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The Reluctant Celebrity
When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it’s time to head back home to Austin
Barrera Killer Dead?
APD says New Year’s Day attacker may be dead
Long Fringe Review: ‘The Crapstall Street Boys’
A dark, sad tale and a new direction for Trouble Puppet
Schlagobers and Blood!
In which your reporter hies himself to … the opera?
Long Fringe Review: ‘The Alien Baby Play’
Goofy, quirky entertainment as we wait for baby to be born.
Let’s Do Lunch at Garrido’s
Chef David Garrido threw a little something together for some friends.
The Answer is … Geek Bowl VI!
Ah, what is “A Night of Competitive Trivia & Brewskis,” Alex?
Mark Strand on UT Campus Tonight
Former poet laureate first in MCW spring reading series
The Fabric of Reality (TV)?
Put this in your sewing machine and stitch it
Beetsolonely’s Top 40 of 2011
Forty songs to remember 2011 by
Harlem Globetrotters at the Frank Erwin Center
Derek reminds us why we should all love the Harlem Globetrotters
The Good and Bad of the Rain
Roads closed, power returning after last night’s storms
Easy Tiger
Easy Tiger Bake Shop
FronteraFest B.O.?
We’re not talking about greasepaint and patchouli oil, friend
Kitchen Nightmares
Kitchen Nightmares segment about Austin’s El Greco
Radio Radio
‘Early ’70s Radio’ author Kim Simpson at Book People tonight
Face Off Recap: Boys, Girls and the Drowned Man
Catch up on Austin’s Matt Valentine on the SyFy show
Not In the Face!
Paper Cuts, January 24, 2012 at the Palm Door
Hisingen Blues
One last question & answer with Graveyard
Tuesday News Gay: January 24
Droppin’ a deuce with Dan…
Austin and the Academy
‘Tree of Life,’ ‘Bullhead’ score Oscar nominations
Ben Marcus at BookPeople
He reads from The Flame Alphabet Tuesday night
Are the Horns Tourney Bound?
Steep hill to climb
Good Music, Good Himes
Texas engineer Chet Himes talks about Christopher Cross
Architects of Air in Austin
Impressions from the touring inflatable structures
Bedside Manner: The Never-Ending Battle
Fighting for truth, justice, and fewer books beside the bed
Jonathan Toubin Released from Hospital
Onetime Austin rocker turned NYC DJ recovering
Don Swaynos, Superhero
Trailer for new feature arrives online
Back Home for the First Time
The Scots of ‘Long Gone Lonesome’ ring Texas true
Utter ‘Bullhead’
Drafthouse Films ‘Bullhead’ is shortlisted for Oscar
SCOTUS: Back to the Redistricting Drawing Board
State, local politicians respond to latest shifts on the maps
Who Killed Tupac?
And why should you, after all this time, care?
Top Chef Texas, Week 11: Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?
Charlize Theron is such a queen.
Luxury Industry
Introducing a new head for business: Internal Affairs
The Toasters TONIGHT at Antone’s
Andrew’s pick for Friday!
Gordon Ramsay’s Reign of Terror, Local Edition
‘Kitchen Nightmares’ El Greco ep airs tonight
Etta James RIP
The voice of Chess Records makes its last move
Arts Review
The music made by the ASO and its guest pianist too often sounded disconnected
Gay Place
Welcome home, Jimmy and Ceci
Soccer Watch
Theo Zwanziger, president of the German soccer federation, has called on gay soccer players “to have the courage to declare themselves,” the Huffington Post reports. German national team captain Philipp Lahm replied in an interview with Fr-Online.de that it wasn’t so easy for players to declare their homosexuality to teammates, though he acknowledged times had…
Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott’s Road to the Stars
This film is a behind-the-scenes document of Richard Garriott’s quest to be the first second-generation astronaut in space and the actual journey.
Arts Review
Three very different takes on portraiture provide three reasons to see this exhibit
D.A. Face-Off
Charlie Baird vs. Rosemary Lehmberg
Prevailing Wage Doesn’t Always Prevail
Carpenters union says workers are getting stiffed on state project
South-of-the-Border Speculation
Three Messages and a Warning presents a broad swath of Mexican SF
A Quarrel With the Status Quo
Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.
Page Two: Lost Horizon
A journey both medical and existential
Texas Platters
White Denim Hotel Vegas, Jan. 13 Unlucky only in that East Sixth Street’s intimate new dive accommodates less than 175 revelers, White Denim’s Friday the 13th sellout at Hotel Vegas might have proved the local show of 2012 already. If the exhilarating local quartet had played a seven-night stand there, two sets without an opener…
Fairness, Consistency, Safety
Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record
Council Hears From Two Sides of EUC
The 4-3 Electric Utility Commission airs pros and cons of rate increase
Texas Platters
White Ghost Shivers Nobody Loves You Like We Do Be forewarned those of respectably sensible and genteel character: Austin’s White Ghost Shivers are not to be trusted. The local septet may seem unassuming, but as always they prove to be such duplicitous masters of the double entendre that little can avoid the taint of perceived…
Oops
In last week’s “Free Week Live Shots” (Jan. 13), Kevin Curtin’s first Chronicle byline was misspelled in his review of Girl in a Coma. Big apologies. His upcoming Smashing Pumpkins review won’t feature the same mistake.
Texas Platters
The Little Willies For the Good Times (Milking Bull/EMI) What began as a one-off excuse for Norah Jones and four of her friends to play some country music at a dive on New York City’s Lower East Side now has a second act. For the Good Times follows the same template forged with a self-titled…
A Watery Grave Narrowly Avoided
35mm prints of lost HK actioners unspool in the Alamo’s Asian Invasion series
Arena Case Meets the Supremes
Will the Supremes find innocence sufficient for vindication?
Texas Platters
The Preservation Two Sisters Despite playing dusty bluegrass suited for Deadwood, the Weary Boys were still somehow ahead of their time. The local ramblers called it quits years before Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers brought a modern railroad revival to the masses. After two solo albums, the Preservation’s Two Sisters marks the welcome…
The Jumping-Off Point
Kat Candler continues her chronicles of youthful frenzy in ‘Hellion’
A Brighter Day for Martin Ezell
A bit of good news on the sex offender registry beat
Texas Platters
The Pons The Blackest Shine The Pons’ sophomore LP strikes as a gallant effort to try to hold things together, channeling self-destructive impulses into something creative and constructive. The black-eyed portraits quilting the back cover signal as much, a collage evoking both amusement and horror in its causal ambiguity. Yet the local trio can’t quite…
Film Flam
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Can Austin Get Its Arms Around ESDs?
Austin Fire Department and ESD 6 negotiating possible merger
Texas Platters
Townes Van Zandt insight or zippity doo-dah?
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Of course the British have an Egg Information Service
Another Charge of Negligence at APD’s Crime Lab
A former employee of the Austin Police Department crime lab has filed a formal complaint with Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, alleging irregularities in drug testing procedures – including that at times reports have been issued before any actual forensic drug analysis has been done. “I believe that scientific evidence should be accurate and…
To Serve Man
Briggo: an Austin company at the crossroads of taste, technology, and social interaction
Point Austin: Continuity or Change
The race for district attorney offers Democratic voters a clear choice
Ultrasound Law Takes Effect
Court gives green light during appeal of anti-abortion law
Restaurant Review
Big flavors from the World’s Smallest Food Truck
Quote of the Week
“I think Turkey has got to decide whether they want to be a country that projects those Western values that America is all about.” – Gov. Rick Perry, defending his debate comments calling Turkey a nation controlled by “Islamic terrorists”
No Short-Term Ordinance
Council delays final action on the short-term rental conundrum
Food Review
Texas grocery chain unleashes a new concept in Austin
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro
Club turnover has come due – embrace it
The Hightower Report
Shhh, people, Mitt’s trying to think
Wine of the Week: Zinfandels for the 99%
Affordable Zinfandels that can stand up to a slice of pizza
Headlines
› City Council is off this week, with the next meeting set for Jan. 26, when it will consider zoning changes sought by the Hanover Co. for an upscale multifamily development on South Lamar, on what is still a sketchy draft agenda. › After a mammoth Jan. 12 public hearing on Austin Energy’s proposed rate…
The Luv Doc: What Next: Truck Taint?
Dear Luvdoc, My husband recently got himself a pair of metallic truck nuts and hung them on the back of his Silverado. I have to say a line’s been crossed. How do I break it to him gently, Luvdoc, that I don’t want to be driving around in any vehicle that’s got a pair of…
‘Long Gone Lonesome’
A new play tells the true story of a Scottish fisherman who was also a great country singer
Food Events
Show ’em how you shake it at the San Antonio Cocktail Conference
Then There’s This… : Austin’s Never-Ending Story
Deadline reporting on the city of reinvention
Vettai
Vettai 2012, NR, 168 min. Directed by N. Linguswamy, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Arya, R. Madhavan, Sameera Reddy. Not reviewed at press time. Tamil-language film about two brothers who fight back against the local mafia.
All Over Creation: Re: Views
What makes a review a review?
Food-o-File
Peace Through Pie – and beer
Civics 101
Thursday 19 SOUND PERMIT Q&A The music community and city departments team up and host this open house dedicated to answering questions about the recent changes to sound permitting during SXSW. 5-8pm. Historic ACL Studio, 2504 Whitis. Free. CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE MEETING Double the fun with discussion on single-member districts. 6:30pm. The Lord’s Church of…
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 2012, PG-13, 129 min. Directed by Stephen Daldry, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Caldwell. Ten years on, and attempts to dramatize 9/11 are still a sticky wicket. This adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestselling…
Arts Review
The show’s brief monologues work like pop songs, conveying universal feelings in condensed form
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar finds some help shaping up and a cache of Gaultier gold
Day Trips
Bill’s Records has been a dynamic part of the retail record industry for 31 years
Haywire
A technically exemplary but otherwise unremarkable piece of fisticuffs filmmaking.
