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The Fire at AFD
Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr leads a department flaming with labor, race, and gender politics
BY WELLS DUNBAR
'The Austin Chronicle' Endorsements
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Point Austin: Clinton's Wars, Bush's Wars, Obama's ...
A peace prize, a peace rally, and more of the same
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Everybody Join In!
Participation is an Austin thing ... except at Capital Metro
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Oct. 15-22
Naked City
New briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Roadblocks
Transit agency's self-evaluation report reflects frustration over impediments
BY LEE NICHOLS
So Over Grover
Norquist, Perry join anti-tax forces
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
A New Day for the EPA?; and Rich Boors in Fancy Drawers
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
City Sorting Through Web of Options
Website redesign process still in the works
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Appeals Court: Patterson Looking for Escape Hatch?
Justice's departure from court would tilt the political balance
BY JORDAN SMITH
Cool Cities: Dispatches From Copenhagen
Climate change, clean energy ... and bicycles
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
'Junk Science' Emerges in Graves Case
Refusing to throw in towel, prosecutors take another stab at death row inmate
BY JORDAN SMITH
food
Saint Elias Church 77th Annual Mediterranean Festival
Saint Elias Church shows Austin for the 77th year that it knows how to party
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food Reviews
Food-o-File
The beloved Gourmet magazine dies as cooking TV expands
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Foodie events around town for the week of Oct. 16-21
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
How to Lower Your Cholesterol With French Gourmet Food: A Practical Guide
Alain Braux
Mama Roux New Orleans Style Cafe
Gumbo's Michael and Yoli Amr are back!
Ventana
The student chefs at Ventana offer gourmet food at deli prices
music
Capricorn Jesus
Sometimes outlaws walk on water
BY MELINDA HASTING WHEATLEY
Off the Record
Slow, Stoned, Rugged: A tribute to Austin's original cosmic soulman Rusty Wier
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
James McMurtry
Live in Europe
the Cipher, the Daze, the Steps
From Soldiers to Warriors, Straightjacket Hymns, Take It All In
Guy Clark
Somedays the Song Writes You
Ola Podrida
Belly of the Lion
screens
A Rocky Road to Recovery
The lights are still on at ME TV, but is it a new dawn?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Sealed With the Sigh of a Commiserating Spirit
Adam Elliot on Mary and Max, his Claymation film about unlikely pen pals
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
I Can Watch What Where?
Finding films for cheap on the Internet
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
AFF Amuse-Bouche
A taste of the Austin Film Festival
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
A new six-part IFC documentary cracks the code on that wonderful crackpot Monty Python troupe
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Afghan Star
In Afghanistan's version of American Idol, there's a lot more at stake than the glory.
All the Best: Fun Begins
In this Bollywood film, comic events unfold in an effort to cover up an initial lie.
Blue
This new Bollywood film is an underwater action thriller.
Coco Before Chanel
Before she became a world-renowned brand, Coco Chanel was a girl of few prospects but with lots of pluck.
From Mexico With Love
An illegal migrant worker dreams of becoming a boxer but suffers setbacks in this film shot in San Antonio.
Law Abiding Citizen
Vigilante justice may be just what the law requires in this film starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx.
A Serious Man
The Coen brothers deliver one of their best and most personal movies, a kind of cockeyed Jewish fable that urges us to embrace life's mysteries.
Where the Wild Things Are
This very special film is the rare children’s offering that isn’t coded for adults or made corny and flip for kids.
arts & culture
Deep in the Art
Bob 'Daddy-O' Wade's 40-year road trip through all that is Texas
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Chorus Austin
With choral conductor Ryan Heller, Austin's gain is not necessarily Portland's loss
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Shannon Sedwick
The once and future queen of Esther's Follies receives a special B. Iden Payne award
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
Salvage Vanguard scores a prestigious R&D grant, and Jenny Hart goes Gallic
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Evil Dead: The Musical
If dancing zombies and blood by the gallon appeal to you, this may be your dream musical
A Time for Life
A gorgeous and meaningful musical experience that again showed Conspirare's mastery
Contemporary Culture
A show offering a wonderful variety of strong art, but grouped by an unnecessary theme
columns
Page Two: Haters and Promises
Whether it's in or it's out, the right twists reality to suit its own views
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion
Are eight arms enough to hold Stephen in fringed buckskin?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The Dabbs Railroad Hotel in Llano isn't a cookie-cutter chain hotel; it's an experience
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Honoring the passing of United Court's Mona littleMore
BY KATE X MESSER
The Common Law
Eminent Domain – Can the Government Condemn My Property?
BY LUKE ELLIS AND CHRIS JOHNS
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Helen Keller, Guinness, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Evil Dead: The Musical
Salvage Vanguard Theater, Thursday, October 15, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
The Aztex continue to build (and win) in the offseason, and more