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Jason Stout
news
Can't Get There From Here
While suburban rail spends and stumbles, Cap Metro's transit-dependent riders wait at the end of the line
BY LEE NICHOLS
Point Austin: How Much for a Hanger?
Austin ponders the latest corporate incentive proposal
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: CURE-ing the Density Bonus Gridlock
Planning Commission wants more time to sort out public benefits
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Jan. 21-28
Fed School Funding
Teachers' unions say Race to the Top places too much emphasis on testing
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Conservatives Take Another Swing at Social Studies
Curriculum vote pushed to March
BY LEE NICHOLS
Comp Plan
There's still time to influence the vision for Austin's future
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Cap Metro Changes Bus Routes, Hikes Fares
A few bus route changes and new rates take effect
Nonprofit Offers Free Tax Assistance
BY AMY SMITH
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
The Primary Candidates
Local and statewide candidates hit the campaign trail
Campaign Finance Reports
Cash makes the contender
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Junk Science Conundrum
Legislators ponder how to keep questionable forensics out of the courtroom
BY JORDAN SMITH
Rodney Reed Case Back in Court
Death row inmate's attorneys file brief seeking hearing on evidence
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Global Game That Never Ends; and A New Name for Occupation
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
From Beer to Infinity
Austin gets ready to host the nation's first-ever cooperatively run brewpub
BY LEE NICHOLS
Food-o-File
Winning piemakers, new restaurant openings, and more
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Wine, beer, and farmers' markets for the upcoming foodie week
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Crawfish Shack & Oyster Bar
Laissez les bon temps rouler you to Hiep Nguyen's authentic Crawfish Shack & Oyster Bar
TRIO Wine Bar Happy Hours
The food is inventive, the wine list inspired, and the prices can't be beat
music
Slanted & Enchanted
Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
A flashback from Red River's seedy past, the Sour Notes hit a sweet spot, and Patty Griffin gets Grounded in Music
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Arson Optics
Plant the Seed
YellowFever
YellowFever
Hickoids, Texas Music Extravaganza, Larry Lange & His Lonely Knights
The Hairy Chafin' EP, The San Antonio Sound, San Antonio Serenade
screens
Plastic Platoon
Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures
BY MARC SAVLOV
Making Media-Watching a Little Less Wonky
UT's online journal FlowTV seeks a balance between accessible and academic
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Feral Cinema Released Into the Wild
The Chronicle's Marc Savlov teams up with forces from I Luv Video and the Austin Underground Film Society to celebrate films on the fringe
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
The Brigitte Bardot Classic Collection
Brigitte & Birkin, oh my ...
TV Eye
Caprica, a prequel series to SyFy's Battlestar Galactica, is out of this world
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Book of Eli
In a post-apocalyptic time, Denzel Washington is the lone man who carries the world's last remaining Bible.
Extraordinary Measures
Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford play a parent and a scientist who fight time, man-made obstacles, and each other to find a cure for a rare childhood disease.
The Maid
In this acclaimed drama from Chile, the maid in question is a compelling enigma.
Namo Venkatesa
This is a new Telegu-language romantic comedy.
Red Cliff
Tens of thousands of arrows darken the sky in John Woo's epic retelling of an ancient Chinese battle.
The Spy Next Door
Jackie Chan plays an undercover CIA agent who turns out to be a disastrous babysitter for his girlfriend's three kids.
To Save a Life
This well-meaning but ineptly made message movie teaches that with the help of Jesus Christ, you, too, can prevent teenage suicides.
A Town Called Panic
This whimsical, Belgian import is an animated stop-motion fantasy that uses childhood toys as characters who find themselves in all manner of goofy yet compelling adventures.
Veer
Veer is the name of an Indian man who courageously fights against the British Empire in this Bollywood epic.
arts & culture
In the Game
For her first museum work, Jade Walker steps up to the plate and swings big
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'Selkie Project'
Two artists use the seal-creatures of Celtic myth to get back to the sea
BY KATHERINE CATMULL
East Austin Studio Theft
The burglary of an Eastside metal arts studio hurts more than the owners
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Art Work
Local artists convene for a conversation about art, labor, and the economy
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Eurydice
The best way to describe Different Stages' retelling of the myth: beautiful
'David Bates Since 1982: From the Everyday to the Epic'
A great showing of nearly three decades in the evolution of this Texas artist
columns
Page Two: Reform School
Why throwing the bums out doesn't work
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar: A-one and a-two!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Grab your pole and some worms and head on down to the fishing house at Easy Street Marina on Lake Travis
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Austin's rainbow of queer diversity comes together.
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Tigers in Texas, Meryl Streep, and much more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: An Evening With Chastity and Alan Jr.
Salvage Vanguard Theater, Saturday, January 23, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Still waiting for the Aztex schedule to be released. Meanwhile, in Africa ...
