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The Action's in Place 3
Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested
BY WELLS DUNBAR
'Chronicle' Endorsements
May 14 City Council elections
Point Austin: Hiding in Plain Sight
Here's your lecture on voting: Vote.
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Tall and Short Stacks of Money
The biggest chunk of change is fueling Place 3 race
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Naked City
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, April 29-May 5
Doing the Electric Slide
Electric cab item pulled from council agenda
BY LEE NICHOLS
Forum or Against 'Em
You don't even have to leave your couch for the enviro forum
City Budget Meetings
This week's opportunities to weigh in
Spring Council Elections
Highs and lows by decade
BY NORA ANKRUM
AISD: Tax Relief vs. Teacher Relief
AISD board hears testimony on historic property tax exemptions
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LEGELAND
Follow That Bill
Tracking the Travis delegation through the 82nd Lege
Bill of the Week
Proclamation for Days of Prayer for Rain in Texas
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Music to Your Beers
Microbrewer bill passes House
BY LEE NICHOLS
Puppy Love at the Lege
BY JORDAN SMITH
Will Holly Pass Muster at Council?
Council to consider controversial bid proposal
BY AMY SMITH
Reefer Madness: Drug Court: No Silver Bullet
If drug court isn't the answer, what is?
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Bugs Benedict? Bee Stroganoff?; and Tea Party Toys With Consumer Protection
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Beer Flights
Austin says good-bye to a master brewer
BY LEE NICHOLS
Food-o-File
Rooting for the home team in the U.S. Barista Championship Brewers Cup, and more tasty news bites
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
For April 30-May 5, enjoy the power of Parmesan and a few twists for Cinco de Mayo
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Chameleon Cold-Brew
Java fiends produce a newer, cooler cup of coffee
Pho Dan
If it's good enough for Vietnamese grannies, it's probably really good
Violet Crown Cinema
This might make us forget the Alamo ... Drafthouse, that is
music
Arch Support
Foot Patrol's TJ Wade might just know the meaning of 'toe jam football'
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
Scouting reports on Austin Psych Fest and Reckless Kelly's Celebrity Softball Jam
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Explosions in the Sky
Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Steve Earle
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
Meat Puppets
Lollipop
Loves It!
Yay!
Tia Carrera
Cosmic Priestess
Gregg Rolie
Five Days
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis (featuring Norah Jones)
Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles
The Wagoneers
The Essential Wagoneers
The Drakes
Nighttime Problems
Brian Hudson
Into the Black
Medicine Park
Pope of Fools
Trey Brown & Mission Dorado
Trey Brown & Mission Dorado
Not in the Face
Bikini
screens
A New Night-out Option
The Violet Crown Cinema brings the arthouse ethos to Downtown
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Fear Knows No Limits
Steve Niles' cross-platform experiments in terror
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Screens Reviews
Film Flam
The Cannes Do Edition
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
Mustering enthusiasm for the wedding that has gripped the world
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
African Cats
Lions and cheetahs in the African savanna look lovely onscreen but are imbued with human emotions.
Certified Copy
Juliette Binoche stars in this romantic drama about the value of originality by Abbas Kiarostami.
Circo
A family-run circus that travels the back roads of Mexico is the subject of this documentary which explores the universal theme of filial loyalty.
In a Better World
This Danish import by Susanne Bier deservedly won this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Bone-pulverizing kickassery trumps plot in this Donnie Yen martial-arts film directed by Andrew Lau.
Prom
Friday Night Lights' Aimee Teegarden stars in this tween wish-fulfillment movie.
Rammbock: Berlin Undead
This wackily despairing horror film from Germany is chock-full o' blood and guts.
Super
Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page star in this tonally odd superhero spoof that veers between cartoonish stylings and gruesome violence.
13 Assassins
The prolific Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike takes a turn toward the truly epic with this classically styled samurai picture.
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
Madea is tasked once again with fixing a broken family.
Water for Elephants
Based on a bestselling novel, this 1930s-set film stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, and Christoph Waltz.
arts & culture
Ann, Taylor-made
A stage tribute to Ann Richards becomes Ms. Holland's opus
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Chamber Music Center Performathon
Hundreds of chamber musicians fill Dell Hall with nine full hours of classical sounds
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Creative Alliance
After a decade of leading the arts service organization, Latifah Taormina retires
BY ROBERT FAIRES
First Night Austin
The organization behind the New Year's Eve arts celebration says the party's over
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
'The Sultans Played Creole'
Champion's new group show hasn't the grandeur or vision of its previous exhibits
I've Never Been So Happy
The Rude Mechs' musical tall tale leads to a song that leaves your jaw on the floor
This Spring of Love
Treating Shakespeare as a high school musical comedy leads to much fun at City Theatre
columns
Oops!
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar treads lightly on the UT apparel design program and carries a big measuring tape ...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
What doesn’t our GP krewe do?
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Capt. Day Trips takes the controls of a four-seater plane
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Strangers as friends, the first nachos, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Lysts on the Lake Lone Star Open Joust
Village of Castleton, Friday, April 29, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam
Balls, beers, and bands
Soccer Watch
Barcelona and Man U continue their winning ways, and more
