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'Chronicle' Endorsements
March 4 primary election
BY THE 'CHRONICLE' NEWS STAFF
ELECTION
Primaries Looming Large
Obama & Clinton add weight to March 4
BY LEE NICHOLS
Aleshire vs. Oden
Behind the scenes in county politics
BY MICHAEL KING
Spears Thinks Voter ID Is 'Reasonable'
County's voter registrar at odds with her party key issue
BY LEE NICHOLS
District 52 Republicans Vie to Replace Krusee
Southern Williamson House seat up for grabs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Three Dems Aim at Railroad Commission's Williams
Energy industry has too much sway on regulatory body, critics charge
BY AMY SMITH
Election Notes
Tidbits from the campaign trail
Notable Democratic Endorsements
A roundup of the Dem clubs' recommendations for the March 4 primary
Veteran Lays Siege to Library, West Lake ... and Laura Bush
West Austin man on crusade against naming area's new library branch after first lady
BY ANDREA GRIMES
Meeker vs. Leffingwell
Race for City Council's Place 1 seat off to a bruising start
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Re-Energizer Revival
Students from across state descend upon UT for global warming conference
BY ANDREA GRIMES
Austin Says, 'No, Thanks,' to Investing in New Nukes
City's decision based on an 'apolitical' financial risk analysis, Wynn says
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Legal Battle Over When Prisoner Is Sane Enough for Execution Bounces Back Here
Supremes punt case of death row inmate Scott Panetti to federal district court in Austin
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Point Austin: Happy Valentines!
Prepare to be seriously wooed by the Dems
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
Marc Ott takes over as city manager, and BTP sends a fond farewell
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Bush Pushes Military Commitment to Iraq; and The Howl of the Wolf
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Hometown Favorite
Las Palomas at 25
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Starlite Sunday Brunch
Find some real soul food on this swanky brunch menu
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Casa de Fruta Organic Mesquite Flour
Casa de Fruta's Organic Mesquite Flour adds hints of cinnamon and chocolate but no smoke
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-file
New restaurants, chefs at sea, and Lawrence Eguakun makes a comeback
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Feb. 14-21
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Las Palomas
This West Lake eatery proves that you can go home again
music
Spontaneous Convergence
Chris Cogburn's No Idea Festival risks improvisation
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
Armed Forces Entertainment's metal of honor, the Judy's reunite for the Austin Music Awards, Bobby Whitlock and CoCo Carmel's Double Fantasy
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Reivers
The Reivers
School Police
II
the Service Industry
Limited Coverage
the Heavy Circles
the Heavy Circles
Luna Tart
Luna Tart Died
That Damned Band
999 Surreal Eyes
the Politics
These Bridges Will Not Stand
One Trick Monkey
One Trick Monkey
Grey Daturas, Daniel Francis Doyle, Koji Kondo, the Black
Owly Claw b/w Hammer, History of Consideration, Give Us Your Guts
Broken Teeth
Electric
Reverend Organdrum
Hi-Fi Stereo
Marshall Styler
A Face in the Clouds
All in the Golden Afternoon
All in the Golden Afternoon
Jeff Tracy
Moments in Time
Austin Collins
Roses Are Black
Any Random Six
Any Random Six
El Tule
Volumen 1
The Word Association
Lucid.
Leann Rimes, Brent Allen, Tommy Alverson, Darryl Lee Rush, the Joel Hofmann Band
Family, There's a Lot of Folks Like Me, Country to the Bone, Live from the River Road Icehouse, One More Day
Rich Harney
Where Love Begins
Robert Skiles
The Noble Grapes
screens
Art + Commerce
Marc English Design's DIY Criteria
BY MARC SAVLOV
Confessions From the King of Fuzz
Cult soundtrack composer Davie Allan comes to the Alamo Ritz
BY MARGARET MOSER
AFS Essential Cinema
AFS presents the sequel to one of its most provocative Essential Cinema series programs from last year
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
TV Eye
The writers' strike may be almost over, but we're gonna be feeling it for a while now
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Zodiac: Director's Cut
Spencer Parsons has been waiting for a proper DVD of Fincher's essay on the dorkiness of evil since end titles rolled in the theatre
Film Reviews
Definitely, Maybe
Before giving in to romantic frippery, Definitely, Maybe functions as a believable, era-zagging retelling of one man’s overlapping love affairs with three women.
Dirt Road to Psychedelia
This documentary traces the changeover of Austin's youth culture from beatniks to hippies, folkies to rockers, and potheads to day-trippers – with side trips into all the music along the way.
Jumper
Jumper is pretty slick, entertaining stuff about what young male teens might do if given the ability to teleport.
Me & You, Us, Forever
A 47-year-old Christian man, in the throes of divorce, remininisces about his first love: his high school girlfriend from 30 years ago.
Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney's new documentary focuses on the patterns of abuse committed by American armed forces against enemy combatants in Iraq and elsewhere. Instead of bad apples, he finds bad orders.
The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Films: Live Action
Be your own judge and jury for these final five competitors for the Best Live Action Short Oscar.
The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation
See the five animated shorts in competition for the Oscar, and judge for yourself.
arts & culture
After the 'Watch,' What?
Alumni of AMOA's 'New Art in Austin' talk about the exhibition's impact on their careers
BY RACHEL COOK
Raúl Salinas: In memoriam
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Long Center: Sounds to your heart's content
You can hear the first-ever concert in the Long Center as a Valentine's Day treat
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Blanton Museum of Art: Ann Wilson takes the reins
Ann Wilson has been named interim director of the Blanton Museum of Art
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Ballet Austin: Youth moves
Choreographers ages 7-17 won their own chance to shine during this week's search for New American Talent
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash
Applause for Austin playwrights in Louisville and New York, hats off to Chia, and a tuba player of note
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
You Are Pretty
St. Idiot's amazingly intimate tour of a brothel is funny, daring, and real
'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress'
Despite the script's weaknesses, this NXNW production stays engaging because all five women are fun to watch
Testsite 08.1 Ether
A heady, intelligent exchange between artist and critic about art's invisibility and criticism's illegibility
columns
Page Two: SXSW 101
An index of commonly misplaced ire
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion
Stephen preps for the Texas Film Hall of Fame with a look back at previous years' events
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Letters @ 3AM
The real election is being decided in the primaries, and unless disaster intervenes, the next president will be Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Day Trips
Marfa Gliders give visitors to West Texas a bird's-eye view of the landscape
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
This Valentine's Day, the Longhorns have learned to love the one they're with, not the one who got away
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Angelina Jolie in a bath with her rat, keeping ingrown toenails in the family, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Beware of 'Foreclosure Prevention' Companies
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
The latest on Stoke City, Aztex tryouts, and more
