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features
One Big Gay Happy Family?
QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable
BY KATE X MESSER
news
Return to Place 3
Tovo and Shade lay out their differences for the Chronicle and the voters
BY WELLS DUNBAR AND MICHAEL KING
'Chronicle' Endorsement
Place 3 run-off, June 18
Point Austin: Coming Home to Austin
Latest gerrymander reflects Capitol contempt for capital
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: On the Road to a Waller Redesign ...
Council fumbles the master plan
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Quote of the Week
Naked City
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, June 2-8
The Wrong Way To Right a Wrongful Conviction
Graves sues for compensation for time spent behind bars
BY JORDAN SMITH
DOJ Closes Police Inquiry
APD needs to close 'gaps in use-of-force reports'
BY JORDAN SMITH
LEGELAND
Not So Sine Die: What's Special About More of the Same?
The Legislature doesn't quite end
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
By the Numbers: Awful vs. Horrific
Schools and public health funding left hanging
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Travis To Split Five Ways?
Newest congressional district map would force Doggett to move – again
BY LEE NICHOLS
Lege Speaks, Cap Metro Listens: Screw the Union
Lege mandates busting union contracts at Cap Metro
BY LEE NICHOLS
Women's Health: 'Everybody Loses'
Lege anti-abortion crusade will devastate basic health care
BY JORDAN SMITH
Neighborhood Wins, Then Loses at ZAP
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
A Morally Untenable Corporate System; and Signing Off on Less Political Corruption
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Fertile Ground for Foodies
Austin's artisanal food makers bring home the bacon, perhaps
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
IACP conference brings 1,000 more foodies to town
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Enjoy June 4-7 with wine tastings, booksignings, or a trip to the farm
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Chef John Besh Visits Austin
He's always eager to share the South's traditions of food and hospitality
BY MM PACK
music
Organized Chaos (in Tejas)
Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!
Off the Record
White Denim powers up on the road, Chaos in Tejas keeps home fires burning, and more
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Suzanna Choffel
Steady Eye Shaky Bow
The Blind Pets
Sweet Tooth
Eddy Hobizal
Kinetic
Jeff Lofton
Chasing the Voodoo Down: Live at the Cactus Cafe
Greezy Wheels
The Wronglers, Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Heirloom Music
Susan Gibson
TightRope
Hector Ward & the Big Time
Sum of All
White Denim
D
Blaze Foley
Duct Tape Messiah: Soundtrack From the Documentary Film
Darling New Neighbors, Elevated Lines, Sad Accordions, Waldo Wittenmyer, The Magnificent Snails
Freakers on the Spazmonaut Train, Evil Eye EP, The Colors and the Kill, Waldo Wittenmyer, Baby Acid Trips
Roy Orbison
The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964)
screens
Getting Busy
Joe Swanberg's prolific, provocative career
BY MARC SAVLOV
Pushing the Borderline
AFS Essential Cinema highlights filmmakers far from home
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
Diabolique
Shock and awe: Reassessing Clouzot's classic thriller
TV Eye: Oprah, Amen
Reflecting on the Gospel of Oprah
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Building Hope
Activist Turk Pipkin's documentary looks at the process of building of a secondary school in Mahiga, Kenya.
Incendies
A powerful and eloquent anti-war drama, this French-Canadian film unites the personal with the political in a stunning manner.
Lion of Judah
In this animated film, a bold lamb and his friends in a Bethlehem stable try to avoid the sacrificial altar during the week preceding Christ's crucifixion.
Ready
This Hindi romantic comedy concerns the downfall of an eternal bachelor.
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick's latest film bursts with unbridled ambition and vision, and while it doesn't always reach the heights for which it aims, it soars boldly and fearlessly.
arts & culture
First Generation
The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'CockTales with Astronauts'
The Seattle performer on making an astronaut love triangle into a solo musical
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'One-Man Star Wars Trilogy'
How a Canadian actor's low-tech love song to Star Wars conquered the cosmos
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
True West
The show has the makings of quite a spectacle if the cast can keep the top on
Lear
The flashy modern setting takes priority over Shakespeare's text in this update
Up, Down, Under and Through
This strong program of independent dance deserved to be seen by more people
columns
Page Two: 'Life,' the Universe, Everything
The devastating illumination of Terrence Malick's new film
BY LOUIS BLACK
Letters at 3AM: In a Lonely Place
Film noir is a cinema of failure
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen may march to a different drummer's beat, but now he 'gets' Memorial Day
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Everything in Houston's Chinatown is centered around food
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Common Law: Starting My Food Trailer
Getting your food trailer business rolling
BY LUKE ELLIS
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Lewis Carroll, caraway seeds, Geronimo, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: South Austin Pitch and Pooch Celebrity Golf Tournament and Canine Extravaganza
Butler Park Pitch & Putt, Friday, June 3, 2011
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
NCAA Baseball Austin Regional
UT hosts Bobcats and more
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Barcelona dominates Man U in Champions League final, and more
