Parish
Jana Birchum
features
PRIDE GUIDE 2009
History's Closet
Making the case for an Austin gay barchive
BY KATE X MESSER
Behind the Bars
Why are gay bars not counted within Austin club histories?
The Business of Pride
AGLCC's Jimmy Flannigan ponders the pitfalls of a complacent gay place
BY KATE X MESSER
Pride 2009 Grand Marshals
BY ASH BELL
Austin Pride 2009
Event listings
The Homophilic Bibliophile
Homo up your house with these gay history titles
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Of Barflies & Allies
The story of Austin's straight allies and gay bars
BY ANDY CAMPBELL AND KATE X MESSER
Can I Touch the Tender Button?
An interview with UT professor and archive expert Ann Cvetkovich
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Gayborhood? What gayborhood?
BY ASH BELL
news
The Genius of the Crowd ... Source
Austin programmers look to create a public redesign of the city's website
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Point Austin: The Capitol Circus Decamps
Did we learn anything more than the meaning of 'chub'?
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point: Solid Waste: Willie Rhodes Slides Sideways
City announces SWS 'reorganization' – Rhodes to head 'Code Compliance'
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Naked City
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, June 4-11
ON THE LEGE
Session Ends With Finger-Pointing, Unfinished Business
Perry says he has no immediate plans to call legislators back to Austin
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Topless Tax Dies in Maneuver for More Money
3rd Court of Appeals will rule on existing surcharge at sexually oriented businesses
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Creationist McLeroy Booted From SBOE Chair
Senate Dems successfully block Perry's nomination
BY LEE NICHOLS
Bill Keeps TVs Out of Texas Landfills
Don't put your television set in the garbage
BY LEE NICHOLS
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Lege gives creative industries incentive to live
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LegeLines
Kuempel bounces back, and Maldonado takes home a prize
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
School Reform Bills Headed to Governor
House Bill 3 holds a glimmer of hope for Pearce Middle School
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Law Improves Compensation for Exonerees
Making up for lost time on the wrongful-conviction front
BY JORDAN SMITH
Event Street Closures: Compromise Ordinance Doesn't Solve Barricades
Stakeholders agree on a proposal for closing streets for special events
BY LAUREL CHESKY
Holly Street Hoopla
An attempt to develop a Neighborhood Plan Contact Team for Holly Street went down in flames – again
BY MICHAEL KING
U.S. Senate: Sharp on Sharp
John Sharp explains why he's the best man for the job of filling Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat
BY LEE NICHOLS
APD Shooting: Chief Responds to Community Concerns
Acevedo apologizes to family of Nate Sanders II
BY JORDAN SMITH
Sanders Family Files Suit
Family says officer who shot Nate Sanders didn't follow protocol
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Soft Landing in Rough Times; and The Price of Pie
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Restaurant Recyclers
From earth to table and back again
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Boost
Dripping Springs-based Genesis Today has come out with a line of bottled drinks that are unusually healthy and nourishing
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Lucky J's
Lucky J's chicken is both greasy and salty; this is not a criticism
BY RACHEL FEIT
Food-o-File
A new burger joint opens, and Kerbey Lane offers incentives to 'eat local'
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Local food events, June 4-11
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
The Cowboy Song
Thin Lizzy's 'Cowboy Song' comes alive in rodeo vet turned Red Dirt ranger Ryan Bingham
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
Surveying the aftermath from the Red River shootout outside Spiros
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Sonic Youth
The Eternal
Green Day
21st Century Breakdown
Ben Harper & Relentless7
White Lies for Dark Times
Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
Elvis Costello
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
Allen Toussaint
The Bright Mississippi
Booker T.
Potato Hole
Leela James
Let's Do It Again
Carl Carlton
Everlasting: The Best Of
Brian Blade
Mama Rosa
Amadou & Mariam
Welcome to Mali
The Marvelettes
Forever: The Complete Motown Albums, Volume 1
screens
When the Sun Rises
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island
BY KATE X MESSER
Will the Real Norma Khouri Please Stand Up?
AFS Documentary Tour presents Forbidden Lie$
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Film News
It's raining cash for film in Texas ... but not a drop leftover for Waco
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
Yep, it's another show about a pill-popping health-care professional with chronic pain. But Nurse Jackie gets it right.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
After Last Season
Opening this week in only 4 U.S. cities, this self-described psycho-thriller has selected Austin as one of the lucky few.
Every Little Step
This pleasingly meta documentary about the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line intersperses clips from Michael Bennett's original interviews with key players with scenes from the exhaustive search for a new cast.
The Hangover
The Hangover is deliciously darker than Todd Phillips' previous comedies, Old School and Road Trip, but it isn't as thick with malice or drenched in the "bromance" creed of the present.
Land of the Lost
Will Ferrell's remake of the beloved Sid and Marty Krofft TV show lacks virtually everything that made the original series so memorable.
Lemon Tree
This moving Israeli film tells the fraught story of a Palestinian widow whose lemon grove is threatened when the country's defense minister moves next door.
My Life in Ruins
Nia Vardalos, who hit pay dirt with My Big Fat Greek Wedding, is on shakier ground with this clichéd story about an American tourist guide in Greece.
arts & culture
Superlatives
The 2008-2009 Austin Critics Table Awards
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Big Range Austin
A new-to-town dance duo pushes movement–music fusion further
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Tony Awards
Local song-and-dance wunderkind David Bologna is up for a top stage honor
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Conspirare
As Conspirare's choirs all come together in song, its executive director departs
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Ar Rud's production is how O'Neill's study of family and fragility is supposed to be
Home Entertainment 2009
A lovely, loving tribute to the Eastside's Blackland neighborhood and playtime past
Nathan Green: Happy Birthday Moon
In his second Art Palace solo show, Green throws a powerful punch of relentless joy
columns
Page Two: A Higher Court
Rash judgment and vitriol don't validate simplistic morality
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
Letters at 3AM
Anthony Powell is the least known of the greatest 20th century novelists
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen rests then divests
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Post-Katrina New Orleans is returning to form as a tourist destination for people from across the globe
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
The sports world is rife with dickish behavior
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Squirrel-flavored potato chips, John Lennon's Elvis, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
High Property Taxes
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Who Is Your Daddy? Little Lounge Lizards' June Dance Party
Qua Bottle Lounge, Saturday, June 6, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Crunch Time
Will the Aztex cower or conquer?
