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Breakup album reveals edgier side of Norah Jones

Elijah Watson May 1, 2012

Jazz songstress Norah Jones has got a broken heart and wants everybody to know it. Her latest album, Little Broken Hearts, showcases the singer-songwriter’s departure from heart-on-her-sleeve hopeless...

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Moontower Comedy Festival exceeds first-year expectations

Demi Adejuyigbe April 30, 2012

It’s hard to believe that the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival is only in its first year when you compare it to other festivals around the city. It’s arguable that Austin City Limits didn’t...

Journalist’s essay collection is hit, miss

Henry Clayton Wickham April 30, 2012

Jonathan Franzen’s new collection of essays and speeches, “Farther Away,” is an uneven one. Much of it is marred by the writer’s excessive crankiness or weighed down by literary...

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New Orleans-style snow cones bring fresh twist to ice dessert

Karin Samelson April 30, 2012

This will be owners Pattye and Cliff Henderson’s fifth season of operation at Casey’s New Orleans Snowballs. The couple prides themselves on authentic New Orleans-style snowballs and a passion...

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UT alumna creates, sells jewelry on Etsy

Jessica Lee April 30, 2012

As graduation nears, many seniors stress over how to put their degrees to good use. In 2009, Audra Deaton was experiencing the same situation. After graduating from UT with a degree in textiles and apparel...

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Buda restaurant serves up intricate dishes

Jackie Kuenstler April 30, 2012

Dan Nelson sat contentedly reading a book on a quiet Friday evening as he waited for his order at ViUDA Bistro in Buda — the chef’s special “The Corruption,” a pan-seared pork loin...

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Playing games can complicate yet add excitement to dating

Anjli Mehta April 27, 2012

“Playing games” is one of those hopelessly ambiguous terms that all daters use but rarely ever know how to define. Like love itself, it’s just one of those things that you know once...

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‘Five-Year Engagement’ entertains as romantic comedy despite run time

Alex Williams April 27, 2012

So many romantic comedies fail to be engaging, entertaining films all the way up to their final act, when they finally have to acknowledge the romantic portion of their premise. Nicholas Stoller’s...

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‘Bernie’ captures essence of Texas small-town killer

Alex Williams April 27, 2012

When one looks back on the work of Jack Black, there’s a tendency for Black to come across as irritating. After all, his work is often one-note, loud and abrasive, and even when Black manages to...

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Say Anything frontman discusses new album

Elijah Watson April 27, 2012

Alternative rock band Say Anything will do whatever they want. If they want to make a song about over-the-phone sexcapades (2004’s “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too”), cover an Ol’ Dirty...

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Jack Black discusses his role in ‘Bernie’

Alex Williams April 27, 2012

In Richard Linklater’s “Bernie,” Jack Black plays title character Bernie Tiede, a real-life Carthage, Texas, resident who was driven to murder by his increasingly parasitic relationship...

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Drive-in theatre resurrects rhinestone-suited Elvis in ’50s-themed play

Thomas Allison April 26, 2012

For the next three days, what is typically a rundown, abandoned Park-N-Fly lot off Manor Road in East Austin will transform into a miniature drive-in theater, complete with elaborate stage lighting and...

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