Cover Story
UT to End Football Program
Governor, Lege order budget cuts: ‘Need to tighten belts … and jockstraps’
Get the Flare Out: Carving Up Old Clothes Again
Dig out the dated flares and make skinny pants.
Heart and ALMA
Austin Latino Music Association’s annual awards ceremony
Fantastic Fest Gets Even Fantastic-er
You got video games in my film festival!
Travis County Needs Election Day Workers
Staff needed for Tuesday run-off
HD47 Finance Furor
Republican Workman attacks opponent for having student loans
The Daily Hustle: 4/8/10 (Updated)
Brutal morning, brutal afternoon at council
Rock Lotto-ers
Austin musicians press their luck
No Game Publisher? No Problem.
Old Spice, cheesy videos, iPads, and other ways to get video games to market
MetroRail’s Ridership Falls Off
Figures below Cap Met’s predictions
Mississippi: GODDAMN!
New blogger Claire goes off on the prom fracas in MS.
Invoking Ken Lay
Health care reform opponents use odd ally to deflect criticism
Emotion and Commotion
Smokin’ a few Js
Can You Spell Cactus Without KUT?
Texas Union spells out possible new direction for Cactus Cafe
The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Needs Counseling!
City Council-ing, that is!
The Daily Hustle: 4/7/10
Morrison lays down her markers
City Releases Bike Boulevard Plan
Link to maps and draft memo to council
To London, With Love
Texas Rollergirls make history and cross oceans
Veto 1 Student Government 0
Outgoing UT SG president vetoes Cactus Cafe resolution
Name That Campaign
Gov. Perry’s new slogan sounds awfully familiar
An Evening With a Gentleman: Filmmaker Silas Howard Comes to UT
Tired of Drag Race re-runs? Yeah, so am I.
The Daily Hustle: 4/6/10
Get yer council programs right here!
Drug Trafficking Gets Intense?
Feds designate Austin as high-intensity drug trafficking zone
Bike Boulevard: Dead or Great?
Cycling group spill beans (and bile) on project, city defends it
What Media Bias?
Deconstructing the latest “press hate Perry” meme
The Daily Hustle: 4/5/10
Boards and Commissions by the bucketful
Joe Lansdale’s 2011 Plans
Mucho Mojo author talks World Horror Con, Michael Moorcock, and film plans
Friendless UT
Citizen rep quits Cactus Cafe talks, blames admin bad faith
Money for Nothing
Texas gets a failing grade for its protecting against “policing for profit”
Joyeux Anniversaire, Serge Gainsbourg!
Serge’s birthday
Making ‘Pregnancy Centers’ Tell the Truth
City of Austin considering ordinance that forces CPCs to post consumer notice
The Daily Hustle: 4/2/10
Hey all you freaks!
‘Keeping Track’
Latino Comedy Project vet mixes domestic conflicts and high tech surveillance
SBOE District 10
A close contest between different shades of conservative
Rethinking Downtown Zoning
Proposed changes address sustainability, mixed uses, and urban design
Book Review
Murder City reads like a nightmare, a recurring one, and not just because of its horrific subject matter
Humana Festival of New American Plays
A report from Louisville, where Austin theatre artists stood tall
Ending Football
A chronology
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, April 1-8
‘Statesman’ Buys In Fact Daily
Austin’s daily buys online political newsletter
Book Review
While the ambition to cover the history of women’s service since World War I is noble, its delivery often overwhelms
Food-o-File
Local farmers’ markets let us know that spring has arrived
Quarterback Gilbert Transfers – Guess Where?
Garrett Gilbert played the biggest football game of his short life at last year’s BCS National Championship Rose Bowl game, replacing an injured Colt McCoy despite having thrown only a handful of balls all season. (Should Mack Brown have given Gilbert more playing time during the regular season? Probably.) The youngster’s gutsy performance in the…
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Hazing
It wasn’t gender discrimination, says Fire Department – it was hazing
No Time Like the Present
As usual, dancemaker Deborah Hay is making every moment count
After a Fashion
The Long Center celebrates two years – with Hall & Oates?!
Event Menu
Drinking wine benefits charities? Of course!
Football by the (Negative) Numbers
Welcome to the real athletics budget
City Loses Appeal in Property Case
City is considering taking the case to Texas Supreme Court
‘Beauty’ Mark
For almost 50 years, Deborah Hay has been not only a major artist in the world of American modern dance but an influential force in its development, and now scholars and dancemakers are convening on the University of Texas campus to consider her impact on the form. An Uncanny Beauty: A Celebration of Deborah Hay…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Lascivious lice, Beaver, and more
Fess Parker: In Honor of a Good Man and the Festival He Founded
The man behind the Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit
Nickels, Dimes, and Quarterbacks
UNIVERSITY SPENDING PER STUDENT Average Division I or II student athlete: $21,000 Average UT student athlete: $210,000 Average UT nonathlete: $26,000 DEBT AND LOSSES Cactus Cafe losses per year: *$33,000 Informal classes losses per year: *$53,000 Athletics program outstanding debt: $222,000,000 * Neither entity is allowed to carry any debt or reserves. ESTIMATED SAVINGS FROM…
AWU Supervisor Cleared of Discrimination Charges
Assistant director expected to return to work
The Hightower Report
How to Buy Government; and So Long, Limbaugh
Restaurant Review
Apothecary is a comfortable cafe and dynamic wine bar that, after only five months, already fits into the surrounding community
Godzillatron vs. Megacuts
Along with the changes in store for its home at Memorial Stadium, the Godzillatron at the south end zone will also be repurposed. Here are some ideas: • Traffic, weather, and Amber Alert notifications • As preparation for health insurance reform, teleconferenced medical exam between a doctor and 100,000 uninsured Texans in stands • Display…
Headlines
� U.S. census forms are due today (Thursday, April 1), but as of March 29, only 39% of Texans had returned their forms, with Travis County ranking second slowest among urban counties. “I know how the story’s going to end if we don’t turn it around,” said Travis County Constable Bruce Elfant of the potential…
Hot Tub Time Machine
Consider this comedy yet another nail in the Eighties coffin.
DVD Watch
Park Chan-wook’s masterful trilogy explores the true cost of revenge on the person who willfully engages in it
Restaurant Review
At European Bistro, even the schnitzel, sauerkraut, and spaetzle are airy, greaseless, and wholesome
Longhorn City
Libraries and social services to the rescue?
Pecan Street Project Unveils Smart Grid Solutions
Report highlights path toward clean energy future
The Last Song
Miley Cyrus steps out of her Hannah Montana comfort zone to play a rebellious teen in this Nicholas Sparks melodrama.
Witty, Pretty People
The real deal on Austin as a reality TV casting mecca
Phases & Stages
Joanna Newsom Have One on Me (Drag City) With no obvious musical precursor, California harpist Joanna Newsom was ghettoized when her debut, The Milk-Eyed Mender, washed up in the regrettable “freak folk” wave of 2004. She was anointed a hippie-dippy wood nymph with a weird voice, and “indie” crowds approached her like a rare painting…
The Texas Relays
There’s more to the Texas Relays than the afterparties
ARA Needs to Go, Groups Say
Should private developers complete what ARA failed to do?
Clash of the Titans
A messy assemblage of mythic odds and ends, Clash of the Titans takes a nosedive off Mount Olympus.
The Surreality of Reality
Sure, America’s got talent, but does Dallas have the next chicken plucker?
Phases & Stages
Charlotte Gainsbourg IRM (Elektra) For most of us, being trapped inside the casket tunnel of an MRI tube, with its starkly ominous overtones of fleshly imperfection soundtracked by what sounds like an Einstürzende Neubauten bootleg, is, at best, an unnervingly intimate meet and greet with our own mortality. At worst, it’s an elegantly orchestrated precursor…
Soccer Watch
Aztex add valuable piece to the puzzle with right back Lance Watson, and more
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and nowhere else
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
This Swedish film is an icily sleek masterwork of sustained suspense, much like Noomi Rapace’s visceral, envelope-pushing performance.
The Long and Short of It
A new program showcases the Zellner Bros.’ evolution from home movies to shorts handpicked by Sundance
Phases & Stages
Basia Bulat Heart of My Own (Rough Trade) Toronto songstress Basia Bulat turned heads with her 2007 debut, Oh, My Darling, an old soul’s indie folk album with shades of Lilith and Vanity fare. Her unmistakable voice – a trembling, expressive contralto – remains a make-or-break feature, but she’s learned when to reel it in…
The ‘Chronicle’ Endorsements
April 13 primary run-offs – early voting April 5-9
Sen. Carona Sees End of the Road … Money
Are taxes the only solution to Texas’ transportation problems? One Republican thinks so.
The Yellow Handkerchief
Based on an 800-word story by Pete Hamill, this small-scale relationship drama stars William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello, and Eddie Redmayne.
A Piece of the Action
Previewing the Game On! Texas symposium
Phases & Stages
Stubb’s, March 26
April 13 Primary Run-offs
Voting locations
Texas Supremes Ponder ‘Pole Tax’
Debate over stripper surcharge goes to state’s highest court
TV Eye
Austin gets a sneak peek at the return of Glee
Phases & Stages
The Long Center, March 27
One Dem Run-Off: Sage vs. Montford
A hard-fought race heads to the finish line
Why Not Just Throw a Tomato?
Dewhurst supports cancellation of ‘morally reprehensible’ play at Tarleton State
Arts Review
City Theatre turns out a high-energy, quick-tempoed sex farce that entertains
Represent Texas
Austin Music Awards 2009-10 Hall of Fame inductee Denny Freeman gets a second chance to deliver his induction speech
Point Austin: The Chief Considers His Options
Dallas’ recruitment of Art Acevedo deals him a very strong hand
U.S. Supremes Give Skinner a Reprieve
Death row inmate awaits decision on DNA
Arts Review
Energy and choreographic craft keep this competition springtime fresh
Day Trips
The Davy Crockett National Forest is a cathedral of towering pine trees bordered by flowering dogwoods and stately oaks
Acevedo on Dallas, Austin, and Ambition
On Monday, March 29, I spoke with Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo about the status of his job interviews with the city of Dallas, his tenure as Austin Police chief, and related matters. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation. Austin Chronicle: Where do you think things stand right now? Art Acevedo:…
Manor Expressway OK, Feds Say
Federal Highway Administration says expressway doesn’t violate Civil Rights Act
Arts Review
Interesting and provocative visuals fill this crossroads of sex, art, and religion
Gay Place
If there’s queer up in this hizzy is it a quizzy?
City Hall Hustle: Of Human Bondage
Transpo bond to cost 100 mil in dead presidents – and dead precedents
Reefer Madness: Let’s Roll
California voters will decide pot question on November ballot
Restaurant Review
Half market and half restaurant, Teji’s offers authentic cuisine worth getting giddy over
Off the Record
Back in the saddle at the Phoenix Saloon, Woxy pulls the plug, and the latest on the Cactus Cafe
Republicans Vie for Bolton’s Seat
Workman and Turner go head to head for chance to wrest HD 47 from Dems
Eco-Currents
Appliance rebates, solar panel projects, and more
Luv Doc Recommends: Open Screen Night
Hey everybody, it’s Easter! Put your hands together for the Easter Bunny! Well, not you Jesus. You get a pass. Let’s just say you’re in the VIP section. Tell you what, why don’t you hang out with Dismas and Gestas while the rest of us collect colored eggs filled with chocolate candy and chump change?…
