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news
Another Side of Travis Heights
In a South Austin apartment complex, residents organize for change
BY LEE NICHOLS
'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements
General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Run for Shelter
City takes first significant step toward relocating Town Lake Animal Center
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Closing Time? Attorneys Call for Justice's Head
Public cries foul over Keller's killer instincts
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Media Watch
Despite naitonwide tune-out trend, Austin viewers keep watching local TV news
BY KEVIN BRASS
Point Austin: Animal Passions
If the dogs recognized their spokesmen, they'd run the other way
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
Council moves to temper city manager's authority
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
Gut-Check Time for Congress; and Betrayal on Trade by Democratic Leaders
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Dinner Partier
Anthony Bourdain comes back to Austin
BY MICK VANN
Yates Family Buys Spicewood Vineyards
Manigolds set to live the good life
BY WES MARSHALL
Green Corn Project Fundraiser
Sunday, Oct. 21, noon-4pm
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Adventures in Kitchen Space, the Big Top Candy Company, and the world of chili cook-offs
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Oct. 19-25
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Mars
When Mars landed on South Congress, citizens of the 78704 didn't flee in horror from the invaders
music
Welcome to the Machine
Local label roundup 3.0
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
Word of amendments to Austin's sound ordinance prompt a town hall meeting, Marcus Rubio discusses The Life of Pillows, and Flipnotics turns 15
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Big State Festival
Live shot
The Dark Water Hymnal
The Dark Water Hymnal
High Tension Wires
Midnight Cashier
Honeypot
Dirty Mother Fuzz
Ringo Deathstarr, Built by Snow, Jana Hunter, Brazos
Ringo Deathstarr, Noise, Carrion, A City Just as Tall
screens
Game Reviews
AFS Essential's Torn From the Motherland: Films From the African Diaspora
Oct. 23-Nov. 20
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Film News
Jeff Nichols' Shotgun Stories wins the Narrative Jury Award at AFF; plus, Pras, NAMAC, and Willem Dafoe
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
Moonlighting and the future of the medium
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
This week Milestone is releasing the director's edition on DVD for the first time, complete with 10 minutes of previously unseen footage, and even with no other extras to speak of, it's a cause for celebration
Film Reviews
Bhool Bhulaiyaa
This new Bollywood film is a comic haunted-mansion story.
For the Bible Tells Me So
Various men and women of the cloth provide a systematic dismantling of the idea that the Bible condemns homosexuality.
Gone Baby Gone
Ben Affleck's feature directing debut is strong on atmospherics and moral quandaries.
Into the Wild
Sean Penn adapts Jon Krakauer's bestselling mystery adventure to the screen with frequently stunning but ultimately unsatisfactory results.
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
More than an appreciation, this documentary portrait of the great American folksinger and activist is an inspiration.
Randy and the Mob
This Southern-fried comedy, directed by and starring Ray McKinnon, is a flat-footed take on the suburban Southern gentleman in disrepair.
Rendition
Intelligent and well-meaning, Rendition is nevertheless an oversimplified and uneven attempt to arouse righteous indignation among its viewers.
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour
A 17-year-old girl encounters, um, paranormal activity.
Things We Lost in the Fire
This film starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro is an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility.
30 Days of Night
This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
The creative powerhouse known as Tyler Perry is back in front of and behind the camera with this predictable film about four married couples.
arts & culture
The Master Builder
The impeccable craft and enduring genius of Arthur Miller, as explained by Tony Kushner
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Jessica Mathaes: A concertmaster flies solo
ASO's top violinist readies for her first solo concerto performance with the orchestra
BY MICHAEL KELLERMAN
New Art in Austin 2008: The 20 to watch
AMOA names the 20 Austin artists for its next 'New Art in Austin' exhibition
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Volitant Gallery: Volitant, we hardly knew ye
After 18 months, the Downtown showcase for contemporary art shuts down
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Art Alliance Austin: At 50, a rejuvenated mission and new name
After five decades, Austin Fine Arts Alliance has renamed itself Art Alliance Austin
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Death of a Salesman
Strange choices and weak acting cripple City Theatre's take on Arthur Miller's magnum opus
Illumination
Blue Lapis Light transforms Seaholm into a grand cathedral where the spirit is free to soar
Ronnie Weeks: Reinventing the Wheel
Collage is a valid form, and artist Ronnie Weeks uses it well
columns
Page Two: Sweat Lodge
Scenes from a cinematic teepee
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Stephen needs an assistant: The devil wears Versace knockoffs
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Dr. Joe Smith's eye-catching sculptures have been attracting folks to Caldwell for decades
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The widest street in Europe, the true meaning of the word 'buster,' and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Nuts and bolts of trademark registration
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Haunted Forest
The Enchanted Forest, Friday, October 19, 2007
BY THE LUV DOC
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Longhorns and Hilltoppers unbeaten streaks snap, and more