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July 19, 2002

Volume 21, Number 46

news

  • Imminent Harm

    The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on

    BY AMY SMITH

  • How Easy Is Austin?

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Slusher vs. Bunch

    Point/Counterpoint:

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Strange Bedfellows, Stranger Enemies

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Not Quite No-Kill -- Yet

    As the Town Lake Animal Center nears the target date to complete its No-Kill Millennium plan, launched in 1997, most observers agree the situation has improved. Chances of meeting its goals, though, remain slim.

    BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY

  • Another Drug War Casualty

    Testimony continues this week in the capital murder trial of 23-year-old Edwin Delamora, accused of firing the fatal shot that killed Travis County Sheriff's Deputy Keith Ruiz in February 2001.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • When Malls Attack

    We sure are getting a lot of malls.

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • Old Homes = New Yuppies?

    The City Council places a 90-day moratorium on new historic zoning cases in the Eastside and creates a task force to examine the relationship between historic zoning and gentrification.

    BY BRANT BINGAMON

  • Taking the Fifth?

    The battle lines form over the Bush nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Naked City

    Austin Stories

    BY LAURI APPLE

  • Naked City

    Region/State/Etc.

    BY LAURI APPLE

  • Naked City

    Happenings

    BY LAURI APPLE

  • Naked City

    Environmentalist George Cofer asks the "silent majority" to speak up for the Stratus deal. But so far it's a "majority" of one -- and 99 against.

    BY AMY SMITH

  • Naked City

    The Hyde Park Baptist Church is in state district court against the city of Austin, seeking to expand its proposed parking garage.

    BY MICHAEL KING

  • Naked City

    On July 12 a Travis County District Court jury found Marcus Green guilty of practicing medicine without a license, and he was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Naked City

    The City Council is slated to decide whether to adopt recommendations proposed by the city's Transportation, Planning and Sustainability Dept. that would significantly alter the face of downtown Austin's traffic patterns.

    BY JORDAN SMITH

  • Naked City

    Houston activist Ken Crowley is sentenced to six months in federal prison and $1,000 in fines for repeated civil disobedience at the School of the Americas.

    BY JOSHUA FISCHER

  • Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

    The council surrenders to Stratus and abandons its "Green" credentials

    BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

  • The Hightower Report

    George W.'s corporate scolding reeks of hypocrisy; the Pentagon buys into Hollywood.

    BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

  • ¡Más Comida!

    Austin's newest restaurants are making 'mi casa es su casa' a way of life, one menu at a time

    BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

  • Will Travel for Food

    Central Market's Jane King visits the gentrified Grassmarket area of Edinburgh and the used-cookbook store of Clarissa Dickson Wright, formerly of Two Fat Ladies.

    BY JANE KING

  • Food-o-File

    Happenings at Matt's El Rancho, Boggy Creek, Basil's, and more.

    BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

  • Second Helpings: Slices of Life

    Erin Mosow throws a pizza party in this week's "Second Helpings."

  • Food Reviews

    Foods of the Maya

music

screens

the arts

  • Moby's Play

    Playwright Kirk Smith talks about trying to squeeze a great white whale into a tiny theatre with his adaptation of Moby Dick for Vortex Repertory Company's Summer Youth Theatre.

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Articulations

    The stage musical version of The Lion King finally lands in Texas, and even four years into its Broadway run, the show still truly creates a world of wonders.

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

  • Arts Reviews

    Late Nite Catechism, and True West

columns

  • Page Two

    Saving what we can of Barton Springs -- most recently threatened by a proposed development deal between the city and Stratus Properties -- requires pragmatism and compromise.

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Postmarks

  • Mr. Smarty Pants

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

  • After a Fashion

    If you ask Stephen out on a date and he tells you that he has to do his Hair, don't be offended, he's just obsessing about the new production at Zach Scott.

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • Day Trips

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • To Your Health

    I get confused about the various kinds of vitamin E on the vitamin labels. Why can't labels just say "tocopherol"?

    BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.

  • About AIDS

    BY SANDY BARTLETT

  • Coach's Corner

    Why you want to read about golf, Coach's great metaphor for life

    BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON

    • The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones

    Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

books

  • Upcoming ...

    We survey the landscape of upcoming literary events and author appearances.

    BY SHAWN BADGLEY