350 or Bust: A Greener Red, White, and Blue
More Greenery at the Downtown Farmers' Market and Other Delish Happenings
McCallum Fine Arts Academy: Rent Due After All
After a Fashion: Van, Cyd, Olga, and Me
Go Ahead and Get Pumped for Film Fight!
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Dead Dogs Don't Lie
If your pet escapes in Austin, pray for Animal Control
350 or Bust: New Climate Change Campaigns Get Rolling
The Share350 initiative launches at this weekend's Green Fourth of July, bolstering an international climate-change campaign with its own Austin twist
Cap Metro Courting Prospective Partners
Transit authority could extend rail and bus service well beyond Austin
Johnston High School Is Dead; Long Live ...?
Johnston High will get a new name and perhaps a new lease on life
The Greening of Michael McCaul
Austin congressman breaks with GOP on environmental vote
Supremes Rule on Lawyers, Sex, and Guns
Court's rulings hit home
Craddick Rebuked for Reps' Rule-Breaking
Computer Crash? Call a PI!
A new law pertaining to private investigators may inadvertently require your computer tech to take on a whole new career
Cap Metro Disability-Service Cuts on Hold
The Texas Civil Rights Project has been given more time to fight Cap Metro's changes to services for the disabled
Point Austin: A Tale of Two Cities
Double vision on affordable housing
Beside the Point
A Ceremony of Innocence
The Hightower Report
Bush; and FEMA Strikes Again
Nothing Less Than Magical
Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside
Domy Books: Where Art and the Printed Page Meet
Russell Etchen on launching an Austin version of his Houston bookstore that focuses on art books, magazines, and toys
Austin Symphony Orchestra: How Much Is That Symphony in the Window?
Two new symphonies will premiere in ASO's next season, but how are those costly commissions being paid for?
McCallum Fine Arts Academy: 'Rent' Due After All
AISD pulled its sponsorship of a districtwide production of Rent, but the show will go on at the McCallum Fine Arts Academy
Arts Reviews
Altar Boyz
Zach's production inspires laughter as it offers the guilty pleasure of watching sexy young men dancing and singing together in a line
White People
J.T. Rogers' play about racial attitudes is timely, but its agenda gets in the way of its characters
Readings
America America
Shades of Chappaquiddick in the terrific novel about a political dynasty
Black & White
Former Austinite Lewis Shiner returns with a near-perfect novel of family and race in North Carolina
Microbrew Renaissance
It's a good time to drink beer in Texas
Event Menu
July 5-8
Food-o-File
Lots of news on reataurants opening and closing
Wines for Grass-Fed and Free-Range Meats
Argentinean Malbecs and Torrontes pair wonderfully with grass-fed meats
In Print
The Farmer and The Grill: A Guide to Grilling, Barbecuing and Spit-Roasting Grassfed Meat and for Saving the Planet One Bite at a Time
Farmer Shannon Hayes shares grass-fed knowledge, and all your local meat is here
Postmarks Online
Letters to the editor, updated daily
Page Two: Dead Dinosaurs
The only legitimate shot at energy independence is to develop alternative power sources
Letters @ 3AM
Samuel Adams gave Americans a vocabulary both for revolution and for the building of a republic
After a Fashion
A visit with Van and a send-off for Cyd.
Day Trips
San Antonio's San Pedro Springs eternal
Playing Through
Residents of Austin's ARCH traveled to Washington, D.C., to take part in the Homeless USA Cup
Soccer Watch Online
News and scores from the U.S. and abroad
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Thomas Jefferson an early bird, the founder of 'Founding Fathers,' and more
Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.
The Common Law
Nighttime Waterskiing?
The Luv Doc Recommends
A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar
Tradition Meets the Marketplace
AFS Documentary Tour presents Weaving Worlds
Take Me to the River
Noodling 101 with filmmaker Bradley Beesley
Film Fight
The Chronicle's critics turn on each other for an online debate
Film News
Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman on the ropes at Lord's Gym
TV Eye
It smells like strike ... again. TV Eye preemptively tosses her TV for the Internet.
Film Reviews
• Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Red, White, and Reckless
Reckless Kelly's all-American bloodletting
Band of Brothers
In a brotherhood like Los Lonely Boys, all is 'Forgiven'
Off the Record
Commemorating the 95th birthday of Pinetop Perkins one year at a time, exploring Willie's Place at Carl's Corner, and a pregame pep talk with Paul Wall
Live Shot
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