John Anderson
Volume 30, Number 11
ON THE COVER:
features
The highs, the lows, the lists
news
Early GreenChoice customers' low rates will soon be gone with the wind
BY NORA ANKRUM
Republican politicians propose pulling Texas out of Medicaid
BY MICHAEL KING
How to get richer while getting poorer
BY WELLS DUNBAR
ELECTION AFTERMATH
Anti-Obama sentiment motivated Republican voters
BY LEE NICHOLS AND NICK BARBARO
Central city voters turned the mobility bond election
BY LEE NICHOLS
Office and multifamily complexes will have a home for paper, cans, and bottles
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Conflicting opinions on the safety of what's in our water
BY MICHAEL KING
Volunteers help Pease Park turn new leaf
BY MICHAEL KING
Citing accident rate, Cap Metro retools Downtown stops
BY LEE NICHOLS
GOP Blocks Mine Safety Efforts; and Pulp Nonfiction
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food Reviews
Chef Tyson Cole and company continue redefining 'revelatory' at Uchiko
Streat struggles to execute a broad menu but still hits some sweet spots
Take a trip to chocolate land
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Area bakeries, restaurants, and market bakers are gearing up to create delicious sweets to grace the holiday table
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
There's something for everyone this week, even if you don't want to leave the house
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Austin foodies welcome a new KOOP show, a new specialty spice shop, and a new Food Code ordinance
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Golden Boys ringleader John Wesley Coleman indulges his compulsion
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up dust at Waterloo Park while Lyle Lovett closes down Studio 6A
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shots
Dâm-Funk/RJD2
Jean Grae/Pharoahe Monch
screens
AFS Documentary Tour presents Boxing Gym
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Wizard World Comic Con brings Lando, Lee, and the Centipede three to town
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
SXSW ScreenBurn and the Chronicle host Game On Austin
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Conan returns to late-night television
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Famed documentary maker Frederick Wiseman directs his camera on Richard Lord's Austin boxing gym.
Based on the book by Danish environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg, this documentary approaches the problems caused by global warming without panic.
This willfully perverse Greek drama is a far cry from the Hellenic classics.
Tyler Perry tackles Ntozake Shange's beloved play.
Howl is a must-see for Beat freaks and poetry geeks but might not be an enriching experience for newcomers to the work of Allen Ginsberg.
This ultraviolent South Korean film tells a story about an ex-con lured back into the drug trade.
Well-acted and ingratiating, this rom-com starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, and Diane Keaton should still be tarter than it is.
Stephen Frears directs this romantic romp that combines the bedroom farce and the pastoral and stars Gemma Arterton.
Though the story is preposterous, terrific performances by James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, and Melissa Leo save the day.
arts & culture
Meryl Streep speaks on the key to acting and its importance to life
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Four shows took home nearly half the honors at this year's ceremony
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Remembering the world's foremost theatre historian
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The city's autumn marathon of art covers work by some 300 artists in 175 venues
BY ROBERT FAIRES AND WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
Palindrome makes Albee's old/new play remarkable, insightful, and unsettling
A tremendous, memorable production that even an opera novice will love
The artist's fine technique and odd juxtapositions are enchanted and enchanting
columns
Self-proclaimed patriots don't seem to have much love for their country, except on their own terms
BY LOUIS BLACK
Your Style Avatar runs down what's trashy in the ATX
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
More gay in the A, that's what we say
BY KATE X MESSER
The White House Cafe and Saloon is a veritable time capsule with its pressed tin ceiling, arched windows, and wooden floor that creaks with age
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Pregnant Puritans, potatoes, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Mohawk, Tuesday, November 16, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
UT men's and women's basketball teams start their seasons with predictably impressive results
BY MARK FAGAN
Horns, Hilltoppers hit playoffs; more Aztex fallout
BY NICK BARBARO
Phillips out; will Gilbert be next?
BY MARK FAGAN