Volume 30, Number 40
ON THE COVER:
features
QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable
BY KATE X MESSER
news
Tovo and Shade lay out their differences for the Chronicle and the voters
BY WELLS DUNBAR AND MICHAEL KING
Place 3 run-off, June 18
Latest gerrymander reflects Capitol contempt for capital
BY MICHAEL KING
Council fumbles the master plan
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Naked City
Citizens' calendar, June 2-8
Graves sues for compensation for time spent behind bars
BY JORDAN SMITH
APD needs to close 'gaps in use-of-force reports'
BY JORDAN SMITH
LEGELAND
The Legislature doesn't quite end
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Schools and public health funding left hanging
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Newest congressional district map would force Doggett to move – again
BY LEE NICHOLS
Lege mandates busting union contracts at Cap Metro
BY LEE NICHOLS
Lege anti-abortion crusade will devastate basic health care
BY JORDAN SMITH
BY AMY SMITH
A Morally Untenable Corporate System; and Signing Off on Less Political Corruption
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Austin's artisanal food makers bring home the bacon, perhaps
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
IACP conference brings 1,000 more foodies to town
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Enjoy June 4-7 with wine tastings, booksignings, or a trip to the farm
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
He's always eager to share the South's traditions of food and hospitality
BY MM PACK
music
Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!
White Denim powers up on the road, Chaos in Tejas keeps home fires burning, and more
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Steady Eye Shaky Bow
Sweet Tooth
Kinetic
Chasing the Voodoo Down: Live at the Cactus Cafe
Heirloom Music
TightRope
Sum of All
D
Duct Tape Messiah: Soundtrack From the Documentary Film
Freakers on the Spazmonaut Train, Evil Eye EP, The Colors and the Kill, Waldo Wittenmyer, Baby Acid Trips
The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964)
screens
Joe Swanberg's prolific, provocative career
BY MARC SAVLOV
AFS Essential Cinema highlights filmmakers far from home
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
Shock and awe: Reassessing Clouzot's classic thriller
Reflecting on the Gospel of Oprah
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Activist Turk Pipkin's documentary looks at the process of building of a secondary school in Mahiga, Kenya.
A powerful and eloquent anti-war drama, this French-Canadian film unites the personal with the political in a stunning manner.
In this animated film, a bold lamb and his friends in a Bethlehem stable try to avoid the sacrificial altar during the week preceding Christ's crucifixion.
This Hindi romantic comedy concerns the downfall of an eternal bachelor.
Terrence Malick's latest film bursts with unbridled ambition and vision, and while it doesn't always reach the heights for which it aims, it soars boldly and fearlessly.
arts & culture
The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Seattle performer on making an astronaut love triangle into a solo musical
BY ROBERT FAIRES
How a Canadian actor's low-tech love song to Star Wars conquered the cosmos
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The show has the makings of quite a spectacle if the cast can keep the top on
The flashy modern setting takes priority over Shakespeare's text in this update
This strong program of independent dance deserved to be seen by more people
columns
The devastating illumination of Terrence Malick's new film
BY LOUIS BLACK
Film noir is a cinema of failure
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Stephen may march to a different drummer's beat, but now he 'gets' Memorial Day
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Everything in Houston's Chinatown is centered around food
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Getting your food trailer business rolling
BY LUKE ELLIS
Lewis Carroll, caraway seeds, Geronimo, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Butler Park Pitch & Putt, Friday, June 3, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
UT hosts Bobcats and more
BY MARK FAGAN
Barcelona dominates Man U in Champions League final, and more
BY NICK BARBARO