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news
Booming in the Bust
ACC advances its higher-ed march across the region – but not everyone is happy
BY LEE NICHOLS
City Hall Hustle: In the Zone
Land-use issues in all corners of the city dominate council agenda
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Eco-Currents: Party Circuit
Solar trailer makes the social rounds; wind power blows hot and cold
BY NORA ANKRUM
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Aug. 26-Sept. 2
Cap Metro to Suburbanites: Get Off the Bus
Transit agency could pull the plug on northwest express routes
BY LEE NICHOLS
Bradford-Nohra Ruling Leads to Sequel
Hyde Park neighborhood fights Hyde Park family over Hyde Park home, Part II
BY AMY SMITH
Bowing to Business Wheels, AISD Cans Tax Hike
Board passes new budget but drops ballot proposal
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
No Surprises in City's Answer to WTP4 Suit
Water plant controversy keeps on churning
BY NORA ANKRUM
The Hightower Report
Dell Twists in the Wind; and Driver's Double Dip
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL
Festival Welcome and 20-Year Retrospective
Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Contest & Festival Facts
Hot Sauce Fest Cooking Tent
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Bringing the Heat
A few stories from 'The Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival
'Chronicle' Critics' Picks for Restaurant and Commercial Hot Sauces 2010
Our critics guarantee these sauces are all delicious and encourage readers to check them out
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD, MICK VANN, CLAUDIA ALARCÓN, MM PACK, KATE THORNBERRY AND RACHEL FEIT
Celebrity Judges
Elizabeth Derczo
Organizing genius of the Hot Sauce Festival
BY MM PACK
History Reheats Itself
Twenty-year timeline of 'The Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival
'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival Hall of Flame
Hot Sauce Bands
Food-o-File
Buy local eggs, the Best Wurst lives on, locals get some small-screen time, and more delicious foodie news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Stomp grapes and pair wines at Central Texas wineries, meet a local Food Network star, and more tasty outings
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Who Knows Where the Time Goes
Both sides now – 50 years ago and now the iGeneration
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Good vibrations courtesy of the Roots, Distant Lights, and the Sword
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
the Sword
Warp Riders
Flying Balalaika Brothers
Flying Balalaika Brothers
Datalove
Dimensions of Tomorrow
Bun B
Trill OG
Michael Scott Parker
Creature Rock
Amy Zamarripa
Information From the Edge
Rose Kimball & Judy Painter
The Journey
Stephanie Salvo
Contradiction
Tricia Mitchell
Purple Room
screens
The Decoder
Lawrence Wright reflects on a decade spent exploring and explaining the Middle East in My Trip to Al-Qaeda
BY NORA ANKRUM
The Call of the Wild
David Michôd on the unlikely roots of his Aussie crime drama, Animal Kingdom
BY MARC SAVLOV
What's the Rumpus, and Where Can You Find It?
A peek at our upcoming coverage of aGLIFF and Machete
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
TV Eye breaks down the nominees for Best Drama and Best Comedy
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Animal Kingdom
An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.
The Last Exorcism
This faux documentary pulls few punches in its fresh look at what happens when religion and the secular world collide.
Lottery Ticket
Bow Wow stars in this comedy about a guy with a winning lottery ticket who must protect it over a long weekend.
Piranha 3D
Finally, 3-D is being put to its optimum use. Who cares how it holds up as a remake?
Vampires Suck
From the filmmaking team that gave us Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans comes this inevitable spoof of teen vampire movies.
arts & culture
2010 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival
OOB dishes up a feast of funny after a summer starved for laughs
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Adam Conaway
Remembering the behind-the-scenes worker for Blue Lapis Light and CO2
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'The Intergalactic Nemesis'
The popular salute to old radio serials comes to the Long Center – with pictures!
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
B-boy bluez
Zell Miller III makes the four corners of hip-hop come together in the theatre
I Witness
This dance/spoken-word production embodies our waking, sleeping dream
'Underground'
Exploring of what goes on beneath the surface – of our bodies, of society, of the cities in which we live, of the very planet itself
columns
Page Three: Hell in a Handbasket
or, the Worst of Austin
A week in the life of local government
BY NICK BARBARO
Letters at 3AM: The Thing About Words
Words are the property of all
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar is officially a 'tween' and is pretty bored with Fashion Weak
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
The Gay Place implores you to don your mustache and grow out your muumuu
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Harvey Houses helped settle the West and were the travelers' best friend for 92 years
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival
Waterloo Park, Sunday, August 29, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
UT Volleyball
kicks off the season ranked No. 3 in the country
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex, Longhorns, and soccer-playing dogs
