Downtown Georgetown
John Anderson
news
Crash-Scene Budget
The budget balances, and stitching is transparent
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Calling All Citizens
The Comprehensive Plan and the waterfront need engaged Austinites
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
A Plan to Plan for a Zero-Waste City
Leadership will determine the success of long-range strategy
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
GreenChoice Affordable After All?
GreenChoice Batch 6 customers may soon get a break on their utility bills
BY NORA ANKRUM
Nine (So Far) Vie to Fill Court Vacancy
Will Perry appoint someone with a chance of winning the election?
BY JORDAN SMITH
City Brokers Peace Accord With Budget Lodge
City settles lawsuit filed against the crime-magnet motel
BY JORDAN SMITH
Appraisal Reform at the County? Never Mind ...
Commissioners won't challenge appraisal district's undervalued commercial property
BY AMY SMITH
Double Murder: The Dark Side of Reefer Madness
A dispute over drug money may have led to the recent West Campus murders
BY JORDAN SMITH
Health-Care Showdown
Health-care reform rally draws a big crowd of people on both sides of the issue
BY LEE NICHOLS
Point Austin: The Bottom Line on Health Care
Congress needs to act for universal health care
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: The Magic Water Bullet
What water do we need, and when do we need it?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Dog-Sniff Jurisprudence; and Gov. Goober's Border Cams
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, July 30-Aug. 6
food
Austin's Summer Refreshment Treasure Map
Beat the heat by visiting one of Austin's many shaved-ice havens
BY RACHEL FEIT
Cheese in the Heart of Texas
Austin's getting cheesy
BY MM PACK
Food-o-File
The Austin food community is gearing up for the opening of what promises to be a really good foodie movie, Julie & Julia
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
A guide to local foodie events in Austin
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Do Right Woman
Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Room 710 prepares to shut its doors, Amy Cook goes under the lens, and introducing The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Followed by Static, The Snake Trap, Explosion Horse, Naw Dude, Bulemics, TV Torso, Transmorgraphy
Followed by Static, The Snake Trap, Explosion Horse, Naw Dude, Burn Baby Burn, TV Torso, Transmorgraphy
New Roman Times
On the Sleeve
Headdress
Lunes
Darling New Neighbors
Rocket
Powell St. John
On My Way to Houston
Leeann Atherton
Heart Traveled Road
Graham Wilkinson & the Underground Township
Yearbook
screens
Been There, Done That
This year's TFPF panelists still remember the trenches
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
Chris Kattan shows real range in the charming IFC miniseries Bollywood Hero
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film News
The martini shot
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Screens Reviews
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
This feature-length documentary explores Bourgeois' heady and challenging body of work
Film Reviews
The Collector
From the writer and director of Saw 4-6 comes this horror film about a handyman who tries to rob his employers' home but finds it rigged with a lethal maze.
Funny People
With this story about comedians which stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, filmmaker Judd Apatow rewrites his own songbook in the key of James L. Brooks, a tricky mix of humor and heartfelt.
G-Force
In its gadget-lust and obvious Transformers envy, G-Force is a loud and stupid Jerry Bruckheimer production, and its guinea pig spies are similarly crude.
Orphan
A married couple adopts a child who turns their lives into a horror show in this atmospheric, above-average but overlong addition to the "cuddly hellspawn" genre.
The Stoning of Soraya M.
This impassioned work of persuasion is like a splatter film made for the Lifetime network, a screed against stoning made for audiences who already agree.
Unmistaken Child
This documentary is a full-immersion glimpse into the ancient traditions of Buddhist reincarnation and one that no filmmaker has ever before explored with this level of freedom and insight.
arts & culture
'Libres y Lokas'
Masked wrestlers and drag queens work side by side in this multimedia installation
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
'Orestes'
A contemporary playwright explains what drew him to adapt an ancient Greek tragedy
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Tartuffe
City Theatre Company updates Molière's satire in a cheeky yet entertaining fashion
Jorge Caballero & Virtuosi
The classical guitarist and a few gifted friends created an engrossing evening of music
'Carol Marine: New Paintings'/'Suzanne Lewis: Dune Shack Summer'/'Lesley Nowlin: Guatemala'
The three exhibitions in two neighboring galleries is like the Neapolitan ice cream of art
columns
Page Two: Field of Dreams
Summer in Vermont singing Gram Parsons' Grievous Angel
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM
We did not fall from the Garden; we journeyed away
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen softens with age ... at least for this column.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Reports of its drifting off into the sunset greatly exaggerated, Foodies rides again
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The top eight state park swimming holes in Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Elapids, Alaska, ginger ale, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Does the Setback Ordinance Apply to My Garden Shed?
BY EVAN JOHNS AND LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: How to Secede in Texas Without Really Trying
Esther's Follies, Friday, July 31, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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