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news
The Mayor's Race: Shea vs. Leffingwell
Conversations with the candidates
May 12 Municipal Election: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
Point Austin: The Governor's Principles
The latest Perry eruption is a characteristically lamentable mash-up of political calculation and fiscal faux conservatism
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Time Flies
Sullivan is ready to pass the torch ... preferably not to a 'gray-headed anglo'
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
Planned Parenthood Has Its Day in Court
Is banning PP from the Women's Health Program unconstitutional?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Planned Parenthood Affiliates To Merge
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas will include 26 clinics from DFW to Austin
BY JORDAN SMITH
Goodbye, Bettie
Activist and arts lover "encouraged us to be as good as we ought to be"
BY AMY SMITH
Happiness Has Got To Be Paid For
Tax troubles claim bookstore's LLC license
BY MIKE KANIN
Study: Dropout Rates for Blacks Higher in Charters
A new UT study shows black high school students in Texas are three times more likely to drop out from a charter system
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
New Courthouse? Let's Form a Committee!
"There's momentum for this project. ... Don't waste that."
BY MIKE KANIN
The Cisco Story: More Than Meets the Social Media Eye
Campaign for Cisco grows as questions arise about his owner
BY MICHAEL KING
APD Proposes Cost-Saving Measures
Magistration streamlining and in-car ticket payment would keep officers on the streets, too
BY JORDAN SMITH
One Slated, One Stayed
Rick Perry's death tally notches another this week
BY JORDAN SMITH
Education Austin Keeps Lead Status
AISD board also adds advisory council to weigh in on employee matters
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Council Meeting From Purgatory
Bring a pillow and wear your hard hat
BY MICHAEL KING
Hightower Report: Workers' Wages Lost to the Boss
A new study by Good Jobs First finds some major loopholes in withholding
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
SFC Farmers' Market East
Farm-fresh foods for East Austinites
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Midnight Cowboy
No more 'happy endings' here, unless you count the Kalamazoo Julep (and we do)
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
Updates on local businesses and a good cause
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Wine, tequila, and whiskey, oh my
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Kerbey Lane Cafe
Kerbey your enthusiasm
music
At It Again
Say Anything savant Max Bemis let goes of his alienation
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Playback
Austin Psych Fest and Old Settler's Music Fest headliners Psychograss have more in common than you might think
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Ha Ha Tonka, Steep Canyon Rangers, Wheeler Brothers, Psychograss, Amos Lee
Old Settler's Music Festival Day 1
Tony Trischka, Jason Isbell, Marshall Crenshaw, Bottle Rockets, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Greensky Bluegrass, Sarah Jarosz, Iron & Wine
Old Settler's Music Festival Day 2
screens
Texas Two-Step
Richard Linklater and Matthew McConaughey on their true-crime comedy, 'Bernie'
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Whit and Witticism
Nineties auteur Whit Stillman returns with 'Damsels in Distress'
BY LEAH CHURNER
Experimental/Experiential
Film at Fusebox Festival
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
Bernie
Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey star in Richard Linklater's latest film – an East Texas true-crime story with a comic touch.
Chimpanzee
The Planet Earth filmmakers turn their cameras on an orphaned chimp.
Damsels in Distress
Greta Gerwig stars in Whit Stillman's new film that's full of awkward artifice and – dance.
Delicacy
This French-language dramedy stars Audrey Tatou as a grieving widow who is trying to re-enter the flow of life.
Dhammu
Telugu action film.
The Five-Year Engagement
This romcom starring Emily Blunt and Jason Segel possesses something rare: rational, relatable adults.
Goon
Off-color, bloody, and hilarious, Goon is the best hockey comedy since Slap Shot.
Juan of the Dead
This zombie film from Cuba is a horror comedy that's also filled with political satire.
The Pirates!: Band of Misfits
Whether it's Pirates or Wallace and Gromit or Chicken Run, Aardman's stop-motion animation delivers the goods.
Safe
The (Jason) Stathamization of action filmmaking continues with the star's latest.
Think Like a Man
This romantic comedy is based on comedian Steve Harvey's book, "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man."
Vicky Donor
Bollywood actor John Abraham steps into the role of producer for this Indian comedy about a prolific sperm donor.
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The most expensive film ever produced in Taiwan to date, Warriors of the Rainbow is a sweeping historical epic.
arts & culture
Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival Preview
April 25-28, 2012
Fusebox Festival
Beaming down to Fusebox and charging it up are Captain Kirk and the King
BY ROBERT FAIRES
ART From the Ashes Reseeding With Creativity
A California nonprofit helps Bastrop recover by making art from fire-damaged materials
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Time Machine
This aerial adaptation of H.G. Wells is neat, and there's nothing wrong with that
Out of Ink 2012: Sound Off
Eight playwrights wrote 10-minute plays, and the audience lived happily ever after
'Out of La Romita'
Seven artists journeyed to an Italian monastery to make prints, with sumptuous results
columns
After a Fashion
Stephen loves Bettie Naylor so …
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Oops!
Day Trips
The Trinity River Audubon Center preserves a portion of what is the longest river entirely within Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place: Loss
Let someone save your life tonight, sugarbear …
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Mae West, 'lewd and risqué? Oh, please.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: The Mind-Numbing Hell of Child-Oriented Places
For aeons, child rearing was just a begrudging afterthought, and somehow humanity managed to march forward
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
ESPN Friday Night Fights
Four fighters put their undefeated records on the line
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Aztex sign new players, unveil unis, and more
