Todd V. Wolfson
Volume 28, Number 13
ON THE COVER:
news
How two guys are putting Austin on the biodiesel map … again
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
In a dark time, among us walk ordinary heroes
BY MICHAEL KING
Library and music advocates still looking for official harmony
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Give thanks, and do good: Nov. 27-Dec. 4
The Justice Project cites police department shortcomings when it comes to eyewitness identification of suspects
BY JORDAN SMITH
The State Board of Education doesn't understand the meaning of 'separation of church and state'
BY LEE NICHOLS
Larry Throm jumps out of the frying pan and into the fire
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Another map emerges in building enrollment for new middle school
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Will the Lege grant more regional planning authority to local communities this time around?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is blocking North Dakota farmers' right to grow industrial hemp
BY JORDAN SMITH
One woman's battle with a church to preserve a Central Austin cemetery
BY LAUREL CHESKY
The FCC is investigating Time Warner; African-American weekday news anchors are few and far between
BY KEVIN BRASS
Monsanto's Latest Biotech Miracle; and Spread the Wealth, Rebuild America
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
These two long-lasting treats make a comeback
BY MICK VANN
Skip the sugar crash and dairy congestion, and head for the frozen treats aisle for Coconut Bliss
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Thanksgiving is one of the best times of the year for wine-and-food pairing
BY WES MARSHALL
The Chronicle archives are historical snapshots, Faraday's announces Holiday Baking Contest winners, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Nov. 27-29
music
Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel
BY MARGARET MOSER
Facing charges by the estate of Don Walser, three local music entities declare bankruptcy even as Julian Koster spreads holiday cheer
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
KGSR Broadcasts
Look Good, Feel Good
... Though Cheating Was Never an Option
Comal County Blue
Exclamation Love, Don't Be Shy, Velvet Sky, My Barn Having Burned, I Can Now See the Moon
By Any Means Necessary, Baron Grod, [Firelung]
The World Left Is Mine
Volume One: Texas Rock, Blues & Folk, Volume Two: Texas Country & Americana
The Marfa Project
Trials and Stimulations
Wayward Lady
Big Bold Letters
Peace Queer
This Broken Crown
All Night All Day
Sweetheart of the Neighborhood
Ten Dollar Gun
Build a Bridge
Midnight Drive
screens
Austin's Red Fly Studio puts things into perspective
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Gl33k's audio geeks sound off on Mushroom Men
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The season's best tech toys
BY JOSH DUTY
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image launches a new preservation initiative
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
The Texas Motion Picture Alliance pushes an ambitious new incentives bill, to be sponsored by Rep. Dawnna Dukes
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Jack Bauer's back, and, boy, is TV Eye glad
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
This celebratory documentary skips briskly over the 60-plus-year career of one of jazz's pre-eminent and most original singers.
Baz Luhrmann teams with fellow Aussies Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman for this romantic action-adventure epic.
Character actor Robert Davi directs and co-stars with Chazz Palmintieri in this movie about a former doo-wop group that tries to recapture its glory days.
This French anthology of six short animated films, which are thematically linked by their dark tonalities and stirrings of dread, has greater appeal for animation buffs than horror hounds.
From the director of the hit documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters comes this holiday-themed romantic comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Opens Wednesday.
Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.
One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?
arts & culture
Curator Elizabeth Dunbar likes art that punches through the gallery walls
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'You're a loose cannon, Cochise!'
BY BARRY PINEO
There have never been as many Austinites in Broadway shows as there are now
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Help Arthouse help artists unable to make art owing to a health crisis or disaster
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Different Stages has fun with Shaw's dissection of the institution of marriage
A.R. Gurney's play about a man and his dog is fun but makes a mess of its message
A hearty mix of Central Europe-inspired music with transcendent violin work
columns
Your Style Avatar finds a pirate photographer in the boudoir
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Marking time with seasonal ghosts
BY LOUIS BLACK
Send Barack Obama a postcard!
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
J P Seven Christmas Trees is known for being a good distance out in the country and for having wonderfully fragrant and thick trees
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
UT's Destinee Hooker is a dominating force on the volleyball court
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Bagels from Egypt, beer bottles for Buddhists, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Child support – How Much Will I Pay?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, Friday, November 28, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily