Todd V. Wolfson
Volume 29, Number 36
ON THE COVER:
news
Our recommendations for the May 8 elections
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
One manager forced out, another accused of harassment ... who's watching the valves?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
If May Day has a meaning, it's one we build together
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall sends regrets to the Grand Canyon
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Citizens' calendar, May 6-13
AISD looks to be less squeezed for money than previously predicted
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Board raises tuition as other revenue sources decline
BY LEE NICHOLS
More questions than answers on the fate of the Cactus
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Justice DeLayed is justice forgotten
BY MICHAEL KING
City suspends Fleet Services employee as scrap tire investigation continues
BY JORDAN SMITH
Northeast center built on progressive foundation
BY MICHAEL KING
Center aims to tackle unemployment issues in East Austin
BY MICHAEL KING
Various projects slated for I-35, Airport Boulevard, and Congress Avenue
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
New briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Banking Reform Gone Bad; and Abacus Among Us
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
It may not be Mum's bubble and squeak, but it's close
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Celebrate the food and wine of Argentina on its bicentennial
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Dow's Vale do Bomfim is a great match for dinner
BY WES MARSHALL
Scholarships, WineCasts, noteworthy locals, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Dan Aykroyd! By golly! Also, supper clubs and delicious benefits galore coming up in the week ahead.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Behind Sara Hickman's sunny countenance lies real life. And still a smile.
BY MARGARET MOSER
In search of the light at the end of the Waller Creek Tunnel Project
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
El Existential
The Smith Tower
Peaced
Join or Die
You Make Me Feel ...
Trust Your Equipment
Find Your Shine, Say You Love Me Too, Burden of Proof, Because I Feel That Way Too, Swan, Chasing Grace
Screen Door Porch
When the Ground Gives Way
Listen for the Clues
No History of Prevention
Live at Flipnotics, Hard Times
Leap of Heart
screens
The annual 10 Under 10 showcase spotlights collegians with cameras
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Tom Six on the surgical horrors of The Human Centipede
BY MARC SAVLOV
The Domain's new Gold Class Cinema ups the ante on upscale movie-watching
BY MARC SAVLOV
PBS' Independent Lens airs a locally made and deeply moving story of one family's extraordinary journey to help their son with special needs
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Although these documentary images of human babies from around the world are beguiling, the film's lack of conclusions is frustrating.
In this Bollywood film, four friends start a business and succeed by doing all the wrong things.
Coprophiliacs looking for a movie that really rings their chimes will be positively tintinnabulating from this arthouse horror number.
Despite a high tech sheen and an excellent but overstuffed cast, this sequel feels more like a setup for the upcoming Avengers movie than its own picture.
This documentary is about the little-remembered figure Rudolf Israel Kasztner, who negotiated with Adolf Eichmann for the release of 1,700 Jews from Hungary, only to later be castigated for Nazi collaboration.
Freddy Krueger is back to disturb everyone's sleep.
This animated Irish stunner is visually complex and colorful and was a contender this year for the best animated film Oscar.
arts & culture
The Miró Quartet reveals the key to developing a great chamber music ensemble
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Stephen Mills programs this comic work to help develop Austin's ballet palate
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Austin High's championship thespians get a repeat shot at the state title
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Honors for Conspirare, two artists who teach at UT, and a student playwright
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
This story of people trying to do what's right is both real and really funny
This staging of the classic play reveals it is still the microcosm of American life
The art for Lance Letscher's first children's book streams shards of color and type
columns
The isolation of the Professional Tier is the single most destructive element in American society today
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
The world is far bigger than it might seem
BY LOUIS BLACK
Stephen's true confessions
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Public servitude is not your private networking playground
BY KATE X MESSER
The Koffee Kup Family Restaurant built its reputation the old-fashioned way – by serving good, basic comfort food
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Cat acne, Jessica Simpson's addiction, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Electric Transmission Lines & Eminent Domain
BY LUKE ELLIS
Spider House Ballroom, Saturday, May 8, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Lance Berkman, Will Ferrell, and more
BY MARK FAGAN
BY NICK BARBARO