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The New M.O. at City Hall
City Manager Marc Ott opens up on his new job, his new city, and his philosophy of governance
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Res Publica
Go, go, good citizen, go! Your civic agenda: Aug. 14-21.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Framing the Populist Message
This election year, the populist message just might pay off
BY LEE NICHOLS
Noriega Knocks Border Wall
Noriega criticizes Cornyn's immigration stance
BY LEE NICHOLS
Libertarians Jonesing for TCRP Delegate List
The L Word: Not just for lesbians any more
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Integrity Unit Members Hunker Down
New unit begins review of how Texas criminal justice system stacks up
BY JORDAN SMITH
Thomas Frank's 21st Century Corruption Theory
A Q&A with the author of What's the Matter With Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Defense Lawyers Try to Halt Execution
State primed to deliver another lethal injection
BY JORDAN SMITH
APD Commander Gets Job Back
What happens when you don't report a comment you thought discriminatory, and then the comment itself is deemed not discriminatory after all? You get fired – but not for long.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Eastside Memorial It Is
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Budget Woes at AISD
Doesn't look like AISD will be cutting property tax rates any time soon
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Planned Clinic Pits Neighbors Against Health District
Many residents were unaware of proposed clinic until they read about it in the newspaper
BY LYDIA CRAFTS
Streetcar: The Work Plan
The wheels are in motion for an urban rail system
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Union Considers Final Offer in Cap Metro Negotiations
If ATU 1091 rejects StarTran's offer – and they might – a strike could be on the horizon
BY JUSTIN WARD
Media Watch
Sports guy Roger Wallace is unflappable as he delivers live sound bites from "halfway around the world"
BY KEVIN BRASS
Point Austin: Bare Necessities
Budget decisions are about money ... and justice
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: A Bridge Too Far?
Street closure debate comes to a head over Batfest
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Are We in Iraq to Stay?; and Time for Percolate-Up Economics
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
¡Sí Se Puede!
How Claudia Alarcón saved Christmas (dinner)
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
TEXSOM: Stands for Some Smart Texas Sommeliers
This year's Texas Sommelier Conference culminates in a Grand Tasting open to the public
BY WES MARSHALL
Event Menu
Aug. 15-21
Food-o-File
Austin eats dirty, drinks hard, and welcomes the new Frisco Shop and Tolbert family chili
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Torchy's Tacos
As long as the quality is akin to Torchy's, Austin can never have too many taco joints
music
Appreciation Society
Shapes Have Fangs bite into a Kinks klassic
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Across the Great Divide
Hacienda's Abraham Villanueva keys in on the Band
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Off the Record
The Sword and Metallica ride the lightning at Ozzfest, while Kanye West and Hope for Heroes lend a helping hand to U.S. veterans
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Live Shots
screens
The Community Turns Its Camera On
KLRU's Docubloggers mixes new media and old
BY ASHLEY MORENO
Once More Unto the Breach
Film Fight returns, dons ruff and British accent
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Mummy's the Word
Mexic-Arte Museum screens a landmark of Mexican fantastic cinema
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film News
Austin Studios gets an upgrade, plus the fall festival season begins
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
Fake reality and real rock on IFC's new semiscripted show, Z Rock
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Bachna Ae Haseeno
New Bollywood romance.
Bottle Shock
Stuff the cork back in: This wine movie was sold before its time.
Fly Me to the Moon
This animated film is a simple parable of spirited can-do-ism, in which a trio of young houseflies semiaccidentally tags along on the Apollo 11 moon shot.
Henry Poole Is Here
Director Mark Pellington has turned soft with this corny, redemptive, and/or inspirational tale that stars Luke Wilson.
The Last Mistress
The latest titillation from French provocatrice Catherine Breillat is a period piece starring the ever-alluring Asia Argento.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The only important things in this new animated epic is that viewers be blown away by the endless and pointless laser battles and that girl power comes into its own.
Take
Take, with a very good performance by Minnie Driver, is a dreadfully misguided movie whose story of redemption is utterly irredeemable.
Tropic Thunder
Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Ben Stiller goes in to take aim at the Achilles' heel of Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen's newest is by no means a bad film, but it’s irrefutable evidence that Allen has aged – or cloistered – himself into irrelevance.
arts & culture
The Big Show
Comic-Con has gone Hollywood, but Austin's comics pros say it's still the place to be
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Teatro Vivo: Giving Voice to Its Own
In a departure, the company mounts a program of plays by four of its artists
BY ELIZABETH COBBE
Landmarks: Enhancing Campus With Art
UT gets 28 large sculptures on long-term loan from the Metropolitan Museum
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Long Center: Playing Without a 'Chaperone'
The national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone won't stop in Austin after all
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Judy Thompson-Price: A Maker of Dances Gets Her Due
The Zilker Summer Musical honors the woman who has choreographed 20 shows
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Twelfth Night
Scottish Rite Theatre serves up Shakespearean comedy with actors who know their stuff
Brass Ring
Sequel to HIT. suffers from some trite dialogue, but hang on for that final twist
Double Identity: Andrew Long & Michael Long
These brothers' works reveal the fascinating strengths of nonobjective art
columns
Page Two: Funny Papers
More than ever, the Chronicle is what people make of it
BY LOUIS BLACK
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Our latest batch
Letters at 3AM
Officially confirmed 'alien' activity would be as sobering as it is intoxicating
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
The Gay Place
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar rocks with the royals and those who throw parties like they are
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The water in Oregon's Crater Lake is the most beautiful shade of blue
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
A look into the darker side of the Olympic Games
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Muses, cockroaches, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
'Late Rent' Penalties and Cash Rental Payments
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Madonna 50th Birthday Sing-Along
Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, Friday, August 15, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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