Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Volume 19, Number 8
features
Whenever We're Opened
Mortician-for-a-night, Wayne Alan Brenner ponders life as he faces death.
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The Code We Share
How a nice Jewish boy like Lorne Opler found G_d at a Christian seminary.
BY LORNE OPLER
news
House of Cards
Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.
BY KEVIN FULLERTON
How Austin Fared
Despite Austin's reputation as the most expensive rental market in Texas, the state Department of Housing and Community Affairs has approved only one low-income housing tax credit project for Austin this year.
BY KEVIN FULLERTON
In Housing We Trust
The city of Austin devotes $1 million for housing as part of city's social equity initiative
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Money to Burn
John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Seeing the Light
Capital Metro unveils plans for light rail, a bus-rapid-transit system, and HOV lanes for Austin.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Naked City
South Austin Democrats give Mayor Kirk Watson the Yeller Dawg award of the year, Geoff Rips goes to work for AISD, City Council will have new meeting places next year.
BY AMY SMITH
Council Watch
City Council considers status of various development-related lawsuits in executive sessions.
BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
food
Tailgating Teasips
Mick Vann makes a foray into the curious and often elaborate rite of University of Texas fandom known as "tailgating" and discovers some intriguing practices.
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
In this week's edition of Food-o-File, Austin Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood credits the Austin-based owners of Z'Tejas Grill for their inclusion on Gourmet magazine's list of best restaurants for fun in the Phoenix / Scottsdale area and details several upcoming food events.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Breakfast Ole!
music
The Nine Lives of Ol' Possum
An overview of country legend George Jones' life and career.
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Hectic but Good
Profile of country / bluegrass singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale
BY MARGARET MOSER
Dancing About Architecture
Is the new Sir Douglas Quintet collection is from the original masters? Doug Sahm makes the final call. Also, Michael Nesmith, Junior and Tanya Rae Brown, and Clifford Antone updates.
BY KEN LIECK
Live Shots
Dewey Redman, Bates Recital Hall, October 6
Descriptions of live shows
Fred Eaglesmith, Continental Club, October 9
Descriptions of live shows
Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, Bass Concert Hall, October 10
Descriptions of live shows
Isotope 217, Emo's, October 12
Descriptions of live shows
Bernard Allison, Antone's, October 14
Descriptions of live shows
screens
The Passion of Sam Peckinpah
Excerpts From the Austin Film Society's Peckinpah Monograph
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
The Last Draft
1999 Austin Heart of Film Festival Wrap-Up
Short Cuts
Film news from around Austin
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
TV Eye
Good TV shows don't go to heaven, they go to Barnes & Noble; also, Larry David's HBO special is worth the price of cable.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Waves Coming to Shore
No artist in the last 50 years has combined dance, theatre, music, scenery, and costume into epic spectacles like Pina Bausch, and as this German visionary returns to Austin Dawn Davis explores her work and her impact on the city's Johnson / Long Dance Company.
BY DAWN DAVIS
All the World SA Stage
The Debut of the International Theater Festival at San Antonio
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
A special visit to Austin by Theatre Communications Group executive director Ben Cameron.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Barnum's Kaleidoscape: A Palace of Wonders
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
Tales of Error: It Came From Junior High
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
Dirty Money: The Job of Sex
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
columns
Page Two
Peckinpah rides again at the Alamo Drafthouse.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Who has the ego problem?
Public Notice
Club Skirt, autumn leaves, and the flu are all back!
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
HAL, Hendrix, Seven of Nine
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
When did the concept of breaking in jeans become obsolete?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Museum-hopping in Houston.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Coach's Corner
Everybody hates a winner.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
About AIDS
Keep walking - we're not there yet: The 12th annual AIDS Walk Austin is
this Sunday.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
