John Anderson
Volume 29, Number 34
ON THE COVER:
news
Our recommendations for the May 8 elections
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
EARTH DAY
Swearingen's Environmental City tells the inner history of city politics
BY NORA ANKRUM
Austan Librach remembers
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’
BY NORA ANKRUM
Saving the planet, one Earth Day activity at a time
BY NORA ANKRUM
New rebates to encourage composting
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Council to vote on Austin Energy plan
BY NORA ANKRUM
McNally play defies the fake religiosity of those who would suppress it
BY MICHAEL KING
On second thought, why can't we all just get along?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Citizens' calendar, April 22-29
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
The ledger of candidates for school district trustee
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Business owners still riled by bike plans for Nueces
BY LEE NICHOLS
City's scrap tire investigation unearths surprising details
BY JORDAN SMITH
Council to vote on new agreement regarding Quarter Cent program funds
BY LEE NICHOLS
Cap Metro to discuss changes at upcoming meeting
BY LEE NICHOLS
Public forums begin on comprehensive and mobility planning
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
New online hub greases wheels of transportation talk
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Dunn defends his record
BY JORDAN SMITH
Pressure mounts for city to release full report
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Austin Bulldog, Statesman dabble in new business models
BY KEVIN BRASS
Wall Street's Mitch; and That Can't-Do Spirit
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food Reviews
If this is diner food, then it's from the best diner in the universe
Georgetown's Monument Cafe is a living testament to the classic roadside diner cooking of a bygone era
This local coffeehouse is chock-full of Southern Louisiana flavor
BY KATE X MESSER
The Castagnedi brothers have made tremendous progress in a country where the top wineries measure their tenure in centuries, not decades
BY WES MARSHALL
Reflecting on the 25th annual Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Green living, whiskey drinking, and artsy eating
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Steve Martin didn't just incorporate a banjo into his early comedy routines for a laugh
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
For those about to rock (we salute you)
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
I Learned the Hard Way
Congratulations
Plastic Beach
Here Lies Love
Under Great White Northern Lights
Ali and Toumani, Secret Agent Man, Rise & Shine
The Infamous Stringdusters
screens
Caroline Koebel grew up without TV. She's been pursuing flickering images ever since.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Good advice from a guy who survived Troll 2, George Hardy, D.M.D.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Trinidad premieres on LOGO and DVD
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
Battleship Potemkin still packs a lumpen proletariat wallop 85 years after it was first released
A recent slew of political, cultural, and environmental documentaries prove how indispensable PBS is
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
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.
Jennifer Lopez is back with a new romantic comedy about a woman whose biological clock is out of sync with her life.
Premiering in Austin, this documentary is about the purportedly "best worst movie" ever made, Troll 2, and its enthusiastic fans.
A remake of a 3-year-old British comedy, Death at a Funeral transfers its farce from a predominantly white cast to predominantly black.
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
Two forward-thinking arts festivals make the most of sharing the same weekend
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Mezzo Liz Cass lands a big break playing the familiar fairy-tale villainess
BY ROBERT FAIRES
David Ellis creates a 'motion painting' – or is it several? – for the university
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
Erica Saenz has written an admirably funny family comedy that's all sweetness
These absurdist plays are more fun for those who'd rather think about it than get it
The musical melting pot from new U.S. citizen Michelle Schumann was sweet indeed
columns
The only enemy is us!
BY LOUIS BLACK
The American Oligarchy has been growing for decades, and we've been its enablers
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Your Style Avatar loves Johnsons ... ummm, the Johnsons
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
So randomly nostalgic, you may call us the 'Gay Page Two'
BY KATE X MESSER
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
Law & Order, beards, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
ND Austin, Thursday, April 22, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
A day of softball and music at the Dell Diamond
BY MARK FAGAN
Aztex host Haitian National Team, and more
BY NICK BARBARO