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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Apache 5’s Big Black Smoke

Singer-songwriter Joshua Loewen’s got a fevah, a vest-wearin’, spasmatic-dancin’, bangs-flippin’, grass-smokin’ ache for jangly guitars, snappy beats, and velveteen melodies. He’s tuned his satellite...

Fire Sale

Over the last decade, the debacle of the Trans-Texas Corridor made the phrase “private toll roads” dangerous territory for any Texas politician. The plan...

Safety on West 7th

A couple of weekends ago, a server at The Pour House was trying to cross West 7th Street and was struck...

Loving Glass

To the editor: When I read Kristian Lin’s pan of Hydrogen Jukebox (“Hot Air,” June 1, 2011), I was puzzled until I got to...

Super 8: Lights, Camera, Alien!

I hate to be the dissenting voice on a movie everybody else seems to love, especially when I don’t think the movie’s bad at...

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Flop

Loosely based on Florence Atwater’s 1938 children’s book of the same name, Mr. Popper’s Penguins never completely gels. But that doesn’t stop Jim Carrey...

Grilling at Riva Mediterranean

Italian food for lunch isn’t for everyone — all those carbs can make napping seem so much more alluring than work. But Riva Mediterranean...

Cuisine de Trough

If a Fort Worth native had slipped into a coma a few years ago and just awakened, he or she might be forgiven for...

Texas Ballet Theater’s Best

For lovers of story ballets, there’s none more entertaining than Don Quixote, at least the version created by Texas Ballet Theater director Ben Stevenson,...

“Red River” at the Stockyards

Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse and Texas Monthly have joined forces to present a statewide film series entitled "Rolling Roadshow," in which beloved movies either made...