Capitol Grounds
UT Department of Theatre & Dance
news
Scaling the Pyramid
City moves to reprioritize social service programs in the new year
BY WELLS DUNBAR
'Chronicle' Endorsements
Nov. 2 general election
Nov. 2 Joint General and Special Elections
Early voting continues through Friday, Oct. 29
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
SBOE Candidates Get 'A' for Attendance
SBOE debate clarifies candidates' differences in one race, similarities in another
BY LEE NICHOLS
Election Headlines
Headlines from the campaign trail
Travis County Commissioner Precinct 2: Toll Roads, Taxes, TYC
With minor opposition, Eckhardt is setting priorities for next term
BY AMY SMITH
Point Austin: The Legacy of Solidarity
Film of the 'Austin Chicano Huelga' recounts a city's transformation
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Across The Universe
Housing advocate Troxell provides chapter and verse on living wage
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Oct. 14-21
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Headlines
Baird To Rule on Recusal From Willingham Hearing
Willingham family seeks posthumous declaration of innocence
BY JORDAN SMITH
Keller Can Consider Herself Unwarned
Curtain finally closes on Keller case
BY JORDAN SMITH
Are Unions Educational Kryptonite?
New doc pins school failures on unions
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Eco-Currents: Talking Trash and Raising the Roof
Anti-litter campaign aims to clean up Austin creeks
BY NORA ANKRUM AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Running the Numbers
The Oct. 14 agenda, from briefings to land swaps
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Lobbyists' BFF; and California's Budding Union Movement
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Culinary/Literary
There's a lot to chew on at this year's Texas Book Festival
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Book Fest Fare 2010
Find fine fair fare fast
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Event Menu
Any excuse for a party
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
New products, new smokers, new catering operations, and a new cake studio? Is it our birthday again already?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
See Reverse Side for Title: Part I
If English first-wavers had trouble getting ahold of American roots music, Americans themselves weren't much better off, piecemealing together the foundations of today's national scene
BY LOUIS BLACK
Off the Record
Austin City Limits Music Festival 2010: No rain, no dust, no problem
BY AUSTIN POWELL
ACL Live Shots
The Band of Heathens
Sonic Youth
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
The Strokes
The Sword
Phish
Kings Go Forth
Girls
Monsters of Folk
LCD Soundsystem
Deadmau5
Matt & Kim
Muse
Gogol Bordello
M.I.A.
Lissie
The Gaslight Anthem
The Very Best
Mayer Hawthorne
Frank Turner
Warpaint
The Relatives
Richard Thompson
Eagles
Norah Jones
The National
TV Torso
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
screens
Gossip Girl
Anne Helen Petersen takes her readers beyond the blind item
BY MELANIE HAUPT
When It Felt True
The Austin Chronicle's Raoul Hernandez curates an AFS Essential Cinema series on the 'enigma' of William Wyler
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
TV Eye: From Career Criminal to Copper
BBC America debuts a sexy, scintillating new detective show
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Aakrosh
When three students go missing in a small Indian village, the investigation into their disappearance causes mayhem. In Hindi.
I Want Your Money
This documentary elucidates the scourge of big government.
My Soul To Take
Wes Craven wrote and directed this serial-killer movie – but you'd never know it to look at it.
Nowhere Boy
This movie about John Lennon's young-adult years showcases the importance of the importance of both his mother and aunt in his life.
Red
Over-the-hill crime-fighters band together to save their own in this smirky, goofy mashup of a rom-com and action picture.
Waiting for 'Superman'
More provocative than genuinely informative, this documentary, nevertheless, has kicked off a national discussion about remedying our failing educational system.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Woody Allen sets his latest farce into action with a cast of one-dimensional, annoying characters played by a group of terrific actors.
arts & culture
Try To Remember
How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Biography of Physical Sensation'
Which chair will be just right for you in Rubber Repertory's new show?
BY KATHERINE CATMULL
'New Art in Austin' 2011
AMOA has announced the 15 artists chosen for its triennial show of local art
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash
A new opera for the Butlers and a big art prize for Beili Liu
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Cowboy Noises
Jaston Williams' tales from his life are heartwarming and surprisingly poetic
'Monolith Pass: An Installation of Drawings by Anthony W. Garza'
Garza's hyperrealistic, high-contrast drawings are monochrome magnificence
columns
Page Two: We Are the Eggmen
In the abstract, people are usually good about defending free speech. They fall apart in the specifics.
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar remembers the day the little bundles of doody brightened his life
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
You gotta make a stand to keep from falling
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Railroad & Heritage Museum in Temple exhibits items from the golden era of railroading
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Yam Jam
Threadgill's World HQ -, Sunday, October 17, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Texas Stars Home Openers
The Stars look to retain momentum from last season's playoff run
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex bow out of playoffs, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Football Watch
Big test for the Horns, and more
