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news
AE's Coal Conundrum
Energy planners and the fight over Fayette
BY NORA ANKRUM
Point Austin: Once More Into the MUD
What we get when we annex unplanned development: plenty of entertainment
BY MICHAEL KING
Developing Stories: Greening the Neighborhood
Mueller development wins LEED for Neighborhood Design
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
City Hall Hustle: He's Making a List ...
The Hustle checks in on the mayor's campaign agenda
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Car2Cute
Smart cars are hitting Austin's streets
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
MetroRail Watch
Waiting, but not holding our breath
BY LEE NICHOLS
Bradley Spars With Lawmakers
New head of Forensic Science Commission is all fired up
BY JORDAN SMITH
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Nov. 19-24
Dam Break at AWU?
An assistant director is placed on leave amid allegations of discrimination
BY AMY SMITH
Fair Squared
The Women and Fair Trade fair makes its annual trek to Austin
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
No Wastewater in the Lake, Please
Austin area officials oppose discharging treated wastewater into Lake Travis
BY LEE NICHOLS
Trial Date Set for Nona Allen
Case moves forward with evidence of potential gender-based discrimination
BY CAITLIN MEREDITH
Roy Butler, 1926-2009
Two former mayors die within two days
Hampton Runs for Republican-Dominated Court
Dem candidate has extensive experience with death penalty cases
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Battle of the Green; and Taxpayers Art Museum
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Animal Farm
Sebastien Bonneu and Countryside Farm
BY MM PACK
Holiday Treats for the Locavore Carnivore
With local meats, you and your holiday guests can eat healthily and humanely
BY MICK VANN
Thanksgiving Roulette
Feast around town
Ideal Holiday Wines for Turkey, Venison, Duck, Goose, Rabbit, and Other Game
For those of you who love the intense flavors of quality game, the world is full of wines that match it perfectly
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Openings, licenses, and more foodie news around town
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Nov. 19-30
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
All Times Through Paradise
Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Can you hear me now? Local musicians and OTR get some much needed hearing aid while Jody Denberg signs off from KGSR.
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Arc Angels
Living in a Dream
Amy Atchley, Carley Wolf, Teri Joyce, Julia Magness & the Original Bells of Joy
Pretty Muse, Set Sail, Kitchen Radio, The Bells Ring On
Adrian & the Sickness
B.F.D.
The Laughing
Fever
The Fire Marshals of Bethlehem
The World From the Back Seat
Frank Smith
Big Strike in Silver City
Asylum Street Spankers
God's Favorite Band
screens
GIFT GUIDE 2009
Playing the Field
The lowdown on the season's new games
Console Wars: The Saga Continues
Sizing up the video-game platforms
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Goodbye to All That
Revisiting Kyle Henry's University Inc. and a film community's cri de coeur
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
TV Eye wonders where to find the positive images of women in TV
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Antichrist
Lars von Trier lives to affront again. Chaos, indeed, reigns.
The Blind Side
John Lee Hancock, director of The Rookie, scores with another sports drama, this time concerning a true football story.
The Messenger
Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play two members of the military's casualty notification team, which delivers bad news to soldiers' next of kin.
Planet 51
In a switcheroo, animated aliens fear the human in their midst.
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success.
Until the Light Takes Us
This music documentary chronicles the history, ideology, and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal.
arts & culture
Forgotten Radical
Thornton's plays are Wilder than you might remember
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'The 101 Dalmatians Musical'
Tony Award-winning Director Jerry Zaks describes going to the dogs
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Singers
Area high school poets get to share the concert stage with old-school masters of verse
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Pride and Prejudice
UT credibly brings the Jane Austen novel to life onstage, if in a rather rushed fashion
'Over and Under'
Jenny Hart weaves together threads of mystery and wonder in this exhibit of embroidery
columns
Page Two: Kid Eternity
A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Auschwitz Up the Block
To retain our humanity, we remember the unthinkable
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Gay Place
Sisters on the Edge and free Thanksgiving
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Museum of East Texas in Lufkin sets the standard for small-town art museums
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
Go way back to the deconstructive Eighties as Your Style Avatar takes a chain saw to Barbie
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Times New Roman, Keith Richards, and much more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Eminent Domain – Can I Keep the Government Off My Property?
BY CHRIS JOHNS AND LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Sick
Hyde Park Theatre, Friday, November 20, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Two former Aztex players to play in MLS Cup Final, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
