesic for wistful yearnings of all stripes. – Greg Beets

Sara hickman cD rElEaSECactus Cafe, Saturday 10 Stretching back to the Reagan era, Sara Hickman’s long, varied career has seen a variety of highs and lows. Delivering on the potential to be both daring and soul-stirring, her goal with new disc Shine, stitched together from ideas Hickman presented to film and TV scorer Jim Jacobsen to flesh out, was nothing heavy, just to have some fun. The results are far from typical singer-songwriter fare, with raucous guitars and eclectic beats bending behind sometimes compassionate, sometimes whimsical lyrics. Hickman beams into the Cactus with full band in tow. – Jim Caligiuri

bavu blakES, thE FinESt kinDHole in the Wall, Saturday 10 Focused on family and profession since returning home after a three-year stint in Long Beach, Calif., ATX rap forefather Bavu Blakes reunites with his D-Madness-backed Extra Plairs in celebration of local soul suppliers the Finest Kind and their new EP Colors. Also on the docket: rapper Phranchyze, acoustic roots soul man Josh Halverson, and Big Britches, an eight-man party line snaking the UT saloon ’til closing time. – Chase Hoffberger

Fat tony, FlESh lightSHotel Vegas, Saturday 10 Raised equally on punk and Houston hip-hop neighbors like the Geto Boys, Third Ward native Fat Tony has found an Austin home in Eastside garage-punk mecca Hotel Vegas. There, the young architect of June’s Smart Ass Black Boy has fallen in line with unlikely local conspirators Flesh Lights, the high-flying threepiece that recently returned from West Coast pillaging. – Chase Hoffberger

malignoBeerland, Sunday 11 Monterrey’s Maligno carries major weight in its home country. Outside of three award-winning albums, the most recent of which was produced by underground metal heavyweight Billy Anderson and guest-starred Rodrigo y Gabriela, this doom-crunch powerhouse has shared stages with everyone from Cathedral and Deicide to Guns N’ Roses. A local stopover highlights its 30-day U.S. trek to prep for album número cuatro. A trio of Austin headbangers rip shit up first: teeth-gritting thrashcore titan the Blood Royale, swamp-metal goblin Sabbath Crow, and wild-eyed acid-sludge beast Bearded Ox. – Michael Toland

buck oWEnS mEmorial birthDay baShContinental Club, Monday 12 Tip yer cowboy hat to the Sherman native whose “Bakersfield sound” redefined country in

the Sixties. Buck Owens & the Buckaroos amped up Nashville with twang and thunder including “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail” and “Act Naturally,” famously covered by the Beatles. The Austin Buckaroos feature Casper Rawls, Craig Pettigrew, Johnny Cox, and Tom Lewis, plus guests from California to North Carolina, including Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, Rosie Flores, Billy Dee, Randy Weeks, Redd Volkaert, the Wagoneers, Mike Stinson, Rebecca Cannon, Graham Reynolds, the Carper Family, and more. – Margaret Moser

bruno marSFrank Erwin Center, Wednesday 14 Hawaii’s sharply dressed man, Bruno Mars, re-ups his R&B gold status with second LP Unorthodox Jukebox, which dropped in December. With his once-in-a-generation croon and the writing chops to back it up, he slips smoothly from powerful love anthems to reggae-tinged hits. Mars’ second LP is a different story than 2010 debut Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which wove compelling romance, whereas Jukebox drops from a more jaded artist who’s spent years in the jungle. – Nina Hernandez

SoulFlyDirty Dog Bar, Thursday 15 Max Cavalera likely got over being mentioned in the same breath as Sepultura, the Brazilian death/thrash legend he founded, especially since he’s led its successor Soulfly for longer. Enslaved, the band’s 2012 opus, proudly raises the standard for Cavalera’s open-minded vision of metal, incorporating psychedelic and world-beat flavors into its death metal stew. The band’s upcoming LP produced by Terry Date will no doubt take another step forward. Fellow Phoenix flesh-rippers Incite (fronted by Cavalera’s stepson) and Lody Kong come along for the ride, while Austin politicore thrasher Beyond Gods and Empires and Stephenville thrash invader Insurgence warm things up. – Michael Toland

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Buzz Osbourne is musing aloud about the wonder Melvins 30th Anniversary of sludge-metal/punk/art-damage pioneers the Melvins celebrating 30 years alive. It’s hardly something he envisioned at the band’s birth. “No, not for one minute,” says the singer/guitarist. “But I’m not about those kinds of things. I guess I’m more about, ‘What are you doing in the boat?’ You know, you really don’t have tomorrow. That’s okay! I’ve never been one to sit around and consider things of that nature.” Understandable. By Osbourne’s account, the band’s been working too hard to reflect. In just under two years, they released, “The five-song EP [The Bulls And The Bees] with the regular Melvins”; “a full-length album [Freak Puke] with the Melvins Lite, a less heavy ver-sion of the band”; and “a four-song EP called Melvins 1983, with me, Dale [Crover, Melvins’ drummer/sometime bassist], and our original drummer Mike Dillard.” Then there’s the current LP, Everybody Loves Sausages, a covers disc that finds the

Melvins interpreting everyone from Venom and the Fugs to Queen, David Bowie, and the Jam. Pals like Jello Biafra, Foetus Aussie J.G. Thirlwell, Scott Kelly of Neurosis, and Blondie’s Clem Burke come included. “Now we have another record coming out called Tres Cabrones,” he injects. “That’s with the Melvins 1983 lineup, all-new songs. That comes out in November.” Between “two full-length albums, a full-length covers album, a host of seven-inches and 12-inches, and two EPs by three different lineups of the band,” tours were undertaken, including this one, with openers Honky, whose Jeff Pinkus subs in for Melvins bassist Jared Warren. Amazingly, the Melvins audience supports all such hyperactivity. “Well, it’s just records, y’know?,” quips Osborne. “People can afford medical marijuana, so I think they can afford to buy our records!” – Tim Stegall

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BOBBy PAttErSON & tHE DISCIPLESContinental Club, Friday 9 Texan soul legend on the comeback. See “Playback,” p.41.

rEvErEND HOrtON HEAtAntone’s, Saturday 10 Deviled nitrobilly, plus the Hankisms of Wayne “the Train” Hancock and S.A. accordion punks Piñata Protest. Wall to wall.

yOUNG DUBLINErSBelmont, Saturday 10 SoCal Celtic rock on LP 9 as fronted still by Old Town native Keith Roberts.

MyStIKALInfest, Saturday 10 NOLA MC and posse out on probation for crunk and gangsta.

rOSIE FLOrES BANDGruene Hall, Sunday 11 If not country at the Broken Spoke, then free rockabilly 5-9pm in Gruene’s Historic District.

CANDyE KANEContinental Club, Tuesday 13 Cancer kicker seduces blues, 10pm.

LEx LANDCentral Market North, Wednesday 14 Young local heads Mother’s Milk Bank of Austin fundraiser.

KEItH UrBANAustin 360 Amphitheater, Thursday 15 Kiwi country hunk and father of two with Nic.

BILLy BACON & tHE FOrBIDDEN PIGSPoodie’s, Thursday 15 Pulled pork roots-rock for going on 30 years, 9pm.

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Live Music venues290 WEST BAR & GRILL, 12013 Hwy. 290 W., 512/288-0808AMAYA’S TACO VILLAGE, 5804 N I-35, 512/458-2531AMPED AUSTIN, 300 E. Sixth, 512/469-7655ANDERSON MILL TAVERN, 10401 Anderson Mill,

512/918-1599ANTONE’S, 2015 E. Riverside, 512/800-4628 AUSTIN 360 AMPHITHEATER AT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS,

9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd., 800/745-3000THE BACKYARD AT BEE CAVE, 13801 Bee Cave Pkwy.,

512/651-5033BAKER ST. PUB & GRILL, 3003 S. Lamar, 512/691-9140BAR 141, 141 E. Hopkins St., San Marcos, 512/558-7399BARBARELLA, 615 Red River, 512/476-7766BARTON SPRINGS FOOD COURT, 415 Jessie, 512/761-8622 BAT BAR, 218 E. Sixth, 512/474-6363BB ROVERS, 12636 Research Ste. B-101, 512/335-9504B.D. RILEY’S IRISH PUB, 204 E. Sixth, 512/494-1335BEERLAND, 711 Red River, 512/479-7625THE BELMONT, 305 W. Sixth, 512/476-2100BILLY’S ICE HOUSE, 1193 Loop 337, New Braunfels,

830/629-8169 BOURBON GIRL, 212 E. Sixth, 512/433-6983BRASS HOUSE, 115-B San Jacinto, 512/649-1253 BROKEN SPOKE, 3201 S. Lamar, 512/442-6189THE BROWN BAR, 201 W. Eighth, 512/480-8330CACTUS CAFE, Texas Union, UT campus, 512/475-6515CAROUSEL LOUNGE, 1110 E. 52nd, 512/452-6790CEDAR STREET, 208 W. Fourth, 512/495-9669CENTRAL MARKET NORTH, 4001 N. Lamar, 512/206-1000CHEATHAM STREET WAREHOUSE, 119 Cheatham St.,

San Marcos, 512/353-3777CHERRY CREEK CATFISH RESTAURANT,

5712 Manchaca Rd., 512/440-8810CHEZ ZEE, 5406 Balcones, 512/454-2666CHUGGIN’ MONKEY, 219 E. Sixth, 512/476-5015CLUB DE VILLE, 900 Red River, 512/457-0900CONTINENTAL CLUB, 1315 S. Congress, 512/441-2444COTTON CLUB, 212 E. Davilla St., Granger, 512/859-0700COUPLAND DANCEHALL, 101-103 Hoxie, Coupland,

512/856-2226DIRTY DOG BAR, 505 E. Sixth, 512/236-9800DIVE BAR, 1703 Guadalupe, 512/482-3483 DIZZY ROOSTER, 306 E. Sixth, 512/236-1667DOC’S BACKYARD, 5207 Brodie #100, Sunset Valley,

512/892-5200THE DOGWOOD, 715 W. Sixth, 512/531-9062DONN’S DEPOT, 1600 W. Fifth, 512/478-0336DOWN UNDER DELI, 21209 Hwy. 71 W., Spicewood,

512/264-8000THE DRISKILL HOTEL, 604 Brazos, 512/474-5911EAST SIDE SHOW ROOM, 1100 E. Sixth, 512/467-4280EDDIE V’S EDGEWATER GRILLE, 301 E. Fifth, 512/472-1860EL SOL Y LA LUNA, 600 E. Sixth, 512/444-7770ELEPHANT ROOM, 315 Congress, 512/473-2279ELYSIUM, 705 Red River, 512/478-2979EVANGELINE CAFE, 8106 Brodie, 512/282-2586FIREHOUSE LOUNGE, 605 Brazos, 512/210-25221ST DOWN AND STASSNEY SPORTS BAR & GRILL,

730 W. Stassney #120, 512/215-0600FLAMINGO CANTINA, 515 E. Sixth, 512/494-9336FLIPNOTICS COFFEESPACE, 1601 Barton Springs Rd.,

512/480-8646FRANK ERWIN CENTER, 1701 Red River, 512/471-7744FRIENDS, 208 E. Sixth, 512/320-8193FRONTIER BAR, 2421 Webberville Rd., 512/243-7153G&S LOUNGE, 2420 S. First, 512/707-8702GIDDY UPS, 12010 Manchaca Rd., 512/280-4732GINNY’S LITTLE LONGHORN SALOON, 5434 Burnet Rd.,

512/407-8557 GLORIA’S RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN, 300 W. Sixth,

512/236-1795GLORIA’S RESTAURANT, 3309 Esperanza Crossing #100,

512/833-6400THE GRAPEVINE, 1612 Hunter Rd., New Braunfels,

830/606-0093GREEN PASTURES RESTAURANT, 811 W. Live Oak,

512/444-4747GRISTMILL RIVER RESTAURANT & BAR, 1287 Gruene Rd.,

New Braunfels, 830/625-0684GRUENE HALL, 1281 Gruene Rd., New Braunfels,

830/606-1281GÜERO’S TACO BAR, 1412 S. Congress, 512/447-7688GYPSY LOUNGE, 1504 E. Sixth, 512/243-6118HALCYON, 218 W. Fourth, 512/472-9637HIGHLAND MALL, 6001 Airport, 512/454-9656 HOLE IN THE WALL, 2538 Guadalupe, 512/302-1470HOLY MOUNTAIN, 617 E. Seventh, 512/391-1943HOTEL VEGAS, 1500 E. Sixth, 512/524-1584HOUSE WINE, 408 Josephine, 512/322-5210HYDE PARK BAR & GRILL, 4521 Westgate Blvd.,

512/899-2700HYDE PARK THEATRE, 511 W. 43rd, 512/479-7529

INFEST, 213 W. Fifth, 512/291-9700KINGDOM NIGHTCLUB, 103-B E. FifthLA PALAPA, 6640 Hwy. 290 E., 512/459-8729LA PLACITA, 15630 Vision, Pflugerville, 512/605-6001LAMBERTS, 401 W. Second, 512/494-1500LAS PALOMAS, 3201 Bee Caves Rd. #122, 512/327-9889LATITUDE 30, 512 San Jacinto, 512/472-3335LONGBRANCH INN, 1133 E. 11th, 512/472-5477LUCKY LOUNGE, 209-A W. Fifth, 512/479-7700MAGGIE MAE’S, 323 E. Sixth, 512/478-8541MARIA’S TACO XPRESS, 2529 S. Lamar, 512/444-0261MERCER STREET DANCEHALL, 332 Mercer,

Dripping Springs, 512/858-4314MOHAWK, 912 Red River, 512/482-8404MONUMENT CAFE, 500 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown,

512/930-9586MOZART’S COFFEE ROASTERS, 3825 Lake Austin Blvd.,

512/477-2900NASTY’S, 606 Maiden, 512/453-4349NEWORLDELI, 4101 Guadalupe, 512/451-7170THE NOOK, 309 E. Sixth, 512/709-1551THE NORTH DOOR, 502 Brushy, 512/485-3002NUTTY BROWN CAFE, 12225 Hwy. 290 W., 512/301-4648THE OASIS, 6550 Comanche Trail, 512/266-2442ONE-2-ONE BAR, 1509 S. Lamar, 512/473-0121THE PARISH UNDERGROUND, 214 E. Sixth, 512/494-6078THE PARISH, 214 E. Sixth, 512/473-8381PATSY’S CAFE, 5001 E. Ben White, 512/444-2020PEDRO’S PLACE, 1601 Guadalupe, 512/472-2369POODIE’S HILLTOP ROADHOUSE, 22308 Hwy. 71 W.,

Spicewood, 512/264-0318RAIN ON 4TH, 217 W. Fourth, 512/494-1150RATTLE INN, 610 Nueces St., 512/373-8306REALE’S PIZZA & CAFE, 13450 Hwy. 183 N., 512/335-5115RED 7, 611 E. Seventh, 512/476-8100REPUBLIC LIVE, 301 W. Fifth, 512/480-9888REUNION GRILLE, 1501 E. New Hope Dr., Cedar Park,

512/528-5644RILEY’S TAVERN, 8894 FM 1102, Hunter, 512/392-3132ROADHOUSE, 1103 Wonder St., Round Rock, 512/218-0813RUMI’S TAVERN, 18626 FM 1431, Jonestown, 512/267-4327RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 107 W. Sixth, 512/477-7884THE SAHARA LOUNGE, 1413 Webberville Rd., 512/927-0700SAM’S TOWN POINT, 2115 Allred, 512/282-0083SAN MARCOS PLAZA PARK, 206 N. CM Allen Pkwy.,

512/393-8430SATELLITE BISTRO & BAR, 5900 Slaughter #400,

512/288-9994SAXON PUB, 1320 S. Lamar, 512/448-2552THE SCOOT INN, 1308 E. Fourth, 512/478-6200SCOTTISH RITE THEATER, 207 W. 18th, 512/809-7799SHADES CAFE, 16410 Stewart Road, 512/266-2268SHADY GROVE, 1624 Barton Springs Rd., 512/474-9991SHERLOCK’S BAKER ST. PUB & GRILL,

9012 Research Ste. C-1, 512/380-9443SHOOTERS BILLIARDS CEDAR PARK, 601 E. Whitestone,

Cedar Park, 512/260-2060SHOOTERS BILLIARDS NORTH, 11416 RR 620 N.,

512/401-2060THE SKYLARK LOUNGE, 2039 Airport, 512/730-0759SPEAKEASY, 412 Congress, 512/476-8017THE STAGE ON SIXTH, 508 E. Sixth, 512/614-1540STEINER RANCH STEAKHOUSE, 5424 Steiner Ranch Blvd.,

512/381-0800STOMPIN’ GROUNDS COFFEE & COCKTAIL LOUNGE,

3801 S. Congress #116, 512/394-6999STRANGE BREW LOUNGE SIDE, 5326 Manchaca Rd.,

512/828-7636STUBB’S, 801 Red River, 512/480-8341SUGAR CIRCUS, 2613 E. Fifth, 512/761-4100TENOAK, 409 Colorado, 512/472-2822TEXAS BAR & GRILL, 14611 Burnet Rd., 512/255-1300TEXAS MIST, 1115 Bastrop Hwy., 512/385-3553TEXAS MUSIC THEATER, 120 E. San Antonio St.,

San Marcos, 512/667-7216THE THIRSTY NICKEL, 325 E. Sixth, 512/473-8891THREADGILL’S WORLD HQ, 301 W. Riverside, 512/472-9304TOM’S TABOOLEY, 2928 Guadalupe #102, 512/479-7337TRAILER SPACE RECORDS, 1401-A Rosewood, 512/524-1445TRIPLE CROWN, 206 N. Edward Gary St., San Marcos,

512/396-2236UNCLE BILLY’S BREW & QUE, 1530 Barton Springs Rd.,

512/476-0100VICTORY GRILL, 1104 E. 11th, 512/291-6211W HOTEL, 200 Lavaca, 866/961-3327THE WATER TANK, 7309 McNeil Dr., 512/331-9831WATERHOLE SALOON, 5244 Hwy. 71 E., Garfield,

512/247-5119WATERLOO ICE HOUSE, 1106 W. 38th, 512/451-5245WATERLOO RECORDS, 600-A N. Lamar, 512/474-2500THE WHITE HORSE, 500 Comal, 512/502-4637Z’TEJAS, 1110 W. Sixth, 512/478-5355

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JACK BURTON 9:30PM

THE NIGHTOWLS 9:30PM

THE DAVE SCHER TRIO 11:30PM

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9:30pm cornell hurdsAT, Aug 10 6-8pm band in restaurant 8-9pm dance lessons

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•Capital Zen Presents: Boone Grahm, Steve Arceri, David Nathan & Friends- 8pm

SATURDAY (11/12)•Will T. Massey- 8pm

SUNDAY (11/13)•Shenandoah Davis

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Monday, 8/12• Bottom Dollar String Band 7pm• The Bluegrass Outfit 9pm

TueSday, 8/13• Seth Sherman 7pm• Erik Hokkanen’s Laboratory 9pm

WedneSday, 8/14• The Austin Balkan Singers 7pm• Adam Kobetich 9pm

ThurSday, 8/8• Charles Prewitt 7pm• Open Mic with Lisa Kettyle 8pm

Friday, 8/9• Wild Bill & the Lost Knobs 7pm• Song Share w/ Emily Shirley,

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SaTurday, 8/10• Tiffany Alana Dodgen 6pm• Smith & Co. 8pm• The Suburban Beat 10pm

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ThuRSDAY 08AMAYA’S TACO VILLAGE Johnny

Gonzales (6:00)

ANTONE’S Aaron Stephens, Cody Jinks, Midnight River Choir (9:00) A

BAKER ST. PUB & GRILL Gretchen Barber

BAT BAR John Frischer (4:00)

B.D. RILEY’S IRISH PUB Kristen Smith (8:00)

BEERLAND The Well, Communion, Radkey, Naam (9:00) ÑR

BOURBON GIRL Adam Rogers (4:00), Gary Lee Cox (8:30)

BROKEN SPOKE Tony Harrison, Dance Lessons, Jesse Dayton♪ (6:00)

CACTUS CAFE The Love Leighs, the Hems (8:30) A

CAROUSEL LOUNGE We Are Blood Bays, Cory Kane (7:00)

Augustthu 8Naam, Radkey, BeerlandWaves of Fear, Dirty Dog BarChoctaw Wildfire, Evangeline Cafe

Somos Logan, Flamingo CantinaContrabandits, the Triangulators, Frontier Bar

Fatty Acids, Hotel VegasWar Master, Widower, Turbokrieg, Vaginal Bear Trap, Infest

Milo, Riley Lake, Safari Al, Eric Dingus, Weenie Hut Jr., the North Door

The Ones You Loved, the Parish Underground

Mexicans With Guns, Beautiful Lou, TEFNYK, Havoc Jewel, Rivera, the Parish

Daughn Gibson, Red 7Holiday, the Skylark LoungeOurs, Luna Arcade, Stubb’sCafeteria Dance Fever, Trailer Space Records

fri 9Obnox, BeerlandThe Disciples, Bobby Patterson, Continental Club

Nothing in Return, Mara Conflict, Dirty Dog Bar

Danny B. Harvey, Midwest Monster, Gypsy Lounge

Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Hole in the Wall

Melvins, Howl, Lord Dying, Mohawk

Augie Meyers, Poodie’s Hilltop Roadhouse

Filligar, Mikaela Davis, Red 7Suzanna Choffel, Jason Lytle, Scottish Rite Theater

Bobby Long, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Stubb’s

The Parish Festival, Threadgill’s World HQ

sat 10Reverend Horton Heat, Pinata Protest, Antone’s

The Governors, Barton Springs Food Court

Young Dubliners, the BelmontTed Russell Camp, Continental Club

Contrabandits, Flamingo CantinaMighty Mountain, Holy Mountain

Fat Tony, Hotel VegasMystikal, InfestVaden Todd Lewis, MohawkCabra, Secret Society in Smaller Lies, Trailer Space Records

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Lost Years, Mohawk

mon 12Russ Varnell, Red Simpson, Stephen Chadwick, Mike Stinson, Arty Hill, Dani Flowers, Dallas Wayne, Bob Holley, Brant Croucher, Jesse Harris, Continental Club

Steve Hamende, Dirty Dog BarIngebrigt Haaker Flaten, Steve Jansen, Dive Bar

Rolling Blackouts, Zoe Muth, Leonhardt, Hole in the Wall

Serena Ryder, the ParishEmily Herring, Triple Crown

tue 13Benny Peters, Candye Kane, Continental Club

Dwight Smith, HalcyonEmily & the Complexes, Holy Mountain

Danny B. Harvey, the Sahara Lounge

Jill Kinsey, the Scoot InnDakota Hogback, Trailer Space Records

wed 14Peace and Quiet, Carousel Lounge

My Children My Bride, ERRA, Outlaws to Kings, Darkness Divided, Dirty Dog Bar

Bruno Mars, Ellie Goulding, Frank Erwin Center

Dame, My Russian Princess, Holy Mountain

Leftover Cuties, Stubb’sBob Cheevers, Z’Tejas

thu 15Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch, Austin 360 Amphitheater at Circuit of the Americas

Bottom Feeder, Ladybird, Beerland

Luke John Shearer, Carousel Lounge

Soulfly, Incite, Lody Kong, Dirty Dog Bar

Brad Walker Quartet, Elephant Room

Culture w/Kenyata Hill, Yard Squad Band, Flamingo Cantina

Don’t Stop Please, the NYC Queens, Young Pharoahs, the Parish Underground

Mighty Mountain, the ParishAndrew Combs, Stubb’sWe Deal in Lead, Triple Crown

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CHEATHAM STREET WAREHOUSE Anniversary w/ Javi Garcia, Dustin Welch, Lilly Hiatt, HalleyAnna, Jess Klein, the Will Callers, Brennen Leigh & Noel McKay, Shinyribs, James McMurtry (8:00)

CONTINENTAL CLUB Gallery: Westlake Drive, Tameca Jones (8:30); In the Club: The Whiskey Sisters (6:30), Hard Proof Afrobeat♪, Roxy Roca♪ (10:00)

DIRTY DOG BAR Curse the Heavens, Waves of Fear R

DIZZY ROOSTER Danny Smith (4:30), the Bomb Squad (8:30)

DONN’S DEPOT Murphy’s Inlaws

DOWN UNDER DELI Open Mic (7:30)

EAST SIDE SHOW ROOM Luke Hill & the Hot Pursuits (10:00)

EDDIE V’S EDGEWATER GRILLE Robert Kelley (8:00) A

ELEPHANT ROOM Jitterbug Vipers (6:00), Ephraim Owens Quartet (9:30)

EVANGELINE CAFE Choctaw Wildfire (7:00) RA

FIREHOUSE LOUNGE Ephraim Owens (10:00)

FLAMINGO CANTINA Somos Logan (9:00) R

FRONTIER BAR The Triangulators, Contrabandits R

GIDDY UPS Open Mic w/ Greg Duffy (8:00)

GINNY’S LITTLE LONGHORN SALOON Alvin Crow (9:00)

GRUENE HALL Jordan Minor (7:00) A

GÜERO’S TACO BAR Kiko Villmizar (6:30)

HOLE IN THE WALL Don Von Bronson, Mini Pony, Under the Sun, the Rare Birds (9:00)

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The Parish Festival 9pm

White GhostShivers 10pm

FriAug 9

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Paul Thorn 8pmSatAug 17

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Seth Walker 9pm

Warren Hood Band 10:30pm

FriAug 23

$10

Hector Ward 9pm

Eric Tessmer 10:30pm

FriAug 16


Del Castillo 9pmSat

Aug 31


Without Regrets BenefitHosted by B-DOE 9pm

SatAug 10

SlowtrainThe Damn TorpedoesEast Cameron Folkcore

$10

Mayeux & Broussard 9pmSatAug 24

$10

South Austin Moonlighters 9pm

The Whiskey Sisters 10:30pm

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Sunday, August 11 (6:30 to 9pm)

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Wednesday, August 14

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CHUGGIN’ MONKEY Sonny Wolf (9:00)

CLUB DE VILLE Mission Dorado, Sun Marquee, Gorgeous Hands

CONTINENTAL CLUB Gallery: Robert Kraft Trio, Mike Flanigin w/ Johnny Moeller (8:30); In the Club: The Blues Specialists (6:30), Lisa Marshall, Bobby Patterson & the Disciples (10:00) R

DIRTY DOG BAR Mara Conflict, Nothing in Return, Blood Royale R

DIZZY ROOSTER Aaron Navarro (4:30)

DOC’S BACKYARD The Mighty Landshark!♪ (7:00)

DONN’S DEPOT Donn & the Station Masters

EAST SIDE SHOW ROOM Wino Vino♪ (11:00)

EDDIE V’S EDGEWATER GRILLE Robert Kelley (7:00) A

EL SOL Y LA LUNA Mariachi Los Toros (8:30) A

ELEPHANT ROOM Trip Trio (6:00), Elias Haslanger Quintet (9:30)

FIREHOUSE LOUNGE DJ Feelin’ Groovy (10:00)

FLAMINGO CANTINA Proper Villain Soundsystem, the Finest Kind, Don Chani (9:00)

FLIPNOTICS COFFEESPACE Wild Bill & the Lost Knobs (7:00) A

GLORIA’S RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN La Moña Loca

GRISTMILL RIVER RESTAURANT & BAR Dan McCoy (7:00)

GÜERO’S TACO BAR The Bob Fuentes Show (6:30)

GYPSY LOUNGE Midwest Monster, Danny B. Harvey (10:00) R

HOLY MOUNTAIN The Sour Bridges, the LaRues, Berkshire Hounds (9:00)

HOTEL VEGAS Wil Cope, Fatty Acids, John Wesley Coleman (10:00) R

INFEST Vaginal Bear Trap, Whore of Bethlehem, Turbokrieg, Widower, War Master (8:00) R

LA PLACITA Frank Gomez♪ (7:30)

MERCER STREET DANCEHALL Doug Moreland & the Flying Armadillos

MOHAWK Art Education Benefit, Attendance Records w/ Whalers♪, the Baker Family, Major Major Major, Knifight, Belaire (7:00)

NEWORLDELI Blues Open Mic w/ Eddie Collins

THE NORTH DOOR Weenie Hut Jr., Eric Dingus, P-Tek, Safari Al, Riley Lake, Milo (10:00) R

ONE-2-ONE BAR Songwriters’ Round w/ Drew Smith, Graham Wilkinson, Nathan Singleton; Milkdrive (7:00)

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RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE Jeff Lofton Trio (6:30)

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SATELLITE BISTRO & BAR Jackie & Andrew Venson (6:30)

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SHADY GROVE Lincoln Durham (8:00) A

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THE STAGE ON SIXTH Clint & Raul (6:00)

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STUBB’S Luna Arcade, Ours (9:00) R

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THE SKYLARK LOUNGE Margaret Wright (6:00); Songbirds in the Round: Vanessa Lively♪, Raina Rose, Gina Chavez (8:00)

SPEAKEASY Hot Sauce ATX, DJ Bigface (9:30)

STRANGE BREW LOUNGE SIDE Suburban Beat, Colin Gilmore CD Release, Kevin Gant (6:00) A

STUBB’S Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Bobby Long (9:00) R

TENOAK DJ Mad Coins

TEXAS MIST DJ Joe Hernandez (9:00)

THREADGILL’S WORLD HQ The Parish Festival, White Ghost Shivers (9:00) RA

TRAILER SPACE RECORDS The Abominable Mex, John Wesley Coleman, Buildings (7:00) A

TRIPLE CROWN Bill Jerram (6:00); Lethal Smut, the Organics, Muchos Backflips!♪, Tramps on Lean (9:00)

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WATERLOO RECORDS Colin Gilmore (5:00) A

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ANDERSON MILL TAVERN Safely Limitless

ANTONE’S Pinata Protest, Wayne “the Train” Hancock, Reverend Horton Heat (9:00) RA

BAKER ST. PUB & GRILL Shelley King

BARTON SPRINGS FOOD COURT The Governors (7:30) R

B.D. RILEY’S IRISH PUB Michael Holt (10:30)

BEERLAND Big Electric Men (9:00)

THE BELMONT Young Dubliners (7:00) R

BRASS HOUSE Jeff Lofton (9:00)

BROKEN SPOKE Ben Rodgers, Dance Lessons, Two Tons of Steel (6:00)

CACTUS CAFE Sara Hickman CD Release (8:30) A

CAROUSEL LOUNGE Jane’s Austin (7:00)

HOLE IN THE WALL UNTD SNKS, Dead Strangers, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, the Beat Dolls♪ (9:00) R

HOLY MOUNTAIN Cilantro Boombox (9:00)

KINGDOM NIGHTCLUB DJ Andrew Parsons (10:00)

LA PLACITA Pure Country (7:30)

LATITUDE 30 The Southsiders (5:00)

LONGBRANCH INN El Pathos (7:00)

LUCKY LOUNGE Donello (7:00), Jacques Guildry (10:00)

MARIA’S TACO XPRESS Leeann Atherton (7:00) A

MERCER STREET DANCEHALL Pat Waters & the Chain Link Band

MOHAWK Outside: Honky, Melvins (9:00); Afterparty: Unmothered, Lord Dying, Howl (11:00) R

MONUMENT CAFE Alice & the Rubberband (7:00) A

NEWORLDELI Walter Ehresman♪ONE-2-ONE BAR Jack Burton,

Ryan Harkrider & the Nightowls, Dave Scher Trio (7:30)

THE PARISH UNDERGROUND Ruby Jane (9:00) A

THE PARISH Variety Show w/ Zach Arrington, Brandon Callies Band, Palomino (7:00)

POODIE’S HILLTOP ROADHOUSE D.L. Jones (4:00), B.B. Morse w/ Augie Meyers (8:00) RA

RED 7 Mikaela Davis, Filligar R

REPUBLIC LIVE DJ Andrew Parsons (10:00)

RUMI’S TAVERN Think Tank

SATELLITE BISTRO & BAR T. Jarrod Bonta (7:00)

SAXON PUB Denny Freeman (6:00), Malford Milligan, Wood & Wire (9:00)

THE SCOOT INN Darren Hoff & the Hard Times, the Hang (9:00)

SCOTTISH RITE THEATER Elliott Smith Tribute, SIMS Benefit w/ Jason Lytle, Suzanna Choffel♪, Dana Falconberry, Nakia, Johnny Goudie, Nina Diaz, Ben Kweller, Amy Cook (8:00) R

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CHERRY CREEK CATFISH RESTAURANT Off the Grid (6:00)

CHUGGIN’ MONKEY John Chavez (4:30), Tish & Misbehavin’ (9:00)

CONTINENTAL CLUB Scarlett Olson, Mike Flanigin w/ Denny Freeman (8:30); In the Club: Onion Creek Crawdaddies (6:30), Ted Russell Camp, James Hand♪ (10:00) R

DIRTY DOG BAR Pernicious Phenom, Shadow Spectrum, Southern Front, Blood for Master

DONN’S DEPOT Kenny Luna & the Lunatics

DOWN UNDER DELI John Scholten, Kem Watts, Lucas Taylor (7:00)

EAST SIDE SHOW ROOM Flying Balalaika Brothers♪ (11:00)

EDDIE V’S EDGEWATER GRILLE Lucky Strikes (8:00) A , Eclipse (8:00) A

ELEPHANT ROOM Red Young Quintet (9:30)

FIREHOUSE LOUNGE Blues in the Night (10:00)

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STUBB’S The Baker Family, Calm Blue Sea, Little Radar (9:00)

SUGAR CIRCUS Cute Enough, Cass Davis, Blake Farha, Colt Landon Baker, Julie Nolen, Andrew Blanton (1:00)

TENOAK DJ OG Sprocket

THE THIRSTY NICKEL Brian Wolfe (4:00), Street Kingz (8:30)

THREADGILL’S WORLD HQ Slowtrain, the Damn Torpedoes, East Cameron Folkcore, Without Regrets (9:00) A

TRAILER SPACE RECORDS Secret Society in Smaller Lies, Elvis, Coma in Algiers♪, Cabra (7:00) RA

TRIPLE CROWN Scott H. Biram (9:00)

THE WHITE HORSE Dave Insley’s Careless Smokers (7:00)

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BAKER ST. PUB & GRILL Open Mic (7:00)

BAT BAR James (5:00); Amber Lucille♪ (8:00)

BB ROVERS Open Mic (7:00) A

GLORIA’S RESTAURANT La Moña Loca

THE GRAPEVINE Bret Graham (6:30)

GRISTMILL RIVER RESTAURANT & BAR Dan McCoy (7:00)

GRUENE HALL Bob Schneider (9:00) A

GÜERO’S TACO BAR Al Dressen (2:30), Texas Tycoons (6:30)

GYPSY LOUNGE The Astronaut Suit, Deadman (10:00)

HOLE IN THE WALL Big Britches, Josh Halverson, Phranchyze, the Finest Kind EP Release, Bavu Blakes & the Extra Plairs (9:00)

HOLY MOUNTAIN BLXPLTN, Holiday Mountain, Mighty Mountain, Auroravore (9:00) R

HOTEL VEGAS The Flesh Lights, Fat Tony R

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INFEST Nook, Fe’rarri F’fifty, Malcolm Richardson, Khaleel Jaleel, Mystikal (9:00) R

LA PLACITA Eclipse (8:00)

LATITUDE 30 The Southsiders (5:00)

MERCER STREET DANCEHALL Tessy Lou & the Shotgun Stars

MOHAWK Daniel James, Vaden Todd Lewis (9:00) R

MONUMENT CAFE Masumi & the Gentlemen (7:00) A

NEWORLDELI Panama Hats

THE NORTH DOOR Girls Rock Camp Showcase (1:00)

ONE-2-ONE BAR Bill Carter, Blastphamus, Tone Monkeys (7:30)

THE PARISH UNDERGROUND Modal, Evolvers, Wildfires (9:00) A

THE PARISH Leah Nobel, Raina Rose, Roger Sellers, Jack Wilson (9:00)

PATSY’S CAFE Texas Skyz♪ (7:30)

POODIE’S HILLTOP ROADHOUSE W.C. Clark, Miss Lavelle White (9:00) A

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THE SAHARA LOUNGE Fola Drum and Dance, Zoumountchi (10:00)

SATELLITE BISTRO & BAR Hot Club Soda (7:00)

SAXON PUB Guy Forsyth (9:00)

THE SCOOT INN Shivery Shakes, Growl, Little Lo♪, Sphynx (6:00)

SCOTTISH RITE THEATER Percussion VII w/ Golden Hornet Project (8:00)

SHERLOCK’S BAKER ST. PUB & GRILL E7

SHOOTERS BILLIARDS CEDAR PARK Stooch (9:00)

THE SKYLARK LOUNGE Merri Palmer

SPEAKEASY Sauce, DJ Mad Coins (9:30)

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Every time I go to da club and try to pick up da skeezers, my wife jumps right in and says, “No way, Jose!” This makes me extremely angry, because I have told her time and time again that, just because I’m Mexican, doesn’t mean she gets to call me derogatory names. In addition, this form of cockblocking

proves to be most effective as da skeezers tend to not want as much drama as their reputation carries. My question is, how do I get her to respect the fact that a man’s name is most important to him, even when attempting to add another cookie to his cookie jar.

Sincerely, Cocoa VanderBeak

Cocoa, my advice to you is to divorce your wife and devote all your time and energy to getting an education. You’ll need to start at a very elementary level. I am thinking pre-K might be good for you. The mere fact that you consistently misspelled a simple article like “the” tells me you are heartbreakingly undereducated. You don’t even seem to understand that “No way, Jose!” is just an extraordinarily cliched figure of speech and not a derogatory racial slur – although I will freely admit that “You’re loco, Cocoa” might have been a more interesting, assonant phrasing (sorry to talk over your head with that assonance thing, Cocoa, I was merely … oh, never mind). The point

is, I know your lack of erudition might be tough on you, but I can’t even begin to imagine how hellish it must be for your wife. Her embarrassment is probably overwhelming. My bet is that she isn’t trying to cockblock you at all, but rather, she is trying to save herself from the shame of allowing you out in public unchaperoned. Try to see things from your wife’s perspective, Cocoa: Every time you go to “da club” and open your mouth, it reflects badly on her, regardless of whether you pick up a skeezer or not. In fact, my bet is that your wife’s greatest fantasy is that you run off with a skeezer to some remote location, like the Bikini Atoll. That does sound fun, doesn’t it? Make it happen, Cocoa. Make it happen. Do your wife a favor and free her from the misery of being associated with you in any way. She’s probably one of those Bob Vila/Mother Teresa types when it comes to relationships – always looking for some looming catastrophe she thinks she can fix. Cut her off cold turkey. It will be a total win-win. You get your skeezers; she gets her dignity back. Plus, she won’t be around all the time besmirching your good name and blocking what I can only imagine is a very impressive cock attached to a huge dickhead. What skeezer wouldn’t want a piece of that action?

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ANGEL FIRE, NM Spectacular Slope-Side Retreat - 4000+/-SF, 5 BR, 5BA designed by Austin architect, David Webber offering incred-ible views, a great room style floor plan, sleeping capacity for 20, fully furnished with DIRECT ACCESS TO THE SKI SLOPES! Escape the heat of summer, SKI IN/OUT in winter!

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CENTRAL

DOWNTOWN LOFT EXPERTSStarting at $275K!Wood, stainless appliances& more! Older Downtowncondos starting at $101K!

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LAKE LBJ

LAKE LBJ HIDEAWAYOnly a 45 minutes drive from South West Austin. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, hardwood floors, sun room, oversize 2 car garage, big enough for a SUV and a boat, game room above garage. Two patios and a large deck on the second floor to gaze at the stars. Sherwood Shores neighborhood has many parks and several of them with boat ramps, two of these are walking distance from this property. 1106 North Shorewood, Granite Shoals.Call Realtor, Stella Bailey

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LAKE MEDINA LAND REPO, Water & Sewer installed, BAN-DERA, HILL COUNTRY. $284mo Please call 830-460-8354

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NORTH

BIG &BEAUTIFUL!Over 1700 sq feet, all freshly repainted, and brand new wood floors. 3/2..5 townhome. Quali-ty built in 2002. North off Yager Ln. 3.5% down FHA financing. Priced low at $164,700. Call Condo Joe for showing

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NORTH

LESS THAN RENT!Open 1441 sq ft floorplan with great colors! Tall ceilings, cher-rywood cabs, gas cooking, fully fenced backyard, 2 car garage, hi-eff HVAC, bed up each w/private bath, gated community, large pool & cabana. Now w/low down FHA financing. $157,700. Call Condo Joe for showing

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SOUTH

SOUTH LAMAR$132,700Modern 620 sq ft 1/1 +enclosed study. Granite counters, stain-less kitchen, tile & wood floors. Full sized W/D. Attractive tiled bath. Super convenient to downtown on Manchaca just off Lamar. Can do 3% down for owner occupant. $132,700. Call Condo Joe for showing

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WEST TEXAS20 ACRES FREE. Buy 40- Get 60. $0 Down, $198/month. Money back guarantee, No Credit checks. Beautiful views. Roads/Surveyed. Near El Paso, Texas. 1-800-843-7537. www.sunsetranches.com (AAN CAN)

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PETS/PETSUPPLIES

AKC YORKIES4 males with full papers. 10weeks old. I own both thesire and dam. $500 - $600(512) [email protected]

BLACK CAT Moving, Moxieneeds adoption. Sweet,friendly, black cat, with velvetfur. Never mews, just purrs.Great for a singles with noother pets. Jealous of yourattentions, needed only forshort periods. Mostly indoor.4 y.o., neutered, shots. [email protected]

ENGLISH BULLDOGFemale For sale, cost $700,She's 10 weeks old, AkcRegistered, Shots, Vet Checkand Champion Line. Email :$700 (512) [email protected]

OLDE ENGLISHBULLDOGS4wk old OLDE ENGLISHBULLDOG Puppies for sale,3males & 3females; variety ofcolors, txt or call for pictures.Taking deposits now! (210)501-3497

PYTHON SNAKEAdult Ball Python Snake forsale with habitat. Gentlesnake raised with children.Over 3ft and 3.25 lbs. Eatslive rats. $100 [email protected]

RHODESIAN RIDGEBACKRhodesian Ridgebackpuppies for sale. Born 6/28, 3males, 4 females, redwheaten and wheaten pups.Sire and dam both AKC andlitter is registered AKC aswell. Currently takingdeposits to reserve your dog.$1,[email protected]

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GARAGE/ESTATE SALES

TRAVIS COUNTRY,MOVING SALE 4606Fawnwood Cove, Austin,Saturday August 10, 7:00 AM- 12:00 PM. Cleaning outbefore movers come -- truck,jewelry, plants, furniture,books, guitars and more.Rain or Shine.

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ESTATE SALE Designerfurniture, antiques, amazingvintage rugs!

August 9&10 9AM-3PM Aug11 10AM-2PM, 10220 USHWY 290 W. All sales final,cash only.

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LEGAL

An application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for Mixed Beverage and Late Hours Mixed Beverage Permits by Nightshift Hold-ings, LLC dba “The Blacksmith” to be located at 500 E. 5th Street Austin, Texas 78701. Officers of said corporation are Tracy Sampedro, Kirstyn Litchfield, and Christo-pher Harper.

Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Mixed Beverage Per-mit and a Late Hours Permit by Nightclub Entertainment LLC dba Ibiza to be located at 422 Congress B Austin Travis Texas 78701 Members of said LLC are Charlie Salinas III memberCAUSE NO. C-1-PB-13-000898 NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF BERNICE HILL Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Independent Administrator with Will An-nexed for the Estate of Bernice Hill, Deceased were issued on July 29, 2013, in Cause Number C-1-PB-13-000898, pending in the Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas, to:Alice WoodardThe residence of such Indepen-dent Administrator is in Travis County, Texas. The address is:1604 E. 13th StreetAustin, Texas 78702All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them to Alice Woodard, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Bernice Hill, at the office of Joel B. Bennett, P.C., 316 W. 12th, Suite 101, Austin, Texas 78701.Dated the 30th day of July, 2013.By: /s/ Cheremma L. LeeAttorney for Applicant

CITATION BY PUBLICA-TION AUSTIN CHRONICLETHE STATE OF TEXASTO: GEORGE ELIAS Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your Attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance of this citation, the same being MONDAY AUGUST 26, 2013 a default judgment may be taken against you.CAUSE NUMBER: C-1-CV-13-004139, filed in

COUNTY COURT AT LAW #1HOANG VS ELIASFiled in COUNTY COURT AT LAW #1 (Travis County Court-house, corner of Tenth Street and Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas) on May 06, 2013.STYLED: HOANG VS ELIASNATURE OF SUIT: DE-CLARATORY JUDGMENTGiven under my hand and seal of Dana DeBeauvoir, County Clerk on July 08, 2013.County Clerk,Travis County, TexasP.O. BOX 149325,Austin, Texas 78714-9325By Deputy: /s/ A DURANPlaintiff Attorney:JOHN MOSELEY DAVES3624 N HILLS DRAUSTIN, TX 78731—241

CITATION BY PUBLICA-TION AUSTIN CHRONICLETHE STATE OF TEXASTO: TAYLOR RYAN SHIP-MAN Defendant, in the here-inafter styled and numbered cause: You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your Attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of 42 days from the date of issu-ance of this citation, the same being MONDAY 09/16/2013, a default judgment may be taken against you.CAUSE NUMBER: C-1-CV-13-002871, filed in COUNTY COURT AT LAW #2RATLIFF V SHIPMANFiled in COUNTY COURT AT LAW #2 (Travis County Court-house, corner of Tenth Street and Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas) on March 27, 2012.STYLED: RATLIFF V SHIP-MANNATURE OF SUIT: PER-SONAL INJURY (MOTOR VEHICLE)Given under my hand and seal of Dana DeBeauvoir, County Clerk on July 31, 2013.County Clerk, Travis County, TexasP.O. BOX 149325,Austin, Texas 78714-9325By Deputy: /s/ C. JONESPlaintiff Attorney:SCOTT PATRICK OGLE2028 W BEN WHITE BLVDAUSTIN, TX 78704

CITATION BY PUBLICA-TION THE STATE OF TEXASCAUSE NO: D-1-FM-13-002007To: JOSE ESPINOZA and to all who it may concern, Respondent(s); GREETINGS: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days after you were served this citation and peti-tion, a default judgment may be taken against you.YOU ARE HEREBY COMMAND-ED to appear and answer before the Honorable District Court, 200TH JUDICIAL DIS-TRICT COURT, Travis County, Texas, at the Courthouse of said County in Austin, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A.M. of the Monday next after expiration of twenty days from the date of service of this citation, then and there to answer the ORIGI-NAL PETITION FOR DIVORCE filed in said court on APRIL 10, 2013, and said suit being number D-1-FM-13-002007 on the docket of said Court, and entitled “IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF OFELIA GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ and JOSE ESPINOZA, ET AL, and In the Interest of SALLIE KATHRYN ENDIE NIXON, CHILD”. The nature of said suit is a request to DISSOLVE the marriage of the parties, appoint managing and possessory con-servators, and divide the estate of the parties in a manner that the court deems just and right.The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the child’s interest which will be binding on you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity, and the appointment of a conserva-tor with authority to consent to the child’s adoption.Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said

court at Austin, Texas, August 02, 2013.AMALIA RODRIGUEZ-MENDOZATravis County District ClerkTravis County Courthouse1000 Guadalupe,P.O. Box 679003 (78767)Austin, Texas 78701By /s/ CHARLES UPSHAW, DeputyREQUESTED BY:DOUGLAS ROBERT LAW-RENCE816 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 701AUSTIN, TX 78701-2665BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 476-5550 ext 305 FAX: (512) 322-0764

CITATION BY PUBLICA-TION THE STATE OF TEXASCAUSE NO: D-1-FM-13-003767To: SAUL CARRERA LOPEZ and to all who it may concern, Respondent(s); GREETINGS: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days after you were served this citation and peti-tion, a default judgment may be taken against you.YOU ARE HEREBY COMMAND-ED to appear and answer before the Honorable District Court, 353RD JUDICIAL DIS-TRICT COURT, Travis County, Texas, at the Courthouse of said County in Austin, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A.M. of the Monday next after expira-tion of twenty days from the date of service of this citation, then and there to answer the ORIGINAL PETITION IN SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND MOTION FOR DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCY, TRAVIS COUNTY STANDING ORDER of VERONICA ESTHER MARTI-NEZ-MARTINEZ Petitioner(s), filed in said court on JULY 5, 2013, against SAUL CARRERA-LOPEZ Respondent(s), and said suit being number D-1-FM-13-003767 the docket of said Court, and entitled “IN THE INTEREST OF ADA C. CARRERA-MARTINEZ, VERONICA E. CARRERA-MARTINEZ, AND DIEGO I. CARRERA-MARTINEZ, MINOR CHILDREN,” the nature of said suit is a request ORIGINAL PETITION IN SUIT AFFECT-ING THE PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND MOTION FOR DECLARATION OF DE-PENDENCY, TRAVIS COUNTY STANDING ORDER.The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the child’s interest which will be binding on you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity, and the appointment of a conserva-tor with authority to consent to the child’s adoption.Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said court at Austin, Texas, July 29, 2013.AMALIA RODRIGUEZ-MENDOZATravis County District ClerkTravis County Courthouse1000 Guadalupe,P.O. Box 679003 (78767)Austin, Texas 78701By /s/ JAMES FERRELL, DeputyREQUESTED BY:TANIA KARINA WARDTHE BERNARDO KOHLER CENTER, INC.P O BOX 42185AUSTIN, TX 78704BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 831-4272FAX: (512) 661-0326

CITATION BY PUBLICA-TION THE STATE OF TEXASCOUNTY OF WILLIAMSONTO ALL PERSONS INTER-ESTED IN THE ESTATE OF RAYFORD DARELL REAVES, JR., DECEASED, Cause No. 13-0484-CP4, in County Court at Law #4 of Williamson County, 405 Martin Luther King Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626.BELINDA TRISTAN, RAYA M. REAVES, AND BRADY REAVES, Applicants in the above numbered and entitled estate, filed on the 1st day of August, 2013 an SECOND AMENDED APPLICATION TO

(1) TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP AND (2) FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF DEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION of the said estate and requests that the said Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of the said RAYFORD DARELL REAVES, JR., A/K/A RAY REAVES, DECEASED, and their respective shares and interests in such estate.Said application may be heard at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on or after the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from the date of publication of this cita-tion, at the County Courthouse in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.All persons interested in said estate are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable Court on or before above men-tioned time and place by filing a written answer contesting such application should they desire to do so.If this citation is not served within 90 days after the date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.Issued and given under my hand and seal of office at Georgetown, Texas, this the 1st day of August, 2013.Applicant’s Attorney:David H Goodman114 W 7th St., Ste 900Austin, TX 78701Nancy E. RisterWilliamson County Clerk405 MLK Street, Box 14Georgetown, Texas 78626By: /s/ Sklint, Deputy

CITATION BY PUBLICA-TION THE STATE OF TEXASTO ALL PERSONS INTEREST-ED IN THE ESTATE OF CAROL ANNE SMITH Deceased, No. C-1-PB-13-001410 in Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas.JOSEPH H SMITH, III and all The alleged heir(s) at law in the above numbered and entitled estate, filed on August 02, 2013, an Application to Determine Heirship and for Issuance of Letters of Independent Admin-istration in the said estate and request(s) that said Court de-termine who are the heirs and only heirs of the said CAROL ANNE SMITH, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in such estate.Said application will be heard and acted on by said Court at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation, at the County Courthouse in Travis County, Texas.All persons interested in said estate are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable Court at said above mentioned time and place by filing a written answer contesting such application should they desire to do so.If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID COURT at office in Travis County, Texas, on August 02, 2013.Dana DeBeauvoirCounty Clerk,Travis County, TexasP.O. BOX 149325AUSTIN, TEXAS 78714-9325By Deputy: /s/ O. RUIZ

CITATION BY PUBLICA-TION THE STATE OF TEXASTO ALL PERSONS INTEREST-ED IN THE ESTATE OF STEVEN MITCHELL DALBACK De-ceased, No. C-1-PB-13-001383 in Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas.STEVIE MARIE DALBACK and all The alleged heir(s) at law in the above numbered and entitled estate, filed on July 31, 2013, an Application to Determine Heirship and Appointment of Independent Administrator in the said estate and request(s) that said Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of the said STEVEN MITCHELL DALBACK, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in such estate.Said application will be heard and acted on by said Court at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from date

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of publication of this citation, at the County Courthouse in Travis County, Texas.All persons interested in said estate are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable Court at said above mentioned time and place by filing a written answer contesting such application should they desire to do so.If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID COURT at office in Travis County, Texas, on July 31, 2013.Dana DeBeauvoirCounty Clerk,Travis County, TexasP.O. BOX 149325AUSTIN, TEXAS 78714-9325By Deputy: /s/ O. RUIZ

D-1-GV-07-002473 CONSTA-BLE’S NOTICE OF SALEREAL PROPERTY DELIN-QUENT TAXESBY VIRTUE of a certain Order Of Sale issued by the clerk of the 98th District Court of Travis County, on the 12th day of July, 2013 in a certain cause numbered D-1-GV-07-002473, wherein Austin Community College, City of Austin, Del Valle Independent School Dis-trict, Travis County and Travis County Healthcare District are plaintiffs, and Arlan C. Schnell, if alive and if deceased, the un-known owners, heirs, assigns and successors of the Estate of Arlan C. Schnell and Shirley Schnell (In Rem Only 2003-2005 and Personal Liability for 2006-2007) are defendant(s), in favor of said plaintiffs, for the sum of $5,197.04 Dollars, together with all costs of suit, that being the amount of judgment recovered by the said plaintiffs, in the 98th District Court of Travis County, Texas, on May 15, 2008.I, on the 31st day of July, 2013, at 2:00 o’clock P.M., have levied upon, and will, on the 3rd day of September, 2013 at 10:00 o’ clock, A.M., at 1000 Guadalupe Street in the City of Austin, within legal hours, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the rights, title and interest of defendants in and to the following described property, levied upon as the property of defendants, to-wit:West portion of Lot 46, Riv-erside Farms, Plat No. 713/93 as described in Volume 3102, Page 1902 of the deed records of Travis County, Texas.THE ABOVE SALE to be made by me to satisfy the above de-scribed judgment for $5,197.04 Dollars in favor of plaintiffs, together with the costs of said suit, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.Witness my hand this 31st day of July, 2013.CARLOS B. LOPEZ, CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASBY /s/ Sergeant Charles Lanter-man DEPUTYON THE PROPERTY SOLD, THERE ARE NO WARRAN-TIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU BUY THE PROPERTY “AS IS”. BIDDERS ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS EXECUTION SALE MAY NOT EXTINGUISH ANY LIENS OR SECURITY INTERESTS ON THE PROPERTY. YOU ARE SIMPLY PURCHASING WHATEVER INTEREST THE DEBTOR HAS IN THE PROPERTY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU NEED TO CONSULT COUNSEL OF YOUR CHOICE.

D-1-GV-12-001048 CONSTA-BLE’S NOTICE OF SALEREAL PROPERTY DELIN-QUENT TAXESBY VIRTUE of a certain Order Of Sale issued by the clerk of the 353RD District Court of Travis County, on the 12th day of July, 2013 in a certain cause numbered D-1-GV-12-001048, wherein Travis County, Del Valle Independent School Dis-trict, Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health, Austin Community College and Travis County Emergency

Services District No. 12 are plaintiffs, and Michael Jerome Hill are defendant(s), in favor of said plaintiffs, for the sum of $10,631.78 Dollars, together with all costs of suit, that being the amount of judgment recovered by the said plaintiffs, in the 353RD District Court of Travis County, Texas, on March 6, 2013.I, on the 31st day of July, 2013, at 2:00 o’clock P.M., have levied upon, and will, on the 3rd day of September, 2013 at 10:00 o’ clock, A.M., at 1000 Guadalupe Street in the City of Austin, within legal hours, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the rights, title and interest of defendants in and to the following described property, levied upon as the property of defendants, to-wit:Lot 11, Block J, Kennedy Ridge Estates, Section 2, Plat No. 27/8 as described in Volume 4276, Page 2381 of the deed records of Travis County, Texas.THE ABOVE SALE to be made by me to satisfy the above de-scribed judgment for $10,631.78 Dollars in favor of plaintiffs, together with the costs of said suit, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.Witness my hand this 31st day of July, 2013.CARLOS B. LOPEZ, CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASBY /s/ Sergeant Charles Lanter-man DEPUTYON THE PROPERTY SOLD, THERE ARE NO WARRAN-TIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU BUY THE PROPERTY “AS IS”. BIDDERS ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS EXECUTION SALE MAY NOT EXTINGUISH ANY LIENS OR SECURITY INTERESTS ON THE PROPERTY. YOU ARE SIMPLY PURCHASING WHATEVER INTEREST THE DEBTOR HAS IN THE PROPERTY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU NEED TO CONSULT COUNSEL OF YOUR CHOICE.

D-1-GV-12-001292 CONSTA-BLE’S NOTICE OF SALEREAL PROPERTY DELIN-QUENT TAXESBY VIRTUE of a certain Order Of Sale issued by the clerk of the 201ST District Court of Travis County, on the 12th day of July, 2013 in a certain cause numbered D-1-GV-12-001292, wherein Travis County, Del Valle Independent School Dis-trict, Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health, Austin Community College and Travis County Emergency Services District No. 12 are plaintiffs, and Robert Glasper, Jr. and Rodney Glasper, are defendant(s), in favor of said plaintiffs, for the following sums: Billing Number 73080 = $7,858.15 and Billing Number 73081 = $7,814.35 Dol-lars, together with all costs of suit, that being the amount of judgment recovered by the said plaintiffs, in the 201ST District Court of Travis County, Texas, on January 22, 2013.I, on the 31st day of July, 2013, at 2:00 o’clock P.M., have levied upon, and will, on the 3rd day of September, 2013 at 10:00 o’ clock, A.M., at 1000 Guadalupe Street in the City of Austin, within legal hours, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the rights, title and interest of defendants in and to the following described property, levied upon as the property of defendants, to-wit:Billing Number: 73080Lot 14, Block L, Kennedy Ridge Estates, Section 1, Plat No. 24/3 as described in Volume 9810, Page 987 and Volume 10102, Page 13 of the deed records of Travis County, TexasBilling Number: 73081Lot 15, Block L, Kennedy Ridge Estates, Section 1, Plat No. 24/3 as described in Volume 9810, Page 987 and Volume 10102, Page 13 of the deed records of Travis

County, TexasTHE ABOVE SALE to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment for the fol-lowing sums: Billing Number 73080 = $7,858.15 and Billing Number 73081 = $7,814.35 Dollars in favor of plaintiffs, together with the costs of said suit, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.Witness my hand this 31st day of July, 2013.CARLOS B. LOPEZ, CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASBY /s/ Sergeant Charles Lanter-man DEPUTYON THE PROPERTY SOLD, THERE ARE NO WARRAN-TIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU BUY THE PROPERTY “AS IS”. BIDDERS ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS EXECUTION SALE MAY NOT EXTINGUISH ANY LIENS OR SECURITY INTERESTS ON THE PROPERTY. YOU ARE SIMPLY PURCHASING WHATEVER INTEREST THE DEBTOR HAS IN THE PROPERTY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU NEED TO CONSULT COUNSEL OF YOUR CHOICE.

D-1-GV-12-001296 CONSTA-BLE’S NOTICE OF SALEREAL PROPERTY DELIN-QUENT TAXESBY VIRTUE of a certain Order Of Sale issued by the clerk of the 353RD District Court of Travis County, on the 12th day of July, 2013 in a certain cause numbered D-1-GV-12-001296, wherein Travis County, Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health, Manor Independent School District, Austin Community College and Travis County Emergency Services District No. 12 (as to billing number 85802, 426304, 426305, 426306, 88904); Travis County, Del Valle Independent School District, Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Cen-tral Health, Austin Community College and Travis County Emergency Services District No. 12 (as to billing number 75714); Travis County, Del Valle Independent School District, Travis County Healthcare District d/b/a Central Health, Travis County Emergency Services District No. 11 and Austin Community College (as to billing number 516119); Travis County, Travis County Emergency Services District No. 11, Del Valle Independent School District and County Education District (as to billing number 154124) are plaintiffs, and Monetizers, Inc. and Travis County, Travis County Rural Fire District No. 8 n/k/a Travis County Emergency Services District No. 11, Del Valle Independent School District, County Education District, Manor Independent School District and Travis Count Emergency Services District No. 2 (In Rem Only) are defendant(s), in favor of said plaintiffs, for the following sums: Billing Number 154124 = $11,096.78, Billing Number 75714 = $7,953.49, Billing Number 88904 = $77,126.06, Billing Number 426304 = $11,831.81, Billing Number 426305 = $11,831.81, Billing Number 426306 = $11,831.81, Billing Number 516119 = $13,143.90 and Billing Number 85802 = $12,534.61 Dollars, together with all costs of suit, that being the amount of judgment recovered by the said plaintiffs, in the 353RD District Court of Travis County, Texas, on May 17, 2013.I, on the 31st day of July, 2013, at 2:00 o’clock P.M., have levied upon, and will, on the 3rd day of September, 2013 at 10:00 o’ clock, A.M., at 1000 Guadalupe Street in the City of Austin, within legal hours, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the rights, title and interest of defendants in and to the following described property, levied upon as the property of defendants, to-wit:Billing Number: 154124Legal Description: ABS 797

SUR 5 WESTBROOK T B ACR 27.41 Billing Number: 75714Legal Description: Lot 50, Block G, Kennedy Ridge Es-tates, Section 2, Plat No. 27/8 as described in Volume 11228, Page 451 and Volume 11320, Page 85 of the deed records of Travis County, TexasBilling Number: 88904Legal Description: Area designated as Park, Kings-berry Park, Section Two, Plat No. 63/75 as shown on the attached plat and being a por-tion of that tract in Volume 3390, Page 1675 of the deed records of Travis County, TexasBilling Number: 426304Legal Description: Lot 18, Block B, Kingsberry Park, Section One, Plat No. 37/9 as described in Volume 11320, Page 83 of the deed records of Travis County, TexasBilling Number: 426305Legal Description: Lot 19, Block B, Kingsberry Park, Section One, Plat No. 37/9 as described in Volume 11320, Page 83 of the deed records of Travis County, TexasBilling Number: 426306Legal Description: Lot 20, Block B, Kingsberry Park, Section One, Plat No. 37/9 as described in Volume 11320, Page 83 of the deed records of Travis County, TexasBilling Number: 516119Legal Description: .68 of an acre out of the Thomas West-brook Sur. 5 as shown on the attached parcel map and being a portion as described in Volume 4378, Page 671 of the deed records of Travis County, TexasBilling Number: 85802Legal Description: Lot 16, Block D, Kingsberry Park Section Two, Plat No. 63/75 as described in Volume 3390, Page 1675 and the attached plat map of the deed records of Travis County, TexasTHE ABOVE SALE to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment for the following sums: Billing Number 154124 = $11,096.78, Billing Number 75714 = $7,953.49, Billing Number 88904 = $77,126.06, Billing Number 426304 = $11,831.81, Billing Number 426305 = $11,831.81, Billing Number 426306 = $11,831.81, Billing Number 516119 = $13,143.90 and Billing Number 85802 = $12,534.61 Dollars in favor of plaintiffs, together with the costs of said suit, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.Witness my hand this 31st day of July, 2013.CARLOS B. LOPEZ, CONSTABLE PRECINCT 5TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASBY /s/ Sergeant Charles Lanter-man DEPUTYON THE PROPERTY SOLD, THERE ARE NO WARRAN-TIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU BUY THE PROPERTY “AS IS”. BIDDERS ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS EXECUTION SALE MAY NOT EXTINGUISH ANY LIENS OR SECURITY INTERESTS ON THE PROPERTY. YOU ARE SIMPLY PURCHASING WHATEVER INTEREST THE DEBTOR HAS IN THE PROPERTY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU NEED TO CONSULT COUNSEL OF YOUR CHOICE.

LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To be held at:Spare Space Storagewww.storagebattles.comBegins at: 6:00 PM 8/13/13Ends at: 10:00 AM 8/23/13In accordance with the provi-sions of M.G.L., Chapter 105-A, Spare Space Storage will hold a public auction online at www.storagebattles.com of delin-quent storage units to satisfy operator’s lien.Unit #1169 Jon SpargurUnit #1284 Marian DeshayUnit contains contents of household goods.All units to be sold in entirety

to highest bidder:All contents must be removed same day, Payment due imme-diately upon bid acceptance.Spare Space Storage reserves the following rights: (1) to refuse any and all bids; (3) to cancel the auction at any time for any reason.8/13/2013 – 8/23/2013

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE 1995 Ford F-150 pk California Vin # 1ftd-f15y5sla67991. Tow Authorized by: Buda police dept. on : 07/26/2013 Storage charges are $306.60 daily storage fee of $20.00 per day plus tax. Located at: K & S Towing 895 S. Loop 4, Buda, Tx. 78610 # 512-291-3672 vehicles relesed to the registered owner of this unit 24 7 with a one hour notice.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUC-TION In accordance with the provisions of State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at the Uncle Bob’s Self Storage location(s) listed below.And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such no-tice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder for cash or otherwise disposed of on August 20th, 2013 at 8:00AM starting at the FM 1431 location, immediately thereafter, auction proceeds to the next listed location.Uncle Bobs Self Storage #4273997 FM 1431, Round Rock, TX 78681John P Hudson- Boxes, house-hold goodsJohn Paul Hudson- Furniture, household goods, boxes, office equipmentJames R Wilson- 1 tanning bedJames R Wilson- 5 tanning bedsKelly T Lewis- Tools, tv, computer, household goods, furniture, boxesBrandon Dombrowski- Furni-ture, household goods, toolsManuel Jimenez Jr.- Household goodsVera Cordell- Boxes, household items, appliances, furnitureBarbara Fleming- Household goods, boxes, sporting goods, tv, furnitureTim W Carpenter- Tools, house-hold items, stereoUncle Bobs Self Storage #4292715 Sam Bass Road, Round Rock, TX 78681Brandy A Shinski- Toys, bags of clothes, furniture, boxesBillie-Jean Niedorowski- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, tv/stereo equipMaria E South- Pool table, gardening tools, christmas decorations, boxes, tiresGillian Chauncey- Furniture (bedroom), mattress, boxesHannah L Carson- Appliances, computer monitor, furniture, boxes, mirror, clock, futon mattressJennifer Marrufo- Furniture, household goods, boxes, TV, electronicsUncle Bobs Self Storage #392550 S. IH-35, Round Rock, TX 78681Stuart Whitlow- Boxes, Chair Israel Guel- Boxes, Tools, Cnstrctn equip Lndscpng equipAnna Herrera- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, Applnces, Other: Paper workTammy Rapa- Rubbermaid containers and BoxesHeather Mack- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Applnces, TV/Stereo equipLuz Castillo- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Applnces, TV/Stereo equipJulio Gonzalez- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, Applnces, TV/Stereo equipCheri Wasco- Boxes, Other: BagsAmber Jackson- Hsld gds, Furn, Tools, Applnces, Cnstrctn equipUncle Bobs Self Storage #4302101 Double Creek Dr, Round Rock, TX 78664Irfan R. Khan - Boxes, Ap-plnces, ToolsCamilino A Yanes - TV/Stereo

equip, Furn, Applnces, Hsld gds, BoxesDon Walker - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, ApplncesBrittany C. Hunt - Hsld gds, Boxes, FurnStephanie Oman - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tv/Stereo equipGary Lewis - Hsld gds, Furn, Applnces, Tv/Stero equipArnold E. Salinas - Boxes, TV/Stereo, Furn, Off Mach/EquipKevin A. Skipp - Boxes, Ap-plnces, Hsld gds, Sprtng gdsShirley A. Harrison - Hsld gds, TV/Stereo equip, Boxes, Sprtng gdsKristine Tulloh - FurnKimberly K, McBride - Furn, Hsld gdsUncle Bobs Self Storage #2762830 South A.W. Grimes Boulevard, Round Rock, TX 78664Tory Carr- Boxes;Diane Young - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, Off Furn, Lnd-scpng Equip; Leon Thompson - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Off Furn, Off Mac/Equip, Cnstrctn Equip; Shirlee A. Fuller - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes;Juan A. Molina, Jr. - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, TV/Stereo Equip;James Kizer - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Applnces;Mario Valdez - Furn, Boxes;Paul E. Stephens - Vending Machines, Lawn Equipment;Richard E. Multanen - Misc. Furniture, Restaurant Equip;Carlton Sullivan Jr. - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, TV/Stereo Equip;Diane Young - Tools, Cabinets, Bikes, Garage, Christmas;Jonathan Matocha - Hsld gds, Furn, Tools, TV/Stereo Equip;Paul E. Stephens - Vending Machines;Christina Duncan - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, TV/Stereo Equip, Acctng rcrds;Theodore Garza - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Off Furn;Sheree Cunningham-Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes;Hailey Duvall - Furn, Boxes;Jose Coronado - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes;Matt Bruder - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip;Michael Brown - Hsld gds, Clothes;Tomi Rodgers - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Sprtng gds, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Off Furn, Off Mac/Equip;Christi Gibel / La Quinta Inns - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes;Allen Dupree - Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Sprtng gds, Tools, TV/Stereo Equip, Acctng rcrds, Scooter;Uncle Bobs Self Storage #2859717 US Hwy 290E, Austin, TX 78724Jose Federico Moran- Hsld Gds, Furn, BoxesKaterria Alexander- Hsld Gds, Furn, Boxes, Applnces,TV/Stereo EquipRafaela Leal- Hsld Gds, Furn, Boxes, Sprtng Gds, Acctng rcrds, other: books, dolls, clothesPedro Granado- Furn, Boxes, ApplncesElvia Sanchez- Hsld Gds, Furn, Applnces, Off FurnLetecia Matthews- FurnTiffani Fowler- Hsld Gds, Furn, BoxesJonithan Pendergrass- Hsld Gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Cnstrctn EquipSandra Rosales- Hsld GdsUncle Bob’s Self Storage #2876509 S. 1st St. Austin, TX 78745Felicia Francis -Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes Miguel Pozos- Furn, Boxes, ApplncesMalik Villarreal- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Off Furn, Off Mach/EquipGustavo Aguilar- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Sprtng gds, Tools, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Off Furn, Lndscpng Equip, Acctng rcrdsMarina Romo- Hsld gds, Off Mach/EquipWilliam Sadler- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, ToolsCurtis Merring- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Sprtng gds, TV/Stereo Equip, Off Furn, Lndscpng

EquipEoghan McCloskey- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Off Furn, Off Mach/Equip, Acctng rcrdsDorcas Deas- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, TV/Stereo EquipRex Niles- Tools, ApplncesDiana Trujillo- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, TV/Stereo Equip, Lndscpng EquipLisa Carmona- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Off FurnMeredith Carlson- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, ApplncesJoe Ransom LLC- Hsld gds, Furn, BoxesLinda Roberts- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, TV/Stereo EquipRelda Wilson- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, TV/Stereo EquipRose Jaimes- Hsld gds, Furn, BoxesJuanita T Ojeda- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, TV/Stereo Equip

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUC-TION In accordance with the provisions of State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at the Uncle Bob’s Self Storage location(s) listed below.And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder for cash or oth-erwise disposed of on August 21st, 2013 at 1:30PM starting at the North Lamar #231 location, immediately thereafter, auction proceeds to the next listed location.Uncle Bobs Self Storage #2318227 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753Velma Rodriguez- Hsld gds, furn, boxes, sprtng gds, tools, TV/stereo equipCarlton Mitchell- Hsld gds, clothesJoel Schiller- BoxesJames Hill- Hsld gds, office furnDaryl Andrews- Hsld gds, furn, boxes, sprtng gds, tools, TV/stereo equipKarina VanBaast- Hsld gds, furn, boxes, applnces, TV/stereo equipMeagan Work- Hsld gds, furn, boxes, sprtng gds, TV/stereo equipEmily Lopez- Hsld gds, furn, boxes, TV/stereo equipLuis Maldonado- Hsld gdsShelby Avila- Hsld gds, furn, TV/stereo equipMichele Lee- Furn, boxes, TV/stereo equip, office equipNathan Marks- Hsld gds, boxes, tools, accnt rcrdsUncle Bobs Self Storage #39012835 Pond Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78729Mary Huerta- HousethingsEricka Williams- Hsld gdsDanielle Geeslin- Hsld gds, furn, boxes, applnces, TV/Stereo equipChristy Daniels- Hsld gds, furn, boxes, tools, applnces, TV/Stereo equip, off furn, off mach/equip, acctng rcrdsDavid Sessions- Hsld gdsUncle Bobs Self Storage #1975547 McNeil Dr. Austin, TX 78729Michael Sholtis- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Sprtng gds, Tools, applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Off Furn, Cnstrctn equip, Lndscpng equip, Acctng rcrdsAmir Mahboubi- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Sprtng gdsLisa Castillo- Hsld gds, Furn, Boxes, Tools, applnces, Off Furn, Lndscpng equip.Uncle Bobs Self Storage #382309 S. Bell Blvd, Cedar Park, TX 78613Roger Mathews-Hsld gds, Boxes, Applnces, TV/Stereo Equip, Acctng rcrds, Other: Clothes, etc. Christine Ganem-Riggle-Hsld gds, Boxes, Sprtng gds, Acctng rcrds, Sales Sampls

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUC-TION FOR PUBLICATION A public auction will be held to satisfy Landlord’s lien pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code. Sale will be held at 10:00 am on the 10th day of August, 2013, at A-A-A

Storage located at 1710 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78704. All units will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Clean up and removal deposit will be required. Seller reserves the right to withdraw any property from the sale, and reserves the right to reject any bid. Sales in-clude items from the following tenant’s storage spaces:B07 Jared Cooper: furniture, storage trunk, misc. boxes

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE PS Orangeco, Inc. hereby gives notice that the property gener-ally described below is being sold to satisfy a Landlord’s Lien pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code, at the time and place indicated below, and on the following terms: All property generally described below will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder for cash, or credit cards, NO CHECKS, with payment to be made at the time of the sale. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid and to withdraw any item or items from the sale. The property will be sold on the 20th of AUGUST 2013 on or about the time indi-cated at each self-storage facil-ity identified: NO CHILDREN PLEASE. NO SMOKING, PLEASE.Tuesday, August 20, 2013.9:30 a.m. Public Storage @ 1033 E. 41st Street, Austin, TX 787511048 - Jefferson, TamaraAppliances; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture1054 - Jackson, BoliviaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture3111 - Taylor, TheresaBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / Computers; Furniture4014 - Hill, ChardaeFurniture4089 - Carpenter, MarissaBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture5026 - King, AprilBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture5109 - Mohammed, RenasBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture5163 - Alexander, SommerBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; Furniture5175 - Wiseman, CoryBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / Computers; Furniture10:30 a.m. Public Storage @ 937 Reinli Street. Austin, TX 78751200 - Morrison, TashaBooks / Files / Cabinets; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; Tools324 - White, DaleBedding / Clothing; Electronics / Computers; Furniture403 - Tapia, AlbertoBoxes / Bags / Totes460 - Gomez, YolandaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes600 - Perales-Balderas, EstherAppliances; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; Furniture705 - Mosier, KimBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture789 - Hodges, RuthBoxes / Bags / Totes914 - Allen, JazmyneBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture11:30 a.m. Public Storage @ 8101 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 787531043 - Triplett, SheliaBoxes / Bags / Totes1053 - Garcia, HectorBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture1215 - Brown, FrankBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture1224 - Brown, ShiskaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture1306 - Boyd, AnitaBoxes / Bags / Totes1307 - Speed, JessicaBoxes / Bags / Totes1320 - McLain, BrandiBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; Tools1322 - Pennick, SandraAppliances; Boxes / Bags / Totes1335 - Bell, MariahBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; Furniture1517 - Taylor, William

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Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / Computers; Furniture2021 - Rodriguez, JoseBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes208 - Walls, KishaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture3105 - Brown, KarenBedding / Clothing3135 - Kahn, AndrewBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / Computers; Furniture323 - Nwanebu, MaxwellAppliances; Bedding / Cloth-ing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; Furniture414 - Gums, BarbaraBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; Furniture445 - Hall, CarrieBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; Furniture; Toys458 - North, AdrienneBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; Tools503 - Allen, CathyBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsN2242 - Sauls, FriedaAppliances; Bedding / Cloth-ing; Books / Files / CabinetsN2341 - zepeda, mariaFurnitureN2358 - Zepeda, MariaAppliances; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToysN3548 - Gonzales, JacklynBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / Computers; Furniture12:30 p.m. Public Storage @ 8525 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78753A024 - Gonzales, IrmaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToysA046 - Frazier, S JoyceBoxes / Bags / TotesA053 - Stephens, MoniqueBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / ComputersA063 - Greathouse, WalterBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureA077 - Lugo, SandyBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureA083 - Taylor, LaQuishaBoxes / Bags / TotesB016 - Parker, ShelleyBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsB032 - James, MarcusBoxes / Bags / TotesC002 - Hines, MonicaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; FurnitureC019 - Middaugh, JeffreyFurnitureC036 - Ines, BecerraBoxes / Bags / Totes; ToolsC047 - Freeman, SherriBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsC050 - Bustos, JessieBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsD022 - Birdsong, RuthFurnitureE009 - White, LashondaBoxes / Bags / TotesE017 - Morales, AlicialBedding / Clothing; FurnitureE045 - Martinez, TabithaFurnitureE046 - Wolking, NancyBoxes / Bags / TotesF004 - Miller, BrandonBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / Computers; Furniture; ToolsG044 - Dossat, SandraAppliances; Boxes / Bags / TotesH026 - National Guitar WorkshopBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / ComputersH044 - JENKINS, GAYNAYLEBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; Tools1:30 p.m. Public Storage @ 8128 N. Lamar Bvld., Austin, TX 78753E027 - Miller, ShawantaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / TotesE065 - James, MujaraAppliances; Bedding / Cloth-ing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; FurnitureE091 - Dodson, JamalBedding / Clothing; Boxes

/ Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; FurnitureE102 - ALLEN, JAMESBedding / Clothing; Books / Files / Cabinets; Boxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureE110 - Hart, JamesAppliances; Bedding / Cloth-ing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureG034 - Mendoza Sanchez, Jorge AdolfoBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture2:30 p.m. Public Storage @ 1213 W. 6th Street, Austin, TX 787031002 - Shipp, Lewis BradyBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Tools2015 - Mitchell, KimberlyBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; Furniture4001 - Hensley, HeatherBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / Computers; Furniture4078 - Robinson, AlfredBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-ics / Computers; Furniture5059 - Greer, JenaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Electronics / Computers; Furniture; Toys

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE PS Orangeco, Inc. hereby gives notice that the property gener-ally described below is being sold to satisfy a Landlord’s Lien pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code, at the time and place indicated below, and on the following terms: All property generally described below will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder for cash, or credit cards, NO CHECKS, with payment to be made at the time of the sale. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid and to withdraw any item or items from the sale. The property will be sold on the 22nd of August 2013 on or about the time indicated at each self-storage facility identified: NO CHIL-DREN PLEASE.Thursday August 22 , 20139:00 a.m. Public Storage@ 10100 North I-H 35 Austin, TX 78753A013 - Walker, TanyaBedding / Clothing; FurnitureA014 - Morales, VeliaBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureA016 - Suarez, TomasBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsA043 - Lassiter, LasaraBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsB005 - Contreras, ArielBoxes / Bags / TotesB011 - Garcia Jr., JesusAppliances; Boxes / Bags / TotesB056 - Wright, CharlesBedding / Clothing; FurnitureB078 - Sheridan, BrandiBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsC006 - Zuniga, ManuelBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsC048 - Vega, Jessica SBedding / Clothing; FurnitureC111 - Ramirez, LuisBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureD049 - Hanford, WilliamBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsD111 - Williams, RickieFurnitureD132 - Murray, ErikBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureE014 - Young, JamieElectronics / Computers; FurnitureE039 - Price, TyAll items in unitE045 - Harris Jr., JohnBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsE052 - Stigler, AngelaBoxes / Bags / TotesF003 - Bailey, ShermekaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureF015 - jackson, keichiaBedding / Clothing; FurnitureF005 - O’neal, LeslieAll items in unit9:30 a.m. Public Storage@ 10001 N. I-H 35 Austin, TX 787531006 - Kelley, RobertBedding / Clothing; Electronics / Computers1015 - Jimenez, IsraelFurniture1028 - Bautista, FrankBoxes / Bags / Totes; Electron-

ics / Computers; Furniture1046 - harms, GretchenBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture2059 - Rule, VictorBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture3041 - Norwood, MalcolmBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture3072 - Kahn, AndrewBoxes / Bags / Totes5046 - Stroud, NicoleBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes5060 - Jarmon, TakieshaFurniture5066 - Mays, CrystalBedding / Clothing; Books / Files / Cabinets; Furniture5082 - Valdez, ValerieBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture6015 - Walker, AmandaBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture7012 - Mason, CraigBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture7014 - Merriweather, GeriBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; Tools7029 - Craig, TyrikaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture10:00 a.m. Public Storage@ 1517 Round Rock Ave. Round Rock, TX 786811119 - Howard, ThomasBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture2117 - Davis, GlendaBedding / Clothing; Furniture4110 - Hughes, EricBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture4113 - Ellis, EmmaBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture4135 - Bigelow, JerryBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture5111 - Jeter, LauralynBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture7113 - Stephenson, AnthonyBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture8107 - Edelbrock, RebekahBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture8113 - Hamilton, EmmilAll items in unit8151 - Jakobsen, MarkElectronics / Computers; Furniture10:30 a.m. Public Storage@ 12318 N. Mopac Expressway Austin, TX 78758A101 - Bell, TerryBedding / Clothing; FurnitureB199 - Paslay, Craig AllenBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / TotesB210 - Degollado, MarkBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureB229 - Wagor, JeremyBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureC339 - Hawkins, TakeitaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsC426 - olson, melissaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / TotesD588 - Crumb, DanaeBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureD626 - Shaw, NatashaBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture11:00 a.m. Public Storage@ 9205 Research Blvd. Austin, TX 78758A246 - Garza, HeatherBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureA283 - Armendariz, VeronicaBoxes / Bags / TotesC113 - UN-GARAGE SALE LLCBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureC125 - UN-GARAGE SALE LLCFurnitureC127 - UN-GARAGE SALE LLCFurnitureD043 - Reyna, DanielBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToolsD120 - Harden, AliceBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; ToysD129 - Casarez, AntonioFurniture; ToolsE059 - Wallace, ShontayBoxes / Bags / TotesE150 - PAIGE, EVELYNBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureF007 - UN-GARAGE SALE LLCFurnitureF030 - Robinson, RonaldElectronics / Computers; Furniture11:30 a.m. Public Storage@ 10931 Research Blvd. Austin, TX 787592175 - Miller, MichealFurniture2182 - Gonzalez, SallyBoxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureA021 - Pennington, SusannAppliances; Bedding / Cloth-ing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; FurnitureA03B - Jones, D’andraBoxes / Bags / Totes12:00 p.m. Public Storage@ 12915 Research Blvd. Austin, TX 787502002 - RUSSELL, LENABedding / Clothing; Boxes /

Bags / Totes; Furniture5006 - Rhoades, JarodBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture5064 - Derringer, MeaganBedding / Clothing; Tools5068 - Parr, JonathanBedding / Clothing; FurnitureD016 - Kouragian, JenniferBoxes / Bags / TotesD027 - Jackson, KizzyBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture12: 30 p.m. Public Storage@ 13675 N. U.S. Hwy. 183 Aus-tin, TX 787500136 - Langanke, TimBoxes / Bags / Totes0221 - Mann, JuanitaBedding / Clothing; Furniture0608 - DeLaGarza, IlmaBedding / Clothing; Boxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture; Tools1231 - MEDINA, BONITABoxes / Bags / Totes1295 - Hargrove, YolandaBoxes / Bags / Totes; Furniture1302 - king, mikeBoxes / Bags / Totes

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to Chapter 59, Texas Property Code, Locktite Lake-line/620 Mini Storage which is located at 12342 FM 620 N., Austin, TX 78750 will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a land-lord’s lien. Sale will begin at 3:30 o’clock PM on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 12342 FM 620 N., Austin, TX 78750.Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Cleanup & removal deposit may be required. Seller reserves the right to not accept any bid and to withdraw property from sale. Property in each space will be sold by the space. Property being sold includes contents of spaces of following tenants:Tammy Huckabay 10x10, tool box, mattress, BBQ grill, recliner, shelf, TV, microwave, misc. toolsJames Alderman 12x10, buffet, bed, 2 sets mattresses, armoire, generator, dresser, misc. boxesTrisha Halliburton 5x10, misc. totes, toys, files etc.Bryan Wyatt 10x20, boxes, totes, dresser, tv, smoker, fridge, dryer, law mower, misc.Shirley Kaslov 10x15, twin bed, mattress, tv, vacuum, bedside table, misc. boxes, totes, printsSonya Fabricatore 10x10, household goods, misc. totes, trunk, decorations.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to Chapter 59, Texas Property Code, Stor-A-Way- Slaughter Creek which is located at 9706 Manchaca Road, Austin Texas 78748, will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. Sale will begin at 11:00 o’clock AM on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 9706 Manchaca Road, Austin Texas 78748.Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Clean-up and removal deposit may be required. Seller reserves the right to not accept any bid and to withdraw property from sale. Property in each space will be sold by the space. Property being sold includes contents of spaces of following tenants:Joe Flores - Tool box, shelves, fishing poles, power tools, yard toolsMarylynn Awater - Mattress, yard tools, dresser, household goods, lawn mower, misc boxes

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage, pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code (Chapter 576 of the 68th Legislature), will conduct a public sale of the contents of the units listed to satisfy delinquent accounts (landlords lien).These sales will be con-ducted on Wednesday August 21, 2013 beginning at 12:00 pm at 6412 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757. All sales are final, goods are sold as is. Landlords reserve the right to refuse any bid. Cash only sales to the highest bidder. Viewing from the entrance only. Buyers must re-move all the contents and leave the unit clean. Persons age 16 and under are not permitted on

the grounds.6412 Burnet Rd. 512-419-06473046-Michael Resa6512 McNeil Dr. 512-250-9879H221-Marla PlunkettE429-Randall MorrisF232-Lisette MooreThe items stored in the above listed units and/or spaces are typical household goods and may include, but are not limited to: office equipment, supplies, stored files and records, house-hold and office furnishings, inventory, tools, equipment, and miscellaneous items. May include autos, boats, campers as noted. Auctioneer -Ace Auc-tion Company TX-16453.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE-AUG. 28, 13 Pursuant to Chapter 59 of the State of Texas Property Code, Wells Branch Self Storage, located at 1763 Wells Branch Pkwy., Austin, Tx. 78728, will hold a public Auc-tion of property being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. Sale will be at 2:30PM, Aug. 28, 13. Property will be sold to the highest bidder for CASH. De-posit for clean up and removal required. Personal padlock required by successful bidder. Seller reserves the right not to accept any bid and to withdraw any property from sale. Prop-erty from each unit will be sold by space only. Property being sold includes contents in units of the following;Lupe Jimenez-C102, Neachole Veal-C208, Cynthia Kaderka-C506, Brooke D. Gonzales-C517, Sharon U. Portis-C607, Jeffrey A. Jones-C627, Mary F. Vest-D410, Deborah A. Thompson-D416, J.Graciela Jimenez-B228, Frank Hernandez-B314.Content of units include; Lad-ders, Luggage, Tool Cart, Golf Clubs, Dollies, Portable Tent, Tools, Silk Plants, Vacumns, Pictures, Car Seat, Rocking Horse, Trunks, Christmas Decorations, Baskets, Sofa, Tea Cart, Rocking Chair, 2 small Bikes, Ice Chest, File Cabinet, Stool, Childs Car, Ent. Ctr., End Table, Chairs, Qn. HB/FB, Matt., Box Springs, Love Seat, Dining Table, lots of boxes, totes and misc.

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY STATE OF TEXASCOUNTY OF TRAVISBy virtue of a SECOND ORDER OF SALE issued by the clerk of the District Court of the 200th Judicial District Court in and for TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, December 6, 2012, in caused numbered D-1-GN-11-002303 styled Phase Three Austin’s Colony Homeowners Associa-tion Inc. vs. Felipe and Maria M. Cruz. On a judgment rendered against Felipe and Maria M. Cruz at 3113 Crownover Street Austin Texas 78725. I did on July 30, 2013, at 1:45 P.M. levy upon property of Felipe and Maria M. Cruz the following described real property TO WIT:1. Residence Lot 7, Block F of Austin’s Colony, Phase IV, A addition in Travis County, Texas, according to the plat thereof as recorded under Document No. 200300144 of the plat records of Travis County, Texas (“THE PROPERTY”) also described as street address 3113 Crownover Street Austin, Texas 78725.On September 3, 2013 being the first Tuesday of the month between the hours 10:00AM and 12:00PM beginning at 10:00AM at the Travis County Courthouse, 1000 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas. I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the rights, ownership and interest of in and to the above-described property.Dated at Austin, Travis County, July 30, 2013.NOTICE TO BIDDERS:You are buying whatever inter-est, if any; the debtor has in the property. Purchase of the debtor’s interest in the property may not extinguish any liens or security interest held by other persons. There are no warran-ties of title, merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose.Danny ThomasConstable Precinct 1Travis County, TexasBy CPL. Jesse Villalovos #105

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST

THE ESTATE OF CAROL WIL-LIAM MEYER Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of CARL WILLIAM MEYER were is-sued on July 30, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001183, pending in Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas, to: HUGUETTE BERTHE MEYER The address of such Indepen-dent Executor is 2207 Hazeltine Lane, Austin, Texas 78747.The Independent Executor directs that all claims against this Estate be addressed to:HUGUETTE BERTHE MEYERRepresentative of the Estate of CARL WILLIAM MEYERc/o Nancy N. SchererScherer & Scherer602 West 13th StreetAustin, Texas 78701All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED this 30th day of July, 2013.NANCY N. SCHERERSCHERER & SCHERER602 WEST 13TH STREETAUSTIN, TEXAS 78701ATTORNEYS FOR THE INDE-PENDENT EXECUTOR

NOTICE TO ALL PER-SONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF CYNTHIA DUVAL HIGGINS HUTCHESON, DECEASEDCAUSE NO. C-1-PB-13-001156NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Notice is hereby given that on July 11, 2013, Letters Testamen-tary were issued to:Jim Bob Hutchesonby the Honorable Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County, Texas, in Cause Number C-1-PB-13-001156 pending upon the Probate Docket of said Court.All persons having claims against said estate are on notice of this administration and are hereby requested to present the same within the time prescribed by law to:Thomas O. BartonMCGINNIS, LOCHRIDGE & KILGORE, L.L.P.600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100Austin, Texas 78701

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF JOE JOHN SING, DECEASED OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPEN-DENT ADMINISTRATORNotice is hereby given that original Letters of Independent Administration for the Estate of Joe John Sing were issued on the 2nd day of August, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-000826 pending in the Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas, to: ANITA GAYLE SING, INDEPEN-DENT ADMINISTRATOR.The residence of such Admin-istrator is Austin, Texas. The address is c/o Malcolm Green-stein, Greenstein & Kolker, 1006 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, 78702. All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED this 5th day of August, 2013.GREENSTEIN & KOLKER1006 E. Cesar Chavez StreetAustin, Texas 78702(512) 472-6270(512) 472-8263 (FAX)Malcolm GreensteinAttorneys for Independent Administrator

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF MARK RAY DANIELSON Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Mark Ray Danielson, Deceased, were issued on July 30, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001239, pending in the Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas, to the estate’s independent executor without bond, Cynthia Kay Bartley Danielson. All persons having claims against the estate cur-rently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner

prescribed by law. Claims should be addressed in care of the representative’s attorney, Lawrence A. Russell, 9951 Anderson Mill Road, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78750. Dated this the 30th day of July, 2013.

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF NINA ANDREWS HAMILTON, DE-CEASED NO. C-1-PB-13-001205 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR Notice is hereby given that on July 25, 2013, Letters Testamen-tary as Independent Executor upon the above Estate were issued to: A. BARRY O’DELL by the Honorable Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County, Texas, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001205 pending upon the Probate Docket of said Court.All persons having claims against the Estate being admin-istered are hereby requested to present the same within the time prescribed by law to the following:The Shanks Law FirmVanessa Lanceley Hauser5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 800Houston, Texas [email protected]

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that Letters of Independent Admin-istration under section 145 for the Estate of DAVID WILLIAM ENRIETTO, a/k/a David W. Enrietto, a/k/a Dave Enrietto, Deceased, were issued on July 30, 2013, in Docket Number C-1-PB-13-000602, pending in the Probate Court No. One of Travis County, Texas, to JOHN J. ENRIETTO, JR., Independent Administrator.The residence for the Indepen-dent Administrator is in Travis County, Texas. The mailing address is:c/o: A. Lynn TiemannThompson & Tiemann LLPAttorney at Law5203 Pony ChaseAustin, Texas 78727All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED the 30th day of July, 2013.Respectfully submitted,THOMPSON & TIEMANN LLPP.O. Box 201988Austin, Texas 78720-1988(512) 335-6800 Telephone(512) 335-2088 Facsimile/s/ A. Lynn TiemannAttorney and CounselorState Bar No. 20021500ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that Letters of Independent Admin-istration under section 145 for the Estate of DORIS MAE LEE, Deceased, were issued on Au-gust 1, 2013, in Docket Number C-1-PB-13-001208, pending in the Probate Court No. One of Travis County, Texas, to JAMES WILLIAM LEE, Independent Executor.The residence for the Inde-pendent Executor is in Travis County, Texas. The mailing address is:c/o: A. Lynn TiemannThompson & Tiemann LLPAttorney at Law5203 Pony ChaseAustin, Texas 78727All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED the 1st day of August, 2013.Respectfully submitted,THOMPSON & TIEMANN LLPP.O. Box 201988Austin, Texas 78720-1988(512) 335-6800 Telephone(512) 335-2088 Facsimile/s/ A. Lynn TiemannAttorney and CounselorState Bar No. 20021500ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE is hereby given that original Letters Independent Administration for the Estate of Kyle Lansing McNeely, Deceased, were issued on

July 25, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-000995, pending in Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County, Texas, to: David Lan-sing McNeely and Janet Onion McNeely.The notice to the Independent Co-Administrators may be delivered at the following address:c/o Barnes Lipscomb & Stewart PLLCAttorneys at Law2901 Bee Caves Road, Box DAustin, Texas 78746All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the man-ner prescribed by law.Dated the 31st day of July, 2013./s/ Clint AlexanderAttorney for Independent Co-Administrators

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Administra-tion for the Estate of Michael Allen Osborne, Deceased, were issued to Teresa A. Osborne on July 16, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-000988, In The Probate Court No. 1, Travis County, Texas. All persons having claims against the Estate must present them, within the time and in the manner prescribed by law, the following address: Representative, Estate of Michael Allen Osborne, c/o Michael Z. Stern, Law Office of Hubert Bell, Jr., 1907 N. Lamar Blvd., Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78705. Dated July 30, 2013. Michael Z. Stern

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Connie Sue Wright, Deceased, were issued on July 30, 2013 in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001187 pending in Travis County, Texas, Probate Court No. 1, to: Shana Mendez, Executor.All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law./s/ Farren SmithAttorney at Law103 South 12th Street, Suite 200Pflugerville, Texas 78660DATED: This the 1st day of August, 2013.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Dudley Daniel Gardner, Deceased, were issued on August 1, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001296, pending in the Probate Court No. 1, Travis County, Texas, to Gail Gardner McAtee as Independent Executor.All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.Estate of Dudley Daniel GardnerGail Gardner McAtee, Indepen-dent Executorc/o Greg JohnsonFarrell & Pak, PLLC1411 West Ave., Suite 100Austin, Texas 78701Telephone: (512) 323-2977Facsimile: (512) 708-1977Dated the 1st day of August, 2013./s/ Greg JohnsonFARRELL & PAK, PLLC

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Glenn R. Gra-ham, Deceased, were issued on April 18, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-000640, pending in Travis County, Texas, to: The Northern Trust Company.The notice to the Independent Executor may be delivered at the following address:c/o Glenn M. KarischThe Karisch Law Firm, PLLC7200 N. MoPac Expwy., Suite 300Austin, Texas 78731All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them within

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NOTICE OF SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES IMPOUNDED BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 683.011 ET SEQ., TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, REGULAT-ING THE IMPOUNDING AND SALE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES BY DELEGATE OR PERSONALLY.

THE PURCHASER SHALL TAKE TITLE TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE FREE AND CLEAR OF ALL LIENS AND CLAIMS OF OWNERSHIP AND IS ENTITLED TO REGISTER THE PURCHASED MOTOR VEHICLE AND RECIEVE A CERTIFI-CATE OF TITLE.

I WILL PROCEED TO SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TRA-VIS COUNTY, TEXAS, THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN REDEEMED BY THE OWNERS, THEREOF TO WIT;

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the time and in the manner prescribed by law.Dated the 1st day of August, 2013./s/ Glenn M. KarischAttorney for Independent Executor

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Hugh Heatley, Deceased, were issued on July 30, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001292, pending in Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County, Texas, to: Yvette Heatley.The notice to the Independent Executor may be delivered at the following address:c/o Barnes Lipscomb & Stewart PLLCAttorney at Law2901 Bee Caves Road, Box DAustin, Texas 78746All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.Dated the 30th day of July, 2013./s/ Clint AlexanderAttorney for Independent Executor

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that orig-inal Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Joyce Elizabeth White Adejumo, Deceased, were issued to Valerie H. Wiley on July 30, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001294, In The Pro-bate Court No. 1, Travis County, Texas. All persons having claims against the Estate must present them, within the time and in the manner prescribed by law, the following address: Representative, Estate of Joyce Elizabeth White Adejumo, c/o Michael Z. Stern, Law Office of Hubert Bell, Jr., 1907 N. Lamar Blvd., Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78705. Dated July 31, 2013. Michael Z. Stern

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Lee R. Alex-ander, Deceased, were issued on July 18, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001123, pending in Travis County, Texas, to: Henry R. Alexander.The notice to the Independent Executor may be delivered at the following address:c/o Glenn M. KarischThe Karisch Law Firm, PLLC7200 N. MoPac Expwy., Suite 300Austin, Texas 78731All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.Dated the 2nd day of August, 2013./s/ Glenn M. KarischAttorney for Independent Executor

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that orig-inal Letters Testamentary for the Estate of LOUISE EVELYN COX, Deceased, were issued on July 30, 2013, in Cause No. 13-0442-CP4, in the County Court of Williamson County, Texas to STANLEY EUGENE COX, as Independent Executor.The residence of the Indepen-dent Executor is in Williamson County, Texas. The post office address is:Estate of LOUISE EVELYN COXc/o Stanley Eugene Cox, Inde-pendent Executor51 Pecan 1 (Pct 3)Florence, Texas 76527All persons having claims against this estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.Dated this 1st day of August, 2013.By: /s/ Deborah GreenAttorney for Independent Executor

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Margaret Ann Wylie, Deceased, were issued on March 7, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-000353, pending in the County Probate Court,

Travis County, Texas, to: Valerie Larson.All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o Henry N Bell, III, Attorney for Valerie Larson, SBN 02095000, 6000 N Lamar Blvd, Ste 210, Austin, Texas 78752; 512-458-2233; fax 512-458-2354.DATED the 30th day of July, 2013./s/ Henry Newton Bell, IIIAttorney for the Estate

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of PAUL OLEF-SKY, Deceased, were issued on July 9, 2013, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001146, pending in the Probate Court No. One, Travis County, Texas, to: Hai Zheng Olefsky.All persons having claims against this Estate which is cur-rently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.c/o: Karl A. ShackelfordAttorney at Law1608 West 34th StreetAustin, TX 78703DATED the 31st day of July, 2013./s/ Karl A. ShackelfordAttorney for Hai Zheng OlefskyState Bar No.: 007958381608 West 34th StreetAustin, TX 78703Telephone: (512) 472-1678Facsimile: (512) 236-9227

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary, Estate of MARION WHITE MURPHY, Deceased, were issued on July 30, 2013, Cause No. C-1-PB-001252, Probate Court One, Travis County, Texas, to: ELIZABETH KIRKE MURPHY.All persons having claims are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and the manner prescribed by law.Vivian MahlabAttorney at Law1911 McCall Rd.Austin, TX 78703DATED July 30, 2013./s/ Vivian MahlabAttorney for ELIZABETH KIRKE MURPHYState Bar No.: 128366501911 McCall Rd.Austin, TX 78703Telephone: (512) 477-9400Facsimile: (512) 477-9422

NOTICE TO CREDITORS On July 25, 2013, Carole J. Goff was issued Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Shirley Jean Goff, Deceased, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001255, pending in Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas. The address of Carole J. Goff, Independent Executor, is c/o D’Ana H. Mikeska, Hopper Mikeska, PLLC, 400 W. 15th St., Suite 408, Austin, Texas 78701, and all persons having claims against this estate are required to present them to such ad-dress in the manner and time required by law.Carole J. Goff, Independent Ex-ecutor of the Estate of Shirley Jean Goff, DeceasedBy: D’Ana H. Mikeska, Attorney for the Independent Executor, Carole J. Goff

NOTICE TO CREDITORS On July 30, 2013, William S. Chapin, III was issued Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Jane Margaret Chapin, Deceased, in Cause No. C-1-PB-13-001251, pending in Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas. The address of William S. Chapin, III, Independent Executor, is c/o D’Ana H. Mikeska, Hopper Mikeska, PLLC, 400 W. 15th St., Suite 408, Austin, Texas 78701, and all persons having claims against this estate are required to present them to such ad-dress in the manner and time required by law.William S. Chapin, III, Inde-pendent Executor of the Estate of Jane Margaret Chapin,

DeceasedBy: D’Ana H. Mikeska, Attorney for the Independent Executor, William S. Chapin, III

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of DEANNA B. MCCLAIN, Deceased, were issued to Michaelanne Hurst on April 5, 2013, under Cause No. C-1-PB-13-000666, pending in Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County, Texas. All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, must present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Michaelanne Hurst, Repre-sentative, Estate of Deanna B. McClain, Deceased, c/o The Wymore Law Firm, PLLC, 1250 Capital of Texas Highway South, Building Three, Suite 400, Austin, Texas 78746.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JOHN ED-WARD KELLNER, Deceased, were issued to Blanca M. Kellner on August 2, 2013, under Cause No. 13-0432-CP4, pending in County Court at Law No. 4 in Williamson County, Texas. All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being ad-ministered, must present them within the time and in the man-ner prescribed by law. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Blanca M. Kellner, Representative, Estate of John Edward Kellner, Deceased, c/o LAW OFFICE OF CHARLES SMAISTRLA, 7200 N Mo Pac Expy Ste 160, Austin, TX 78731-2560.

OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASNotice is hereby given that sealed bids for the 2013 HMAC OVERLAY PROGRAM (BID NO. B1307-011-JE), a construc-tion project for the Hot Mix As-phalt Concrete (HMAC) overlay of roadways in Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, LCRA/Travis County-Pace Bend Park, Travis County Parks and the Eck Lane Project, will be received electronically through www.bidsync.com. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 P. M. CST, AUGUST 28, 2013, then publicly opened and read aloud. Travis County will also accept paper bids received by Cyd Grimes, Travis County Purchasing Agent, marked “Sealed Bid - 2013 HMAC Overlay Program, IFB No. B1307-011-JE)” at the Travis County Purchasing Office, 700 Lavaca Street, Ste. 800, Austin, TX 78701. Note: The Time-Date Stamp Clock located at the front counter of the Travis County Purchasing Office will serve as the OFFICIAL CLOCK for the purpose of verifying the date and time of receipt of paper bids.You may print the Plans and Specifications through www.bidsync.com. In the event of a large file size, please be patient when downloading or viewing. Hard copies (printed) of Plans and Specifications may also be obtained from the Travis County Purchas-ing Office for a refundable deposit of $100.00 in the form of a cashier’s check, money order, or company check payable to “Travis County.” The deposit will be refunded if the Plans and Specifications are returned in good condition within 21 calendar days of the bid open-ing. In addition, Plans and Specifications will be made available for viewing free of charge at various Austin-area Plan Rooms listed below.An Optional Pre-Bid Confer-ence will be held on August 14, 2013 at 9:00 a.m., C.S.T. at the Travis County Purchasing Office, 700 Lavaca Street, Suite 800, Austin, Tx 78701. A bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount will be required. IF A COPY OF THE BID SECU-RITY IS SUBMITTED ELEC-TRONICALLY THROUGH WWW.BIDSYNC.COM, AN ORIGINAL AND ONE COPY WILL BE DUE (BY CLOSE OF

BUSINESS) ONE BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE BID OPEN-ING DATE. Payments will be made for completed work in progressive payments with the County retaining five percent (5%) of each payment until final acceptance of the project. Pay-ments will be made by check. A Payment Bond is required in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, if the contract amount exceeds $25,000. A Perfor-mance Bond is required in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, if the contract amount exceeds $100,000. Bidders should use lump sum pricing. Project performance period is THRU THE END OF OCTOBER 2013 WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND IF NECESSARY. IF THE CONTRACTOR FAILS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT IN THE REQUIRED TIME FRAME SPECIFIED, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WILL BE AS-SESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TABLE SHOWN UNDER ITEM 8 – PROSECU-TION AND PROGRESS FOUND IN THE STANDARD BID DOCUMENTS-INSTRUCTION TO BIDDERS. Historically Underutilized Busi-nesses including Contractors, Subcontractors, and Suppliers are encouraged to participate in this project consistent with the goals of the Travis County Commissioners Court. Contractors will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportu-nity laws and regulations, all Federal, State, and local regula-tions for construction safety and health standards.The successful bidder must commence work upon issu-ance by County of a written Notice to Proceed. The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in the bids received. Bids may not be withdrawn for ninety (90) calendar days after the date on which they are opened.THERE ARE UNIT PRICES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BID. BIDDERS MUST DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE THE AS-SOCIATED BID PROPOSAL WORKSHEET (LOCATED IN THE “DOCUMENTS” SECTION OF THIS BID) THEN UPLOAD AND SUBMIT IT WITH THEIR BID. FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE BID PROPOSAL WORKSHEET MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR BID.Construction Estimate Range is $2,775,000.00 to $2,850,000.00 for Precincts 1-4.

OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASNotice is hereby given that sealed bids for the EAST COMMAND-COLLIER BUILD-ING FOUNDATION REPAIR (IFB No. B1307-008-JT), a project consisting primarily of foundation repair for the East Command-Collier Building located at 7811 Burleson-Manor Road in Manor, Texas, in Travis County, will be received electronically through www.bidsync.com. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 P. M. CST, AUGUST 21, 2013, then pub-licly opened and read aloud. Travis County will also accept paper bids received by Cyd Grimes, Travis County Purchas-ing Agent, marked “Sealed Bid (EAST COMMAND-COLLIER BUILDING FOUNDATION REPAIR, IFB No. B1307-008-JT)” at the Travis County Purchasing Office, 700 Lavaca Street, Ste. 800, Austin, TX 78701. Note: The Time-Date Stamp Clock located at the front counter of the Travis County Purchasing Office will serve as the OFFICIAL CLOCK for the purpose of verifying the date and time of receipt of paper bids.You may print the Plans and Specifications through www.bidsync.com. Hard copies (printed) of Plans and Specifi-cations may also be obtained from the Travis County Pur-chasing Office for a refundable deposit of $100.00 in the form of a cashier’s check, money order, or company check payable to “Travis County.” The deposit will be refunded if the Plans and Specifications are returned

in good condition within 21 calendar days of the bid open-ing. In addition, Plans and Specifications will be made available for viewing free of charge at various Austin-area Plan Rooms listed below.A bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount will be required. IF A COPY OF THE BID SECU-RITY IS SUBMITTED ELEC-TRONICALLY THROUGH WWW.BIDSYNC.COM, AN ORIGINAL AND ONE COPY WILL BE DUE (BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS) ONE BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE BID OPEN-ING DATE. Payments will be made for completed work in progressive payments with the County retaining five percent (5%) of each payment until final acceptance of the project. Pay-ments will be made by check. A Payment Bond is required in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, if the contract amount exceeds $25,000. A Perfor-mance Bond is required in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, if the contract amount exceeds $100,000. Bidders should use lump sum pricing. There are unit prices associated with this bid. All bidders must submit the requested unit pricing with their bid. Failure to do so may result in bid disqualification.Project performance period is 90 calendar days. IF THE CONTRACTOR FAILS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT IN THE WORKING DAYS SPECI-FIED, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES OF $300.00 PER DAY OF DELAY WILL BE ASSESSED. Historically Underutilized Busi-nesses including Contractors, Subcontractors, and Suppliers are encouraged to participate in this project consistent with the goals of the Travis County Commissioners Court. Contractors will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportu-nity laws and regulations, all Federal, State, and local regula-tions for construction safety and health standards.The successful bidder must commence work upon issu-ance by County of a written Notice to Proceed. The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in the bids received. Bids may not be withdrawn for ninety (90) calendar days after the date on which they are opened.Estimated Construction Budget Range: $100,000 - $120,000

OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASNotice is hereby given that sealed bids for the EOB HVAC UPGRADES (IFB No. B1306-028-JT), a project consisting primarily of an interior remodel including upgrades to the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system of the entire existing Executive Office Building (EOB), limited demolition and asbestos abate-ment, new fire sprinkler and alarm systems, upgrades to the parking garage and exterior lighting and limited modifica-tions to doors and egress pathways in Travis County, will be received electronically through www.bidsync.com. Bids will be accepted until 3:00 P. M. CST, AUGUST 21, 2013, then publicly opened and read aloud. Travis County will also accept paper bids received by Cyd Grimes, Travis County Pur-chasing Agent, marked “Sealed Bid (EOB HVAC UPGRADES, IFB No. B1306-028-JT)” at the Travis County Purchasing Office, 700 Lavaca Street, Ste. 800, Austin, TX 78701. Note: The Time-Date Stamp Clock located at the front counter of the Travis County Purchasing Office will serve as the OF-FICIAL CLOCK for the purpose of verifying the date and time of receipt of paper bids.You may print the Plans and Specifications through www.bidsync.com. Hard copies (printed) of Plans and Specifi-cations may also be obtained from the Travis County Pur-chasing Office for a refundable deposit of $100.00 in the form of a cashier’s check, money order, or company check payable to

“Travis County.” The deposit will be refunded if the Plans and Specifications are returned in good condition within 21 calendar days of the bid open-ing. In addition, Plans and Specifications will be made available for viewing free of charge at various Austin-area Plan Rooms listed below.A bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount will be required. IF A COPY OF THE BID SECU-RITY IS SUBMITTED ELEC-TRONICALLY THROUGH WWW.BIDSYNC.COM, AN ORIGINAL AND ONE COPY WILL BE DUE (BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS) ONE BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE BID OPEN-ING DATE. Payments will be made for completed work in progressive payments with the County retaining five percent (5%) of each payment until final acceptance of the project. Pay-ments will be made by check. A Payment Bond is required in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, if the contract amount exceeds $25,000. A Perfor-mance Bond is required in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, if the contract amount exceeds $100,000. Bidders should use lump sum pricing. Project performance period is 240 calendar days. IF THE CONTRACTOR FAILS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT IN THE WORKING DAYS SPECI-FIED, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES OF $850.00 PER DAY OF DELAY WILL BE ASSESSED. Historically Underutilized Busi-nesses including Contractors, Subcontractors, and Suppliers are encouraged to participate in this project consistent with the goals of the Travis County Commissioners Court. Contractors will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportu-nity laws and regulations, all Federal, State, and local regula-tions for construction safety and health standards.The successful bidder must commence work upon issu-ance by County of a written Notice to Proceed. The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in the bids received. Bids may not be withdrawn for ninety (90) calendar days after the date on which they are opened.Estimated Construction Budget Range: $3M - $3.125M

OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASNotice is hereby given that sealed bids for the Howard Lane II Roadway Extension (IFB No. B1307-006-JW), a project consisting primarily of construction of roadway improvements including driveways, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, storm drainage, wa-terlines, wastewater systems, water quality pond, and drain-age channels from Cameron Road (Harris Branch Road) to SH-130 in Travis Count Precinct 1, with the Cameron Road/Harris Branch Road limits of the improvements being from the current terminus of the four-lane section of Harris Branch Road to the end of the City of Austin’s jurisdictional limits at Gregg Lane, will be received electronically through www.bidsync.com. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 P. M. CST, August 21, 2013, then publicly opened and read aloud. Travis County will also accept paper bids received by Cyd Grimes, Travis County Purchasing Agent, marked “Sealed Bid (Howard Lane II Roadway Extension, IFB No. B1307-006-JW)” at the Travis County Purchasing Office, 700 Lavaca Street, Ste. 800, Austin, TX 78701. Note: The Time-Date Stamp Clock located at the front counter of the Travis County Purchasing Office will serve as the OFFICIAL CLOCK for the purpose of verifying

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NOTICES cont.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Last year a young Nebraskan entrepreneur changed his name from Tyler Gold to Tyrannosaurus Rex Gold. He said it was a way of giving himself greater name recognition as he worked to build his career. Do you have any interest in making a bold move like that, Leo? The coming weeks would be a good time for you to think about adding a new twist to your nickname or title or self-image. But I recom-mend something less sensationalistic and more in line with the qualities you’d actually like to cultivate in the future. I’m thinking of something like Laughing Tiger or Lucky Lion or Wily Wildcat.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): African-American jazz singer Billie Holiday was the great-granddaughter of a slave. By the time she was born in 1915, black people in the American South were no longer “owned” by white “masters,” but their predicament was still extreme. Racism was acute and debilitating. Here’s what Bil-lie wrote in her autobiography: “You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.” Nothing you experience is remotely as oppressive as what Billie experienced, Virgo. But I’m wondering if you might suffer from a milder version of it. Is any part of you oppressed and inhibited even though your outward circumstances are technically unconstrained? If so, now’s the time to push for more freedom.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What resounding triumphs and subtle transformations have you accomplished since your last birthday? How have you grown and changed? Are there any ways you have dwindled or drooped? The next few weeks will be an excellent time to take inventory of these things. Your own evalua-tions will be most important, of course. You’ve got to be the ultimate judge of your own character. But you should also solicit the feedback of people you trust. They may be able to help you see clues you’ve missed. If, after weighing all the evidence, you decide you’re pleased with how your life has unfolded these past 10 to 11 months, I suggest you celebrate your success. Throw yourself a party or buy yourself a reward or climb to the top of a mountain and unleash a victory cry.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Monmouth Park in New Jersey hosts regular horse races from May through October. During one such event in 2010, a horse named Mywifenosevrything finished first, just ahead of another nag named Thewifedoesntknow. I suspect that there’ll be a comparable outcome in your life sometime soon. Revelation will trump secrecy. Whoever is hiding information will lose out to anyone who sees and expresses the truth. I advise you to bet on the option that’s forthcoming and communicative, not the one that’s furtive and withholding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have both a poetic and a cosmic license to stretch yourself further. It’s best not to go too far, of course. You should stop yourself before you obliterate all boundaries and break all taboos and smash all precedents. But you’ve certainly got the blessings of fate if you seek to disregard some boundaries and shatter some taboos and outgrow some precedents. While you’re at it, you might also want to shed a few pinched expectations and escape an irrelevant limitation or two. It’s time to get as big and brave and brazen as you dare.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I was 19, a thug shot me in the butt with a shotgun at close range. To this day, my body contains the 43 pellets he pumped into me. They have caused some minor health problems, and I’m always queasy when I see a gun. But I don’t experience any routine suffering from the wound. Its original impact no longer plagues me. What’s your own personal equivalent of my trauma, Capricorn? A sickness that racked you when you were young? A difficult breakup with your first love? The death of someone you cared about? Whatever it was, I suspect you now have the power to reach a new level of freedom from that old pain.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Want to take full advantage of the sexy vibes that are swirling around in your vicinity? One thing you could do is whisper the following provocations in the ear of anyone who would respond well to a dose of boisterous magic: 1) “Corrupt me with your raw purity, baby; beguile me with your raucous honesty.” 2) “I finally figured out that one of the keys to eternal happiness is to be easily amused. Want me to show you how that works?” 3) “I dare you to quench my thirst for spiritual sensuality.” 4) “Let’s trade clothes and pretend we’re each other’s higher selves.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Some people put their faith in religion or science or political ideologies. English novelist J.G. Ballard placed his faith elsewhere: in the imagination. “I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world,” he wrote, “to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to tran-scend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.” As you make your adjustments and reconfigure your plans, Pisces, I suggest you put your faith where Ballard did. Your imagination is far more potent and dynamic than you realize – especially right now.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own bless-ings,” says author Elizabeth Gilbert. I recommend that you experiment with this subversive idea, Aries. Just for a week, see what happens if you devote yourself to making yourself feel really good. I mean risk going to extremes as you pursue happiness with focused zeal. Try this: Draw up a list of experiences that you know will give you intense pleasure, and indulge in them all without apology. And please don’t fret about the possible consequences of getting crazed with joy. Be assured that the cosmos is providing you with more slack than usual.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which every-thing fits,” writes Taurus author Annie Dillard, “but instead am wandering awed about on a splintered wreck I’ve come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe a delicate air.” I recommend you try on her perspective for size. For now, just forget about scrambling after perfection. At least temporarily, surrender any longing you might have for smooth propriety. Be willing to live without neat containment and polite decorum. Instead, be easy and breezy. Feel a generous acceptance for the messy beauty you’re embedded in. Love your life exactly as it is, with all of its paradoxes and mysteries.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Studies show that when you’re driving a car, your safest speed is five miles per hour faster than the average speed of traffic. Faster than that, though, and the danger level rises. Trav-eling more slowly than everyone else on the road also increases your risk of having an accident. Applying these ideas metaphorically, I’d like to suggest you take a similar approach as you weave your way through life’s challenges in the coming week. Don’t dawdle and plod. Move a little swifter than everyone else, but don’t race along at a breakneck pace.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The key theme this week is relaxed intensification. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to heighten and strengthen your devotion to things that are important to you – but in ways that make you feel more serene and self-possessed. To accomplish this, you will have to ignore the conventional wisdom, which falsely asserts that going deeper and giving more of yourself require you to in-crease your stress levels. You do indeed have a great potential for going deeper and giving more of yourself, but only if you also become more at peace with yourself and more at home in the world.

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the date and time of receipt of paper bids.Estimated Construction Budget Range: $6,500,000 - $7,500,000.You may print the Plans and Specifications through www.bidsync.com. In the event of a large file size, please be patient when downloading or viewing. Hard copies (printed) of Plans and Specifications may also be obtained from the Travis County Purchas-ing Office for a refundable deposit of $100.00 in the form of a cashier’s check, money order, or company check payable to “Travis County.” The deposit will be refunded if the Plans and Specifications are returned in good condition within 21 calendar days of the bid open-ing. In addition, Plans and Specifications will be made available for viewing free of charge at various Austin-area Plan Rooms listed below.A bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount will be required. IF A COPY OF THE BID SECU-RITY IS SUBMITTED ELEC-TRONICALLY THROUGH WWW.BIDSYNC.COM, AN ORIGINAL AND ONE COPY WILL BE DUE (BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS) ONE BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE BID OPEN-ING DATE. Payments will be made for completed work in progressive payments with the County retaining five percent (5%) of each payment until final acceptance of the project. Pay-ments will be made by check. A Payment Bond is required in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, if the contract amount exceeds $25,000. A Perfor-mance Bond is required in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, if the contract amount exceeds $100,000. Bidders should use lump sum pricing. Project performance period is 400 calendar days. IF THE CONTRACTOR FAILS TO COM-PLETE THE PROJECT IN THE WORKING DAYS SPECIFIED, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES OF $1,300.00 PER DAY OF DELAY WILL BE ASSESSED. Historically Underutilized Busi-nesses including Contractors, Subcontractors, and Suppliers are encouraged to participate in this project consistent with the goals of the Travis County Commissioners Court. Contractors will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportu-nity laws and regulations, all Federal, State, and local regula-tions for construction safety and health standards.The successful bidder must commence work upon issu-ance by County of a written Notice to Proceed. The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in the bids received. Bids may not be withdrawn for ninety (90) calendar days after the date on which they are opened.THERE ARE ALTERNATES AND/OR UNIT PRICES AS-SOCIATED WITH THIS BID. BIDDERS MUST DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE THE AS-SOCIATED BID PROPOSAL WORKSHEET (LOCATED IN THE “DOCUMENTS” SECTION OF THIS BID) THEN UPLOAD AND SUBMIT IT WITH THEIR BID. FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE BID PROPOSAL WORKSHEET MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR BID.

OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE TO BIDDERS TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXASNotice is hereby given that sealed bids will be accepted by Travis County for the following items:1. 290 East Landfill Operation and Maintenance, B1304-

012-LDOpens: August 19, 2013 @ 3:00 p.m.Bids should be submitted to: Cyd Grimes, Travis County Purchasing Agent, 700 Lavaca Street, Suite 800, P.O. Box 1748, Austin, Texas 78767. Specifica-tions can be obtained from or viewed at the Travis County Purchasing Office at no charge or by downloading a copy from our website: www.co.travis.tx.us/purchasing/solicitation.asp. Bidders should use unit pricing or lump sum pricing, if appropriate. Payments may be made by check. The successful bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of One Hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount awarded, if applicable.

STOR SELF STORAGE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at Stor Self Storage locations listed below; And due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for pay-ment of such having disposed of on the following dates. No one under 16 allowed. Cash only!Stor Self Storage, Circle C 7401 W. Slaughter Lane Aus-tin, TX 78739 512-394-9898August 28, 2013 11:45 AMKilzail Reyna – 2 office desks, full mattress/box set, totes, sofa, file cabinet, book shelfStor Self Storage, 2508 W. Pecan St, Pflugerville, TX 78660 512-990-1000August 28, 2013 1:30 PMRoderick Babers – table, chairs, lamp, fan, totes, end tables, household goodsJennifer Houck – boxes, totes, high chair, children’s clothes/toys, paintings

CITATION BY PUBLICA-TION THE STATE OF TEXASTO ALL PERSONS INTER-ESTED IN THE ESTATE OF DONALD ROSS DICKEY De-ceased, No. C-1-PB-12-002027 in Probate Court Number One of Travis County, Texas.SANDRA DICKEY and DON-ALD ROSS (D.R.) DICKEY, II and all The alleged heir(s) at law in the above numbered and entitled estate, filed on December 12, 2012, an Applica-tion to Determine Heirship and for Issuance of Letters of Independent Administration in the said estate and request(s) that said Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of the said DONALD ROSS DICKEY, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in such estate.Said application will be heard and acted on by said Court at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation, at the County Courthouse in Travis County, Texas.All persons interested in said estate are hereby cited to appear before said Honorable Court at said above mentioned time and place by filing a written answer contesting such application should they desire to do so.If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID COURT at office in Travis County, Texas, on August 01, 2013.Dana DeBeauvoirCounty Clerk,Travis County, TexasP.O. BOX 149325AUSTIN, TEXAS 78714-9325By Deputy: /s/ O. RUIZ s

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