Northern-Southern
Craig Staggs
Volume 28, Number 9
news
Shoot the Messenger!
VA tries to fire whistle-blower doctor
BY LAUREL CHESKY
'Chronicle' Endorsements
Nov. 4 General Election
The Small-Business Amendment
Why I'm going to vote for Prop. 2 (even though we endorsed against it)
BY NICK BARBARO
Halloween Mask Instructions
BY WELLS DUNBAR AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Res Publica
Go, go, good citizen, go: Oct. 30-Nov. 6
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Can Everyone Just Calm Down?
Goofs and spoofs highlight early voting period
BY LEE NICHOLS
Liveable City
Nonprofit group releases report advocating passage of Stop Domain Subsidies charter amendment
BY MICHAEL KING
Schools Gear Up for E-Day
AISD schools brace for Nov. 2
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What the Polls Show
Who's on first? Depends on what day it is.
BY LEE NICHOLS
WilCo Gets Wires Crossed
WilCo gives wrong info to 3,000 voters
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Green Party Ticket Hits Texas
Green Party candidates the only prez contenders to visit Lone Star State
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Travis Voters Smashing Record
Travis keeps racking up high voting numbers
BY LEE NICHOLS
Law vs. Jones: 3rd Court Race Has Political History
You be the judge: Is it time for Law to get on down the road?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Voter Applications on the Hook in Harris
Harris County election official accused of voter suppression
BY LEE NICHOLS
Republicans Are So Naughty
Cornyn & Co. is stealing our stuff!
BY LEE NICHOLS
Campaign Gravy Fattens Coffers
The usual suspects drop a load of late money into Keel campaign
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Winograd Fixes Austin: NKE Knows Best
Nathan Winograd makes his case for 'taking back' the animal center
BY PATRICIA J. RULAND
More FLDS Woes for CPS
State Child Protective Services took more than 400 children into custody after the FLDS raid last summer; they’ve since dropped 415 of those cases
BY JORDAN SMITH
Local Agencies Still Responding to Ike
Red Cross tries to replenish coffers that were drained in 2008
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Reagan High Stands Up and Fights
Reagan High doesn't want to follow in Johnston's footsteps
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Bloodthirsty Chief of Bat City
Don't drink and drive: APD's Art Acevedo is out for blood on Halloween
BY JORDAN SMITH
Making Designs On a New Library
Three finalists offer up some rough concepts for a new central public library
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Point Austin: The Stakes
From the statehouse to D.C., the journey begins with a single vote
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Halloween Spelman
Former council member 'informally' declares for Place 5
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
A Knee-Jerk Attack on Poor People; and Why Are We Bailing Out Extravagant Executive Pay?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Away From the Book Fest
Hit the pavement around the Capitol for a Texas Book Festival lunch break
BY KATE THORNBERRY
A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy
Head to Lammes and other local shops for your Halloween goodies
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food for Thought
Hit the pavement around the Capitol for a Texas Book Festival lunch break
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Mourn closing Austin eateries, but check out the new ones, too
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Local food events for Oct. 30-Nov. 6
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Control
Gretchen Phillips admits she wasn’t Just Comforting that girl
BY CINDY WIDNER
Faded Love
Sybil Rosen reveals what it was like to be Living in the Woods in a Tree with Blaze Foley
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Off the Record
Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Hacienda
Loud Is the Night
Rodney Crowell
Sex & Gasoline
Warren Hood
Warren Hood
The Lonesome Heroes
Crooked Highway
Monte Montgomery
Monte Montgomery
Kalu James
Dim the Lights
Devin the Dude
Landing Gear
DJ Jester the Filipino Fist & Ernest Gonzales
Get Busy
the Golden Boys
Goodbye Country
screens
For Mature Audiences Only
How did Kevin Smith prep to make a movie about two kids making a porn? Years of research.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Lost World, Found Footage
AFS' Avant Cinema celebrates the radical art of Bruce Conner
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Keeping It Weirder Still
Austin shatters world record for 'Thriller' dance
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
Henry Rollins takes his particular brand of political activism on the road
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Changeling
Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie in this Depression-era-set mystery/thriller/proto-feminist drama based on a true incident.
Fashion
This new Bollywood film set amid the world of haute couture tells the story of one supermodel's rise, fall, and resurrection.
Golmaal Returns
In this Bollywood comedy sequel, a housewife's suspicions about her husband's infidelity lead to a preposterous cover-up.
Happy-Go-Lucky
British director Mike Leigh's latest is an uncharacteristic story about an indomitably joyful woman – a lovely state of being, perhaps, but not necessarily of dramatic interest.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
College approaches, but that's no reason to stop singing and dancing.
Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway tears up the screen in Jonathan Demme's new film about a self-absorbed woman who wreaks family havoc while out of rehab to attend her sister's wedding.
RocknRolla
Director Guy Ritchie once more delivers a kinetic and consequence-free tribute to the criminal lifestyle.
Saw V
Jigsaw and his traps live on for another installment of demented torture.
Splinter
Apart from its shape-shifting fungal porcupines from outer space, this horror film has little else to recommend.
Trouble the Water
This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.
What Just Happened
Robert De Niro stars in this Barry Levinson comedy as a Hollywood movie producer beset with problems ranging from two ex-wives and unhinged actors and directors to perpetual worry.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Kevin Smith finds a new soulmate in actor Seth Rogen, who stars in this movie that blends Smith's telltale comedic raunch with large dollops of sweetness.
arts & culture
2008 B. Iden Payne Awards
A strong sense of community at possibly the funniest Payne Awards ceremony ever
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Zach Theatre
Just in time for Zach's diamond anniversary, a pair of million-dollar donations
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Frankenstein: A Trouble Puppet Show
In this puppet retelling, the monster is a hybrid of human and plant tissue
BY HANNAH KENAH
Arts Reviews
Dug Up
Cyndi Williams pens a gothic ghost story, and what a demented, dramatic tale it is
Night of the Living Dead
Is this stage adaptation playing George Romero's zombies straight or for camp?
Susan Collis: Why Did I Think This Was a Good Idea
The first exhibition in Lora Reynolds' new gallery tricks the eye in delightful ways
columns
Page Two: Proposition Puzzle
A series of shapes that all fit together, although not like jigsaw pieces
BY LOUIS BLACK
After A Fashion
Love is in the air, and it is distinctly Paisley-shaped
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Playing Through
Finding the rhythm of footbag
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Day Trips
Many endangered whooping cranes make the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge their winter home
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Gay up that vote, y'all
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Controlling coyotes with chocolate, the Snickers 'Marathon,' and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
2008 Election Questions
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Humane Society's Rags2Wags Benefit
Austin Music Hall, Saturday, November 1, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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