First Light Books
John Langmore
Volume 31, Number 11
features
Turning the Cover Up to 11
Issue No. 11 happens to fall on 11/11/11
news
A Mission To Communicate
Austin ISD's new multicultural, multitasking outreach director has a big job ahead: telling the district's story and getting the district to listen to the response
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: One, Two, Many Occupations
A movement being born is many things
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point: Planning What's Affordable
The Downtown Austin Plan comes lumbering toward its official adoption
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Civics 101
Calendar of civic events, Nov. 10-17
Quote of the Week
Not Everyone Keen on Charter IDEA
AISD considers partnership with charter school program
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Dead End for Wilson Street
Redevelopment brings the axe to Wilson Street bungalows
BY AMY SMITH
Texas Ordered To Redraw Maps
D.C. Courts: Don't gerrymander Texas
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bradford-Nohra No More
103-year-old home bites the dust
BY AMY SMITH
What's Up With Hancock Golf Course? Good Question.
Parks and Rec considers turning golf course into parkland
BY NICK BARBARO
Election Results: Travis Props Win Handily
Local voters respond more favorably to roads than open space
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Will the Well Run Dry for Las Lomitas?
Neighborhood faced with loss of water source
BY MIKE KANIN
New Policy Weighed for Police Lineups
A model for seeing past faulty eyewitness IDs
BY JORDAN SMITH
Hot Competition in Police Union Election
APA’s Wayne Vincent faces challenge
BY JORDAN SMITH
Travis Report: Autopsy Facts and Figures
2010 Medical Examiner’s report released
BY JORDAN SMITH
Panel Reviews Fatal Police Shooting
Officers should be fired, NAACP leader says
BY JORDAN SMITH
Court Seeks More Info in Choking Case
Attorneys asking court to throw out Jimenez conviction
BY JORDAN SMITH
RICK PERRY DEATH WATCH
Another Blow for Death Row Inmate
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Duane Buck case
BY JORDAN SMITH
A Stay for Skinner
Hank Skinner was scheduled to die this week
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
The U.S. ranks low in measures of equality and social justice
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Wine of the Week
A Sancerre-ly impressive Texas wine
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Chow down to benefit veterans? Consider it done.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
11 Meal Times
Turn the tasty up to 11
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
34th Street Cafe
34th Street Cafe adds new Tallent
Good 2 Go – Clemons Delivers Another Winner
Highbrow takeout? Take that, Domino's!
Sweets and Meals for the Holidays
Stuff your piehole … with pie, obviously
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Off the Record
OTR attends Fun Fun Fun Fest, packs things, and moves to the Cloud
BY AUSTIN POWELL
FUN FUN FUN FEST 2011
Fun Fun Fun Shots
Danzig Legacy
Public Enemy
Black Milk
Adira Amram
Reggie Watts
D Generation
Passion Pit
The Damned
Major Lazer
Kool Keith
Donald Glover, Childish Gambino
Donald Glover/Childish Gambino
Touché Amoré
Tune-Yards
Crooks
Le Butcherettes
What the Hell: Magic Stunt Show
Flying Lotus, Diplo
Flying Lotus/Diplo
Odd Future
Doomriders, Dead Horse, Eyehategod, Cannibal Corpse, Slayer
Metallurgy
screens
Beautiful Bitter
The heartachey animation of Don Hertzfeldt
BY MARC SAVLOV
Of Stars and Scars
AFS Doc Nights: Nostalgia for the Light
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Working the Kink Out
Smut City wants to cinematically sex up your November
BY MARC SAVLOV
Screens Reviews
Despair
A Fassbinder masterpiece of resignation and moral detachment
Film Reviews
J. Edgar
The man who played Dirty Harry directs Leonardo DiCaprio as America's top cop, J. Edgar Hoover.
Like Crazy
This is a love story love story about people of a certain age – which is not to be confused with a love story for the ages.
The Skin I Live In
Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's maestro of madness and desire, reunites with Antonio Banderas for this dark and frazzled tale of l'amour fou.
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Light ’em up for everyone's favorite movie stoners.
arts & culture
EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR PREVIEW
A Neighborhood's Story
John Langmore turns his lens on East Austin and discovers a rich history and community
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Hummel Gone Wild
Debra Broz's porcelain hybrid beasts would make Dr. Moreau proud
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Shear Faith
Haircuts by Children asks you to trust your coif to kids with scissors
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
11/11 EAST Stops
The Chronicle Arts editor's recommendations for the 2011 tour
BY ROBERT FAIRES
11/11 EAST Stops
The Chronicle Arts listings editor's recommendations for the 2011 tour
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arthouse/Austin Museum of Art
The boards of the two museums have voted to merge, but what does that mean?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
All Over Creation: Who's on First?
Are we looking at the wrong statistics for measuring a win in the arts?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Magic Flute
ALO opens its 25th season with a magical revival of Mozart's opera
Guest by Courtesy
Etiquette takes a pratfall in this comic battle for control between cousins
columns
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The McRib, the Hokey Pokey, and more facts from Mr. Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Page Two: Class Action
Republican policies deepen economic divisions, to the peril of all of us
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Get crafty with Dandy
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
The good (Gail), the bad (the big snip), and the fugly (Kim Kardashian) as deigned by Your Style Avatar
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Mary's Cafe makes chicken-fried steak so thin and tender it can be cut with a fork
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: Sims Benefit Bash
Austin Music Hall, Saturday, November 12, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Texas Stars Host Military Appreciation Weekend
So many reasons to see the Texas Stars this weekend
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Both of Austin's NCAA women's teams selected for their national tourneys
