Browsing Issue: Wednesday, December 13, 2006

News: Feature: Troubled Waters Trinity River Vision opponents want to shut off the funding faucet. By DAN MCGRAW News: Letters: Gas Well Hearing News: Metropolis: Taking Lumps over Coal Plans for 17 new \r\ncoal-fired plants are drawing howls from \r\nall over the map. By ERIC GRIFFEY News: Second Thought: Losing Our (American) Way What do we stand for when truth and justice have been tossed ? By E. R. BILLS News: Static: Guilt by Disassociation Music: Featured Music: Still Going Apey Local alt-rockers Baboon \r\nare getting older, but their new album may be their spunkiest yet. By CAROLINE COLLIER Music: Hearsay: Bleeding Hearts, Possibly Noses Music: Last Call: Open Letter to Off-the-Wall Jack Music: Listen Up: Kate Campbell with Spooner Oldham For the Living of These Days\r\n(Large River Music) By Tom Geddie Music: Listen Up: Kelly Under Blue Water\r\n(Self-released) By Tom Geddie Music: Listen Up: Smile Smile Blue Roses\r\n(Self-released) By Caroline Collier Music: Listen Up: Sufjan Stevens Songs for Christmas\r\n(Asthmatic Kitty) By Zack Shlachter Music: The Show: Eisley By Anthony Mariani Film: Film Reviews: Along Came a Spider Humble and sometimes radiant, Charlotte’s Web is better with your eyes closed. By KRISTIAN LIN Film: Film Reviews: Force of Will \r\nA San Francisco man’s golden son shines for him in The Pursuit of Happyness. By KRISTIAN LIN Film: Film Reviews: Sundance Kid A Californian-via-Fort Worth with no film experience gets his debut short accepted by the mother of all U.S. festivals. By BRIAN ABRAMS Eats: Cafe Reviewed: Fat Tuesday Every Day Pierre’s Mardi Gras Café is no bigger than a breadbox but serves up great homemade Creole food. By PETER GORMAN Eats: Chow, Baby: The Chefs Must Be Crazy Calendar: Night and Day: Lots of Plots Arts: Gallery: Embargos Arts: Stage: Playthings No More Both MCB and TBT deliver rousing renditions of the holiday classic, the Nutcracker. By LEONARD EUREKA