Women & Their Work
John Anderson
news
Nathaniel and Li'l Nate
The two lives and untimely death of Nathaniel Sanders II
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: In Memoriam
How can we best honor those who have died in our names?
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Taking Out the Trash
Delayed 'Master Plan' for Solid Waste Department is tip of the landfill
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, elsewhere
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, May 28-June 4
ON THE LEGE
Chubbing Republicans Over the Head
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Senate Bills in Flames
Chubs and piggybacks.
BY LEE NICHOLS
LegeLines
BY THE NEWS STAFF
TAKS Scores
Pearce's best chance of survival lies with the Legislature
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Budget Nears Passage
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Who Really Wants Voter ID?
BY LEE NICHOLS
Fruits of Their Labor
How labor-related bills have fared this session
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
House Shoots Down Medical Accuracy
Failed amendments to Senate Bill 283 would have – God forbid – mandated that sex ed be medically accurate
BY JORDAN SMITH
Reproductive Health
Funding for reproductive health is intact – as is an increased allotment to Alternatives to Abortion
BY JORDAN SMITH
Developing Stories: May's Plan-a-Thon
Public meetings on Downtown plans produce mixed – or uncertain – results
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Brack Tract Plan
UT has big plans for its West Austin property
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
Texas vs. Planet
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Beleaguered PARD Considers Dousing Trail of Lights
What are the holidays without that special twinkle at Zilker?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
TXI Mines Another Headache for Webberville
Residents don't want a gravel mine in the neighborhood
BY JACOB COTTINGHAM
U.S. House Investigates Local Lab
Whistleblower Robert Van Boven has finally gotten some attention in high places
BY LAUREL CHESKY
The Hightower Report
Take the Tax Money and Run; and The Supreme Court Scorecard
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Lazy, Hazy Daze of Summer Reading
NadaMoo!
NadaMoo! is Austin's own vegan ice-cream alternative
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Liquid Assets
Cuervo Silver does a credible job of nipping at the heels of the big boys
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Jeffrey's revitalizes its classics, and El Chile continues to expand
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
This week's local food events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Pachanga!
Cinco de Mayo month Part III – the hombres: from Jovita's Mayo Pardo to Ruben Ramos' Mexican Revolution, Del Castillo, Joel Guzman, y más
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
A fond send-off for D-Madness, stuffing the piñata for the second annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival, Hayes Carll helps rebuild the Crystal Beach, and roaming the Flatladers' Hills and Valleys
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Fireants
Fireants
Floramay Holliday
Dreams
Dustin Welch
Whiskey Priest
Monahans
Dim the Aurora
The Able Sea
The Able Sea
Myrna Cabello, King Air, Cleve and Sweet Mary Hattersley, Albert & Gage, Patty Finney
Letting Go, Pieces Fall to Pieces, Totally, The Songs of Tom Peterson, Midnight Radio
Power Squid
P.S. I ♥ U
Superheavygoatass
Nemesis
Street Light Suzie
Red River Revival
screens
The General Specific
AFS Essential Cinema: Love on the Largest Continent: Ten Asian Films
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
What Comes 'Up' ...
Director Pete Docter on the intersection of uplift and melancholy
BY MARC SAVLOV
Batter Up
Richard Linklater's 'Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach' debuts on DVD
BY LOUIS BLACK
TV Eye
Jay just won't stay away
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Brothers Bloom
Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo are cast as the best con men in the world whose current swindle involves an eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz) in this sophomore effort by the writer/director of Brick.
Dance Flick
The next generation of the Wayans clan delivers one more spoof – this time of dance movies.
Drag Me to Hell
Sam Raimi makes a triumphant return to the "splatstick" horror genre he more or less invented with The Evil Dead and its two sequels.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
In this comedy sequel, the CG action moves to Washington, D.C., as the Smithsonian's exhibits are put into storage during a renovation.
Outrage
The objective of this documentary by Kirby Dick is to out closeted gay and lesbian policymakers, whose hypocrisy harms the GLBT community.
Tyson
Mike Tyson tells his life story in his own words in this documentary by longtime friend James Toback.
Up
Pixar tops itself with its new animated film that offers so much more than its promotional promise of a fantastical movie about a house that flies on balloon power.
arts & culture
The Game-Changers
The 2009 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'In the Can With Martha Kelly'
Kelly's homegrown talk show, whether online or live, is refreshingly candid and funny
BY STEVE BIRMINGHAM
The Latino Comedy Project
The LCP gets its first nod from Emmy for an ad campaign it did for MTV Tr3s
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Freakshow-a-Go-Go
Austin Drag Collective goes beyond drag in this eclectic spectacle of performance
BY CINDY WIDNER
Arts Reviews
Hay Fever
A racing pace and broad acting don't always serve Noël Coward's urbane comedy
The Long Now
Beth Burns' play has the seed of a unique love story, but it still needs developing
Practice, Practice, Practice
Repetition isn't always good or funny, but in this show, it can change your point of view
columns
Page Two: Return to Forever
From creationism to red-baiting, the right kicks it old school
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
Gay Place
Gay Standard Time and getting pumped for Pride
BY ASH BELL AND KATE X MESSER
Playing Through
If words were fastballs, Austin Chronicle spelling bee champ Geoff Thevenot was Hank Aaron
BY THOMAS HACKETT
After a Fashion
Stephen goes to Galveston only to be pwned by a bicycle
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
T.J. Mabrey is dedicated to bringing an appreciation of art to Lampasas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Underwear ringtones, YouTube footage explosions, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Deferred Adjudication – How Long Will It Stay on My Record?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Pachanga Latino Music Festival
Fiesta Gardens, Saturday, May 30, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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