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Pearce Gets a New Principal
High test scores at what cost?
BY JUSTIN WARD
Gimme (Animal) Shelter
Swirling city politics, site selection, and – oh yes – animal welfare
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Maxey Shows Moxie in Curious Bid for Tax Assessor
Glen Maxey defends his bid for tax assessor-collector
BY LEE NICHOLS
Think (and Eat) Globally by Dining for Darfur
Local restaurants join in Darfur fundraising effort
BY RITA RADOSTITZ
She Could Do No Wrong – Until Police Hauled Her off to Jail
Interim director of WilCo animal shelter charged with theft
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
Naked City
Reefer Madness
If the DEA has its way, hemp-farming will go to seed
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Bad Loan
Las Manitas wins even without city loan
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
Council sharpens its pencil before tackling public safety budget
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Republican Presidential Hopes; and Schumer's Wall Street Poverty Program
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The El Paso Connection
Longtime Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest judges Henry and Fred Alvarado and Carlos Contreras
BY MM PACK
HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL
Food-o-File
A refresher on how we do things around here
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Aug. 23-30
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Chief's BBQ & Grill
Pals since high school, Jeff Turner and Kelly Gartzke started this South First destination four years ago
music
What's Happening?
Ruta Maya toasts the Summer of Love
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
Moronic punk band trashes local pizza place; Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears prep for a tour with Spoon; and Almost There Records turns 3
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
screens
A New Day
Life in Kat Candler's cinematic world
BY MARC SAVLOV
Dynamics Dysfunctional and Otherwise
Julie Delpy on 2 Days in Paris
BY SPENCER PARSONS
Film News
The Austin Film Festival gets Stoned; plus, a Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund update
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
The Ultimate Mother
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Eye of the Dolphin
This family film is charming enough to inspire young girls to grow up wanting to swim with live dolphins rather than groom My Little Ponies.
Heyy Babyy
Hindi remake of Three Men and a Baby is set in Australia.
The Invasion
This fourth film telling of Invasion of the Body Snatchers appears to be made by pod people themselves.
The Last Legion
Although this story of ancient Rome offers guilty-pleasure fun, the film is not very inspired or well-conceived.
Molière
This ragtag biographical portrait plays something like Meet the Parents vs. Shakespeare in Love: A Farce in Three Acts.
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The comic Mr. Bean provides a so-so late-summer diversion, unlikely to reignite Beanmania – or repeat the previous film’s boffo box office.
The Nanny Diaries
An awful lot of good talent was squandered on this by-the-numbers film version of the bestselling tell-all about the child-rearing habits of the rich.
Resurrecting the Champ
Several morality plays vie for attention in this story about a workmanlike sportswriter who latches on to a tale told by a homeless alcoholic as his ticket out of palookaville.
Right at Your Door
Harrowing doesn't even begin to describe this low-budget exercise in siege paranoia, which builds on our current terrorist-related night sweats.
Rocket Science
On the surface, Rocket Science is yet another quirky high school movie, but its story of a stutterer who's enticed into joining the debate team is special in its own way.
2 Days in Paris
Julie Delpy debuts as a feature-film director with this smart and funny romantic comedy.
arts & culture
Making the Scene
Looking back at the time when Austin was at the center of the Texas art world
BY AMANDA DOUBERLEY
Austin Shakespeare Festival: Changing of the Bard
Guy Roberts has resigned as artistic director of the Austin Shakespeare Festival, and Ann Ciccolella has been named his successor
BY BARRY PINEO
10 Minutes Max: For 600 seconds, anything goes
The weekend forecast calls for an umbrella – Dance Umbrella, that is, and its annual showcase of short performance works
BY BARRY PINEO
In Memoriam: Joe York
Joe York, who for more than 20 years was the city's leading leading man and one of its most gifted theatre directors and designers, has died
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Mr. Marmalade
Capital T Theatre Company brings a brightness to Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade that keeps the whole affair surprisingly light
One Flea Spare
Gobotrick Theatre Company's One Flea Spare is a worthwhile production of a play that's smart and crafted with a rare dexterity and elegance
columns
Page Two: Turn to Sinatra
Considering media objectivity and losing yourself in art
BY LOUIS BLACK
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After a Fashion
This week, Stephen dukes it out with a real queen
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Cycle Ranch in Floresville features one of the top motocross tracks in the Southwest
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants
Montezuma Red by Elizabeth Arden: the lipstick that says sexy and deadly, perfect for your Marine daughter
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Landlord & tenant issues – security-deposit issues
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
Waterloo Park, Sunday, August 26, 2007
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
Lady Longhorns get their season started on the road, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
