Double Trouble
Leah Sharpe
news
Municipal Death Match!
With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Point Austin: Welcome to Hard Times
Ausitn Interfaith's summit addresses economic plans, current crisis
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Choose Your Narrative
Are we flying boldly forward or going back to the future?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the state, and beyond
Res Publica
TFN Looks at the Lege Demagogues
New Texas Freedom Network report on the Lege and the religious right
BY LEE NICHOLS
ON THE LEGE
Straus Offers Welcome to His House
Nosy reporters snoop around the speaker's apartment
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The New Wildcatters
Solar bills are back by popular demand
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Gambling Debate Returns to Capitol
With every legislative session comes a study on the economic benefits of slot machines at race tracks
BY LEE NICHOLS
Craddick's Computer Files Wiped Clean
With Craddick gone, who needs Milton Rister?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
City Counseling
Have we got plans for you
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Cybersecurity: Making the Code Unbreakable
Cyber wars bigger than Star Wars
BY LEE NICHOLS
BFI Waste Flows Downhill
New flow numbers on BFI site may help opposition
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cole's Posthumous Exoneration Is First for Texas
In clearing Timothy Cole's name, Travis Co. judge does what Lubbock officials refused to do
BY JORDAN SMITH
Alleged Bike Thief Nabbed
Police believe they've landed a big one in bike fancier James Clayton
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
The Hightower Report
The Upside to Downsizing; and Home Depot Exec Blows a Gasket
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Valentine's Pairs
The Chronicle finds out what Austin pastry chef couples are creating for each other
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Local restaurants offer recession-friendly options
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Liquid Assets
Sip myriad Washington wines at next week's Taste Washington! event
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Cover 3
Cover 3 has good intentions but isn't playing by the rules
music
Homeward Bound
Ben Kweller ties his Horse to Austin's hitching post
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Off the Record
Marcia Ball turns 60 in style, Bill Baird finds himself in song, and more confirmations for the Austin Music Awards and
SXSW 09
SXSW 09
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel
Willie and the Wheel
Nakia
Water to Wine
Gurf Morlix
Last Exit to Happyland
Ruthie Foster
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
Pat Green
What I'm For
Sumner Erickson
Me, Guitar and a Mic Vol. 1
Pompeii
Nothing Happens for a Reason
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
The Tiffany Transcriptions
Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat
Take That!
The Sour Notes
Received in Bitterness
The Open Casket
Worst Case Scenario
Low Red Center
Low Red Center
Reverse X Rays
Situation Island
Handbrake
Brillo's Aftermath
Diagnols
Valley of the Cyclops
Rick Reed
Dreamz/Blue Polz
The Eastern Sea, This Will Destroy You, Lymbyc Systym, Wine & Revolution, La Snacks
The Eastern Sea, Field Studies, Carved by Glaciers, Edward the Magnificent, Newfangled
screens
Got Philosophy?
AFS Documentary Tour presents Examined Life
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Great Escapes
AFS Essential Cinema: Children of Abraham/Ibrahim 3: Films of the Middle East & North Africa
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Film News
Is the Texas film scene resuscitating itself?
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
Buffy creator Joss Whedon returns to TV with more tough-girl action on Dollhouse
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Academy Award-Nominated Animated Shorts 2009
The Academy gets animated.
Billu Barber
New Bollywood film.
Chocolate
This spicy Thai actioner comes from the director of Ong Bak.
Friday the 13th
The latest coming of Our Man in the Hockey Mask was filmed in Austin.
He's Just Not That Into You
A Baltimore-set romantic comedy roundelay based on a bestselling self-help book.
The International
This conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts never gets past second gear.
The Pink Panther 2
Steve Martin returns as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, but no Beyoncé in sight. Smart girl.
Push
This sci-fi actioner about warring clairvoyants is generically incomprehensible with cyberpunk overtones.
arts & culture
Garth Fagan Dance
The man who choreographed The Lion King comes to Austin with dances full of surprises
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Blanton Museum of Art
An immersive new work of art turns the Blanton's white atrium into a cool pool of blue
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Rude Mechs
Grrl Action is getting its very own space next to the Off Center: The Off Shoot
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Wanda's World
A new tween musical tackles middle school anxieties with personality and quirky humor
The Shadow Box
Of the play's three stories about people dying, only one comes to life in this show
The Miró Quartet
An inspiring celebration of Mendelssohn's 200th birthday by the string quartet at UT
columns
Page Two: First Do No Harm
Our Constitution allows elected officials to follow principled beliefs while limiting the power of demagoguery
BY LOUIS BLACK
Playing Through
There have been many great stoner moments in the history of sports
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Oops!
Letters at 3AM
I am not my thoughts; I am not my feelings
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen has his hard hat; now all he needs is an Indian, a cowboy, an Army guy, and a motorcycle cop
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Just Oxtails Soul Food on Houston's south side has turned Southern cooking into an art form
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Now is a good time to bone up on the rights we do have
BY ASH BELL AND KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Queen Elizabeth's YouTube channel, the truth behind daylight saving time, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Employer Identification Number for My New Business?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Burlesque for Peace's Valentine's Day Extravaganza
Artseen Alliance, Saturday, February 14, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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