news
What Happens Next?
As D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg serves her sentence, the county attorney takes on the civil lawsuit and the next steps
BY JORDAN SMITH
The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
May 11 AISD Bond Election
Point Austin: The Cartoon Governor
Willful official negligence destroyed a small Texas town
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Housing Bond Back on Ballot?
After voters' rejection in 2012, November may bring another try
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Civics 101
AISD Bonds: Moving Parts
Half a percent of registered voters cast ballots on first day of early voting
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Council Preview: The Budget ... and Everything Else
After a daylong budget work session, the Council still have a lot to take on
BY MICHAEL KING
TAVP: Trying to Heal After Violence
Project hopes to broaden concept of justice
BY JORDAN SMITH
Keeping the Faith
Lesbian couple seeks ordination
BY BRANDON WATSON
Wimberley Water Wars
Community activists protest Needmore Ranch development
BY RUSTY MIDDLETON
Death Watch
No place for mitigation
BY JORDAN SMITH
Lege Lines
The Lege looks at campus guns, the Rainy Day Fund, and the West explosion
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
The irony in Bush's dandy new library
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Veni, Vidi, Vici at Vaca y Vino
Multitasking hospitality pros tackle a 1,000-pound steer at benefit event
BY MICK VANN
Food-O-File
We picked up lots of newsy tidbits at last weekend's Austin Food & Wine Festival
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
May 2-9
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
Friulano from northeastern Italy
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Frank and Angie's, Now and Forever
Superior pizza served with Rat Pack panache
The Steeping Room (Rosedale)
Pinkies up! The Steeping Room brings its delectable teas and tea sandwiches to Rosedale.
music
The Unknown Soldier
Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Playback: Conjunto Los Pinkys
Jim Morrison plays Conjunto (Los Pinkys) at a Full Service Circus and other strange days
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
screens
He Makes What He Loves and Then They Consume It
YouTube phenom Jon Cozart is more than just Ariel/Belle/Jasmine/Pocahontas
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
King of the Hill
It's lights, camera, action for the Hill Country Film Festival
BY JESSI CAPE
Come Into Focus
Semester's final Focus Group screening features Jonas Mekas
BY MATTHEW IRWIN
Film Reviews
The Angels' Share
Scottish social-realist director Ken Loach is back with a new movie about young delinquents and a whisky-distillery heist.
The Big Wedding
In this wedding comedy, a bridegroom’s bitterly divorced parents (De Niro and Keaton) must pretend they’re still married to appease his Catholic birth mother.
Blancanieves
A period piece about two generations of matadors is fused with the Snow White fairy tale in this black-and-white Spanish charmer.
Iron Man 3
It's more of the same, but the same is pretty good.
No Place on Earth
A spelunker in the Ukraine turns amateur sleeuth as he tries to make sense of the remnants he finds in a cave: They were left by Jews who hid there from the Nazis.
Trash Dance
The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.
arts & culture
Studio Practice
Canopy tenants love the Eastside artist studio complex, even if they aren't from the Eastside ... or artists
BY MATTHEW IRWIN
West Austin Studio Tour
Another weekend in which to go WEST, young man
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Free Comic Book Day 2013
The 11th giveaway of four-color fun runs the gamut from 'Archie' to 'The Walking Dead'
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Arts Hall of Fame: Class of 2013
The Austin Critics Table has honored five more pioneers in the Austin arts community
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Noises Off
Austin Playhouse stages this chaotic, ridiculous backstage farce with precision and fun
Good People
In wrestling valiantly with David Lindsay-Abaire's tough play, the artists of Different Stages prove themselves good people
Faust
Austin Lyric Opera closed its season with a haunting and powerful production of Gounod's devilish work
columns
Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 2
Laws arbitrarily enforced (or not enforced) according to the whims of the authorities are no longer laws
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion: Dear Francis
A DJ saved my life ...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
From Outerspaces to Deep Inside, this is the week that is... gay
BY KATE X MESSER
Oops!
Day Trips
Little cafe in Winnie has big flavor
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: A Certain Lack of Sophistication
Even the most vigilant grammarian is prone to the occasional slipup
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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