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Niche Justice
Travis County specialty courts try to break the cycle of crime
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Yes, They Did
You've got health care – even in Texas
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: The Hangover
Recycling, homeless housing, and spandex – cure for a migraine?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, March 25-April 1
Developing Stories: Future Mobility: Shaping the Transportation Bonds
Urban rail is what you won't see this November – so what will you see?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Wal-Mart, RG4N
The longtime foes learn to kid-glove thy neighbor
BY LEE NICHOLS
Gowalla Battles Foursquare, Interactive Wins
Social media systems square off at SXSWi
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
You've Got Rail!
Commuter rail springs to life
BY LEE NICHOLS
SXSW Bus Riders Left in the Cold
Why doesn't Cap Metro prepare for rider rushes?
BY LEE NICHOLS
One Man's Junk ...
South Austin icon could face city's bulldozer
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AWPC: Women's Caucus = Women's Endorsement
AWPC returns to its feminist roots, but not everyone's happy
BY AMY SMITH
Gag Order Denied
Quintana trial to be public
BY JORDAN SMITH
Perry Looks Justice in the Eye
Perry hand-delivers posthumous pardon
BY JORDAN SMITH
From One Compound to Another
FLDS member Merril Leroy Jessop gets 75-year sentence
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
DeLay Back in the Fray; and Boeing, Going, Gone
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
A Portrait of the Cheesemonger as a Young Couple
Antonelli's Cheese Shop is an intimate neighborhood shop where curious patrons can taste everything, ask a million questions, and have their selections cut to order
BY MM PACK
Book Reviews
Two authors wax poetic about the visceral joys of carefully crafted cheeses
BY MM PACK
Food-o-File
Truck Farm Farmers' Market, the Taco Taxi, and a South by Southwest food Fest round-up
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Foodie events for March 26-31
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Red's Porch
With a view of the greenbelt, a relaxing atmosphere, fashionable bar offerings, and above-average food, this new South Lamar restaurant has all the makings for success
Taste of Ethiopia
There are so many luscious dishes on offer here, it may be difficult to decide on just one or two
music
Tell Me True
2009-10 Austin Music Awards
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Checking out of South by Southwest 2010 and paying final respects to Big Star's Alex Chilton
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Live Shots
Big Star Tribute
SXSW Music 2010
New Wine
SXSW Music 2010
Anita Tijoux
SXSW Music 2010
P.K. 14/Carsick Cars
SXSW Music 2010
Surfer Blood
SXSW Music 2010
The XX
SXSW Music 2010
Hole
SXSW Music 2010
Everybody Was in the French Resistance ... Now
SXSW Music 2010
Oh No Ono
SXSW Music 2010
Freelance Whales
SXSW Music 2010
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River
SXSW Music 2010
Court Yard Hounds
SXSW Music 2010
You Say Party! We Say Die!
SXSW Music 2010
Nas & Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley
SXSW Music 2010
Suzanne Vega
SXSW Music 2010
Sixteen Deluxe
SXSW Music 2010
I Never Travel Far Without a Little Big Star
SXSW Panels
Bill Hicks: An American Icon Remembered
SXSW Panels
SXSW Interview: Death
SXSW Panels
screens
SXSW Film Festival 2010
Thanks for the memories
Come Together
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the HitRECord.org Midnight Matinee
BY MARC SAVLOV
SXSW 2010 Film Audience Awards
SXSW Film announces the last of its awards; no surprise, Fest fave Thunder Soul nabs a win
Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Overheard at SXSW 2010
BY THE SCREENS STAFF
SXSW Film Reviews
Capsule reviews
TV Eye
Mark Cuban and Avner Ronen have a heated debate about the future of TV
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
American Grindhouse
The Bounty Hunter
In this romantic comedy, Gerard Butler is a bounty hunter charged with capturing his ex-wife, played by Jennifer Aniston.
Chloe
Atom Egoyan's new film is an erotic thriller that stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and the mismatched Amanda Seyfried.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
A wisecracking preteen keeps a diary about the torments of middle school in this true-to-life story.
Formosa Betrayed
In this political thriller, an FBI agent investigates the murder of a Taiwanese-American.
Greenberg
Ben Stiller and (one-time Chronicle cover girl) Greta Gerwig star in this new film by the director of The Squid and the Whale.
How to Train Your Dragon
Soaring animation should make this story about a Viking boy who befriends his enemy a perennial favorite.
Mother
Bong Joon-ho, the South Korean director of The Host, is back with an exquisitely rendered murder mystery fraught with psychological suspense.
Red Riding: 1980
This second installment in a three-part dramatization of dirty dealings in Yorkshire is concerned with the notorious corruption mill that powers the region’s law enforcement.
Red Riding: 1983
This final film in the three-part series affords a great deal of satisfaction in resolving the plot’s many mysteries.
Repo Men
Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play repo men in this future world where body parts can be bought and sold but also repossessed.
arts & culture
The Final Three
If fast, physical action in a national face-off is what you want, try Ballet Austin
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Humana Festival of New American Plays
Local theatre artists play a major role in this year's festival of new drama
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Armstrong Community Music School
Austin Lyric Opera can't help but sing about 10 years of music instruction
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Zach Theatre
The theatre is giving away a free wedding to some homegrown George and Emily
BY ROBERT FAIRES
World Theatre Day
On March 27, you may encounter theatre where you least expect it
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Carpetbagger's Children
Horton Foote's drama blows in like a breeze from the gulf, warm and whispery
Fup Duck
Live music by the White Ghost Shivers made this puppet adaptation complete
'Katy Horan: Lady Monsters'
These pleasing paintings can make you reconsider what may or may not be monstrous
columns
Page Two: Praying for an Early Death
Louis Black sucks, and he makes SXSW suck
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: 'Roadie': 30 Years Later
The screenwriter of Roadie visits his younger, more serious self
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar is mistaken for a well-paid gossip columnist, and Sunny wraps SX with a 'Nutrub'
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
This year was all about queering conventions ...
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
History Ahead: Stories Beyond the Texas Roadside Markers is part travel guide and part history book
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Wal-Mart, Cookie Monster, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Peer Pressure: Indie Presses Unite!
Club de Ville, Saturday, March 27, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Austin Toros Homestretch
The Toros and Curtis Jerrells return home to complete the 2009-10 regular season
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex add another scorer, European action heats up
