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news
Save as We Pave?
The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
ELECTION
The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
Our picks for the Nov. 7 election
Election 2006
November Election roundup
KXAN News Director Quits
Two weeks after proclaiming the KXAN news department was “headed in the right direction,” news director “Wild Bill” Seitzler resigns after 10 months on the job
BY KEVIN BRASS
Developing Stories
A developer offers to extend the Town Lake trail in exchange for a variance to build closer to Town Lake. Is it worth it?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Minimum Wage Murmurs
Hundreds of economists sign on to "manifesto" urging Congress and state policymakers to raise the minimum wage, an act of defiance that is apparently generating some disconcerted murmurs
On House-Arrest Soirees and Fabulous Thighs: Martha Speaks!
An underwhelming Martha Stewart was a keynote speaker at the sold-out, fem-lite Texas Conference for Women last Thursday at the Austin Convention Center
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
ELECTION
Bond Booty: Fantasy and Reality
Striking a balance among the various interests wanting a slice of the city bonds pie
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
ELECTION
Point Austin: Endorsed!
Take a long look at the 'Chronicle' opinions – and then leap
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
City Hall's Colossal Cyber Scandal
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Cleaning Up Congressional Corruption; and The Blockhead in Charge of Whistle-blower Protection
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Young and Hungry
ACC offers students two restaurants' worth of opportunity
BY MICK VANN
Bull in a Kitchen Stadium
David vs. Iron Chef
BY WES MARSHALL
In Memoriam
New and Noteworthy
CKC Farms' farm-fresh goat cheese
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
In memoriam: Ron Bannon; and other news and events from the culinary world
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
October 19-26
music
Streets of Love
Stalking the Stones across Europe
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
TCB
Saying adios to Texas music titan Freddy Fender, and bienvenidos to a little band called the Rolling Stones
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Box Sets
various artisits
A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box
Tori Amos
A Piano:The Collection
Waylon Jennings
Nashville Rebel
screens
The Image Formed
Previewing the 12th Austin Film Festival
Double Life
Director Douglas McGrath on the other critically acclaimed Truman Capote biopic, 'Infamous'
BY LIZ WELCH TIRRELL
What Is This Miracle Called Movie Music?
Making movie-music magic 'Infamous'
BY MARK RUBIN
Young Blood
Growing Up as the 'Living Dead'
BY MARC SAVLOV
'SXSW Presents': 'The Dreams of Sparrows'
'The Dreams of Sparrows'
The Big Move
Blogging revolutionary Mena Trott outlines her company's latest advance
BY MARRIT INGMAN
TV Eye
The Panel Channel
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film News
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Screens Reviews
The Seventh Continent and Benny's Video
Michael Haneke's first two films
Film Reviews
Don
Not reviewed at press time. Bollywood film about a widowed father in need of cash who is recruited by the police to masquerade as the leader of an international gang of thieves.
Flags of Our Fathers
The first half of the film continues Clint Eastwood's ongoing deconstruction of America's hero myths but then detours into some uncharacteristically sentimental mulch.
The Grudge 2
Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair of Hollywood remakes of his two biggest hit films and managed to screw up both of them.
Jaan-E-Mann
Not reviewed at press time. Bollywood film about two men in love with the same woman.
Man of the Year
Instead of being the hippest kid on the block, this comedy plays like a schizophrenic exercise in shrill cinematic politics.
Marie Antoinette
Don’t fear the film’s early reviews from Cannes, which too often slighted it for being fluffy (it isn’t, though its heroine is) or ahistorical (it isn’t, though it is contemporary).
The Marine
WWE wrestling champion John Cena makes his film debut in this action film.
One Night With the King
Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
Detailed here is the long, tangled saga of Erickson, the visionary lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators, whose trip to fame detoured though mental institutions.
arts & culture
Beyond the Blockbuster
With "Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585," the Blanton bucks the trend toward superstar exhibitions and spotlights a lost Renaissance master
BY NIKKI MOORE
Bass Concert Hall: Renovation elaboration
New information from the UT Performing Arts Center about the $14.7 million makeover of Bass Concert Hall and what the PAC will be doing during the 18 months that it's dark
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Long Center: Halfway home, a peek at what's to come
Midway through Palmer Auditorium's transformation into the Long Center for the Performing Arts comes a new image of the center's crown jewel:2,300-seat Dell Hall
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Eeyore's Birthday: A statue where the party started
The Eastwoods Neighborhood Association is raising funds for a sculpture of Eeyore to commemorate the park's part in the launch of that Austin rite of spring, Eeyore's Birthday Party
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
Still time left to get some free theatre, laurels for historian Oscar Brockett and director Don Toner, and a new baby for the first couple of Salvage Vanguard Theater
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Rocky Horror Show
The Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of 'The Rocky Horror Show' provides Austin, and especially fans of all that is Rocky, with an experience worthy of the word classic
Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back
The play 'Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back' seeks to honor the New Orleanians affected by Hurricane Katrina, but the level of intensity in the UT staging often makes it hard to connect to
columns
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Stephen weighs in on the Belmont and what Dubya might be reading these days...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
To Your Health
What is the best kind of air purifier to use in my home to help reduce allergens?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Can I smoke in bars? – The latest on Austin's smoking ban
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
The Atkinson Candy Company of Lufkin still makes its delicious Chick-O-Sticks and Peanut Butter Bars the same way Grandpa did back in 1932
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The origins of the Purple One and Clark Kent's raison d'être
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
'Best of Austin' Oops!
Our latest batch
Luv Doc Recommends: Rock & Roll Free-for-All
Hole in the Wall, Sunday, October 22, 2006
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Catch the Lady Longhorns while you still have a chance, and more