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Chasing Amy
Painting lamps, chasing elephants, and singing with Alejandro Escovedo: Amy Cook jumps into the pool
Stitch Sewing Lab: Spring/Summer Classes Filling Up
A peek at the schedule has us dreaming of cotton fabric and stencils
Four Teams to Watch
in the NFL draft
The Lineup
Recommended music for the week of April 15-22
Animal Magic
Bonobo makes a rare appearance in the wild
Who’s in the House?
Quick hits on the House run-offs around the state
The Daily Hustle: 4/15/10
Hooray for council-free Thursdays
Derby in Anchorage
WFTDA announces latest expansion of apprentice program
There Better Be Butterbeer on Tap
Gettin’ quizzy with Harry Potter
BBQ and Bluebonnets
Old Settler’s Music Festival escapes its pigeonhole
‘I Apologize, Austin. Shit. Sorry.’
Spike Jonze mistakes Austin for Portland; otherwise, he wows the crowd at his talk on the UT campus
The Shape of Jazz to Come
The Ornette Coleman Quartet is coming to the Bass Concert Hall
The Daily Hustle: 4/14/10
Gotta get over the hump
Lawyer Up, Musicians
Local attorney gives advice on how to avoid a pot conviction
Run-offs: Local Election Results
Sage defeats Montford, Workman beats Turner
Early Election Results: Rebuke to the Religious Right?
Green, Russell behind in respective races
The Daily Hustle: 4/13/10
Parks & Rec, B&Cs catch wreck
Election Day Slam
GOP House races go negative (again) before today’s run-offs
Family Connections Nonprofit to Close Doors Amid Scandal
Former executive director wanted on criminal charges
Twisting the Blues
Rick Estrin’s working on his Nightcats
A Delicate Fucking Flower
Susan Tyrrell’s the baddest bitch
Where’s the Wine?
An interactive map of licensed Texas wineries as of April, 2010
The Daily Hustle: 4/12/10
Board and commission round-up
Parsing the Cactus Proposals
What exactly is on the table for the legendary venue?
Toros Home Playoff Game Saturday Night
Another Sunday if necessary
The Wild, Wild World of Susan Tyrrell
Forbidden Zone director at the Alamo on Sunday
“Since Reagan Was President”
Rhythm Rats top Outhouse reunion
Dead Club Crawl
A video tour of Austin’s lost videos with a modern soundtrack
This Week’s Waste of Time
A free browser game for the uninitiated
Last House on the Left
The Outhouse gets cleaned up
The Daily Hustle: 4/9/10 (Updated)
Something fishy with Fire Dept recruiting?
What About Our Snaps?
Previewing the 2010 Austin International Poetry Festival
The Hightower Report
Saving Banks From Themselves; and Fed Up With Fed Secrets
Carole vs. Climate Plan
New ‘nonpartisan’ group vs. AE generation plan
Back to the Future
At Sunday’s East Austin Urban Farm Tour, you can experience a taste of Austin’s past, the present, and an invaluable element in our future
TV Eye
Jamie Oliver takes on the American diet … but is he pointing his finger in the wrong direction?
Reefer Madness: Austin Is ‘Command Center’ for Drug Trafficking
City could draw federal dollars with new designation
Back to the Future
Boggy Creek Farm 3414 Lyons, 926-4650 www.boggycreekfarm.com When Carol Ann Sayle and Larry Butler bought Boggy Creek Farm in 1992, they had never farmed commercially, but neither were they new to agriculture. Though they lived in Austin, they had purchased a small farm in Milam County 10 years earlier, in 1981. “We wanted to grow…
Record Review
Amy Cook Let the Light In (Root House) Thankfully the Central Texas drought has passed, because a cold shower’s in order after airing out Let the Light In. Passions run deep on Amy Cook’s fifth LP. In a smoky voice just short of a rasp, yet capable of hitting that magic girlie note, Cook dresses…
Letters at 3AM: ‘O’ Is for Oligarchy
‘Oligarchy’ is a big, bad word that defines the country we still call a republic
SBOE Run-Off
The ‘common sense conservative’ comes under fire from both sides
Back to the Future
Rain Lily Farm 914 Shady, 386-7633 www.rainlilydesign.com/pages/farm Rain Lily Farm is located just a few blocks from Boggy Creek Farm, sharing the same rich alluvial soil deposited by centuries of flooding on the Colorado River. The farm itself is shaped like a very long, thin triangle, bordered on one side by the ill-conceived concrete drainage…
Texas Platters
Harlem Hippies (Matador) Go ahead and judge Harlem’s Hippies by its cover. Two models are dolled up and disguised as the local trio’s co-founders, Curtis O’Mara and Michael Coomer, in a barren garage or living room. The Tucson transplants are the slacker antithesis of Lennon/McCartney, occasionally out of tune but never out of sync. O’Mara/Coomer…
Day Trips
Orion Knox’s life was changed when he became the first human to view the incredible rock formations of Natural Bridge Caverns
No Tase Limit for Granny
According to Lehmberg, it may have been Granny’s own damn fault
Back to the Future
Springdale Farm 755 Springdale, 386-8899 www.springdalefarmaustin.com In 1992, Glenn and Paula Foore took advantage of a city of Austin development initiative designed to encourage small business expansion in East Austin. Through that program they purchased 4.83 acres in the 700 block of Springdale Road as the home for their landscaping and lawn maintenance company, Texas…
Texas Platters
Mother Falcon Still Life Credited with 15 members on this debut five-song outing, including four violins and three cellos, Mother Falcon has risen to the forefront of the local youth movement with good reason, the generation of hand X-ers delivering richly ensembled pop that proves enveloping and dynamic. Multi-instrumentalist Nick Gregg leads the formation with…
Gay Place
There’s still time to queer the census while wearing tube socks
‘Intrigue’ Visits Local Census Effort
Data on homeless count remains a mystery until next year
Back to the Future
HausBar Farm 3300 Govalle, 476-5858 (Eastside Cafe) hausbaraustin@gmail.com; www.hausbarfarms.com Dorsey Barger doesn’t do things halfway. When the co-owner of Eastside Cafe began buying wine for the restaurant, she read and studied, attended tastings and seminars, traveled to California to work the crush at vineyards, all the while building strong relationships with winemakers from around the…
Texas Platters
Carrie Rodriguez Love and Circumstance (Ninth Street Opus) Love and Circumstance – the title sounding suspiciously like the retort to a Dylan disc – is a canny move for Carrie Rodriguez’s third trip down the studio aisle. It positions her as a country darling in the comfort of covers pulled up tightly around her chin,…
Off the Record
Getting the runaround from UT administration
Regional Planning
Lack of county coordination inhibits regional planning
Back to the Future
East Austin Urban Farm Tour Sunday, April 11, 1-5pm Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door; buy them at Boggy Creek Farm, Eastside Cafe, or www.farmhousedelivery.com. Proceeds benefit the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (www.farmandranchfreedom.org), a nonprofit that speaks out about issues of importance to small farmers and ranchers. In addition to…
Texas Platters
Ralph White’s latest, The Mongrel’s Hoard (Monofonus), proves yet again you can stretch the limits of Americana if you’re resourceful enough. The onetime Bad Liver’s approach to writing and performing has always been workmanlike, and with banjo, kalimba, accordion, and fiddle, he makes good use of decades of material. The one original tune, “Western Country,”…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Harpo at the Rancho, and more
Soccer Watch
Opening day for the Austin Aztex, and more
Honor Roll
Behind the new stunner of a short from Austin film mainstay Steve Mims
Texas Platters
Local country releases have been cropping up recently like this year’s bounty of bluebonnets by the roadside, and not a thundercloud in sight. No question that Micky & the Motorcars know their audience: the 2-CD/1-DVD Live at Billy Bob’s Texas captures their fine, dance-floor Americana balanced by good taste in covers (Warren Zevon’s “Lawyers, Guns…
Oops!
UT football survives (Cactus still on chopping block)
Aztex Make House Park Home
The Austin Aztex make House Park home, a 2010 primer
Shalom, Y’all
Previewing the Austin Jewish Film Festival
We’re 49th! … Or Just Seventh of 10
Union and Austin ISD argue over teacher pay – and what to do about it
The ‘Chronicle’ Endorsements
April 13 primary run-offs
LXM Pro
The LXM Pro tour mixes lacrosse and live music for an afternoon of fun
Exploitation’s Glass Ceiling
Feminist filmmaker Stephanie Rothman on her short but brilliant run making B-movies
‘floodlines’
After seven years, Jaclyn Pryor draws the curtain on her annual performance
Point Austin: Taking Fire
Did you happen to vote for dictatorial rule?
Katrina’s Collateral Damage (Think Four-Legged and Furry)
AFS Documentary Tour presents Mine
City Arts Funding
A new clash over what arts groups are legally entitled to bed tax funds
City Hall Hustle: Bam! Pow! Crash! Holy Reactivated Permit, Batman!
Controversies real, invented, and in between
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?
Reuniting the same couples from his 2007 film, Perry explores the next chapter in the lives of these old friends.
Adventures in Iberia
The latest AFS Essential Cinema profiles contemporary Portuguese cinema
Local Investment Fuels Expansion at Johnson’s Backyard Garden
Local investment fuels expansion at local garden
Headlines
� City Council takes up several contentious issues today (Thursday, April 8): requiring disclaimers at so-called “crisis pregnancy centers,” allowing for the reactivation of dormant building permits, and a $280,00 contract (with optional extensions) for a North Carolina group to lead minority recruitment outreach at the Austin Fire Department. See “City Hall Hustle.” � City…
Date Night
Steve Carell and Tina Fey star as a married couple in this wan comedy that tones down their edge for popular consumption.
Arts Review
Tears await you in UT’s current staging of the Thornton Wilder classic
Slow Money in Action in Austin
Promoting ‘capital opportunities for local, organic, and sustainable food enterprises throughout Central Texas’
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Ca$h
A suitcase full of loot that falls into the wrong (or maybe right?) hands.
Arts Review
An ironic modern spin on Oedipus’ tragedy, as seen through his wife’s eyes
Event Menu
Pigs and produce make for perfect springtime foodie events
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, April 8-15
Prince
Following a heist in this Bollywood film, one of the savviest thieves in the world remembers nothing about his life or where he has hidden the loot.
Arts Review
The Wildflower Center has artworks on view worthy of a visit in their own right
Food-o-File
Fighting obesity one seed packet at a time
Making ‘Pregnancy Centers’ Tell the Truth
Proposed ordinance would require CPCs to provide full disclosure
The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond
Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.
But Is It Art?
Austin Kleon gets creative with poetry in his new collection, Newspaper Blackout
After a Fashion
The photo in this week’s column isn’t NSFW, especially if you work at Anchovies or Midtowne Spa
Bump in the Road for Bike Boulevard
City switches gears on Nueces bicycle plan
Luv Doc Recommends: The Austin Outhouse Reunion
You’ve probably heard the old folk tales about the days when Austin was dirt cheap, scruffy, and unpretentious. They’re mostly lies. Yes, it’s true that back in the day you used to be able to buy a six-pack of Texas Pride for $1.25 at the H-E-B … and yes, the Whip In convenience store on…
