St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Jason Stout
Volume 31, Number 15
features
2011 GIFT GUIDE
news
Uncontrolled Experiments
AISD says charters and single-sex academies will lift all students' boats – and attacks any research that says otherwise
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Rick Rolled
Doesn't anybody remember the Rick Perry campaign?
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: What Price Density?
Council tries to find an economic balance for dense development and its public costs
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Activate your civics calendar, Dec. 8-15
The Far View From the Water's Edge
Neighbors fear an overconstruction of mansions along Lake Austin
BY MIKE KANIN
2011 GIFT GUIDE
Politics Gift Guide: Warm the Cockles of a Special Someone's Heart
Warm the cockles of a special someone's heart
Memory Lapse?
Former district attorney doesn't remember much about prosecuting an innocent man for murder
BY JORDAN SMITH
Murder Case Marks 20th Year
Yogurt shop murder case still unsolved
BY JORDAN SMITH
From the Speaker Blotter
Here's the lineup
BY NICK BARBARO
Formula One Back in Play
Austin race regains traction but questions remain
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Exonerees Testify About Mistaken Eyewitness IDs
Police departments statewide must adopt new lineup procedures
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Missoula Speaks!
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
2011 GIFT GUIDE
Mrs. Santa's Book Bag
The best cookbook gift ideas for 2011
Blue Bell Seasonals
Blue Bell gifts us with merrymaking noms
BY MICK VANN
Edis' Chocolates
Black sea salt truffles find a home
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
Food films for you to chew on
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Meal Times: Dec. 9-14
The W Hotel celebrates its first year ... of throwing glass at pedestrians
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Bacon
It's the pigs
music
2011 GIFT GUIDE
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Killing Floor
Another blues singer's called back home: honorary Austinite Hubert Sumlin
BY MARGARET MOSER
screens
2011 GIFT GUIDE
Darkness With a Twist of Dime-Store Novel
White Whale Games brings the pulp-fiction aesthetic into the Aughties
BY ASHLEY MORENO
Lost Marbles Found
Beef & Pie doc reborn for the app age
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Curating Craigslist
Local blog culls the deals from the dreck
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
This mad, muzzle-flash burst of ultraviolence from Brazil earned the director a shot at helming Hollywood's RoboCop reboot.
Knuckle
Fight Club meets the Hatfields and McCoys in this documentary about the bare-knuckle bruisers of Ireland.
New Year's Eve
Did you see Garry Marshall's last all-star movie Valentine's Day? This is the same silly claptrap, just a different holiday.
Project Nim
The story of a science experiment in which a chimpanzee was raised as a human child is recounted in this heartbreaking documentary.
Tomboy
In this French film a 10-year-old girl moves into a new neighborhood and pretends to be a boy because, well, it seems like boys just have more fun.
arts & culture
Mapping Time
El Anatsui charts the geography of Africa from then to now
BY ROBERT FAIRES
All Over Creation: First Flight
The thrill of seeing a young artist take that great leap forward creatively
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Kirk Lynn
For he's a jolly good fellow
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Awards
A fall harvest of theatre, dance, and architecture prizes
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Burn This
An innovative use of space marks 7 Towers Theatre Company's debut
FlashDance, but Flashier: 30 More Dances in 60 Minutes
These microdances had beginnings, middles, and ends, and also heart
'Holiday Group Show'
Among the many reasons to see this show: Randall Reid's evocative sign collages
columns
After a Fashion
Black Fridays are holiday hell in a handbasket! What's next – Chihuahuas in the manger?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Vagina
At last, a place for your… you know…
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
A large collection of nutcrackers and pecan treats can be found at the Pape Pecan House
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Climate change, tuition, drunken driving, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Cherrywood Art Fair 10th Anniversary
Maplewood Elementary School, Saturday, December 10, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Stars Face Checkers and Barons
Last-place Texas hopes to gain some ground in the standings
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
World Player of the Year nominees announced, and more
