Volume 31, Number 31
ON THE COVER:
news
Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war
BY MICHAEL KING
What we fail to remember, we will tragically repeat
BY MICHAEL KING
Once a scrap yard, always a scrap yard
BY AMY SMITH
Just when you thought Texas politics couldn't get any weirder
BY THE 'CHRONICLE' NEWS STAFF
APA! needs a home, and council appears inclined to give it one
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
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BY MONICA RIESE
Austin should embrace its identity as a cultural mecca
BY MIKE KANIN
Have Texas lawmakers made 'adequate yearly progress'?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Appeal charges Hernandez received ineffective assistance by counsel
BY JORDAN SMITH
Approval of the Green Water Treatment Plant master plan development is among next week's council agenda items
BY MICHAEL KING
Yassine Enterprises, in a Roial mess, forced to cover its Hyde
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
England has a watchful eye (and its CCTVs) on auto insurance
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
There's no better place than Austin to branch out into meat-free eating
BY MELANIE HAUPT
California wines in the Alsace fashion
BY WES MARSHALL
Austinites snag two James Beard Foundation Awards nominations
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
March 30-April 5
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
music
Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
What do rockabilly cult figure Johnny Legend, women's health care advocate Marcia Ball, and hit-and-run victim Slim Richey have in common? This weekend.
BY MARGARET MOSER
screens
The Austin History Center celebrates the city's movie houses of yore
BY MARGARET MOSER
Filmmakers' Connection helps foreigners find their people
BY MARC SAVLOV
Thatgamecompany puts out another experimental release that dazzles the eyes and the mind
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Bollywood tries to launch a James Bond-like franchise.
This Japanese film recalls a time when two survivors grow close in the wake of a friend's suicide.
This Indonesian film truly has a nonstop glut of martial-arts action, so don't worry about the minimalist story and characters.
Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt are delightfully matched in this offbeat romantic comedy from the director of Chocolat.
The Greek gods of antiquity must be angry: this sequel is merely loud and uninspired.
arts & culture
On the heels of its balletic colleagues, Chrous Austin melds music and movement to voice the unutterable
BY ADAM ROBERTS
Two choreographers tackled weighty topics onstage last week in a remarkable fashion
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Sharon Marroquín's dance about her cancer experience was a triumph of life and art
Dance Repertory Theatre's successful spring concert guided its audiences to heaven
columns
A pause and perhaps a change in direction
BY LOUIS BLACK
Your Style Avatar tunes his TV to Hispanic trolls and crotch-grabbing fabric
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Bidi bidi bom your bum down to Bernadette's
BY KATE X MESSER
Tchoupitoulas Restaurant in Crockett is a culinary oasis
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Why's everybody always pickin' on me?
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Just the act of procreative sex is an undertaking of considerable hubris.
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
What the puck? You can bring your dog to the game!
BY MARK FAGAN
If you think running in circles is boring, you’ve never witnessed the excitement of the Texas Relays
BY MARK FAGAN
Alexi Lalas insists the sky isn't falling, and more
BY NICK BARBARO