Trent Lesikar
Volume 31, Number 47
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news
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
It's Sadler vs. Yarbrough and Dewhurst vs. Cruz in this month's primary run-offs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
How did this retired school teacher end up in a Democratic run-off?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
In the downballot races, the GOP has more to consider
BY MICHAEL KING
Conservative Jeff Wentworth not far right enough for a GOP primary
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
BY THE 'CHRONICLE' NEWS STAFF
It costs real money to build a great city
BY MICHAEL KING
City officials planning for the worst, hoping for the best
BY AMY SMITH
Officials return from England with a series of race plans
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Marcus Druery says he's been hearing voices and echoes for years
BY JORDAN SMITH
To lift the ban is to encourage the overbreeding of horses, witnesses testified
BY JORDAN SMITH
AISD contractors mowed down Martin Middle School's wildlife habitat
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Feel like being lied to or deceived today?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Hill Top Cafe dishes up down-home fare with authentic Texas origins
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Esteemed winemaker pays tribute to his grandfather
BY WES MARSHALL
Dinner and beer pairings, Slow Food, and hipsters celebrate the East Side Show Room
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Benefit aids Dai Due sous chef in wake of tragedy
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Duck eggs superior in nutrition and flavor
music
Blues ain't just Greek to Johnny Nicholas
BY MARGARET MOSER
Lovejoys gets priced off of Sixth Street, Swan Dive pulls back from live music, and the Blind Pets plot their own fundraising scheme.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Bloom, The Tarnished Gold
The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Ghost of Browder Holler
The Lumineers
Oceania
Channel Orange
That's Why God Made the Radio
screens
Austinites bloom where they're planted, and local meme-makers are here to help us laugh at ourselves
BY MELANIE HAUPT
I Luv Video celebrates 30 years with a 'Blade Runner'-themed bash
BY MARC SAVLOV
Screens Reviews
Criterion releases Jim Jarmusch's jailbird gem on Blu-ray.
Film Reviews
An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.
arts & culture
The musical is America's gift to theatre, and here's the local state of the union
BY ROBERT FAIRES
By engaging our sense of taste during a performance, Voice Dance Company blew our mind
BY ROBERT FAIRES
A snapshot of one generation at street level
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Theatre proves a most relevant medium for addressing issues about video game culture
The interesting drama of a latter-day Woyzeck suffers from lack of experience among the creators
When maestro Peter Bay was truly conducting, electricity charged this dance he inspired
columns
Your Style Avatar falls for a 6'2" glamazon named Micky
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Express yourself and ya booty with so much bounce, it'll make ya flounce
The collection of photos, clothes, and trophies at the Selena Museum are a reminder of a voice silenced much too early
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
It’s the classic dichotomy: Boat or anchor; gas or brakes, branches or roots …
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Austin hosts the best flat-track roller derby squads in the nation
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Aztex head to Florida for the playoffs, and more
BY NICK BARBARO