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The Webberville Conundrum
Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there
BY LEE NICHOLS
'Chronicle' Endorsements
June 14 City Council run-off
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Quote of the week
Headlines
Naked City
Beyond City Limits
Their Reputations Precede Them
Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Going Negative: Galindo vs. the 'Green Home Tax'
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
AG and Dems Settle ... Then Fuss
Voting fraud lawsuit ends in 'victory' for both sides
BY LEE NICHOLS
New Study Raises Specter of Helmet Law
This just in: booze and bikes don't mix
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Newsdesk
The Sunset Advisory Commission calls out TxDOT's lack of accountability
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
It's Party Time at the State Convention
There's still plenty of fun to be had …
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Those Pesky Superdelegates
Who will they pick? And who are they, for that matter?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A Parting Plan for Austin's Downtown Parks
Dunkerley pushes new plan to preserve Austin's open spaces
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Happenings
Who Will Preside Over Parks?
Austin Parks and Rec searches for a visionary new director
BY JAMES SCOTT BANKSTON
Harris County Death Penalty: Race matters
New study shows race a factor in capital sentences
BY RITA RADOSTITZ
Texas Supreme Court Backs FLDS Mothers
Children reunite with parents in wake of Supremes' decision
BY JORDAN SMITH
Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD
The proposed PUD amendments won't fix the problems without a plan
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
(Further) Beside the Point
Admiral Dunkerley ships out; anchors aweigh for the new council
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Aging Agitators; and the Price of Imported Shrimp
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Campus Restaurant Roundup, Summer 2008
The choice campus eateries this summer are close to UT, easy on the wallet, and fast
BY MICK VANN
The SXSW of Hooch: Tales of the Cocktail
Tales of the Cocktail, held each July in New Orleans, is a must-attend festival for professional foodies and mixologists
BY KATE X MESSER
Wine of the Week
The 2005 Becker Vineyards Cabernet Reserve Sauvignon is a Napa-worthy Texas Cab
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Sarah Rowland benefit shows Austin's big heart and local eats
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Event Menu: June 5-12
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Absolutely Dan Dyer
If Dan Dyer couldn't sing, being 'easy on the eyes' wouldn't matter
BY MARGARET MOSER
Trouble in Mind
Hayes Carll got a guy sent back to prison!
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Off the Record
There's a whole lot of shaking going on thanks to Johnny Walker, the Pachanga Latin Music Festival, Return to Forever reunion, and Breakaway Records
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Shearwater
Rook
T Bone Burnett
Tooth of Crime
Justin Trevino
Take One as Needed for Pain
The Krayolas
La Conquistadora
The Mother Truckers
Let's All Go to Bed
Adam Carroll
Old Town Rock n Roll
Green Mountain Grass
As the Crow Flies
Those Peabodys, The Roller, Anew Revolution, Sweet Skull
Animal Saturday, The Roller, Rise, Sweet Skull
screens
Building Buzz, One 'Bag' at a Time
The Duplass Brothers buck New York and Los Angeles to premiere 'Baghead' here in the town where they started it all
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Enter the Funnyman
Danny McBride's improbable ascension via a bootlegged, no-budget tae kwon do comedy
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Tragedy on the Border
AFS Documentary Tour| Kieran Fitzgerald|The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez|Tommy Lee Jones
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Pop Goes the Culture
The SAMOPC hosts a night of music and a movie
BY JOHN DAVIDSON
Film News
Whip It? More like a 'Blew It': Drew Barrymore pic finds better incentives in Michigan
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
The Starz network digs into the history of comic books
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
While examining steroid use and abuse, this documentary discovers that enhancement drugs permeate our culture. Who’s to say which ones should be illegal?
The Foot Fist Way
Faux documentary about a strip-mall kung-fu sensei without the sense to come in out of the pain has moments of laugh-out-loud greatness but also much dopiness.
Kung Fu Panda
Jack Black's animated Po may be an animated panda bear, but deep down, he’s really just a nerd with a pop-culture obsession.
Mister Lonely
Oddly, Harmony Korine's film may be his most accessible as a director, featuring characters and images that are unforgettable – even if they don't add up to a complete narrative or visual whole.
Sarkar Raj
Bollywood sequel is a political drama that further explores episodes in the lives of the powerful Nagre clan.
Standard Operating Procedure
The great documentary filmmaker Errol Morris delves into the notorious photographs taken at Abu Ghraib to discover the "truths" they contain and whatever culpabilities they might reveal.
Stuck
Stuart Gordon tells his own creepy version of the story about the Fort Worth woman who locked her car in the garage for days with the mangled-but-still-living body of a human victim stuck in her windshield.
Surfwise
This documentary is a revealing portrait of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, the spiritual father of Israeli surf and the corporeal father of a nine-child surfing dynasty in California.
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
As far as we know, this Adam Sandler movie is the first Hollywood-made Jewish/Palestinian/immigrant comedy that also doubles as a surprisingly trenchant analysis of the Middle East's perpetual bloodbath.
arts & culture
Honor Roll
The 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Big Range Austin Dance Festival
Choreographer Ellen Bartel is stirring up the local dance scene again with a bigger, more sophisticated dance fest
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Pecha Kucha
Watching local artists, designers, and filmmakers show 20 slides for 20 seconds each can be either illuminating or excruciating
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Arts Reviews
Art
The first production by the new Penfold Theatre Company reveals a company of fine actors capable of very fine work
The Bat
ALO's hometown take on Die Fledermaus with wit, affection, enthusiasm, and style from all parties
Jim Torok: Life Is Good
Torok's contrasting images of realism and cartoon abstraction show us both his life and his constructed idealized self
columns
Letters @ 3AM
We have become a space-faring species and are discovering that the universe is stunningly gorgeous and implacably dangerous – like us
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen finally gets to use the phrase "porn star and welfare-mother-turned-singer-
and-social-activist" in a column
and-social-activist" in a column
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Jeannie Ralston's new book, The Unlikely Lavender Queen, is all about life, and love, and lavender, of course
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
Some people are destined to compete in triathlons, and some to watch
BY THOMAS HACKETT
The Common Law
Clinton, Obama & the Texas State Convention
BY ANDY BROWN
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Irish whores, exfoliate before application, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Great Guitars Rock for Van Wilks and Prostate Cancer Awareness
Antone's, Sunday, June 8, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
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