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Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's screen trip, plus Bill Hicks and Magnetic Fields docs, a country bear jamboree, reinventing the rom-com, riding the new range, and other SXSW Film Festival 2010 delights

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HIGHLIGHTS

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Don't You Forget About SXSW Interactive, Either

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City Hall Hustle: No-Kill Comes to Council

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Fair in Manor, 2008

It's a Jad World: Manor's resident alien beams down

More 'No Rail' Reactions: City Council responds

Rail Reactions: Mayor Pro Tem chimes in on rail delay

Mayor Kills Nov. Rail Vote: No 2010 bond referendum for urban rail

You Better Cop the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast! Art Acevedo drops by the Totescast, plus other city rumblings

New Bike City

In time for SXSW, Austin rolls out miles of new bike lanes and features

  • Getting around on two wheels

Point Austin: Have You Heard the Dish?

The ambivalent state of political journalism

City Hall Hustle: The Animal Kingdom

One more round of changes proposed for the shelter plans

Headlines

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond


ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

Primary Post-Mortem

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct dismisses complaint against judge

Precinct 4 Race Saw an 'Erosion of Power'

Gómez won the election but lost her proggresive base

Get Ready for More Elections

The primary run-offs are only a month away, followed quickly by elections for ACC and AISD trustees


Permit Unsustained: A Bad Day at Red Bluff

Sustainable Waves pulls the plug on Austin

Eco-Currents ...

Students vote for green funds, report surveys Texas water conservation efforts, and more

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

Can It Be? MetroRail Prepares to Launch.

Cap Metro once again announces a start date for the MetroRail

Metrorail Watch
How Long Will We Wait for the Train?

Death Row Case Evidence May Never Be Tested

When technicalities take precedence over finding out who done it

The Hightower Report

The Karzai-ization of Afghanistan; and Tauzin's Big Pharma Overdose

Will Johnson's Baseball Paintings

Centro-matic frontman excels at painting as well

Soccer Watch

Aztex gear up for Dynamo exhibition, broken legs in England, and more

Wharton Dancer

The flourishing legacy of the late Lone Star dramatist Horton Foote

Ellen Fullman

The former Austinite returns to turn Seaholm into a giant stringed instrument

Night Owl & Early Bird

Big Medium's fundraiser has artists make art at night, sell it the next morning

'Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins'

Twin sisters revive the feisty Austin journalist in a new solo play in Philly

Arts Reviews

The Big Kiss-Off

Julie Klausner's misadventures with men

New to Town
Check out these new Downtown restaurants for your mid-SXSW snacking

 The Partying Saint

Check out some of the day's best parties

Restaurant Reviews
  • Snack Bar
    A diner by day and global plate purveyor by night

Food-o-File

A bounty of new restaurants has popped up like spring blooms

Event Menu

Bacon, beer, and SXSW noms this week

Postmarks
Letters to the editor, updated daily

Page Two: And So It Begins

International spectacles of darkness and light

Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill

Hollywood is an electric dragon

Day Trips

The Sherwood Forest Faire takes visitors back in time to a place where men jousted to resolve disputes and women let their cleavage bask in the sunlight

Gay Place

We are proud as peacocks to announce our new totally all-gay all-day Gay Place Web page

After a Fashion

Stephen's hair brushes up against a woman's breast, and he survives

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Shifting poles, spirit intake, and more

Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.

The Luv Doc Recommends

A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar

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SXSW FILM

The Freak Goes On

SXSW Film: an introduction

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly

Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

Kismet in Kashmere

Thunder Soul brings the generations back together

To 'Mars,' With Love

Reinventing the romantic comedy, to infinity and beyond

Quiet on the Set

Less talk, more action: Aaron Katz and Cris Lankenau sound off on Cold Weather

Rant, Revisited

A new doc explores the life and times of underground comic Bill Hicks

Jerry's Kids

A new generation dances Jerome Robbins' 'ballet in sneakers' to the big screen

Bizarre Love Triangle

Bryan Poyser's comedy of catharsis, Lovers of Hate

Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker

How a fictional music genre blossomed into a real movement

Riding the New Range

The Ride goes to the rodeo

We Are Having a Hootenanny

And Stephin Merritt is not the life of the party

Country Bear Jamboree

Malcolm Ingram finds his people, and films 'em, too

Artist in Exile

Can Bahman Ghobadi ever go home again?

Small Town, Big Find

The energy debate gets personal in Haynesville


The Music in Moving Images

Texas Music Extravaganza and the works of Alan Govenar

Lone Stars in Good Company

Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2010

TV Eye

Even if you're not a fan of war entertainments, The Pacific is a must-watch miniseries

Film Reviews

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She's Out of My League
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SXSW MUSIC

Casual Victim Pile
Hometown SXSW showcasing sampler


Off the Record

Paying tribute to Tony Campise and rolling out the red carpet for the Kashmere Stage Band and SXSW Film


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