Sagebrush
Jason Stout
news
Drying on the Vine
Water shortage forces family farms into survival mode
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Your good citizen guide for Nov. 13-20
Point Austin: Nobody in Charge
For the Cap Metro chaos, blame a feckless board
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: All Kinds of Trash
Don't ask, don't tell ... the council or anybody else about the landfill deal
BY WELLS DUNBAR
ELECTION WRAP-UP
Election Wrap: Building a New House?
Texas Dems see a bright light at the end of a long, dark tunnel
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Libertarians Can't Lose for Losing
Despite losses, Libertarians won big this election
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Let the Race Begin
The House speaker candidates are off and running
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Taking On the Texas Two-Step
Remember that confusing dual primary/caucus thing last March? Now's your chance to get rid of it!
BY LEE NICHOLS
One Sneaky Grandma
The story behind Carole Keeton Strayhorn's election eve phone call
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Precinct 3 Travis Co. Commissioner: Huber Wins Southwest Austin
Huber gets a little help from Obama
BY LEE NICHOLS
Otherwise Like-Minded Voters Split on Prop. 2
Proposition 2 created a big divide among voters who typically agree on most things
BY LEE NICHOLS
Gay Gut Punch
After election euphoria, grim reality sets in for GLBT community
BY KATE X MESSER
The Travis County Vote
By region
BY NICK BARBARO
There's Hope for Texas Democrats
Texas trending Democratic – at least in the urban areas
BY LEE NICHOLS
Harris County's New Favorite Color
... Is blue
BY LEE NICHOLS
Reefer Madness: Even More Popular Than Obama
Voters turned out in record numbers for a certain plant
BY JORDAN SMITH
APD vs. Cyclists
Cops are cracking down on law-breaking bicyclists
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Who Ya Gonna Call? Not 311.
If you're an AT&T U-verse customer, you don't get to call 311
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Proposed Southwest School Boundaries Spark Concerns
Parents fear a new middle school in Southwest Austin will fracture a community
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Last Goodbye to Aquarena Springs
Texas State plans to trade in Aquarena Springs' renowned Fifties kitsch for turn-of-the-century simplicity
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Staking Out the Brack Tract
West Austin residents participate in Brack's planning process but question whether their concerns will be taken to heart
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
The Hightower Report
Help Stop Mountaintop-Mining Madness; and Pricing Fans Out of the Game
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Indie Pizzas
Put aside all emotions, and take a slice of these New York-style pies
BY MICK VANN
Pizza Wines
Sugary American-style pizzas need something more than Chianti
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Dough tossing, (more) restaurants closing, coffee pouring, wine drinking, and more local tidbits
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Nov. 14-20
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Blanton Museum Cafe
The Blanton follows the trend of pairing high art and gourmet treats
music
Strawberry Fields Forever
Future Clouds & Radar float to the magical kingdom of … Peoria?
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up some dust in Waterloo Park while Carlos Santana sets up shop in the Warehouse District
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shots
Adolescents
Saturday
All
Saturday
Bishop Allen
Saturday
Black Heart Procession
The Black Heart Procession
Centro-matic
Saturday
The Dead Milkmen
Saturday
Deerhoof
Saturday
El Paso Hot Button
Saturday
Tim Fite
Saturday
Magnetic Morning
Saturday
Mammoth Grinder
Saturday
The National
Saturday
Parts & Labor
Saturday
Young Widows
Saturday
Z-Trip
Saturday
Bouncing Souls
Sunday
Franki Chan, Toxic Avenger
Franki Chan/The Toxic Avenger
Clipse
Sunday
The Cynics
Sunday
D.O.A.
Sunday
High Tension Wires
Sunday
Islands
Sunday
J*Davey
Sunday
Kool Keith
Sunday
Chuck Ragan, Hot Water Music, Tim Barry, Avail, Ben Nichols, Lucero, Tom Gable, Against Me!
The Revival Tour
St. Vincent
Sunday
Tim and Eric Awesome Show
Sunday
Ume
Sunday
Zeale & Phranchyze
Sunday
screens
Are You There, World?
Watching Charlie Kaufman try to work it all out
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
She's My Heroine
Happy birthday to three of cinema's femmest fatales
BY MARC SAVLOV
FJA 4-EVER
Famous Monster of Filmland Forrest J Ackerman gravely ill
BY MARC SAVLOV
Screens Reviews
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
A moving and vital document of an extraordinary but little-known artist
TV Eye
Looking back at the best and worst of election night 2008
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Camille
Not screened for critics but described as a "honeymoon-gone-awry road movie" starring Sienna Miller and James Franco.
Dostana
New Bollywood film is set entirely in Miami and is a romantic comedy about two men who pose as gay roommates to rent an apartment, which sends the wrong signal to women.
House
In this Christian horror film, a mad killer who claims to have slain God, torments two couples seeking shelter.
Let the Right One In
This multi-award-winning Swedish film might be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gem. A discussion of the adaptation follows the film.
Quantum of Solace
It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.
Synecdoche, New York
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s first venture as a director is audacious, ambitious, and amazing; it’s also intricate, self-referencing, and all-encompassing: in a word, a masterpiece.
arts & culture
Improvisation on Four Legs and a Seat
Eighty Texas artists accept Damian Priour's invitation to riff on the idea of chair
BY KATHERINE CATMULL
Blanton Museum of Art
The companion facility to the UT museum's gallery building is finally complete
BY ROBERT FAIRES
testsite 08.5 ~ Temporary Services
A Chicago art group brings Austin punk and the mighty congresswoman together
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Arts Survey
Answer a few questions, and you might help the city ramp up its arts programming
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Fantasmaville
Raul Garza's timely drama challenges the change that's brewing in Austin
Cinderella
ALO's version, set in 1930s Hollywood, is the definition of audience-friendly
3 New Artists
The name of the show doesn't have to be creative, because what's on the walls is
columns
Page Two: And Everyone and I Stopped Breathing
What if the government isn't broken?
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Let's protest the propositions!
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
Playing Through
Tough decisions on draft day for the Austin Toros
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Day Trips
Sea Turtle Inc. in South Padre Island continues the work of Texas conservationist Ila Loetscher
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
The Rockettes: The shape of things to come ( … to an Erwin Center near you)
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Royal fruit, no pants, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
My 'Eccentric' Neighbor Is Driving Me Crazy
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Billy Joe Shaver and Adam Carroll
Ruta Maya, Friday, November 14, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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