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'Chronicle' Endorsements
Our recommendations for the March 2 primaries
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
What's Historic?
Latest arguments over historic zoning sound like déjà vu
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Point Austin: What's in a Word?
Joseph Stack's terrorism calls attention to rampant political hypocrisy
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Riding the Riverside Rail
Which comes first, the train or the passengers?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Feb. 25-March 4
El Paso vs. War on Drugs, Redux
El Paso City Council tries, again, to pass resolution denouncing war on drugs
BY JORDAN SMITH
Where's the Outcry Over Informal Classes?
Plan to cut Cactus is pricklier than continuing ed program
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Student Voices Go Unheard
Student body absent from student-body-made decision
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Have Mercy
Board shoots down superintendent's plan
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cap Metro 2020: Sounds Like a Plan
Board gives early nod to restructuring of routes and schedules
BY LEE NICHOLS
AE 2020 Plan
Duncan's last stand
BY NORA ANKRUM
MetroRail Watch
A little bit of mileage
No Excuses for Keller's Conduct, Attorneys Argue
New filings suggest judge is shirking responsibility for inmate's death
BY JORDAN SMITH
HD 47 GOP Primary: Attack-Ad Tussle
KLBJ caught in middle of attack-ad dispute
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Give Us Your Two Census
It's that time of the decade again
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
Wall Street's Sacrifice; and Hug a Banker
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food Reviews
Eddie V's 5th Street
Recently hired Executive Chef Chris Bauer delivers quality at Eddie V's
Simplicity Wine & Eats
Parind Vora's new endeavor provides a casual spot for gourmet food and drinks
Texas Independence Day: Crawl the Capital on March 2
Have a spirited Texas Independence Day with fellow Texans
BY WES MARSHALL
Wine of the Week
A special recommendation for people who love Italy
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Finally, real bagels made in Austin, along with online pizza and chocolate ordering. Heck yeah!
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Delicious foodie events to keep you busy this week
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
The Empire That Dreams of Us
Unlocking Shearwater's The Golden Archipelago
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
A coin toss to determine the future of the Cactus Cafe
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
The Strange Boys
Be Brave
No Mas Bodas
Erotic Stories From the Space Capsule
Dubb Sicks, I-45
Lifestyles of the Sick and Fameless, I-45
Nick Curran & the Lowlifes
Reform School Girl
Michael Martin Murphey
Buckaroo Blue Grass II
Texas Tornado: The Times & Music of Doug Sahm
Jan Reid
Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom
Me So Twangy
screens
Moving Pictures
Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Femme's Still Fatale, but She's Plastic, Too
Daniel Erickson on his all-mannequin noir, Eve's Necklace
BY MARC SAVLOV
In Play
What's new is old again: BioShock 2 and The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
TV Eye
On why we should care about Tiger and his wood (psst: we shouldn't), and other major irritants
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Ghost Writer
Polanski is back in the saddle with his new political mystery thriller, which stars Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.
Police, Adjective
This Romanian police procedural is a fascinating study of the meaning of language in everyday life.
Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese's new thriller is set in 1954 in an institution for the criminally insane.
Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2010
The boys are back with another self-explanatory edition.
Teen Patti
In this Bollywood film, a reclusive math genius has an equation that could revolutionize probability theory and puts it into practice in the gambling dens of Mumbai.
arts & culture
A Double Life
Splitting the difference between Peter Schickele and his alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Billy Stritch and Klea Blackhurst
The songwriting genius of Hoagy Carmichael explained by the great Billy Stritch
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Site Dance'
A new book cites Blue Lapis Light's founder as a dancemaker of national importance
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Butler School of Music
The UT chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota is collecting donations for Sheryl Stack
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Mary Stuart
Austin Shakespeare's staging of this historical drama is something special
The Flaming Idiots
This comic spectacle is pretty much the same as ever, but no complaints here
'Kia Neill: Terrain'
An eerie, shimmering otherscape somewhere between LAX and the land of faery
columns
Page Two: Same As It Ever Was
South by Southwest and other lifetime labors of love
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
Letters at 3am: Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow
For many American families, one salary is not enough to keep everyone in the household fed
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
The producer who delivered the streamlined and elegant James Bond finale at the ASA fashion show? Webber: Sue Webber, of course.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
On the seventh day, the sissies shall bounce. And it is good.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Mozzarella Co. in Dallas has a dizzying assortment of handmade, fresh cheeses
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Bar stools, Happy Days, chicken tikka, etc.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Dodgeball on Ice
Chaparral Ice (in Northcross Mall), Saturday, February 27, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Learn to Curl
Right here in the ATX
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex in the House (Park) … and other news
