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Revving Up for Slow Times
How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Point Austin: Bernanke Speaks
The Fed chairman visits, and the news is very mixed
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
There are all kinds of ways to be a good citizen this week, Dec. 4-10
TCEQ Paves the Way for Shit Creek(s)
State environmental agency rejects science in favor of allowing sewage in creeks
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
Busted in Aspen, Sued in Denver
Kirk Mitchell of SOS sued for battery in federal court
BY MICHAEL KING
TWG Considers Green Line
A rail line along the Austin-Manor-Elgin corridor could decrease traffic congestion and minimize air pollution
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Firefighters Give Contract the Axe
The contract would've helped the chief diversify the department – a bad thing, apparently
BY JORDAN SMITH
Klingler on Republicans in 2010
Where Texas Republicans went wrong, and what it'll take to go right
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Craddick Foes Prefer Secret Ballot in Speaker's Race
House members try to outsmart Craddick in laying ground rules for choosing a speaker
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Texas House: Balance of Power Hangs in the Balance
There's a 50-50 chance of seeing a 75-75 split in the House
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Holiday Gift Guide
Shopping ideas from the Chronicle News staff
The Hightower Report
From Ugly Political Ads to the Beauty of Return Day; and Link Up With the Obama White House
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
HOLIDAY COOKBOOKS
Everything but the Elves
Santa's bag is full of books for cooks this Christmas!
Mail-Order Gifts
Send those out-of-towners a little taste of Austin for the holidays
Teens in the Kitchen at Central Market
Forget the gadgets, and gift your teen with Central Market cooking classes
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Food-o-File
Celebrating Eat Local Week, clearing up some sub shop confusion, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Your local foodie events for Dec. 4-31
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
True Blues
Alan Govenar's blues tome doesn't need to correct blues mythos. Blues is myth and vice versa.
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Reunion fever hits close to home: Faces, the Kinks, the Jesus Lizard, and more
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Rock & Roll Books
screens
Slipped Discs
DVD box sets
History Circles Its Tail
Gus Van Sant on the life of Seventies crusader Harvey Milk and the parallels between then and now
BY CLAY SMITH
Indelible
The lasting power of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
BY CINDY WIDNER
TV Eye
TNT's Leverage serves up justice week-to-week and in one tidy hour
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Lake City
A heavy-handed melodrama that features a young, brooding antihero and Sissy Spacek as his emotionally paralyzed mom.
Milk
Gus Van Sant's deeply heartfelt Milk, which features a magnificent performance by Sean Penn as the crusading gay activist, is a finely wrought yet fairly standard biopic.
Punisher: War Zone
Marvel Comics' Frank Castle again comes to the screen as a one-man vengeance machine in this stylishly violent and gory opus.
arts & culture
Movin' on Up
Melissa Villareal's life was changed by Ballet East
BY JONELLE SEITZ
David Ohlerking
The whirlwind force behind Austin Figurative Gallery is spinning away to Jersey
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Vestige Group
This December, Vestige goes ape for an offbeat rock musical with a hairy hero
BY HANNAH KENAH
Jim Gaffigan
Pack up the kids: Comedian Jim Gaffigan is back, taping his Austin shows for cable
BY STEVE BIRMINGHAM
Arts Reviews
Still Fountains
Michael Mitchell's paired one-acts depict characters with a lot bottled up inside
Sydney Yeager: Moving Parts
These busy abstracts create visual fields that are active, festive, and seductive
columns
Page Two: Fuel and Frost
Nixon film and doc review response offer different kinds of surprises
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3am
A bounty to getting older is that you grow tired of the uselessly dramatic aspects of yourself, and most of your fears evaporate
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Gay Place
Gay Place is calling in gay
BY KATE GETTY AND KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Galveston is open for business despite being pummeled by Hurricane Ike just a few months ago
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
Stephen's gratitude is sincere, and we may thank some great news for it
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Playing Through
Four reasons to jump on the Austin Toros bandwagon
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Health vs. length, Texas vs. New York, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Child Support – Trouble Getting Paid?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: A Night of Music From Around the World
Momo's, Friday, December 5, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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