Bullock Texas State History Museum
John Anderson
Volume 32, Number 8
news
Breaking Down the Ballot
Federal, state, and local races in bite-size portions
BY MICHAEL KING AND THE NEWS STAFF
Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
Quote of the Week
Point Austin: Missing Ann Richards
New biography recalls the highwater mark of Texas liberalism
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Giving Props to Austin
There's more to the bonds than meets the jerky knee
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Civics 101
We're All About the ... Kids!
Austin Kids First is a bit of a mystery, even to education watchers
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Race to the Board: Fundraising
Some 80% of Mary Ellen Pietruszynski's contributions came from three donors in the tech community
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
WTP4: Running on Overruns?
Austin Water wants more money for WTP4
BY MIKE KANIN
Take Another Little Piece of My Art
BY MONICA RIESE
Council: Time for Some Halloween Horrors
Featuring The Unholy Return of the Short-Term Rentals Ordinance
BY MICHAEL KING AND AMY SMITH
Two More in Line for Death Penalty
These two men were both 19 when they were sentenced to death
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report: Freedom of the [Op]press[ed]
Quote approval is stripping the media of its investigative abilities
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Indian Explosion
Austin gains a bounty of healthy menu choices
BY KENNY PAILES
Indian Explosion Goes Mobile
Healthy late-night Downtown alternatives to pizza
Food Events
New Belgium's Tour de Fat is just the beginning of this week's beer celebrations
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-O-File
What will Formula One's impact be on the local hospitality industry?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Playback: ACL Mania
The ACL zeitgeist in review
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL MUSIC FEST
Friday ACL Live Shots
Saturday ACL Live Shots
Sunday ACL Live Shots
screens
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW
AFF 2012: Introduction
What, where, and how long: Austin Film Festival need-to-knows
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Sound and the Fury
David Chase on the Sixties rock that inspired 'Not Fade Away'
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Seeing Is Believing
'The Rep' charts the slow death of cinema-going
BY LEAH CHURNER
Pictures of Superheroes Packs in the Austin Comedy Talent
Quirky comedy filled with familiar faces
BY MARC SAVLOV
Don't Everybody Freak Out
Dark Matters' horror shows
BY MARC SAVLOV
Five Docs To Watch
The Long and the Short of It
It's an uphill battle securing a future for a short film
BY DAN SOLOMON
Power Up
SXSW Gaming Expo and 'The Austin Chronicle' present Game On Austin
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Alex Cross
Stretching out of his Madea comfort zone to play James Patterson's FBI profiler is a courageous but misguided move on Tyler Perry’s part.
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Atlas isn't the only one to shrug off this tiresome load of Ayn Rand – but with poor production values.
Here Comes the Boom
Kevin James plays a biology teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial-arts fighter; Salma Hayek is his love interest.
Least Among Saints
A combat veteran suffering from PTSD becomes the dubious mentor of a boy whose mother has just OD'd in this heartfelt drama.
Wuthering Heights
Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank) wrests Wuthering Heights from the heaving bosom of Romantics majors and gives it a good shake – even if she doesn't know when to stop.
arts & culture
From Nothing to Bounty
Playwright Lisa D'Amour muses on the distance between Austin and 'Detroit'
BY ADRIENNE MARTINI
Dances Made to Order
Get out the vote: an online dance-film festival on themes chosen by you
BY JONELLE SEITZ
'Final Farewells'
The last works from the estate of master sculptor Charles Umlauf go up for sale
BY ROBERT FAIRES
PeopleFund East Night Summit
Learning how to make Austin's creative success pay off for you
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
God and Man, Time and Space: Echoes of the Sistine Chapel
World-class ensemble destined for greatness
The Best Man
The Paradox Players provide a well-executed staging of the 1960 election drama
Moonlight and Magnolias
The play doesn't know what it wants to be, but it's still a fun night of theatre, especially for film buffs
columns
Letters at 3AM: A Big Picture and a Long Game
A U.S. military powered by biofuels could be a game-changer that ends the oil wars
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion: Out
Your Style Avatar has been whipping up some serious fashion – for print and for the runway
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place: Fall Y'all
The autumnal queerquinox is upon us.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Beautiful hiking oasis in Bastrop
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: The Voice
Really, what woman wouldn’t want to be Melanie Griffith?
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornucopia
UT's season was over by halftime
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Soccer Watch
UT soccer still in the running for Big 12 title, and more
