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The Long Vindication
After 35 years and a lengthy sentence for robbery, Ronnie Barrs remains determined to prove his innocence
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: The Army Saves the Day
The Corps of Engineers speaks, and Travis County and TXI hang fire
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Jan. 14-21
What Would John Galt Do ... About Global Warming? Deny It.
Is John Mackey's 'John Galt' complex putting Whole Foods' bottom line on the line?
BY MICHAEL KING
Clearing the Path to Posthumous Pardon
A.G. opinion gives Timothy Cole supporters hope that Gov. Perry will issue a posthumous pardon
BY JORDAN SMITH
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Driving While Campaigning: Bill White Talking (Around) Climate Action
The gubernatorial candidate gamely navigates the politics of climate change
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Are They Dreaming? Local Republicans Rattle Awake.
Travis GOP aims to turn county blue
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Texas Lege: The Shape of Things to Come
Wentworth predicts redistricting disaster
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Precinct 4: It's Good to Be the Incumbent
Challenging an incumbent is a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it
BY AMY SMITH
Democratic Endorsements: SAD
Democratic clubs kick off endorsements
Frozen Assets: AWU and the Busted Pipes
Winter weather poses infrastructure challenges
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Conjuring the Radical Dr. King
A new MLK Day event emphasizes the reverend's lesser-known orations
BY KATE X MESSER
The Hightower Report
Horse and Sparrow Economics; and Freedom to Protest
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Peace Through Pie
A sweet honoring of Martin Luther King
BY TONI TIPTON-MARTIN
Food-o-File
Austin farmers' markets are on the move, and several Downtown restaurants shuffle chefs
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
A guide to Austin-area foodie events – smackdowns, socials, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
High-quality wines from the Languedoc region, found locally
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Gourdough's
Yes, these doughnuts definitely make your ass look fat, but who cares?
music
Sarah's Muse
Sarah Jarosz, 'tweener' no more
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
The Parlor family serves pizza by the slice at the Monarch, Zeale gets down with Grooveline Horns, and crunching numbers for South by Southwest
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Ray Wylie Hubbard
A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C)
Patty Griffin
Downtown Church
Dana Falconberry
Halletts
Shotgun Party
Mean Old Way
Jeff Bridges, Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses, Townes Van Zandt, Waylon Jennings, Colin Farrell
Crazy Heart Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
the Sour Notes
It's Not Gonna Be Pretty
Robert Glasper
Double Booked
screens
The Body as Canvas, Readying for Life in a Kill Zone
AFS Documentary Tour presents Tattooed Under Fire
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
He's Not a Lawyer, But He Plays One on TV
Austin actor Mehcad Brooks on his circuitous path from star athlete to Southern vampires and L.A. law on an Irving soundstage
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Screens Reviews
Top Gear: Seasons 11 and 12
There's a joyous skin-of-their-teeth incompetency any time Top Gear's hapless hosts get near a steering wheel
TV Eye
ABC's new show The Deep End lawyers up
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Chance Pe Dance
A struggling dancer lives out his dream of becoming professional in this Bollywood feature.
The Lovely Bones
Peter Jackson forgets to imbue his living characters with emotional weight, and instead focuses on this story's visually stylized netherworld between life and death.
A Single Man
Tom Ford ditched fashion designing for filmmaking with this smart adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood story about a grieving gay man in 1962 California.
Zombie Girl: The Movie
This is a "making of" documentary about the 2005 filming of the zombie film Pathogen, made by then-12-year-old Austinite Emily Hagins.
arts & culture
Everybody Must Get 'Stoned'
Improv Guru Keith Johnstone brings his Maestro to the Long Center
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The Horton Foote Prize
Honoring one writer by taking care of others
BY ROBERT FAIRES
La Fenice
After a seven-year hiatus, the Austin Commedia Society is up to its old tricks
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Surfin' UFO
Another blast of otherworldly wonder and weirdness from Electronic Planet Ensemble
Voice Dance Company
The debut of Gina Patterson's new company had everything you need in choreography
A New Year's Conspirare Classic
A choral welcome to the new year that opened one up to all time and all creation
columns
Page Two: Home Fires
Revisiting the smoking ban and the return of Otto Binder
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Critical to the Success
Pakistani public opinion runs strongly against the United States, even though our president insists we're partners fighting a common enemy
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Oops!
After a Fashion
On updo, blue rinse, hillbilly teeth, and Karl Rove, as only Your Style Avatar can muster
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
Is the Prop 8 trial our Brown v. Board of Education?
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Several historic bridges around the state have been recycled as pedestrian promenades
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Harry S. Truman's mother, little blue pills, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Stool Pigeon Featuring the Stories of Charlie Hodge and Becca Peterson
ColdTowne Theater, Saturday, January 16, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
The Aztex have found a home in the USSF Division II soccer league, and more
