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'The Austin Chronicle' Endorsements
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Hard Times in the Land of Plenty
Service nonprofits and their funders face the economic gale
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Beside the Point: Trust Us, We're the Water Utility
AWU's vows to deliver on WTP4 and conservation just don't wash
BY NORA ANKRUM AND AMY SMITH
City Hall Hustle: Let's Move On
Looking beyond the WTP4 controversy
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Oct. 22-29
Modern School Lessons: Reading, Writing, and Real Estate
The sale of a historic Central Austin estate puts private schools in jeopardy
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Where Cap Metro Jumped the Track
Cap Metro's new interim CEO tells CAMPO what's what
BY LEE NICHOLS
AE's Long Road to Reducing Emissions
AE's generation plan doesn't please all
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Kerr Draws EEOC Complaint
Fire Marshal/Battalion Chief Don Smith charges reverse discrimination
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Fire Contract May Herald New Hiring Policy
Firefighters close to signing a contract
BY WELLS DUNBAR
APD Examines Bias in Sanders Investigation
The focus has narrowed on an Internal Affairs investigator
BY JORDAN SMITH
Perry on Willingham
Perry continues defense of Willingham execution
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Media Bosses Get It Bassackwards; and Goofing Up Health Care Reform
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Viva la Vida
The 26th annual Día de los Muertos celebration has a new twist this year
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Margaret Vera Profile
Margaret Vera's creative vision permeates and informs Stubb's restaurant and music venue
BY MM PACK
Green Corn Project Grow Local/Eat Global
This once-a-year event provides nearly all of the funding the Green Corn Project needs to help install sustainable organic gardens
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Wine of the Week
Penfolds' Koonunga Hill line includes six reds and three whites, including a cuvée of its famous Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Think pink this month, gear up for winter veggie delivery, and try out organic burgers
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Cocktails for charity and beer just because
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Mothers of Reinvention
White Denim's Fits of maximum R&B
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
Touring Austin's new clubs and digging into Heavy Light Records
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Rosie Flores & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Girl of the Century
Woven Bones, the Tunnels, Sour Notes, Open Casket, Scrabble Robot, Deadly Companions, the Extravaganza, the No No No Hopes
The Minus Touch EP, the Tunnels, Never Mix Never Worry, the Open Casket/Scrabble Robot, Deadly Companions, Too Dumb to Die, the No No No Hopes
The Guud, MSG Crew, RX Family and Diamond Mine, Ramon Ramirez, ESG
The Guudness, The Giants, Diamond Minds, Volume One: @ The Entry Level, Everyday Street Gangsta
screens
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
Where the Writers Roam
The 2009 Austin Film Festival
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Things Are What You Make of Them
The deliciously cracked comedies of Bob Byington
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Auteurs Stake a Claim on the Small Screen
Mitchell Hurwitz and Matthew Weiner made their names in TV. Have they gotten too big for it?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Vamping on an Old Folk Myth
Strigoi's surprising take on bloodsuckers in post-Communist Romania
BY MARC SAVLOV
What the Puck?
A Yankee sport finds an unlikely home in Central Texas
BY MARK FAGAN
Recommended at AFF
Can't make up your mind what to watch? Here are eight good bets.
Shine a Light
'Zebrowski's World: The Poster Graphics of Leszek Zebrowski'
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
What the Hell Is Rue McClanahan Doing With All Those Cats?
The bizarro relics of the Found Footage Festival
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
In a Dream
A fascinating portrait of an artist and adulterer
TV Eye
Fall TV's flotsam and jetsam
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Adventures of Power
All Power wants is to be the best possible air drummer he can be.
Astro Boy
This American-bred Astro Boy remains true to the heart and soul of the Japanese original but lacks its raw animation and emotions.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Unlike Twilight, the other vampire series based on young adult novels, Cirque du Freak isn't afraid to laugh at itself or the conventions of the genre.
The Dungeon Masters
From the filmmaker who make the Roky Erickson doc, You’re Gonna Miss Me, comes this astute and empathetic survey of Dungeons & Dragons gamers.
Good Hair
In this thoughtful documentary, Chris Rock touches on – if by no means produces a definitive telling of – many facets of the highly charged topic of African-American hair.
Main aur Mrs Khanna
A happily married Indian couple in Australia hits marital strife when work separates the two in this Bollywood romance.
More Than a Game
Before joining the NBA, LeBron James was a high school star who climbed the heights with a core of teammates, all of whom are documented here.
Play the Game
A young man tries to teach his dating techniques to his lonely, widowed grandfather (Andy Griffith).
The Scenesters
The Stepfather
Watch out for those "family values" guys who sweep Mom off her feet and move into your house. They may not be who they seem.
arts & culture
There Will Be Blood
... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week
BY ROBERT FAIRES
2009 B. Iden Payne Awards
The crowd came to honor local theatre but left impressed by Austin's strong comedy scene
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Smothers Brothers
Tom, the elder Smothers Brother, talks about comedy, his heroes, and politics
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Staged by the Bell
If you watched Saved by the Bell as a kid, you'll have a darn good time at this staged send-up
Salon Concerts 20th Anniversary Season Opener
This concert's three virtuosi showed us why nothing trumps a live music experience
'Tell me everything, as you remember it.'
A dreamlike exhibition of memory and the continual erosion thereof
columns
Page Two: Dangerous Demons
Why do we have to hate those with whom we disagree?
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Georges Méliès' Tricks and Treats
Creating the possibility that anything could happen onscreen was the great contribution of Georges Méliès
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After A Fashion
Stephen picks a peck of peckish and goes tête-à-tête
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Don't be an outcast – listen to OutCast!
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Got a pie emergency? Give the Pie Peddlers in Glen Rose a call.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Pasta, Juggalettes, and much more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Eminent Domain – How Does the Condemnation Process Start?
BY CHRIS JOHNS AND LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Extravagasm Fantasy Ball
Mixx, Friday, October 23, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Last chance to catch UT at home, and more
