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ELECTION PREVIEW
Get in the Ring
Perry's refusal to meet challengers – and editorial boards – is all swagger, no sweat
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Attorney General: Abbott Amps Up Conservative Credentials
Radnofsky points to attorney general's flip-flop on immigration
BY JORDAN SMITH
Reading the Redistricting Tea Leaves
What havoc will redistricting wreak this time?
BY LEE NICHOLS
All Workman and No Play
House District 47's Republican candidate fights battles on three fronts
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
EMS Group Rescinds Eckhardt Endorsement
Eckhardt loses backers over support of response-time study
BY AMY SMITH
Tea Party Group To Release Financial Records
Texas Dems wrangle with Houston's King Street Patriots
BY LEE NICHOLS
Election Headlines
Dollars to Donors in Bond Election
Who's giving what to which group?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
'Chronicle' Endorsements
Nov. 2 general election
Nov. 2 Joint General and Special Elections
Early voting continues through Friday, Oct. 29
Headlines
Point Austin: Why Vote?
The real choices at the top and bottom of the ballot
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Trying to Share the Work
Council tweaks MBE/WBE rules to broaden contract participation
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Oct. 28-Nov. 4
Quintana Reinstated ... and Reterminated
Arbitrator rules in favor of fired Officer Leonardo Quintana ... then Quintana gets fired again
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Case That Never Closes
SCJC seeks reconsideration of Keller ruling
BY JORDAN SMITH
Halloween Mask Instructions
Choose your weapon
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Raising the (Green) Roof
Austin's Green Roof Advisory Group to deliver its report to council
BY NORA ANKRUM
Teachers Want Books Checked at Pension Fund
TRS internal investigation isn't credible, union president says
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Real Cost of a Lap Dance?
Lawsuit cites violation of wage laws at strip clubs
BY DIANA WELCH
Running the Numbers
Previewing this week's agenda
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Free (Corporate) Speech; and Corporations Take the Money and Run
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
An Altar-nate View
Liven up the boo-ring Halloween season with Día de los Muertos celebrations
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Inside Kate Heyhoe's Skull
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Book Reviews
Time To Talk Turkey
Local farms prepare pastured turkeys for holiday tables
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Round Rock Honey Celebrates a Million Bottles
The bee man with the honey plan makes a million
BY MM PACK
Event Menu
Spooky foodie events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Green Corn, Bola Pizza, holiday baking contests, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
All Down the Line
Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Phases & Stages
screens
Space Invaders on a Shoestring Budget
Monsters is the best monster movie of the millennium (so far)
BY MARC SAVLOV
Hellraisers
How classic horror movies made misfits out of these rockers
BY MARC SAVLOV
Austin Film Festival Announces Juried Competition Awards
UT alums came up big at Saturday's awards ceremony
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye: Gleering
Parents Television Council chides Glee, misses the point
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Conviction
Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell star in this real-life legal drama in which a woman goes to law school in an attempt to exonerate her brother.
Last Train Home
This small masterpiece of documentary filmmaking offers an intimate look at the impact of China’s industrial growth.
Like Dandelion Dust
This adoption drama tells a story about the biological parents of a 10-year-old boy who want to reclaim their child from his adoptive parents.
Monsters
In this startlingly original indie film, a road trip combines with an alien invasion to remind us of our ageless fear of otherness.
Paranormal Activity 2
Although this follow-up is considerably spookier than the original, there are only so many gotcha moments that can transpire without feeling wholly contrived.
arts & culture
Dark Insinuations
Ray Donley steps from the shadows to talk about his art
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Lyric Opera's Stampede
The opera launches a festival to celebrate Austin's musical diversity
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Tapestry Dance Company
Poet Zell Miller III joins the dancers of Tapestry to make music together
BY ROBERT FAIRES
New Works Theater Community
Austin theatre groups band together and land $90,000 to support making new work
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Other Side of Sleep
Owen Egerton brings several of his characters from page to stage in hilarious style
Always ... Patsy Cline
TexARTS' revival boasts a lovely Patsy, superb music, and a killer green dress
columns
After a Fashion
A child is born ... in a manger ... in New Orleans
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Democracy is ugly
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Mustang Island State Park consistently rates among the busiest parks in the state system
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Jimmy Carter, loam, Lassie, figs, and expenses
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Butthole Surfers Halloween Shows
The Scoot Inn, Friday, October 29, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Austin Aztex skip town, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Eastside Lacrosse Tourney
Introducing lacrosse to the Eastside
BY MARK FAGAN
Football Watch
Brokenhearted, broken, and torn – the story of football in Texas
