Jana Birchum
Volume 27, Number 32
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news
As Ronnie Earle steps down, he looks back on his life's work
BY MICHAEL KING AND JORDAN SMITH
ELECTION
Lehmberg wins by a mile
BY JORDAN SMITH
The also-ran won the race
BY AMY SMITH
Dee Hobbs outspent and outvoted in Republican primary run-off
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AISD spins the wheel on bond election
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Ah, the finer print of election laws
BY LEE NICHOLS
Spend an hour researching the candidates
State officials descend on West Texas polygamist sect after allegations of abuse
BY JORDAN SMITH
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Hey, kitten, wanna get spayed?
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
You can tell a lot about newspapers by what they don't cover
BY MICHAEL KING
Council OKs permanent housing for homeless you need a car to access
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Tony Mazzocchi; and Read the Fine Print
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Austin chapter of Les Dames D'Escoffier is fulling its mission to create a supportive culture in its community to achieve excellence in food, beverage, and hospitality professions
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
This favorite family-friendly outdoor food party will be staged on the beautiful grounds of San Gabriel Park in Georgetown, rain or shine
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Remembering her father with film, food, and wine
BY WES MARSHALL
Out with the old and in with the new: Longtime Statesman food editor retires, and local restaurants are boosting their new seasonal menus
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
April 11-13
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
ASH's (unofficial) specialty services now include Austin's prime resource
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Just Us Kids
Shorty
Little Broken, Midwestern Hurricane, The Safety Match Journal
Dog of Love
Jet Set Guitars
Half Monster
Live Cactus!
Peace, Love & BBQ
Too Much Desire
Dark Before the Dawn
Beginner's Luck
Take a Look out Your Window
Gold
Fresh Soul Frequencies
The Games We Play
Where the Trinity Runs Free
That's Right. We're Goin' Ballz Deep
Torch Songs
This Is an E.P.
Golden Triangle
The Greatest Thing I've Ever Learned
Adventure Boy
screens
Stephen Moser remembers Valley of the Dolls with something between a smirk and a smile
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
CINE LAS AMERICAS
Previewing Cine las Americas 2008
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Nelson Pereira dos Santos Retrospective
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Jennifer Aniston eyes Texas
BY JOE O'CONNELL
This Con's for You
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Two buddies take a road trip to Montreal in this shaggy dog tale that was an Austin Film Festival Audience Award winner.
Known for his manic comedic style, Chinese filmmaker Stephen Chow tries his hand at a kids movie, but sadly, the result is a cutesy and sentimental story we've seen dozens of times before.
Winner of this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Film, this brisk Austrian film uncovers the moral choices faced by WWII concentration-camp victims selected to work on the Nazi effort to create bogus currency.
Four friends on a Mexican vacation discover something evil among the Mayan ruins.
This serial-killer comedy, which screened during Fantastic Fest, is a self-indulgent, snarky, scattershot affair.
Smart people, dumb choices: It's true for both the characters and the filmmakers in this acerbic comedy that stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, and Ellen Page.
The director and co-writer also stars in this new Bollywood film about a love that grows deeper over time.
arts & culture
The latest version of 'New Art in Austin' shows how much has changed in three years
BY SALVADOR CASTILLO
The new Musical Theatre Pilot Project aims to prepare UT undergrads for belting for Broadway
BY BARRY PINEO
The annual art fair once known as Fiesta and the Austin Fine Arts Festival makes its debut after reinventing itself
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Margo Sawyer colors a Houston park, the 2009 Texas Biennial calls for entries, and prizes for a playwright and a scenic artist
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Rude Mechs' latest pays at times comic, at times touching tribute to the strange craft of acting and its practitioners
Austin Script Works' 10th festival of 10-minute plays by member writers is, as always, a mixed bag but fun
The ballet based on Trenton Doyle Hancock's art may be problematic thematically, but it's still an enthralling experience
columns
A position checklist of pragmatic politics
BY LOUIS BLACK
Snippets of conversations about movies from the Filmcraft collection
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Stephen rents a duster and gets down with the nouveaus and old-veaus in H-Town
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Tiger Woods is to golf what Shakespeare is to theatre
BY THOMAS HACKETT
The South Llano River State Park has something for just about everybody
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The word ‘banzai’ means ‘10,000 years,’ literally; Jessica Simpson wears socks for good luck; and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Nuts and Bolts of Filing Your Tax Return
BY LUKE ELLIS
Forbidden Fruit, Saturday, April 12, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
State high school championships, Man U goes for a double, and more
BY NICK BARBARO