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news
Gun Crazy!
Barack Obama may not be coming to get your weapons – but he's sure doing wonders for gun & ammo sales
BY JORDAN SMITH
Developing Stories: Chipping at the Waterfront
Revised waterfront ordinance returns to City Council today (Thursday, May 21)
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Cap Metro: One Deadline at a Time
A MetroRail update – and an update on the next update
BY LEE NICHOLS
Yogurt Shop Case Takes Another Turn
Defendant's bond hearing delayed
BY JORDAN SMITH
ON THE LEGE
When Good Things Happen to Bad Bills – and Vice Versa
Bad bills fly, while good bills die
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Topless Tax Bottoming Out?
Two competing bills at play over admission fees at topless clubs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LegeLines
Quickies from the Capitol
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Thumbs Up for State-School Reforms
At long last, some changes afoot in state schools
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
House Tweaks Death Penalty Law
Kenneth Foster Act aims to clean things up
BY JORDAN SMITH
Back to the Drawing Board
Council rejects proposals for the creation of city music and arts departments
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Bicycle Master Plan Gets a Tune-Up
If it's May, it must be Bike Month
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Bike Thief Draws Four-Year Sentence
Clayton cops a plea deal
BY ROB D'AMICO
Sunset Comes in Many Colors
How agencies are faring at the Sunset Advisory Commission
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Downhill for Webberville
A bill to help Webberville fight the landfill has found few friends
BY LEE NICHOLS
No Place for Perkins on Paroles
See what happens when you dis sex toys?
BY JORDAN SMITH
What Ever Happened to Prince Albert in a Can?
People generally call 911 for help, but one guy is calling to make terroristic threats
BY JORDAN SMITH
Media Watch: KLRU's Numbers Don't Add Up
The recession has hit at KLRU
BY KEVIN BRASS
Point Austin: The Super Looks Back
Retiring Pat Forgione considers a decade mostly well spent
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Fiery Colors
Reorganizing the AFD is about money ... and justice
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Good times for good citizens, May 21-28
The Hightower Report
Too Big to Punish?; and Begging for Regulation
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Burger Bonanza
While higher-end restaurants may be struggling in the current economy, the local burger business is booming
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Burgers We Love
The best burgers from established beef palaces
Food-o-File
Emotions flow at Tower of Salsa benefit, and Texas recognizes the good will of Les Dames
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu: May 22-25
Local food events
music
A Gathering of Tribes
Timmy Hefner sleeps in a fortress of vinyl just to bring you Chaos in Tejas
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
Striking down the Thunder of Gods Festival
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Southbound, MC Overlord, Crew 54, Xrabit + DMG$, Nemesis, Phranchyze
Seasons Change, MC Overlord, Crew 54, Hello World, When the Day Breaks, Errybody Hates Me!!
Opposite Day
What Is Is?
Black Nasty
Shark Tank
Dale Watson
The Truckin' Sessions Vol. 2
Chili Cold Blood
Chili Cold Blood
Ricky Stein
Crazy Days
Woodsboss
Woodsboss II
No Show Ponies
The End of Feel Good Music
Leo Rondeau
Down at the End of the Bar
The Daylight Titans
Boom and Chime
Precious Blood, Monarchs, School Police, Prom Nite, Superhouse, Don Harvey
Top of the Holler, Those Words, Those Frames, Circles, Dressed for Success, Fever Medicine, A Dance in Red
Some Say Leland
Fifty Miles Into the Main
The Seas
Let's Fake It
Chief Rival
Chief Rival
The Gary
Chub
The Great Nostalgic
The Great Nostalgic
screens
That Thing They Do
The Paramount Summer Film Classics' season of stars
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Long Con
After kicking around for months, The Brothers Bloom finally makes its mark
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Film News
News from Cannes and nearer climes
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
What's In and What's Out
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Girlfriend Experience
Steven Soderbergh directs this DV-cam look at the life of a high-end Manhattan call girl (played by porn star Sasha Grey).
The Limits of Control
Jim Jarmusch tells an elliptical, European-set story about a loner and the criminal activity in which he's involved.
Terminator Salvation
Despite a couple of good action sequences, Terminator Salvation is loud, talky, and entirely lacking any sort of soul or sense of good old summer-matinee fun.
arts & culture
Not Weird but Real
Celebrated British artist Edward Povey has good reasons for making Austin his new home
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Hideout
A team of local improvisers has acquired the home base for Austin's improv revolution
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Anagenesis'
Anthony Garza fuses animals and man-made structures to make monumental nature paintings
BY RACHEL KOPER
2009 Funniest Person in Austin Contest
From a strong field of 14 comics, Bryson Turner took this year's comedy crown
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Blanton Museum of Art
Ned Rifkin, former Smithsonian undersecretary of art, is the new director of the Blanton
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Oceana
The Vortex's latest theatrical immersion in myth sinks you down 20,000 leagues
Romeo and Juliet
The heart of this Tejano-style retelling is not the lovers but the people around them
Wood & Steel: Works by Caprice Pierucci and Randall Reid
Both artists here bend and even break rules to elevate humble materials into art
columns
Page Two: Looking Up
Along the path back to wonder
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM
'A brilliant cascade of cause and effect' can describe my life
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar is back. In black.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
A guide to the Big Bend region of Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Can you feel it? Pride is coming.
BY ASH BELL AND KATE X MESSER
Playing Through
Sixteen-year-old Chelsey Sveinsson is on her way to becoming an elite runner
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Catfish hate cold water, Americans chew less, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Deferred Adjudication – What Is It?
BY STEPHEN TOLAND
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Chronicle Adult Spelling Bee
Threadgill's World HQ -, Thursday, May 21, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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