KLRU
Volume 19, Number 45
news
War of Words
Hays County planning battle turns into a war of words.
BY ROB D'AMICO
Lethal Weapon
FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Impulse Buying
City approves $15 million toward Convention Center Hotel, which the city will own in 30 years.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Naked City
City auditor Helen Niesner resigns; Vignette Corp., is looking for offices downtown; Leslie Pool goes to work for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Paul Robbins mad at Austin Energy; Office of Neighborhood Services launches workshops; Austin ranks No. 6 for bicycle theft.
BY AMY SMITH
Council Watch
Council approves spending $15 million on the Convention Center Hotel; City Manager Jesus Garza presents the Draft Policy Budget; and Roma Design Group announces its vision for the south shore of Town Lake.
BY KEVIN FULLERTON
food
Dining del Lago
The Chronicle Cuisines writers traveled up and down the Lake Travis area's main drag, RR 620 in pursuit of the perfect lakeside meal. They found burgers, catfish, BBQ, pizza, ice cream, and plenty of chicken fried steak. But not a lot of water. Here's what they have to report.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Chronicle Food editor Virginia B. Wood reveals "the coolest thing to do this summer" and updates readers on local culinary news.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: More American Cafes
More American cafes from Cuisines writer MMPack.
music
Every Day of Your Life
Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation
BY MARGARET MOSER
Cruel Summer
Kate X Messer remembers Lisa Davis: professional photographer, Austin music scenester, activist, suicide victim.
BY KATE X MESSER
Dancing About Architecture
Adios Antone; A wild and Willie Fourth.
BY KEN LIECK
Live Shots
Dwight Yoakam, Hank Williams III, Backyard, June 27
Smokey Robinson, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, June 30
screens
Night Visions
Director Alison Maclean and author Denis Johnson on Jesus' Son, a soulful, darkly comic take on life and death as a junkie
BY SARAH HEPOLA
Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Resurrection Blvd. may not be the perfect show about the Latino experience, but it's a step in the right direction; also, Sex and the City's third season disappoints.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Taking Stages
Young, optimistic, and flaky in a way that belies their revolution-for-the-hell-of-it satire, the KAiROS Co. has cultivated a name for itself as "poetic terrorists." Now, after five years in Austin, this theatrical sketch comedy troupe is readying to face down New York.
BY ADA CALHOUN
Articulations
The passing of Austin arts patron and poet Juan Ochoa.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
HMS Pinafore: A Most Agreeable Ship of Fools
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin's latest voyage on the HMS Pinafore benefits from the presence of director Ralph MacPhail at the helm. His light comic touch keeps the boat bobbing along merrily, a most agreeable ship of fools.
Barefoot in the Park: In the Pleasure of Their Company
The Mary Moody Northen Theatre revival of Barefoot in the Park, Neil Simon's early comedy about newlyweds in a nosebleed-high love nest, can't disguise the shortcomings of Simon's script, but with the vitality that Director Melba Martinez and an expressive, animated cast bring to the production it's always pleasant just being in the characters' company.
columns
Page Two
Welcome to summer in the new Austin.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Mueller re-development is a rip-off and "affordable housing" is a sham.
Public Notice
"Public Notice" gets devout all over the sisters. Check it out: Two nun-related items in one week!
BY KATE X MESSER
Letters at 3AM
Robert Bly's translations of 20th-century poets enrich our language.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Spending summer with Joan
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
How sweet is your soda, sugar?
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Coach's Corner
The Cubs killed the fan in the Coach.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Day Trips
A small Texas town tries to determine its destiny.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
Earth to denialists: the facts are out there.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Crossing Swords
This is the second time that the National Fencing Tournament has slashed it's way through Austin. Wayne Alan Brenner is en garde.
