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Give 'til it helps: Part 1
news
How Green Grows My County?
'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
2007 Politics Gift Guide
Creative Shopping Suggestions From the Chronicle News Staff
Yes, We Have Candidates!
Filing for March primary elections officially began Dec. 3; incumbents, others stake their places on ballot
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cruz Beating: Arbitrator clears Griffin to return to APD
Officer Gary Griffin's "use of excessive force" during confrontation with mentally ill man was 'nothing more sinister than gross negligence,' arbitrator concludes.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Media Watch: Gunga Jenny Meets the November Sweeps
November sweeps news, rumors, and other stuff
BY KEVIN BRASS
Point Austin: God Knows
Two recent Texas lessons about the relation between religion and freedom
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside The Point
Solicitation Ordinance changes/expansions off the table, at least for now
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Sweatshop Crucifixes; and the E. Coli Loophole
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Holiday Cookbook Roundup
Gift Guide
Foodie Stocking Stuffers for 2007
Stuff your stockings with foodie goodies from board games to masa spreaders
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Stuff Your Stockings With Fun
Stocking stuffers for imbibers
BY WES MARSHALL
Holiday Magic Baking Contest Winners
Faraday's Kitchen Store Holiday Magic Baking Contest winners
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
All hail Taco Queen María Corbalán, Caritas of Austin helps out with the Do Good Deli, and more yummy tidbits from all over
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It
What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Reissues
Led Zeppelin
The Song Remains the Same
Raspberries
Live on Sunset Strip
Moby Grape
Moby Grape, Wow, Grape Jam, '69, Truly Fine Citizen
U2
The Joshua Tree: 20th Anniversary
Pink Floyd
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still
Young Marble Giants
Colossal Youth
Elvis Costello
My Aim Is True
Gram Parsons
Archives Volume 1
Karen Dalton
Cotton Eyed Joe
Townes Van Zandt
For the Sake of the Song, Our Mother the Mountain, Townes Van Zandt, Delta Momma Blues, Flyin' Shoes
The Joe Ely Band
Live Shots
Rose Maddox & the Vern Williams Band, Los Alegres de Terán
Beautiful Bouquet, The Roots of the Narcocorrido, Grabaciones Originales (1952-1954)
Culture, The Abyssinians
Two Sevens Clash, Satta Massagana
Arthur Alexander
Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
East of Underground, The Dynamics, Bob & Gene
East of Underground, First Landing, If This World Were Mine
The Rascals
The Young Rascals, Collections, Groovin', Once Upon a Dream, Freedom Suite, See, Search and Nearness
Wattstax
Wattstax: Music From the Wattstax Festival and Film
screens
Betting the Farm
Gamecock helps indie video-game developers play with the big boys
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Games Gift Guide
Geek Out!
Gifts for Trekkies, Anglophiles, and arthouse obscurists
TV Eye
A new special on Starz, titled Anime: Drawing a Revolution, examines the history and historic influence of the Japanese style of animation
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film News
Festival huzzahs
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Screens Reviews
Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture
Peter Kobel
A Book of Photographs From Lonesome Dove
Bill Wittliff
The Playboy Interviews: The Directors
Stephen Randall
Film Reviews
Alvin and the Chipmunks
What's it all about, Alvin? This by-the-numbers attempt at a chipmunk revival is not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
Atonement
Joe Wright has fashioned an epic piece of moviemaking from Ian McEwan’s novel: Starring Keira Knightley, the film is consumed with the nature of storytelling and the moral responsibility of the storyteller.
I Am Legend
After a terrific start marked by the film's striking views of a desolate Manhattan island, Will Smith's mostly solo action movie devolves into a monster-movie malaise.
Margot at the Wedding
The director of The Squid and the Whale mostly falters in this follow-up film that stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black as casually cruel narcissists.
The Perfect Holiday
In this lightweight yuletide fluffery, a young girl turns to a shopping-mall Santa to find a husband for her divorced mother.
The Rape of Europa
During WWII, works of art were moved, hidden, and plundered on a vast and often institutional scale, and this film documents the shaky process of reclamation.
arts & culture
Revealing Poses
How the Victorians presented themselves to the camera explains a lot about them – and us
BY KATHERINE CATMULL
Adriene Mishler: Making her 'Assumption'
For this active Austin actress, there was something special about Refraction Arts' hillbilly/kung fu/rock & roll 'Hamlet'
BY BARRY PINEO
Salvage Vanguard Theater: Neulander ends his run
After 13 years of running Salvage Vanguard Theater, Artistic Director Jason Neulander is moving on
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Alice in Wonderland': Drawn down the rabbit hole again
The universal appeal of Lewis Carroll's story inspires 45 local artists in a new group show
BY BARRY PINEO
Arts Reviews
Thom Pain (based on nothing)
Thom Pain (based on nothing) leads us down a strange road, but Ken Webster's sublime acting makes the trip worth taking
Collaboration From Conception
Half the exhibition calls into question notions of originality and authenticity, but the other half undermines it
columns
Page Two: Ego and Conscience
As citizens with the right to vote, we are responsible for what our government does
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion
Stephen is hitting the holiday-party circuit with a vengeance and a few hotties on his arm
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
At the Camp Street Cafe & Store, the music gets started in the afternoon on Saturdays and goes until the last guitar slinger is standing
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
Despite losing in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament, UT's 2007 volleyball squad was one to remember
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
There are more World of Warcraft players in the U.S. than farmers, all about the skiffle craze, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Pure rubbish – Austin style
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Misprint Magazine's Office Christmas Party
The Scoot Inn, Friday, December 14, 2007
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
The University of Souther California wins the NCAA'a Women's College Cup, and more
