Parish
Todd V. Wolfson
news
Dead Dogs Don't Lie
If your pet escapes, pray for Animal Control
BY LAUREL CHESKY
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Naked City
Beyond City Limits
350 or Bust: New Climate Change Campaigns Get Rolling
The Share350 initiative launches at this weekend's Green Fourth of July, bolstering an international climate-change campaign with its own Austin twist
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Happenings
Cap Metro Courting Prospective Partners
Transit authority could extend rail and bus service well beyond Austin
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Johnston High School Is Dead; Long Live ...?
Johnston High will get a new name and perhaps a new lease on life
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Greening of Michael McCaul
Austin congressman breaks with GOP on environmental vote
BY LEE NICHOLS
Supremes Rule on Lawyers, Sex, and Guns
Court's rulings hit home
BY JORDAN SMITH
Craddick Rebuked for Reps' Rule-Breaking
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Computer Crash? Call a PI!
A new law pertaining to private investigators may inadvertently require your computer tech to take on a whole new career
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cap Metro Disability-Service Cuts on Hold
The Texas Civil Rights Project has been given more time to fight Cap Metro's changes to services for the disabled
BY JUSTIN WARD
Swearing-In Day at City Hall
Point Austin: A Tale of Two Cities
Thinking about affordable housing from all sides
BY MICHAEL KING
Beside the Point
New council begins – then takes a month off
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Bush; and FEMA Strikes Again
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Microbrew Renaissance
It's a good time to drink beer in Texas
BY LEE NICHOLS
Event Menu
Celebrate our country's and Matt's El Rancho's birthdays, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Lots of news on reataurants opening and closing
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wines for Grass-Fed and Free-Range Meats
Argentinean Malbecs and Torrontes pair wonderfully with grass-fed meats
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
The Farmer and The Grill: A Guide to Grilling, Barbecuing and Spit-Roasting Grassfed Meat and for Saving the Planet One Bite at a Time
Farmer Shannon Hayes shares grass-fed knowledge, and all your local meat is here
music
Red, White, and Reckless
Reckless Kelly's all-American bloodletting
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Band of Brothers
In a brotherhood like Los Lonely Boys, all is 'Forgiven'
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Live Shot
Leonard Cohen, Hank Jones, Woody Allen, Roberto Fonseca, Vieux Farka Toure, Salif Keita, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Brad Mehldau, Buffy Sainte-Marie
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
screens
Tradition Meets the Marketplace
AFS Documentary Tour presents Weaving Worlds
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Take Me to the River
Noodling 101 with filmmaker Bradley Beesley
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Fight
The Chronicle's critics turn on each other for an online debate
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film News
Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman on the ropes at Lord's Gym
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
It smells like strike ... again. TV Eye preemptively tosses her TV for the Internet.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney puts the famed journalist, icon, and myth Hunter S. Thompson before his lens and comes away with a telling portrait of the man and his era.
Hancock
Will Smith is the titular Hancock, a character as befuddling as the odd movie that surrounds him.
Jaane Tu … Ya Jaane Na
Opposites attract in this new Hindi love story between a mild-mannered man and a volatile woman.
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
It seems rather churlish to complain about entertainment aimed at little girls, who almost never get big-budget movies made just for them, nevertheless … this movie substitutes pluck and spunk for drama and sparkle.
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Based on British poet Blake Morrison’s written memoir, this film is a very particular yet universal story about the eternal knot between fathers and sons.
arts & culture
Nothing Less Than Magical
Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Domy Books: Where Art and the Printed Page Meet
Russell Etchen on launching an Austin version of his Houston bookstore that focuses on art books, magazines, and toys
BY RACHEL KOPER
Austin Symphony Orchestra: How Much Is That Symphony in the Window?
Two new symphonies will premiere in ASO's next season, but how are those costly commissions being paid for?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
McCallum Fine Arts Academy: 'Rent' Due After All
AISD pulled its sponsorship of a districtwide production of Rent, but the show will go on at the McCallum Fine Arts Academy
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Altar Boyz
Zach's production inspires laughter as it offers the guilty pleasure of watching sexy young men dancing and singing together in a line
White People
J.T. Rogers' play about racial attitudes is timely, but its agenda gets in the way of its characters
columns
Page Two: Dead Dinosaurs
The only legitimate shot at energy independence is to develop alternative power sources
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters @ 3AM
Samuel Adams gave Americans a vocabulary both for revolution and for the building of a republic
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
A visit with Van and a send-off for Cyd.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
San Antonio's San Pedro Springs eternal
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
Residents of Austin's ARCH traveled to Washington, D.C., to take part in the Homeless USA Cup
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Thomas Jefferson an early bird, the founder of 'Founding Fathers,' and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Nighttime Waterskiing?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Fourth of July Concert and Fireworks
Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Friday, July 4, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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