Jana Birchum
Volume 30, Number 30
ON THE COVER:
news
New animal services chief faces up to Austin's shelter warfare
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
A few irritable speculations, from D.C. to City Hall
BY MICHAEL KING
The e-mail daisy chain grows longer ... and longer ...
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Citizens' calendar, March 24-31
Naked City
A look at fluoride, MetroRail ridership, and the City Council agenda
A proposed church development has some residents losing sleep
BY AMY SMITH
LEGELAND
Party lines prove permeable over purse strings
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Abortion be gone
BY JORDAN SMITH
Neil concedes defeat in election challenge
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One little word stalls House debate
BY LEE NICHOLS
Leonard Pitts Jr. speaks at Texas Freedom Network lobby day
BY MICHAEL KING
City takes another crack at Holly demolition
BY AMY SMITH
Newt Fakes It; and From Democracy to Plutocracy
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
A coming-out party for Texas olive oil
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
No bracket required
Gordon Ramsay scouts Texas, new chains arrive, and trailers go brick and mortar
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Spring brings farm activities for the whole family, or you could run a 10K or enjoy a Chef Showdown
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Taste what you want; buy what you need
Check out this ephemeral, semiunderground dining experience
music
AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS
The 2010-11 Austin Music Awards crown South by Southwest's Saturday night
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Chaos and creation at South by Southwest and the Monday realization that blues landmark Pinetop Perkin is gone
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW 2011 Aftershots
Reviews of SXSW headliners day by day
screens
South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon wants to try it all
BY MARC SAVLOV
America, One Square Mile at a time
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Ballroom Marfa reading series hosts Austin writer Andrew Lanham
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Cinema Club screens Bigger Than Life
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Building Hope, Attack the Block, and more
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
SXSW red carpet roundup
How to innovate TV? Maybe lose the TV.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Carla Gugino heads up this daffy film as the eponymous porn star, now retired, pregnant, and prone to self-reflection and the occasional moment of doubt.
A serial killer meets his match – and then some – in this nasty revenge drama from South Korea that's nevertheless executed with superlative style and wit.
The foggy moors are palpable, the passions less so, but this new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's oft-told story is a handsome addition to the canon.
Matthew McConaughey is the titular lawyer who lands a high-profile case after a career spent defending dirtbags.
A young Muslim college student experiences prejudice and renounces his faith, which causes his family to renounce him.
Two comic-book geeks (played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) encounter an alien (voiced by Seth Rogen) in Area 51.
arts & culture
UT students create a safe place for their classmates to make daring new stage work
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Remembering the pioneering and influential visual artist and teacher
BY ROBERT FAIRES
How four love poems shaped a suite of dances and affect the dancers themselves
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Administrative advice and legal aid for artists
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Different Stages can't surmount the deeply flawed nature of Tennessee Williams' play
Trouble Puppet's expanded take on Sinclair's novel is as grisly and graceful as ever
columns
The unexpected always happens
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Style X happened, and the throng is still wearing T-shirts and sneakers
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
The Starlight Theatre Restaurant and Bar anchors downtown Terlingua
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
A hypothesized planet, a triple-double season, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Gay Place caught some deliciously queer visuals during the Fest
BY KATE X MESSER
SXSW photo gallery
ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Sunday, March 27, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
AL champs visit Dell
BY MARK FAGAN
Women's World Cup TV schedule announced, and more
BY NICK BARBARO