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news
'Chronicle' Endorsements
Our recommendations for the May 8 elections
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
EARTH DAY
Austin's Political Ecosystem
Swearingen's Environmental City tells the inner history of city politics
BY NORA ANKRUM
The First Earth Day, 1970
Austan Librach remembers
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'
Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’
BY NORA ANKRUM
Eco Currents
Saving the planet, one Earth Day activity at a time
BY NORA ANKRUM
City Announces Composting Program
New rebates to encourage composting
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Generation Plan's Day at the Dais
Council to vote on Austin Energy plan
BY NORA ANKRUM
Point Austin: The Body of Christ
McNally play defies the fake religiosity of those who would suppress it
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Güero's Don't Need No Stinkin' Permits!
On second thought, why can't we all just get along?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, April 22-29
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Despite Victory, Businesses Still Riled Over Bike Plan
Business owners still riled by bike plans for Nueces
BY LEE NICHOLS
City Tire Manager Fired
City's scrap tire investigation unearths surprising details
BY JORDAN SMITH
Cap Metro to Pay Up by 2019
Council to vote on new agreement regarding Quarter Cent program funds
BY LEE NICHOLS
Bus Route Changes Return
Cap Metro to discuss changes at upcoming meeting
BY LEE NICHOLS
Imagining Austin
Public forums begin on comprehensive and mobility planning
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
SNAPPatx.org: Let's Talk Transportation
New online hub greases wheels of transportation talk
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Fired Officer's Hearing Concludes
Dunn defends his record
BY JORDAN SMITH
Sanders Report Still Under Wraps
Pressure mounts for city to release full report
BY JORDAN SMITH
Media Watch
The Austin Bulldog, Statesman dabble in new business models
BY KEVIN BRASS
The Hightower Report
Wall Street's Mitch; and That Can't-Do Spirit
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food Reviews
The HighBall
If this is diner food, then it's from the best diner in the universe
Monument Cafe
Georgetown's Monument Cafe is a living testament to the classic roadside diner cooking of a bygone era
Geaux Cherrywood!
This local coffeehouse is chock-full of Southern Louisiana flavor
BY KATE X MESSER
Wine of the Week
The Castagnedi brothers have made tremendous progress in a country where the top wineries measure their tenure in centuries, not decades
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Reflecting on the 25th annual Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Green living, whiskey drinking, and artsy eating
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
A Stand-Up Guy
Steve Martin didn't just incorporate a banjo into his early comedy routines for a laugh
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
For those about to rock (we salute you)
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
I Learned the Hard Way
MGMT
Congratulations
Gorillaz
Plastic Beach
David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
Here Lies Love
the White Stripes
Under Great White Northern Lights
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté, Tony Allen, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Ali and Toumani, Secret Agent Man, Rise & Shine
Infamous Stringdusters
The Infamous Stringdusters
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Patty Griffin
7 Walkers
screens
No Failure to Communicate
Caroline Koebel grew up without TV. She's been pursuing flickering images ever since.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Something to Sink Your Teeth Into
Good advice from a guy who survived Troll 2, George Hardy, D.M.D.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Aligning Body and Mind in an Unlikely Place
Trinidad premieres on LOGO and DVD
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
Battleship Potemkin (Blu-ray)
Battleship Potemkin still packs a lumpen proletariat wallop 85 years after it was first released
TV Eye
A recent slew of political, cultural, and environmental documentaries prove how indispensable PBS is
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Ajami
This Oscar-nominated Israeli film reveals not only the divides between Jews and Arabs, but also those between Muslims and Christians, young and old, men and women, and rich and poor.
The Back-up Plan
Jennifer Lopez is back with a new romantic comedy about a woman whose biological clock is out of sync with her life.
Best Worst Movie
Premiering in Austin, this documentary is about the purportedly "best worst movie" ever made, Troll 2, and its enthusiastic fans.
Death at a Funeral
A remake of a 3-year-old British comedy, Death at a Funeral transfers its farce from a predominantly white cast to predominantly black.
Vincere
The long-scuttled tragic story of Ida Dalser, the first wife of Benito Mussolini, and the child she bore him, is brought to the screen with arresting style by the Italian director Marco Bellocchio.
arts & culture
When Worlds Collude
Two forward-thinking arts festivals make the most of sharing the same weekend
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Hansel and Gretel'
Mezzo Liz Cass lands a big break playing the familiar fairy-tale villainess
BY ROBERT FAIRES
UT Visual Arts Center
David Ellis creates a 'motion painting' – or is it several? – for the university
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
Keeping Track
Erica Saenz has written an admirably funny family comedy that's all sweetness
B-Sides From the A-List
These absurdist plays are more fun for those who'd rather think about it than get it
'Sweet Land of Liberty'
The musical melting pot from new U.S. citizen Michelle Schumann was sweet indeed
columns
Page Two: Days of Blame
The only enemy is us!
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy (Continued)
The American Oligarchy has been growing for decades, and we've been its enablers
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After A Fashion
Your Style Avatar loves Johnsons ... ummm, the Johnsons
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
So randomly nostalgic, you may call us the 'Gay Page Two'
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Texas South Wind Vineyard & Winery has only been open since December 2009, but it is already producing some interesting handcrafted wines
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Law & Order, beards, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Burlesque Festival 2010
ND Austin, Thursday, April 22, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam
A day of softball and music at the Dell Diamond
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex host Haitian National Team, and more
