Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church
Jana Birchum
news
Imagining Austin
Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Point Austin: Revenge of the Cyborgs
Speech may be free, but justice costs real money
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Anyone for Unemployment?
Once again the growth conundrum: If we don't Hanger together, we'll all hang separately
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Jan. 28-Feb. 4
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Heritage Trees: Size Does Matter
Heritage tree ordinance would protect Austin's oldest, biggest trees
BY LEE NICHOLS
Council Preview: In the Mix
This week's council agenda
BY WELLS DUNBAR
AISD Ponders a Budget Fix
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
MetroRail Watch
Capital Metro sets yet another goal for the launch of MetroRail
BY LEE NICHOLS
The AE Generation Plan's Latest Monkey Wrench
Spooky, scary: Will rumors of deregulation derail Austin Energy's plan?
BY NORA ANKRUM
Generation Plan: The Good, the Bad, and the Holy
Reasons for (cautious) optimism toward passage of AE's plan
BY NORA ANKRUM
Children's Zone: Can Harlem Come to Austin?
Travis County groups are competing to become part of a grand experiment
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Fundraising Battle in Precinct 4
City Hall influence showing up in county commissioner's race
BY AMY SMITH
Ruling: 'A Raging Flashflood of Corporate Money'
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
State Gives Almaguer Deadline for Tire Cleanup
Tire shop owner must comply with state law, says TCEQ
BY JORDAN SMITH
Keller Keeps Her Robes, for Now
Special judge says Keller's conduct in execution case doesn't warrant removal
BY JORDAN SMITH
County Permits TXI Aggregate Mine
Controversial sand and gravel mining project wins approval
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Nader's Novel Idea; and Reining in the Gods of the Fed
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Beer Flights
Shiner Fröst and Real Ale's Phoenixx ESB are seasonals worth your money
BY LEE NICHOLS
Food-o-File
Locations, ownership, and staff of local restaurants get shaken up
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
If Andiamo's pre-Valentine's dinner isn't up your alley, consider entering Boomerang's Fastest to Eat a Pie contest
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
East Side Show Room
East Side Show Room may become a victim of its own popularity
Beets Living Foods Cafe
Beets Living Foods Cafe beats the odds and offers a first-rate raw-food experience
Ho Ho Chinese BBQ
Great barbecue and fresh seafood cooked in a light style will have us going back to explore more facets of Ho Ho's mega menu
music
Everyday Magic
Lee Barber returns to that place you go to find a song
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
Rod Kennedy's 80th birthday
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Jon Dee Graham
It's Not as Bad as It Looks
Bear Claw, English Teeth, Red Leaves, the Eastern Sea
Bear Claw, English Teeth, Trouble in the City of Water, the Eastern Sea
Danny Barnes
Pizza Box
Kirk Van Praag
Town Crier
Spot
Nae Plumb Nor Square, In the Bag
Snowbyrd
Diosdado
Ernest Gonzales
Been Meaning to Tell You
the Texas Sapphires
As He Wanders ...
David Israel
Say Goodbye to Sorry
Love Collector, Woodgrain, the Kill Spectors, Cruddy, the Lovetaps, Beautiful Supermachines, the Distant Seconds
My Baby Goes Waaah!, Woodgrain, the Kill Spectors, Cruddy
screens
Bravo/Brava
Paul Soileau trips the light (and the dark) fantastic in his multimedia performance pieces
BY KATE X MESSER
Make 'Em Laugh (And, Yes, Even Learn)
The Alamo Drafthouse inaugurates a new film appreciation series with Ninotchka
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
In Play
Beauty and the beasts: why Bayonetta wins and Army of Two's blood-soaked bromance is passé
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
TV Eye
A new PBS show examines technology's effect on work, pleasure, and the very idea of what it means to be human
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Edge of Darkness
This thriller marks a middling comeback for Mad Mel Gibson
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
A lovely, enthralling examination of the Paris Opera Ballet from Frederick Wiseman.
Legion
God loses faith in humanity and sends a legion of angels to start the apocalypse.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
An unsatisfying film/experiment/prank that combines the forces of Werner Herzog and David Lynch.
Tooth Fairy
Due to a misdeed, a tough hockey player, played by Dwayne Johnson, must serve as a tooth fairy for a week, tutu and all.
arts & culture
Manufacturing Fizz
What makes L'Étoile a light, bubbly Champagne of operas
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Headlong Dance Theater
This Philadelphia troupe's mix of theatre and movement creates something tasty
BY ANDREW LONG
Fusebox Festival
The 2010 lineup promises a Fusebox as wild, novel, and thrilling as ever
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Endgame
Palindrome Theatre's debut squeezes all the meaning it can from Beckett's bleakness
'aRrrrrrr, play us a song there, Matey'
The chamber concert's piratical theme was cheeky, but the music was tremendous
'Ideas of Mountains'
This Creative Research Lab exhibition is a peak of no small aesthetic excitement
columns
Letters at 3AM: Behold The Maslin
The Maslin is not a person but, rather, a function of virtually every book-review staff in the Western world
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Our Style Avatar doles out the sweet love
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
More Rebecca Havemeyer than you can Soileau
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The Flying Saucer Pie Co. in Houston keeps patrons' tummies satisfied with 15 different varieties of pies
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Raccoons, the Beatles, biblical weapons, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Hope for Haiti Benefit
Antone's, Sunday, January 31, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Aztex players signed, season tickets on sale, and more