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Caught 'Em in Autumn
Local scene roundup
Capturing the Dragon
BY LEE NICHOLS
Two Dem Challengers contend for CD 10
 License to Shrill, Uncensored
BY WELLS DUNBAR
A conversation with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman
Houston Confronting Peak Oil
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
2007 Houston World Oil Conference focused on eventual point at which world oil production outpaces global demand
Texas Voters Approve Props; Travis Narrowly Passes Cancer Measure
BY LEE NICHOLS
Constitutional-amendments election turnout low but a bit higher than we expected
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Portrait of a Refugee
BY JORDAN SMITH
Court of Criminal Appeals to Accept E-Filing in Death Penalty Cases
BY JORDAN SMITH
Move comes after petition filed in response to judge's decision to close courthouse door before executed inmate's attorneys could file last-minute appeal
Landlord Officer Fired for Bullying Tenant
BY JORDAN SMITH
Alex Sanchez was indefinitely suspended for forging documents, lying to investigators, and stealing former tenant's truck
Old Murders, New Cases
BY JORDAN SMITH
Border Patrol agents nab Mexican national wanted for Northeast Austin murder; and man sentenced to life in prison for 1984 killing
Snake Collectors Recoil at New Wildlife Rules
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department formalized rules for all species after concerns last year over number of freshwater turtles being hunted for meat
No Christmas Present for Private Land-Purchasers?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
School Land Board says will give National Park Service time to make offer on Christmas Mountains
Fair Trade Visitors
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
At fourth annual Women and Fair Trade Craft Sale, holiday shoppers are invited to learn about fair trade, and to support local and foreign women's organizations affected by immigration
Other Immigration-Related News
Congress reportedly strikes green card, H-1B visa amendments from Labor/HHS appropriations bill; Bush administration gets called out for trampling Constitution to expedite border-wall construction.
What the DPS Doesn't Want You to See
BY JORDAN SMITH
Why does it insist it can't release video footage of a Capitol hallway to The Texas Observer? We can only imagine.
Happenings
Nov. 8-14
@ Chronic
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Carl Bernstein talks Hillary at Texas Book Festival
Developing Stories
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town
Reefer Madness
BY JORDAN SMITH
Feds ease harsh penalties on crack defendants
Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye
BY MICHAEL KING
Northwest Austin suburb challenges the Voting Rights Act
Beside the Point
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Council on deck to approve slip-n-slide water deal with LCRA
The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Stand Up, Congress; and Money Goes In, Money Goes Out
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Love Craft
BY RACHEL KOPER
Stitch Austin, your rockin' showplace for indie design
Karen Kuykendall: In Memoriam
BY ROBERT FAIRES
When this performer and friend of the arts died on Oct. 31, the city lost the grandest of its grande dames
Austin Chamber Music Center: Is that a bow in your pocket, or ... ?
BY MICHAEL KELLERMAN
For ACMC's next concert, Hot Enough for Ya, the aim is clear: Let's talk about sex
Arts Reviews
- Voices Underwater
An entrancing swim through issues of communication, discrimination, and history (with a couple of eerie ghosts along for the ride)
- Ashes, Ashes
In UT's staging of this postapocalyptic fairy tale, we can't help be sucked into the magic of the infinite hole
- YLA 12: Embracing Chaos
Despite some enjoyable work by this year's Young Latino Artists, the show overall isn't impressive
The Capitol Beat on Books
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Texas Book Festival Wrap
16th Annual Short Story Contest
Announcing the Chronicle's 16th Annual Short Story Contest
Bubba & Babe's Backwoods Texas Wedding
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
BY WES MARSHALL
Inwood Estates
Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Nov. 10-15
Restaurant Reviews
Los Angeles, I'm Yours
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Thom Andersen sets the story straight on the city he loves in 'Los Angeles Plays Itself'
Jam on Wry
BY MARC SAVLOV
Primus' Les Claypool rocks the mock-doc in his directorial feature film debut, Electric Apricot
Fourth Annual Austin Asian Film Festival
Nov. 8-11
TV Eye
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
What to do when the writers' strike shuts down your favorite shows
DVD Watch
Chinatown
BY RICK KLAW
For many, Chinatown epitomizes the peak of Seventies Hollywood filmmaking and is perhaps the finest neo-noir ever made
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Caught 'Em in Autumn
Local scene roundup
Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Reviewing the three-ring circus of Fun Fun Fun Fest and flashing back to the Armadillo World Headquarters with Dweezil Zappa
Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shots
Postmarks
Letters to the editor, updated daily
Page Two: Living Just Enough for the City
BY LOUIS BLACK
City sound limits and national anti-immigration movements share absolutism and intransigence
Oops!
Letters @ 3AM
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
At least four factors could determine the nominees and results of the next presidential election, and nobody's talking about them yet
After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
The slipstream of leather, cashmere, faux fur, and designer logos could be seen from space: Stephen is making the scene, people; cut a swath
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Tours of Georgia O'Keeffe's home and studio in Abiquiu, N.M., allow guests unique insight into her art and life
Playing Through
BY THOMAS HACKETT
The young girls go nuts for the UT women's soccer team
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Rats in India like curry, at fast-food restaurants there are more bacteria in ice machines than in toilets, and more
Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.
The Common Law
BY LUKE ELLIS
Fred Sanford is my neighbor
The Luv Doc Recommends
BY DAN HARDICK
A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
St. Edward's women host the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional, and more
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