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Get ready for a wide-open Open at Pebble Beach

Published June 16, 2010 at 3:04 p.m.


The 2010 U.S. Open golf tournament begins Thursday morning and, with Tiger Woods still searching for his swing and sorting out problems off the course, the field of contenders includes a crop of young guns and reliable regulars like Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker. OnMilwaukee.com golf expert Chuck Garbedian breaks it down.

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Bonnaroo performances now streaming on YouTube

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Published June 11, 2010 at 2:19 p.m.

If you couldn’t afford the ticket or travel out to Tennessee or you just want to get primed for Austin City Limits in October, you might want to tune in to Bonnaroo’s YouTube channel, which begins streaming performances, both live and on tape delay, today through Sunday ... As I write this — 1:20 p.m. CST — Neon Indian’s Thursday night performance is currently running on the service. The rest of the weekend includes a full slate of great performers, including Nas and Damian Marley, the

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Review: A Celebration of the Unremarkable at The New Movement Theater [Comedy]

Published June 11, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.
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The shows live elements are all broken up by video segments ... Video in live shows, especially sketch comedy (which this piece comes close to being) is a risky choice ... Sometimes it works, but often it fails ... Using a good deal of video requires finesse ... You don't want all the laughs or the connections to come directly from the video pieces ... Otherwise, you run the risk of leaving the audience wondering if they should have stayed home to watch the sketches on YouTube ... It tends to

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Thao and Mirah: Great Separate...Greater Together!? (Giveaway)

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Published June 11, 2010 at 1:40 p.m.
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concert poster from Mohawk website Thao and Mirah with The Most of All ... Friday, June 11 ... The Mohawk (912 Red River) ... $10 adv., $12 door; doors at 8 ... [info] [tickets] ... So how many members of different acts are required for supergroup status? The going rate for that oft-denigrated label is probably three, so we'll gladly call this a collaboration ... The relentlessly effervescent Thao Nguyen , who usually works with her excellent band The Get Down Stay Down, and Mirah Yom Tov

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N. Austin complex sold for $33.4M, to become affordable housing

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Published June 11, 2010 at 1:03 p.m.
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In what city officials are touting the largest deal funded by stimulus dollars in Texas, a New York-based housing company plans to convert a 476-unit complex in North Austin into all affordable housing units ...

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EPA offers Texas companies clean air audits

Published June 11, 2010 at 12:45 p.m.
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As Texas legislators push back against intervening federal pollution regulation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled Thursday a Clean Air Act audit for Texas businesses ...

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Austonian and Four Seasons Condos to Open

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Published June 11, 2010 at 12:05 p.m.
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Visualist Images / FlickrDowntown Austin will soon have a few hundred more residents. People will begin moving in to the 188 condos at the Austonian next week and the 148 condos at the Four Seasons later this month. The 165 condos at the W are expected to open later this year ... While not all the condos will be occupied, the influx of residents at these and other downtown condo projects could mark a turning point for downtown Austin, allowing the downtown population to surpass its previous peak

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Aetna gives $93.5K to Austin nonprofits

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Published June 11, 2010 at 11:49 a.m.
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Health insurer Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) has donated $93,500 to 14 Austin nonprofits. (AET) ...

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Epicurean culinary academy opens in S. Austin

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Published June 11, 2010 at 11:26 a.m.
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Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts, a plant-based cooking school, is now open for business at its new location in South Austin ...

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Toadies drop previously unreleased album this summer

Published June 11, 2010 at 11:20 a.m.

Beloved alternative rock band the Toadies — whose platinum-certified 1994 album “Rubberneck” is a veritable rite of passage for an entire generation of Texans — have announced plans to drop their fourth full-length studio album, “Feeler,” this summer, according to Dallas record label Kirtland ... Well, sort of ... After the runaway success of “Rubberneck” and years of accordant touring, the Toadies returned to the studio in 1997 to record “Feeler,” a follow-up album that was

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