Jason Stout
Volume 30, Number 9
ON THE COVER:
news
ELECTION PREVIEW
Perry's refusal to meet challengers – and editorial boards – is all swagger, no sweat
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Radnofsky points to attorney general's flip-flop on immigration
BY JORDAN SMITH
What havoc will redistricting wreak this time?
BY LEE NICHOLS
House District 47's Republican candidate fights battles on three fronts
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Eckhardt loses backers over support of response-time study
BY AMY SMITH
Texas Dems wrangle with Houston's King Street Patriots
BY LEE NICHOLS
Who's giving what to which group?
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Nov. 2 general election
Early voting continues through Friday, Oct. 29
The real choices at the top and bottom of the ballot
BY MICHAEL KING
Council tweaks MBE/WBE rules to broaden contract participation
BY WELLS DUNBAR
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Citizens' calendar, Oct. 28-Nov. 4
Arbitrator rules in favor of fired Officer Leonardo Quintana ... then Quintana gets fired again
BY JORDAN SMITH
SCJC seeks reconsideration of Keller ruling
BY JORDAN SMITH
Choose your weapon
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Austin's Green Roof Advisory Group to deliver its report to council
BY NORA ANKRUM
TRS internal investigation isn't credible, union president says
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Lawsuit cites violation of wage laws at strip clubs
BY DIANA WELCH
Previewing this week's agenda
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Free (Corporate) Speech; and Corporations Take the Money and Run
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Liven up the boo-ring Halloween season with Día de los Muertos celebrations
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Book Reviews
Local farms prepare pastured turkeys for holiday tables
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The bee man with the honey plan makes a million
BY MM PACK
Spooky foodie events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Green Corn, Bola Pizza, holiday baking contests, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
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
Le Noise
Frank Erwin Center, Oct. 22
Majesty Shredding
screens
Monsters is the best monster movie of the millennium (so far)
BY MARC SAVLOV
How classic horror movies made misfits out of these rockers
BY MARC SAVLOV
UT alums came up big at Saturday's awards ceremony
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Parents Television Council chides Glee, misses the point
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
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.
This small masterpiece of documentary filmmaking offers an intimate look at the impact of China’s industrial growth.
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.
In this startlingly original indie film, a road trip combines with an alien invasion to remind us of our ageless fear of otherness.
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
Ray Donley steps from the shadows to talk about his art
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The opera launches a festival to celebrate Austin's musical diversity
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Poet Zell Miller III joins the dancers of Tapestry to make music together
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin theatre groups band together and land $90,000 to support making new work
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Owen Egerton brings several of his characters from page to stage in hilarious style
TexARTS' revival boasts a lovely Patsy, superb music, and a killer green dress
columns
A child is born ... in a manger ... in New Orleans
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Democracy is ugly
BY KATE X MESSER
Mustang Island State Park consistently rates among the busiest parks in the state system
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Jimmy Carter, loam, Lassie, figs, and expenses
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Scoot Inn, Friday, October 29, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Austin Aztex skip town, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Introducing lacrosse to the Eastside
BY MARK FAGAN
Brokenhearted, broken, and torn – the story of football in Texas
BY MARK FAGAN