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The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
April 13 primary run-offs
We're 49th! ... Or Just Seventh of 10
Union and Austin ISD argue over teacher pay – and what to do about it
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Taking Fire
Did you happen to vote for dictatorial rule?
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Bam! Pow! Crash! Holy Reactivated Permit, Batman!
Controversies real, invented, and in between
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, April 8-15
Making 'Pregnancy Centers' Tell the Truth
Proposed ordinance would require CPCs to provide full disclosure
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Saving Banks From Themselves; and Fed Up With Fed Secrets
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Bump in the Road for Bike Boulevard
City switches gears on Nueces bicycle plan
BY LEE NICHOLS
Carole vs. Climate Plan
New 'nonpartisan' group vs. AE generation plan
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Reefer Madness: Austin Is 'Command Center' for Drug Trafficking
City could draw federal dollars with new designation
BY JORDAN SMITH
SBOE Run-Off
The 'common sense conservative' comes under fire from both sides
BY LEE NICHOLS
No Tase Limit for Granny
According to Lehmberg, it may have been Granny's own damn fault
BY JORDAN SMITH
'Intrigue' Visits Local Census Effort
Data on homeless count remains a mystery until next year
BY AMY SMITH
Regional Planning
Lack of county coordination inhibits regional planning
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
food
Back to the Future
At Sunday's East Austin Urban Farm Tour, you can experience a taste of Austin's past, the present, and an invaluable element in our future
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Local Investment Fuels Expansion at Johnson's Backyard Garden
Local investment fuels expansion at local garden
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Slow Money in Action in Austin
Promoting 'capital opportunities for local, organic, and sustainable food enterprises throughout Central Texas'
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Fighting obesity one seed packet at a time
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Pigs and produce make for perfect springtime foodie events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Chasing Amy
Painting lamps, chasing elephants, and singing with Alejandro Escovedo: Amy Cook jumps into the pool
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Getting the runaround from UT administration
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Ralph White, Shawn David McMillen, Book of Shadows, Pong
The Mongrel's Hoard, Dead Friends, The Morphail Effect, Escobarb
Micky & the Motorcars, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Flatcar Rattlers, Mike Runnels, the Redneck Boys
Live at Billy Bob's Texas, This Crazy Life, Which Side Are You On?, The Tender Years, It's About Dam Time
screens
Exploitation's Glass Ceiling
Feminist filmmaker Stephanie Rothman on her short but brilliant run making B-movies
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Honor Roll
Behind the new stunner of a short from Austin film mainstay Steve Mims
BY MARC SAVLOV
Shalom, Y'all
Previewing the Austin Jewish Film Festival
Katrina's Collateral Damage (Think Four-Legged and Furry)
AFS Documentary Tour presents Mine
BY NORA ANKRUM
Adventures in Iberia
The latest AFS Essential Cinema profiles contemporary Portuguese cinema
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
Jamie Oliver takes on the American diet ... but is he pointing his finger in the wrong direction?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.
Ca$h
A suitcase full of loot that falls into the wrong (or maybe right?) hands.
Date Night
Steve Carell and Tina Fey star as a married couple in this wan comedy that tones down their edge for popular consumption.
Prince
Following a heist in this Bollywood film, one of the savviest thieves in the world remembers nothing about his life or where he has hidden the loot.
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
Reuniting the same couples from his 2007 film, Perry explores the next chapter in the lives of these old friends.
arts & culture
'floodlines'
After seven years, Jaclyn Pryor draws the curtain on her annual performance
BY ROBERT FAIRES
City Arts Funding
A new clash over what arts groups are legally entitled to bed tax funds
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Our Town
Tears await you in UT's current staging of the Thornton Wilder classic
Post-Oedipus
An ironic modern spin on Oedipus' tragedy, as seen through his wife's eyes
'Texas Society of Sculptors Exhibition'
The Wildflower Center has artworks on view worthy of a visit in their own right
columns
Oops!
UT football survives (Cactus still on chopping block)
Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy
'Oligarchy' is a big, bad word that defines the country we still call a republic
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
The photo in this week's column isn't NSFW, especially if you work at Anchovies or Midtowne Spa
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
There's still time to queer the census while wearing tube socks
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Orion Knox's life was changed when he became the first human to view the incredible rock formations of Natural Bridge Caverns
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Harpo at the Rancho, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: The Austin Outhouse Reunion
Giddy Ups, Friday, April 9, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Aztex Make House Park Home
The Austin Aztex make House Park home, a 2010 primer
BY NICK BARBARO
LXM Pro
The LXM Pro tour mixes lacrosse and live music for an afternoon of fun
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Opening day for the Austin Aztex, and more
