Zilker Botanical Garden
news
She's Her Own Grandma
Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been
BY AMY SMITH
Graduation at Escuelita
How much longer?
BY MICHAEL KING
Media Watch
Fox-7 anchor bails from the biz; Time Warner feuds with National Geographic
BY KEVIN BRASS
City v. La Bare
Is Austin being prude?
BY NORA ANKRUM
There Goes the Sun
Will a new study cause the sun to set on Austin's solar program?
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Psst! Wanna buy some (slightly ruined) eight-liners?
With stacks of ruined gambling evidence, the city, the county, and the APD are eagerly pointing fingers
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
Point Austin: Gentlemen's Disagreement
Martinez says community needs to look at council districting once again
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
'I always feel like ... somebody's waaatching me'
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
The "New" FEMA; and Subsidizing Boeing's Criminality
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
In Print
An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
Chef stuff and tube news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Sampaio's
The inviting space on Burnet Road is classy and modern yet comfortable and relaxed with a neighborhood restaurant feel
Misung 888
The prices might seem a little high at first glance, but the quality of the panchan more than makes up for it
MT Supermarket
Need fresh, boneless chicken feet, duck heads, pig ears, or six different types of fresh fishballs? Not a problem!
music
Welcome to the Jungle
Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years
BY RAY SEGGERN
Live Shots
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
TCB
What the Back Room leaves behind, what's ahead in the Sound Team-Pitchfork feud, and which rock superstars come calling in October
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Live Shots
screens
Team Players
Guilds take the lonesome gamer out of seclusion ... kind of
BY CARSON BARKER
NFL Head Coach
BY MARK FAGAN
Players' Guide
News and rumors and just flat-out lies about local gaming
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
In Space
Somebody's watching
BY TODDY BURTON
Film News
Solid reporting and decent rumors
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
POV's 'Al Otro Lado'
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Shakespeare Behind Bars
'Tempest' in a jailhouse, and its implications
Film Reviews
America: Freedom to Fascism
Although grounded in Libertarian theory, this documentary by producer-turned-director Aaron Russo presents provocative material about the perceived illegality of income taxes – and various freedom-restricting consequences of the new world order.
The Ant Bully
Childhood's fascination with all things small and squirmy makes this story of a boy who becomes an ant a pleasant, if undernourished, tale.
Free Zone
Israeli film presents the region's conflict in terms of the world's most annoying, dysfunctional-family road trip, which renders the proceedings almost as exhausting as the real thing.
Miami Vice
Perhaps vice isn't what it used to be, or maybe Crockett and Tubbs don't belong in this new time slot, but Michael Mann's movie turns out to be dreary and monochromatic.
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
High-concept farce crashes down pretty low: Think Fatal Attraction meets X-Men and you basically have the gist.
Omkara
Shakespeare's Othello is reimagined for the Indian audience in this Hindi-language film.
Scoop
Woody Allen's second British film with Scarlett Johansson finds the director falling back into the rut he carved for himself with every forgettable comedy since the underrated Deconstructing Harry.
Who Killed the Electric Car?
This multifaceted documentary about the history of GM's electric car seeks the culprit responsible for its demise and finds plenty of blame to go around.
arts & culture
Lear Jaunt
Matthew Radford explains how a professional British actor wound up playing Lear in a Central Texas barn
BY CLAYTON MAXWELL
Richard Buckley
Austin Lyric Opera artistic director Richard Buckley is taking his baton up to Ohio to serve as principal conductor for Opera Cleveland
BY ROBERT FAIRES
F8 Fine Art Gallery
It's truly the last picture show for F8 Fine Art Gallery as Amy and Richard Griffin close its doors after six years to pursue their creative careers as photographers
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Kazillionaire'
Jeremy Lamb and Madeline Malka's new sketch and improv show 'Kazillionaire' is starkly divided between bits of physical comedy that are genius and spoken segments that are relentlessly awkward and dull
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Culture Flash!
The 411 on Zachary Scott, how public art is made, and auditioning for the Macy's Parade
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Petra's Cuento
With Teatro Vivo's enjoyable revival of the bilingual comedy 'Petra's Cuento,' no matter what language the characters are speaking, it's a language you'll understand
An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream
An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream doesn't do justice to Shakespeare's comedy, but the goodwill, visual splendor, and flashes of magic in Tongue and Groove Theatre's show can transport you halfway 'round the world
'Active Disappearance'
The agenda is quiet in Okay Mountain's summer group show 'Active Disappearance,' with four photographers focusing their lenses on differing subjects but all recording change
columns
Page Two: Here and There
The 'Chronicle' offers its Web forums and reaches out for a community conversation
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar strikes a blow against the empire of 23-cent-overcharging convenience stores
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
To Your Health
What is 'vitamin U' and what are its benefits healthwise?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Illegal dumping – doggy style
Day Trips
Perini Ranch Steakhouse serves up what must be one of the best steaks in a state known for its beefsteaks
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Asian women using skin whiteners; polygamy now more popular than ever
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Our latest batch
Luv Doc Recommends: Smokin’ Singles Night With the K-Tel Hit Machine
La Zona Rosa, Friday, July 28, 2006
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
The Italian match-fixing scandal and more
