Volume 29, Number 12
ON THE COVER:
news
Energy planners and the fight over Fayette
BY NORA ANKRUM
What we get when we annex unplanned development: plenty of entertainment
BY MICHAEL KING
Mueller development wins LEED for Neighborhood Design
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
The Hustle checks in on the mayor's campaign agenda
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Smart cars are hitting Austin's streets
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Waiting, but not holding our breath
BY LEE NICHOLS
New head of Forensic Science Commission is all fired up
BY JORDAN SMITH
Citizens' calendar, Nov. 19-24
An assistant director is placed on leave amid allegations of discrimination
BY AMY SMITH
The Women and Fair Trade fair makes its annual trek to Austin
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Austin area officials oppose discharging treated wastewater into Lake Travis
BY LEE NICHOLS
Case moves forward with evidence of potential gender-based discrimination
BY CAITLIN MEREDITH
Two former mayors die within two days
Dem candidate has extensive experience with death penalty cases
BY JORDAN SMITH
Battle of the Green; and Taxpayers Art Museum
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Sebastien Bonneu and Countryside Farm
BY MM PACK
With local meats, you and your holiday guests can eat healthily and humanely
BY MICK VANN
Feast around town
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
Openings, licenses, and more foodie news around town
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Nov. 19-30
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
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
Living in a Dream
Pretty Muse, Set Sail, Kitchen Radio, The Bells Ring On
B.F.D.
Fever
The World From the Back Seat
Big Strike in Silver City
God's Favorite Band
screens
GIFT GUIDE 2009
The lowdown on the season's new games
Sizing up the video-game platforms
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Revisiting Kyle Henry's University Inc. and a film community's cri de coeur
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye wonders where to find the positive images of women in TV
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Lars von Trier lives to affront again. Chaos, indeed, reigns.
John Lee Hancock, director of The Rookie, scores with another sports drama, this time concerning a true football story.
Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play two members of the military's casualty notification team, which delivers bad news to soldiers' next of kin.
In a switcheroo, animated aliens fear the human in their midst.
Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success.
This music documentary chronicles the history, ideology, and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal.
arts & culture
Thornton's plays are Wilder than you might remember
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Tony Award-winning Director Jerry Zaks describes going to the dogs
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Area high school poets get to share the concert stage with old-school masters of verse
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
UT credibly brings the Jane Austen novel to life onstage, if in a rather rushed fashion
Jenny Hart weaves together threads of mystery and wonder in this exhibit of embroidery
columns
A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey
BY LOUIS BLACK
To retain our humanity, we remember the unthinkable
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Sisters on the Edge and free Thanksgiving
BY KATE X MESSER
The Museum of East Texas in Lufkin sets the standard for small-town art museums
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Go way back to the deconstructive Eighties as Your Style Avatar takes a chain saw to Barbie
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Times New Roman, Keith Richards, and much more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Eminent Domain – Can I Keep the Government Off My Property?
BY CHRIS JOHNS AND LUKE ELLIS
Hyde Park Theatre, Friday, November 20, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Two former Aztex players to play in MLS Cup Final, and more
BY NICK BARBARO