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news
'Chronicle' Endorsements
May 9 Municipal Election (Early Voting, April 27-May 5)
Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...
Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals
BY WELLS DUNBAR
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
City Unions vs. McCracken
Campaign fireworks flare
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Carole's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
Throughout her career, Strayhorn has sung the same song, each with a different beat
BY JORDAN SMITH
Upcoming Candidate Forums
Dumb Strategy, Flawed Execution
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: On Voting, Endorsements, and Sincerity
It's put up or shut up time at the municipal polls
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Herd Instinct: Rounding Up the Strayhorns
Who's voting for Strayhorn, and why?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizen's calendar, April 30-May 7
ON THE LEGE
School Accountability Gets Green Light
Can school accountability measure save Pearce and Reagan?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
McLeroy Gets a Dressing Down
SBOE chair called on the carpet
BY LEE NICHOLS
LegeLines
Quickies from the Capitol
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A Good Excuse to Grandstand
The usual anti-abortion bills sally forth
BY JORDAN SMITH
Houses Passes Wrongful Conviction Bill
The Tim Cole Act increases compensation for the wrongfully convicted
BY JORDAN SMITH
Whittling Away at SBOE's Power
Fancy footwork moves Howard's SBOE bill from House to Senate
BY LEE NICHOLS
Student Safety Bills Get Mixed Reviews
Bills tracking violence on campus have uncertain futures
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Where Did Austin's Affordable Housing Go?
A new study shows that middle-class families are being priced out of Central Austin
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
City Counseling: Face the Music
One man's music is another man's noise complaint
BY WELLS DUNBAR
AISD: A Chat With the New Super
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Developing Stories: Protecting the Waterfront (Part 2)
Council vote to determine future of waterfront
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Reed Appeal Unearths Grisly Details on Fennell
Jimmy Fennell has a frightening history of violence against women – yet he's not the one on death row
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Time to End a Banker Boondoggle That Hurts Students; and Making a Mockery of U.S. Representational Democracy
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food Reviews
La Condesa
Neo-Mexicano has arrived in Austin via La Condesa
Trading Post Wine Bar & Grill
Head to the Trading Post for high-end comfort food in an unfussy atmosphere
South Austin Comes Together for Ruben Rodriguez
Help a well-loved Austin chef with mounting medical costs associated with a brain tumor
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
Portugal's Vinho Verde region produces delicious wine at a reasonable price
BY WES MARSHALL
Cinco de Mayo Event Menu
Local food events for May 3-9
Food-o-File
Austin is drowning in coffee, and the Blue Bonnet Cafe is Still Cookin' After 80 Years
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Sonidos del Barrio
Part 1, the overview, of Latino music in the Austin mainstream
BY MARGARET MOSER
Bare Necessities
Tenor titan Sonny Rollins still peeling bark
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Mayoral candidates sound off on the future of Austin music, Scott H. Biram gets back on his feet, and unveiling the lineups for the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Pachanga Latino Music Festival
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases and Stages
Los Lobos
Live Shots
Napalm Death, Cattle Decapitation, Lions of Tsavo, Pack of Wolves
Napalm Death, Cattle Decapitation/Pack of Wolves, Lions of Tsavo
screens
Trickery Flickery Mock
Master Pancake makes the movies hurt so good
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Making 'Room' in the Cult Canon
Tommy Wiseau's so-bad-it's-sublime debut feature
BY MARC SAVLOV
Gov. Perry Signs Film Incentives Bill Into Law
Troublemaker Studios plays host to supporters of HB 873
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Screens Reviews
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
It's appropriate – hell, it's necessary – that a documentary about Philip Glass provide sound as crisp and clear as the sharpest images onscreen, and this one does, with aural textures you can almost feel against your skin
TV Eye
Bea Arthur blazed trails in Maude. But is there room in contemporary TV for strong, feisty, older women?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
American Violet
This moving message film tells a story about a miscarriage of Texas justice.
Battle for Terra
An animated tale of a peace-loving race of creatures known as Terrians, who are invaded by alien humans.
Fighting
This film is set amid the world of underground street fighting where the plays bob and weave for love and respect.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Matthew McConaughey stars as an oily womanizer who does an about-face in this purported romantic comedy.
Is Anybody There?
Michael Caine stars as a magician who's come to live in a retirement home when his mental faculties start to fail.
Lymelife
This suburban melodrama arrives with an impressive pedigree but little originality.
Not Forgotten
This unusual U.S.-Mexico border film is a thriller starring Simon Baker and Paz Vega, and it's screening in Austin prior to its national release.
Obsessed
Idris Elba and Beyoncé co-star as a married couple whose happy life is disrupted by a stalker.
arts & culture
Outside the Bachs
Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing
BY ROBERT FAIRES
L. Nowlin Gallery
It's not an easy time to open a gallery, but for Lesley Nowlin, it's the right time
BY ELIZABETH COBBE
Symposium on Early Texas Art
Texas art isn't an oxymoron, and the members of CASETA will gladly tell you why
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Arts Hall of Fame
The Austin Critics Table has honored seven more pioneers in the Austin arts community
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Free Comic Book Day
There's a comic for everybody among the 40 titles available in the eighth annual giveaway
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Method Gun
With this play about theatre and tigers, the Rude Mechs earn their stripes forever
Age of Arousal
The play tempers talk of ideals and suffrage with lots of wit, action, and absurdity
Camp Bosworth: Three Day Bender and Other Stories from the Big Bend
This Marfa artist captures Texans' love of guns and beer in witty wooden sculptures
columns
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
'Offended liverwurst,' kosher Kate Moss, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Gay Place
Gay Place is all splashy for Splash
BY ASH BELL AND KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
While the Style Avatar is away, the Avatarette shall play
BY ANNE HARRIS
Playing Through
Both pro wrestlers and their fans are looking for the same thing: acceptance
BY THOMAS HACKETT
The Common Law
Legal Issues for Website Owners (part 3)
BY CHRIS JOHNS
Day Trips
At the Sea Life Center in Port Isabel, each tank serves as a window to the underwater world off the Texas coast
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: Next Up: U18 Showcase
Threadgill's World HQ -, Saturday, May 2, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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