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news
Environmental Cage Match
After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
'Chronicle' Endorsements
Our picks for the June 12 run-off elections
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
City Hall Hustle: Fault Lines
KeyPoint blunders point to weakness in council-manager government
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Eco-Currents: Reading the Bones
Gluing frogs onto storm drains and other civic duties
BY NORA ANKRUM
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar: May 27-June 3
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Parks and Rec: If You Build It ...
Is Austin's appetite for fountains bigger than its wallet?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
KeyPoint Questions Linger After City Admits Goof
City attorney's resignation doesn't solve mystery of who did what when
BY JORDAN SMITH
Council Preview: City Manager Review, Cab Vote, and More
Controversial items hit the dais this week
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Green Light for CAMPO 2035 Plan
Long-range plan includes SH 45 Southwest project
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
SBOE: Reading, Writing, and Fighting Socialism
SBOE passes new education standards along party lines
BY LEE NICHOLS
Austin Hits the Fast Lane
Fasten your seatbelts: Formula One is coming to town
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Media Watch: 'I Want My KGSR!'
Format and signal changes alienate longtime fans – and boost ratings
BY KEVIN BRASS
The Hightower Report
Watch Out for Superweeds; and Let's Try Good Government
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Complete Summer Reading
Cookbooks, memoirs, and cultural studies to get you through the summer
BY KATE THORNBERRY, VIRGINIA B. WOOD, WES MARSHALL, RACHEL FEIT, MICK VANN, CLAUDIA ALARCÓN AND MM PACK
Food Reviews
Pour House Pub
Pints for the peckish will put you in the Pour House
Franklin Barbecue
Franklin Barbecue serves up tender smoked meats ... or at least before the meat sells out
Food-o-File
Half-price appetizers at American spots old and new this week
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Tastings, potlucks, multicourse dinners, and benefits – it may be hard to choose just one
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Shake Appeal
James Williamson's Raw Power is all in the mix
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Mixed signals: KUT takes over the Cactus Cafe, Pachanga owns Fiesta Gardens
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Low Red Center, Silent Diane, How I Quit Crack
Momentary Switch b/w Alles Klar, Riverside b/w Juliet the Painting, Gone Away b/w In Realm
She Sir
Yens
Luxuriator
Green Tennis Visor b/w Sheila
Coyote Slingshot
First Word of Evil Omens – Vitium
Simple Circuit
Teenage Ghost b/w Rathead Submarine
Walter Daniels & the Gospel Clodhoppers
Harmonica b/w Take Your Foot Out of the Mud & Put It in the Sand
The Dead Space
Journalism b/w Peter Hates Us
Dikes of Holland, the Mean Spirits
Wet Paint: Vol. 1, Into the Ditches b/w Church on Fire
International Waters
Flashes b/w Salt and Sea
Wild America
The Sea
Freshmillions, Focus Group, Royal Forest, the Ripe, Flyjack
Freshmillions, Unicornography, Royal Forest, Man With No Eyes, On the 1
Woven Bones
In and Out and Back Again
screens
They Went West
Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars
BY LOUIS BLACK
Buy Local, Get 'Happy'
Help Austin film The Happy Poet see the world
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Eye on an Icon
A new exhibit explores Walter Cronkite's life and legacy
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
In Play
Rockstar Games' most ambitious and polished title to date is a visual feast but somewhat of a gaming disappointment
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
TV Eye
At the networks' preview of their fall shows, it seemed a lot like same-old, same-old
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead
Romero revivifies even more zombies with this new picture, but now the filmmaker depicts humankind as hardly worth saving.
MacGruber
Here's an idea that hasn't been tried in a few years: Turn a Saturday Night Live skit into a feature film.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this nearly bloodless, family-friendly throwback to a cinematic age when Persian palace intrigue, winsome princesses, and ambitious princes ruled the back lots.
The real winner in this weekend’s box-office derby?
Would you believe Morocco?
Sex and the City 2
Two years after the end of the last film, Carrie Bradshaw now frets that the "sparkle" has gone out of her marriage. It's gone from this movie, too.
Singam
This Tamil action film focuses on cops and smugglers.
arts & culture
UT Department of Theatre & Dance
The University of Illinois' Brant Pope is hired to lead UT's theatre/dance school
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Take It to the Next Level
The Cultural Arts Division revives its series of summer workshops for pro creatives
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Calling All Artists!
Two art exhibits and a new contest for young composers are accepting submissions
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Red Balloon
This revival of the 2008 hit is utterly original and transcendently human
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
Paladin Theatre Company's revival reveals the feelings behind the laughs
'Francesca Gabbiani: Dream Baby Dream'
The artist crafts densely layered cut-paper works of inspirational beauty
columns
Page Two: Abandoned Ship
As distrust grows, cooperation becomes impossible
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar experiences sincere shame and fear for a person's life all at one event
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Pride? It's just one of seven.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The San Antonio Zoo gets better with each visit
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Richard Belzer, exotic produce, etc.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Wine & Music Festival
The Domain, Saturday, May 29, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
USA announces WC squad; Aztex on the road
BY NICK BARBARO
'The Austin Chronicle' Adult Spelling Bee
May 20, Threadgill's World Headquarters
