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No Place Like Home
The new Garden Terrace development takes a small but serious step toward housing Austin's homeless.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Judges Rule: Map May Not Be Wise, But It's Legal
The federal judges rule in favor of the Texas congressional map -- even while admitting it may destroy the political hopes of minorities.
BY MICHAEL KING
Kucinich: Creating the Voice for Peace
The Ohio congressman's all-star presidential campaign barnstorms through Austin.
BY MICHAEL KING
A Different Shade of Green for Temple-Inland
The firm -- and the mayor -- suggest economic growth merits waiving SOS.
BY AMY SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: Facts and Fantasies
Think globally, vote locally.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Can Anybody Here Run This Country?
As the campaign begins in earnest, the Democrats ponder self-destruction
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Grassroots change (literally) in Detroit; and America West finds another way to assault us with ads.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Right Impulse
Cafe Caprice joins the Central City casual fine dining lineup.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Good Words From the Right Mouth
Evangeline Cafe
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Open All Night
Food-o-File
The holidays are over, and the Austin food scene is back to getting busy.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Train of Love
Albert & Gage's Christine Albert ruminates on five years of Wednesdays at Donn's Depot.
BY CHRISTINE ALBERT
TCB
Gimme whatcha got for a poke chop…
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases & Stages
Ryan Adams
Rock N Roll, Love Is Hell Pt. 1, Love Is Hell Pt. 2
Al Green
I Can't Stop
Jay-Z
The Black Album
Rachel's, Matmos, The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band With Choir, Do Make Say Think, Clear Horizon, Movietone, Growing, The Dead C, Neurosis & Jarboe, Lycia, Tim Berne
Systems / Layers, The Civil War, "This Is Our Punk Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing, Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn, Clear Horizon, The Sand and the Stars, The Sky's Run Into the Sea, The Damned, Neurosis & Jarboe, Empty Spaces, The Sublime And.
Halo, Burnt by the Sun, Burst, Mastodon, Recollection
Body of Light, The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good, Prey on Life, Remission, Recollection
screens
Joining Forces
The women of the online Austin Craft Mafia got it made
BY MARGARET CHAPMAN
'Hustler Days,' 'Hustler' Night
Alamo and local author pair up with pool.
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
TV Eye
As the final eight episodes of Sex and the City hit the small screen, Belinda Acosta feels like she's leaving the Big Apple behind again.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Short Cuts
The tall, dark, and handsome knight returns: Adam West on the record, in Austin.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Screens Reviews
'Uncle Saddam'
Preinvasion, precapture: Joel Solér's documentary on Hussein "only presents the facts of the Iraqi regime, never trying to hammer any specific point home."
Film Reviews
Chasing Liberty
A fictional president's daughter (Mandy Moore) skips out on her Secret Service minders (this doesn't remind us of any presidential daughters we know).
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
A coup d'etat in Venezuela is captured by a video camera, and the filmmakers use the footage to question the honesty of the news media.
Yossi & Jagger
Gay lovers in the Israeli army also suffer the effects of a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
arts & culture
Institutionalized Innovation
In its 11th year, the annual Austin theatre celebration FronteraFest is as edgy as ever.
BY BARRY PINEO
'Dog' Has Its Day
Pro Arts Collective premieres Suzan-Lori Parks' breakthrough drama Topdog / Underdog.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
Leading off the new year with good news: an arts success story from the Paradox Players and grants for Austin artists from the NEA.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
columns
Page Two
On the right wing's ideological sleight-of-hand, unenlightened self-interest, and the humanitarian legacy of Cousin Eli
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Read all about the peacock-themed Christmas tree fit for a Style Avatar!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Who built the first plane? Was it the Wright brothers or some folks right here in Texas?
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Pricey prisons, precious pearly whites, and promoterless pugilists.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Aren't there laws that protect debts from overzealous debt collectors?
BY LUKE ELLIS
To Your Health
I am in early menopause and was recently was diagnosed as hyperthyroid. I would rather not have surgery or radioactive iodine treatment. Are there other options?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Want to help plan HIV Services?
BY KURT BECKER
Letters at 3AM
Although it may sound like hooey in the retelling, this is the story of the author's discovery of his soul's expression.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Luv Doc Recommends: Tribute to the King
Continental Club, Friday, January 9, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
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