Women & Their Work
Jason Stout
news
This Way to the Big Top!
From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, WELLS DUNBAR, LEE NICHOLS AND JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Pride Brought Low
Remorseless as ever, Tom DeLay finally encounters a little bit of justice
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Park Pud? Pick Your Punch Line.
Developer scales down plans for office tower
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
BY MICHAEL KING
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Jan. 13-20
Headlines
Holly Won't Go Lightly
Nobody said this demolition job would be cheap
BY AMY SMITH
Marshalling Funds for Supportive Housing
Council proposes community discussions on homelessness
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Before You Head to the Bus Stop ...
Check out Cap Metro's new fares, routes, and policy changes
BY LEE NICHOLS
Duty vs. Gattis: Williamson County Fireworks
Judge accused of trying to hide unauthorized hiring
BY MICHAEL KING
Will Texas Be Safe for Romeos and Juliets?
Senate committee recommends not implementing federal sex offender law
BY JORDAN SMITH
Long-Awaited Testimony Rejects Arson Conclusion
Forensic Science Commission hears expert testimony on Willingham fire investigation
BY JORDAN SMITH
Lege Land: Budget Imbalancing Act
Texas faces $4.3 billion revenue shortfall
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Lege Land: Let the Show Begin
Watson proposes longer wait between budget drafting and final vote
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
Can Ron Rein in the Fed?; and Wall Street Casino Grand Reopening
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food-o-File
A week off reveals a gastronimical glut of foodie news from Royal Blue to barbecue
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Pies and pints
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
We've got zero doubts about these Zins
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Vino Vino
New dishes share the spotlight with the unique wines at Vino Vino
Cherrywood Coffeehouse
Continuing to capitalize on Real Food promise
Papalote Taco House
Tacos, sopes, and noms, oh my!
music
The Gray Band
How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Snapshots from Free Week on Red River
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Free Week Live Shots
the Brigade, Falsetta, Set Aflame, the Blind Pets, Jesus Christ Superfly, Wild America, Tia Carrera, Eagle Claw, Pack of Wolves
Metal vs. Indie
Marmalakes, Dark Water Hymnal, Little Lo, Danny Malone
Indie Incubation
Silent Diane, Spells, Missions
Synthesizer Philosophy
Watch Out for Rockets, Black Books, Clouds Are Ghosts, Red Leaves, Lacuna Incorporated, My Education, FM Campers, Paper Shapes, the Kickback, Intimate Stranger
Free Week Speed Dating
screens
Bloody Beautiful Illusions
Alejandro Jodorowsky, surrealism's topo sangre, on Truth, Beauty, and the Internet
BY MARC SAVLOV
Size Matters
Tiny Furniture opens AFS' new Best of the Fests series
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
'Shock Corridor' and 'The Naked Kiss'
Sam Fuller had the inside scoop on American culture
Film Flam
The Austin Studios campus expands, SXSW Film adds venues and a tribute to Ain't It Cool News, and more
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye: Owning It
Oprah Winfrey expands her brand to a new network
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Blue Valentine
Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play a pair of lovers from first meet to last fight.
Country Strong
It's Nashville-on-the-rocks as Gwyneth Paltrow takes a starring turn as an alcoholic singer trying to make a comeback.
The Dilemma
Ron Howard's latest is a decidedly honest comedy-melodrama about love and friendship.
The Green Hornet
This Hornet's a cheesy and borderline-boring cream puff of a vigilante.
Rabbit Hole
In the wake of their child's death, a couple tries to claw their way back to "normal" life.
Season of the Witch
Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman play 14th century knights commanded to transport a witch believed to be the source of the Black Plague.
arts & culture
Press Forward
Two exhibitions capture printmaking's experimental drive
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Wura-Natasha Ogunji: The Epic Crossings of an Ife Head'
Finding the origin point for this Austin artist's journeys
BY ROBERT FAIRES
On the Funding Front
Eleven area artists and cultural organizations earn support for 2011 projects
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Humble Boy
With this comedic riff on Hamlet, the production's strength is in the acting
Austin Secrets
This improv show respects the sentiment and courage behind the secrets it tells
'Angie Renfro: Industry!'
Renfro's oils render empty machinery and industrial sites as things of beauty
columns
Page Two: Quotation Nation
Taking issue with citations
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Life as We Don't Know It
Our planet casts a shadow
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Taking an e-puff with Your Style Avatar as he muses about Courtney Love's catfight with an Austin designer
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Andy Campbell is God
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Texas Museum of Automotive History at Fair Park in Dallas takes visitors on a journey through 100 years of heavy metal
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Shemp, 'O Holy Night,' bathrooms vs. kitchens, and House Bill 81
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: FronteraFest Short Fringe
Hyde Park Theatre, Thursday, January 13, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
University of Texas Men's Basketball
UT hosts Sooners then Aggies
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Messi named player of the year again, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Football Watch
Go Jets!
