"...Looks like if the city’s going to adopt a Major League Soccer franchise that it’ll be housing said club at McKalla Place. Just a few minutes ago, Precourt Sports Ventures CEO Anthony Precourt put out a statement indicating that the city-owned tract just north of Rutland Drive is Destination A for a new, privately funded soccer stadium to house the team that’s currently the Columbus Crew...."

"...Austin's soccer saga is officially a mess. Last Friday, one week after reiterating their shunning of the offer to move their Columbus Crew into a new stadium out by the Travis County Expo Center, Anthony Precourt and company also announced that Precourt Sports Ventures (which owns the Crew) no longer seek to site their privately funded 20,000-person, $200 million stadium in Butler Shores – the ownership group's first choice for a stadium outside of (and perhaps including) a new one in their native Columbus...."

"...The Los Angeles sports office for Gensler architects has been working on the site plan for McKalla Place, Precourt Sports Ventures’ current top choice for a soccer destination for its potentially relocating Columbus Crew, and today released a proposed layout for the North Austin site...."

"...More bad news for Precourt Sports Ventures, who last night saw the city's Parks and Recreation Board unanimously pass a resolution to recommend the city take Roy G. Guerrero Park off the table as a possible stadium site for the flirtatious Columbus Crew..."

"...The character’s near-sociopathic drive to defy the misogynistic social norms that imprisoned women of her position and time is ripe with possibility, so why does Lady Macbeth ultimately feel like a gimmick, and an unsatisfying one at that? With no backstory to inform the psychology of its homicidal central character, the movie dictates that you sympathize with Katherine after witnessing the humiliations she endures at the hand of both her husband and the father-in-law who purchased her, and yet recoil with a perverse sense of admiration at the lengths to which she will go to counter such dehumanizing cruelty. By the time an innocent is sacrificed in the film’s third act, Katherine is drained of any sympathy or motive, and the movie ventures into the melodramatic territory it so carefully avoids up to that point..."

"...All’s well that ends well, but not really, because now the purposeless protagonist has to track down a mysterious being she briefly glimpsed in the Forbidden Forest. Determinedly setting out on her own – except for the four clownish man-Smurfs who tag along to make sure nothing bad happens to their blond goddess – she evades Gargamel’s clutches and ventures off into unknown territory with predictable results..."

"...But Brandon gets jumped by a thug named Flaco (Siriboe), who steals those magical shoes. Brandon, fed up and wearing his mom’s flip-flops, ventures, with his friends, onto a road of trials that is Oakland to retrieve those shoes, and thus a quest begins...."

"...Captain Phillips ventures out to high seas and takes the audience along for a tense, claustrophobic ride. Based on true events from 2009 in which the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama was captured for ransom by Somali pirates, the film also draws from Captain Richard Phillips’ recounting of the experience in his book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea..."

"...American Mary ventures into genre territory only briefly, after its unlicensed practitioner is drugged and raped by an authority figure for no apparent reason. (The film’s spotty script is rife with many such WTF moments.) She exacts vengeance on her perpetrator with the zeal of Dr..."

"...What makes The Innkeepers such an unnerving experience isn't the outright horror but rather the lack of it. West mines every single floorboard creek and shadowy corridor for maximum frisson; this film ventures far beyond creepy and into the rarely explored land of genuine, incremental fear..."

"...Shrek’s depression is ripe for the picking when he’s offered a deal by Rumpelstiltskin (Dohrn) that allows him to be a scary ogre for a day in exchange for any past day in his life. With this, Shrek ventures into It’s a Wonderful Life territory, getting to see what the community would be like for others had he never been born..."

"...Painfully reticent, Lars shocks his family and community when, out of the blue, he introduces them to the wheelchair-bound Bianca, a lifelike sex doll with whom he forges a chaste romantic relationship. Despite opportunities galore for smutty gags, Lars and the Real Girl never ventures down this path, staying on its best behavior in matters of courtship and film ratings..."

"...Everything you’ve come to expect from animé, and therefore everything that has curdled that most prolific of Japanese cinematic pop culture traditions, is missing. In their absence is the surreal, almost childlike story of Tamala, a young kitten from "Meguro City, Tokyo, Cat Earth, Feline Galaxy," who disobeys her human, anaconda-loving mother one day and ventures into space in search of the Orion Galaxy..."

"...In National Security, Lawrence delivers his nonstop mugging and Zahn provides decent foil as Lawrence's reluctant partner in crime-stopping, but the film nevertheless falls flatter than, well, a Hollywood comedy release in January. It's directed by Dennis Dugan with all the flair he failed to display in such previous ventures as Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, and Saving Silverman, and it was scripted by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, the same writing team who previously gave us the witless comedies Serving Sara and I Spy..."

"...It's storytelling at its most irresistible, a sinewy saga that seamlessly snakes the boundary lines separating ghost tale from family epic and historical drama from psychological subjectivism. At nearly three hours running time, the movie covers a lot of turf though it infrequently ventures past the front gate of Sethe's home at 124 Bluestone Road..."

"...Starring: Andrei Codrescu. Shot in 1991, Road Scholar is that rare film: a documentary road movie that looks at America with eyes not hampered by the rose-tinted cultural nostalgia which so often plagues similar ventures..."

"...His energy, vitality and curiosities expand to fill every scene, pleasurably captivating the audience much like the spell he casts over the young artiste. Adolpho is so taken with Joe's charisma that he's able to partake in the criminal cash-raising ventures that Joe leads him into..."

"...Further complications arise when an ally tribe request the Ganiga's assistance in a tribal war, and all work on the plantation ceases, leaving a thoroughly frustrated Leahy caught between the old world of his tribal roots and the modern, neocolonial values that made him successful. Shot in 16mm with a low budget, this documentary manages to avoid the cheap look usually associated with such ventures through good sound quality and smooth transitions..."

"...The big soccer news last week was that Precourt Sports Ventures announced McKalla Place as their new favorite site for an Austin stadium. The declaration, issued last Thursday, comes after failed attempts at securing parkland in the city's urban core – first at Butler Shores and then at Roy G..."

"...In this week's News Roundup, some Texas lawmakers are doing their damnedest to shove the marriage equality rabbit back in the hat; notorious piñata foes F&F Ventures are still looking for a profitable use of the now empty space; Council has a busy week planned; and more...."

"...Tonight the Congress for New Urbanism chapter hosts a lively panel discussion, advocacy forum and happy hour salon at Cuba Libre. Topic: "Keeping Up the Urban Momentum: The New Mixed-Use Market." Panelists: Michele Gary, Weitzman Group; Perry Lorenz, Constructive Ventures; Jennifer Wiebrand, Gables Residential; moderator Tom Yantis...."

"...Noon, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...They're ragtime-loving, Busby Berkeley-copping, washboard-playing, slide-whistle-wielding raconteurs, and their self-titled debut spans the early half of last century, covering everything from jazzed-up cabaret-style numbers to Southern folk hymns. – Audra Schroeder KJAENoon, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...FRIDAYBeto & the Fairlanes Noon, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...Damn, why didn't someone think of this earlier? -- Andy LangerFRIDAYMidlake, Noon, Austin Ventures stage Boasting an arsenal of bittersweet, organ-drenched Radiohead-circa-1997 hymns, Denton's Midlake stands out among the early-day festival performers. After this year's SXSW, Midlake became the third Denton band (along with Lift to Experience and Jetscreamer) to sign to Bella Union, the British label run by Cocteau Twins Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde..."

"...F&F Real Estate Ventures won a round in court last week in their ongoing battle with the owners of Jumpolin – a piñata business demolished by F&F, the property's owners, in February...."

"...For the latest updates, check the interactive schedule at the ACL Fest website: www.aclfestival.com/schedule/day1.htm 11:15am:Ben Cyllus (BMI) 11:30am:Uncle Rock (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) The Jones Family Singers (WaMu) 11:45am:Dan Dyer (AT&T Blue Room) Sound and the Jury (Dell) Noon:Vampire Weekend Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Autamata (Austin Ventures) 12:30pm:Asleep at the Wheel (AMD) Rodney Crowell (AT&T) Q Brothers (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) 12:40pm:Paula Nelson (BMI) 12:45pm:The Hensley Ensemble (WaMu) 12:50pm:Christopher Denny (Austin Ventures) 1:00pm:Louis XIV Interview (Dell Dome) 1:30pm:What Made Milwaukee Famous (AT&T Blue Room) Yeasayer (Dell) Jambo (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) 1:45pm:Rodney Crowell Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 1:50pm:The Strange Boys (Austin Ventures) 2:00pm:Autamata Interview (Dell Dome) Christopher Denny Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Brotherly Luv (WaMu) 2:30pm:Vampire Weekend (AMD) Jakob Dylan & the Gold Mountain Rebels (AT&T) Big Don (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) 2:40pm:Sunny Sweeney (BMI) 2:45pm:What Made Milwaukee Famous Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 2:50pm:Louis XIV (Austin Ventures) 3:00pm:Mates of State Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) The Strange Boys Interview (Dell Dome) 3:15pm:Freddy Jones Band (WaMu) 3:30pm:Del the Funky Homosapien (AT&T Blue Room) Jamie Lidell (Dell) Anthropos (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Hot Chip Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 4:00pm:The Paul Green School of Rock All Stars (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Eli Young Band Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Delta Spirit (Austin Ventures) 4:30pm:Patty Griffin (AMD) Gogol Bordello (AT&T) M. Ward (WaMu) 4:40pm:Bobby Bare Jr (BMI) 5:00pm:Delta Spirit Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Donavon Frankenreiter Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Jamie Lidell Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 5:15pm:Mates of State (Austin Ventures) 5:30pm:Hot Chip (AT&T Blue Room) Slightly Stoopid (Dell) 5:45pm:Jenny Lewis (WaMu) 6:00pm:Louis XIV Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Patty Griffin Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 6:30pm:N.E.R.D (AMD) David Byrne (AT&T) Eli Young Band (Austin Ventures) 6:40pm:Ryan Bingham (BMI) 7:15pm:Antibalas (WaMu) 7:30pm:The Swell Season (AT&T Blue Room) G..."

"...For the latest updates, check the interactive schedule at the ACL Fest website: www.aclfestival.com/schedule/day2.htm 11:15am:Bonnie Bishop (BMI) 11:30am:Jambo (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Shields of Faith (WaMu) 11:45am:Mugison (AT&T Blue Room) Langhorne Slim (Dell) Noon:Daniel Johnston Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) The Black & White Years (Austin Ventures) 12:30pm:Fleet Foxes (AMD) Old 97’s (AT&T) Uncle Rock (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) 12:40pm:We Go to 11 (BMI) 12:45pm:Concert Supremes (WaMu) 12:50pm:Five Times August (Austin Ventures) 1:00pm:Black & White Years Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Langhorne Slim Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 1:30pm:The Fratellis (AT&T Blue Room) José González (Dell) Buck Howdy with BB (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves Interview (Dell Dome) 1:50pm:Bavu Blakes & the Extra Plairs (Austin Ventures) 2:00pm:Electric Touch Interview (Dell Dome) Old 97’s Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) The Lee Boys (WaMu) 2:30pm:Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (AMD) Drive-by Truckers (AT&T) Mr. Ray (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Langhorne Slim Interview (Dell Dome) 2:40pm:Band of Heathens (BMI) 2:50pm:Back Door Slam (Austin Ventures) 3:00pm:MGMT Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) The Fratellis Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) We Go to 11 Interview (Dell Dome) 3:15pm:Special Guest (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves (WaMu) 3:30pm:CSS (AT&T Blue Room) Man Man (Dell) The Jimmies (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Spiritualized Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 4:00pm:Back Door Slam Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Drive-by Truckers Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Mason Jennings Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears (Austin Ventures) 4:30pm:Robert Earl Keen (AMD) Erykah Badu (AT&T) Les Frères Guissé (WaMu) 4:40pm:City & Colour (BMI) 4:45pm:American Bang Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Roky Erickson Interview (Dell Dome) 5:00pm:Yonder Mountain String Band Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 5:15pm:Electric Touch (Austin Ventures) 5:30pm:MGMT (AT&T Blue Room) Spiritualized (Dell) 5:45pm:The Nachito Herrera All Stars (WaMu) 6:15pm:Electric Touch Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 6:30pm:John Fogerty (AMD) Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band (AT&T) Mason Jennings (Austin Ventures) 6:40pm:American Bang (BMI) 7:15pm:Yonder Mountain String Band (WaMu) 7:30pm:The Black Keys (AT&T Blue Room) Iron & Wine (Dell) 7:45pm:Roky Erickson (Austin Ventures) 8:15pm:Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (AMD) 8:30pm:Beck (AT&T) Official Aftershows: 10:30pm:Jakob Dylan & the Gold Mountain Rebels w/ Back Door Slam (Antone’s) José González w/ Neva Dinova (Emo’s Indoors) Okkervil River w/ Man Man (Emo’s Outdoors) 8:00pm:Butthole Surfers w/ the Kills (Stubb’s BBQ) 8:30pm:The Swell Season w/ Bill Callahan (the Paramount) 11:00pm:Car Stereo (Wars) (Emo’s Lounge) 11:59pm:Mugison (Stubb’s BBQ)..."

"...For the latest updates, check the interactive schedule at the ACL Fest website: www.aclfestival.com/schedule/day3.htm 11:15am:Elizabeth Wills (BMI) 11:30am:Big Don (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) River City Christianettes (WaMu) 11:45am:Sybris (AT&T Blue Room) AA Bondy (Dell) Noon:The M’s (Austin Ventures) 12:30pm:Nicole Atkins & the Sea (AMD) Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet featuring Béla Fleck (AT&T) Buck Howdy with BB (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) 12:40pm:Belleville Outfit (BMI) 12:50pm:Scott Biram (Austin Ventures) 1:00pm:AA Bondy Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Nakia & His Southern Cousins (WaMu) 1:30pm:The Kills (AT&T Blue Room) Octopus Project (Dell) Mr. Ray (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Buck Howdy with BB Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 1:45pm:Abigail Washburn Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 1:50pm:Adele (Austin Ventures) 2:00pm:Okkervil River Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 2:30pm:Gillian Welch (AMD) Flyleaf (AT&T) The Jimmies (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Mike Farris featuring the Roseland Rhythm Revue (WaMu) 2:40pm:Massacoustics (BMI) 2:50pm:Tristan Prettyman (Austin Ventures) 3:00pm:Heartless Bastards Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 3:15pm:Nicole Atkins (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) The Kills Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 3:30pm:Stars (AT&T Blue Room) Against Me! (Dell) School of Rock (H-E-B Kiddie Limits) Blues Traveler Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 4:00pm:Flyleaf Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Mike Farris Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) White Denim Interview (Dell Dome) Joe Bonamassa (Austin Ventures) Xavier Rudd (WaMu) 4:30pm:Neko Case (AMD) Silversun Pickups (AT&T) 4:40pm:Colour Revolt (BMI) 5:00pm:Nicole Atkins & the Sea Interview (Dell Dome) South Austin Jug Band Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 5:15pm:Kevin Fowler Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Heartless Bastards (Austin Ventures) 5:30pm:Okkervil River (AT&T Blue Room) Blues Traveler (Dell) Colour Revolt Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Stars Interview (Dell Dome) Shooter Jennings (WaMu) 6:00pm:Against Me! Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Neko Case Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) Xavier Rudd Autograph Signing (Waterloo Tent) 6:30pm:The Raconteurs (AMD) Gnarls Barkley (AT&T) White Denim (Austin Ventures) 6:40pm:South Austin Jug Band (BMI) 7:00pm:Galactic featuring Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5) (WaMu) 7:30pm:Band of Horses (Dell) 7:45pm:Tegan & Sara (AT&T Blue Room) Kevin Fowler (Austin Ventures) 8:30pm:Foo Fighters (AT&T) Official Aftershows 7:30pm:The Black Keys w/ the Black Angels (Stubb’s BBQ) 10:00pm:Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band w/ Jenny Lewis and M..."

"...No single-player computer games either, which were so hot in 1997. Neither do non-Internet tech ventures..."

"...The transformation has taken place over the course of several years, dating to the early Aughts when property values began to blow up, but the February demolition of a longtime Latino-owned piñata shop arrived as a resounding riptide. In their rush to capitalize on SXSW by staging a party on the land, F&F Real Estate Ventures – co-owned by Darius Fisher and Jordan French – simply demolished the Jumpolin party supplies store at 1401 E..."

"...Constructive Ventures, the developer of the 250-unit Barton Place condominium project on Barton Springs Road, has offered to give a groundbreaking $1 million for affordable housing in the surrounding Zilker neighborhood. The offer represents a significant raising of the bar for contributions by developers; recently, affordable-housing contributions (in voluntary exchange for zoning upgrades to allow extra density) by Central Austin condo developments – including Gables Park Plaza, a T..."

"...It's so hard to keep secrets any more. Thanks to an open-records request earlier this year from a Chronicle reporter, the Texas Growth Fund and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas are suing Attorney General Greg Abbott, and local venture capital heavy-hitter Austin Ventures is threatening to dump the UT Investment Management Co..."

"...In a widely distributed press release, a Status Labs spokesperson detailed how company employees asked French to resign "after reviewing actions taken outside of his role at Status Labs that do not represent the values of the company." The most notable of those actions is the Feb. 12 demolition: The building at 1401 East Cesar Chavez Street was razed to make room at the property French and partner Darius Fisher bought in October through another business of theirs, F&F Real Estate Ventures..."

"...25. His firm had applied for an ultimately approved city permit to stage a party during SXSW on March 14 at the site, which was purchased by F&F Real Estate Ventures in October..."

"...2:30pm, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...11:20am, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...11:15am, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...11:20am, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...Noon, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...Noon, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...As of year's end, Austin still doesn't officially have its first major league sports team, but the future Austin FC is looking more real than ever. The term sheet approved in August between the city and Precourt Sports Ventures produced a deal that became official just last week (Dec..."

"...Tameca Jones Fri., 11:15am, Austin Ventures stageR&B, pop, rock, jazz – all turned to gold by the prodigious pipes of the enchanting Miss Jones...."

"...Calliope Musicals (Fri., 11:15am, Austin Ventures stage) Technicolor folkies concoct eclectic dance-rock jubilee for the barefoot crowd...."

"...Cesar Chavez, Jumpolin was demolished Feb. 12 by property owners F&F Real Estate Ventures, who claim they were owed back rent – an allegation Jumpolin owners Sergio and Monica Lejarazu dispute..."

"...1pm, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...Noon, Austin Ventures stage..."

"...1:20pm, Austin Ventures stage..."