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The Road Against Hate
The Hurtado murders measure the distance Austin and Texas must travel
BY JORDAN SMITH
'Chronicle' Endorsements
May 14 City Council elections
Point Austin: Race-off
Tovo's Place 3 council campaign gets off to a dubious start
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: It's Not Easy Being Single
For the seventh time ... the SMD devil is in the details
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Naked City
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, May 5-12
Pride Goeth to the Fall
Pride parade postponed
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LEGELAND
Latest Map 'Looks Like a Whirlpool'
Doggett accuses GOP of fracturing Travis County district boundaries
BY LEE NICHOLS
SBOE Map Dilutes Austin Vote
Proposed State Board of Education boundaries would still deflect local influence
BY LEE NICHOLS
Women Can't Win for Losing
New bill has self-destruct mechanism for Women's Health Program
BY JORDAN SMITH
Bill of the Week
Giving yacht buyers a reason to rock
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Eastside Art Spaces Under Siege?
Code crackdown on eclectic studio space
BY MIKE KANIN
Public Ed's Future Hangs in Balance
It's Teacher Appreciation Week, but you'd never know it at the Lege
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AFD's Volunteer Hire Department
AFD recruitment efforts not unlike speed dating
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
The Hightower Report
Won't Take Nuke for an Answer; Drat. Oiled Again.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food-o-File
A grill big enough for Texas, some morsels for Mother's Day, and other food news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Raise a glass to Ma, or drink bourbon and watch the ponies
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
A Splash of Fun for Cinco de Mayo
Make some drink-os for Cinco!
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Dos Batos
Get in on this hit early
music
Medicine Men
The Band of Heathens' collective mojo
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Off the Record
Across a Wire: Okkervil River and Nakia hit prime time
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Live Shots
screens
Into the West
Kelly Reichardt re-creates the hazards of the Oregon Trail in Meek's Cutoff
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Go Into the Light
Jodie Foster on striking a balance between lightness and darkness in The Beaver
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
A Song of Skid Row
AFS Documentary Tour: On the Bowery
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
News of the bin Laden killing stirs up a mix of emotions
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Beaver
Jodie Foster directs Mel Gibson in this odd family drama.
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Brandon Routh stars as this film's titular paranormal investigator.
Echotone
This locally made documentary looks at the city of Austin through the eyes of its working musicians.
Fast Five
Those renegade street racers reassemble for the fifth installment in the franchise, this time in scenic Rio de Janeiro.
Hobo With a Shotgun
Though it's a great title, this Rutger Hauer movie is an unfocused throwback to Seventies exploitation films.
Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil
Back for another installment is this rude animated riff on Red Riding Hood and other fairy tales.
Jumping the Broom
This urban family rom-com actually has something interesting to say about race and romance.
Meek's Cutoff
The epic and the elementary combine in Kelly Reichardt's Western survivalist tale that stars Michelle Williams.
Something Borrowed
Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin co-star in this kicky portrait of narcissism unbridled.
There Be Dragons
Roland Joffé wrote and directed this drama set during the Spanish Civil War in which one of the protagonists is Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá.
Thor
Marvel Comics' muscle-bound mook with delusions of demi-godhood is well-played by Chris Hemsworth.
arts & culture
More Than Just a Giggle-O
The Ladies Are Funny Festival brings the distaff laffs and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
'The Dudleys!: A Family Game'
Video games fuse with live theatre with a little help from Tito's
BY ELIZABETH COBBE
Blanton Museum of Art
After two years heading UT's art museum, the director leaves it for the classroom
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Miró Quartet
The acclaimed string ensemble's second violinist of 15 years takes her leave
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Zoo Story
Both versions of Albee's two-man confrontation deserve to be seen and in tandem
A Behanding in Spokane
This black comedy delivers everything you expect from a Hyde Park Theatre show
British Invasion
What might have been a night of dry British music was instead delightfully fresh
columns
Page Two: The Suburbs
Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: Miss Beaufort
'If you're to be a writer, you must write every day,' said Miss Beaufort
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Oops!
Gay Place
Communication with Austin Pride is a two-way street
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Dude, Sweet Chocolate isn't your typical neighborhood candy store
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar packs away his trunk
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Sinatra loved electric trains, right-handed products kill left-handed people, etc.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Protest High Property Taxes
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Undie Run
University Co-op, Friday, May 6, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Texas Ski Ranch Cablestock
Wakeboarding, skateboarding, and bikinis, oh my!
Soccer Watch
Crunch time in Euro football
