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Less Is Still Less
A session budgetary snapshot reflects some progress, dim prospects
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Behind the Numbers
What we talk about when we talk about budget cuts
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Fan Mail From the Flounders
The Great E-Mail Scandal ... or, Don't Hit Send!
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, March 3-10
Naked City
LEGELAND
God's Gift to Forensic Science
Will Bradley remain chair of the Forensic Science Commission?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Paving the Way for Innocence
Bills attempt to right criminal justice wrongs
BY JORDAN SMITH
Bill of the Week
Texans in space
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Redistricting: Unsavory Stew
What's on Austin's redistricting menu?
BY LEE NICHOLS
Voter ID: Train Wreck Rolling
Dems have little hope of derailment
BY LEE NICHOLS
Lege Headlines
What's up under the dome
AISD's Next Step After Exigency?
If exigency doesn't mean cuts, what does it mean?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
City Council Preview: Don't Bogart That Space
Counting down the meter minutes
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Quintana: Abused or Abuser?
Quintana denies abusing former fiancée
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Out-of-Whack Budget Whackers; and Guess Who Wants Gun Control?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Quote of the Week
food
Let the Good Times Roll
Good food to get you in the mood for Mardi Gras
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
New food ventures temper a fond farewell to the folks behind Mama Roux
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Cocktails for Mardi Gras
Laissez les bon temps rouler
BY WES MARSHALL
King Cakes
If you bite the baby, you buy the next one
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu: March 5-10
Wet your whistle and whet your appetite with a series of wine and beer tastings
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Sturgeon's Revelation
On topic with South by Southwest Music panels
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
A personal introduction to 'The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology'
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
screens
Larger Than Life
The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards
BY MARGARET MOSER
SXSW INTERACTIVE
Congratulations! You Are Now the Proud Owner of Your Future.
SXSW Interactive: An Introduction
Interactive Venue Locator
Walk in, geek out
Anonymity: Never Gonna Give You Up
Is 4chan Internet freedom's best hope?
BY MARC SAVLOV
The World Is Your Cubicle
Making it work, geography of no consideration
BY NORA ANKRUM
Long-Distance Theatre
Position of the speakers may affect the quality of their operation
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The New Evolution
Is technology providing the ladder to the next stage of human consciousness?
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Some (Re)Assembly Required
From mapping to extrapolating, recontextualizing the data we've been given
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Gaming the System
Applying the mechanics of play to the everyday
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
The Fiction Writer as Futurecaster
Charles Yu is keeping his eye on the robots
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Will Blog for Food
New stories – and problems – arise as foodie blogs proliferate
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Reporting From the Front Lines
New media in troubled lands
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
When the New Thing Is Old News Already
Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
TV Eye: That's Entertainment?
Why are we so interested in watching a TV star self-destruct?
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Adjustment Bureau
Based on a Philip K. Dick story, this multilayered romantic thriller stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.
Barney's Version
Paul Giamatti won a Golden Globe for his performance as Barney Panofsky in this film based on Mordecai Richler's 1997 novel.
Beastly
Beauty and the Beast is refashioned here for the contemporary teen set and stars I Am Number Four's Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens.
Drive Angry
Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.
Hall Pass
Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis star in this Farrelly brothers comedy about two guys given a free pass by their wives from the vows of matrimony.
Rango
Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Rango.
Tanu Weds Manu
This film is a Bollywood romance about a mismatched pair.
arts & culture
Hedda Games
Two productions take a new look at Ibsen's troubled and troubling heroine
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Remembering the dance innovator as his troupe's final tour stops in Austin
BY ANDREW LONG
Dance Repertory Theatre
A new dance is more than compelling movement; it's a life lesson for graduates
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'A Knitted Wonderland'
The cedar elms in the Blanton Museum's plaza get new spring outfits
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Chicago
Teen actors show a good grasp of Kander & Ebb's jaded Jazz Age satire
Crown Thy Good
The mood of Revel's inspired performance didn't fade with the final note
'Jules Buck Jones: Animal Again'
For Jones' latest solo show of drawings, bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
columns
Page Two: Coming Down Fast
Barreling toward SXSW 2011
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Gushing about Coco Coquette, Snap Kitchen, the New Wave Ball, and Wet, à la Your Style Avatar style
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Feathers stick together, especially queer ones.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The King Ranch outside of Kingsville welcomes visitors, but the best way to see the most storied ranch in Texas is by guided tour
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Lincoln, 'sheep-dipping,' Beaver, etc.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law: Different Options for Legal Help
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: 5X5Y: 25 Years of SXSW Music
Austin History Center, Saturday, March 5, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
UT Baseball
Pitcher Taylor Jungmann has been practically unhittable
Soccer Watch
Barcelona looks to avoid elimination in Champs League, Vancouver and Portland join MLS, and U.S. men win U-17 championship