The Coral Snake
Volume 21, Number 52
news
Road Rage
The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps
BY AMY SMITH
Yogurt Shop Trial Turns Fiery
Week Two of the capital murder trial of Michael Scott, the second defendant charged in Yogurt Shop Murders.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Read the Fine Print
With arbitration clauses, homebuilders are erecting a legal wall to keep themselves out of court.
BY EMILY PYLE
No Sports, Lots of Spin
BY LEE NICHOLS
In Loco Parentis ("Beep-Beep')
BY WALTER HOWERTON JR
Man Bites Prairie Dogs!
BY DAVE MANN
Conservative Coalition Caught in Anti-Porn Ring!
Legislators vow to crack down on Internet child porn, even where it doesn't exist.
BY MICHAEL KING
Nuts About Needles
BY JORDAN SMITH
Council Does the Money Mambo
The bones of the city -- roads, sewers, power lines -- took center stage for last Thursday's installment at City Council of "Budget: How Low Can We Go?" Not as low as we might like.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Naked City
Headlines
BY LAURI APPLE
The Other Guys
The Greens and the Libertarians present alternative candidates for governor
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Bulletproofing Betty
Despite being a council freshman, Betty Dunkerley has already taken the lead on health care.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
Bush's long vacation benefits America; his Ag Department pick ain't exactly a family farmer.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Hotly Anticipated
The 12th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest results are here!
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood will get back to the restaurant news and advisories next week; for now, she just has to tell you about Timothy Taylor's debut novel, which has quite the culinary theme its own self.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helping: American Cafes
12th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners
music
Up South
Austin MC Bavu Blakes takes it to the streets.
BY CHALE NAFUS
Dancing About Architecture
Rave chaos part 2, plus Kerrville Kaos brings Direct Events Ghenghis Kahn Tim O'Connor out of retirement.
BY KEN LIECK
Phases and Stages
screens
In Memoriam
Longtime friends and colleagues of Eagle Pennell remember the filmmaker.
Down Mexico Way
South of the border, six stories high, at the Texas State History Museum's IMAX theatre
BY WILL ROBINSON SHEFF
In Play
BY MARCEL MEYER
Mum's the Word
AustinMama.com
BY MARRIT INGMAN
Short Cuts
Sure, you can call a spade a spade, but the Statesman can't call a dildo a dildo. Try "female sex toys" instead.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
The next few weeks bring numerous 9 / 11 specials.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Umberto D.
Of the more than 30 films directed by neo-realist auteur Vittorio De Sica, this was his own favorite.
Film Reviews
Elling
My Wife Is an Actress
Possession
This dual love story spanning two centuries, taken from A.S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, is handled with typical LaBute pessimism.
arts & culture
An Artist, a Life, a World
"The Mystical World of Kelly Fearing: A Sixty-Year Retrospective" covers the work of this longtime Texas artist from his days with the Fort Worth Circle, introducing modernism to the Lone Star State in the 1940s, through his 48-year career on the UT-Austin Department of Art faculty, experimenting with form and style.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Payne the Town Red
What might be considered the theatrical fringe in other cities is more and more the theatrical mainstream in Austin, an idea that was reinforced with the announcement of the nominations for the 2001-02 B. Iden Payne Theatre Awards.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
The Dallas-based Meadows Foundation proves to be a true friend to the Austin arts in hard times with three special grants to Austin Lyric Opera, Zachary Scott Theatre Center, and Mexic-Arte Museum.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Mulligan's Jacket: Boy Gets Chick
Mulligan Lankwood, the protagonist of Ronnie Karam's ingenious and consistently entertaining solo show Mulligan's Jacket, has never had much in life, but we get plenty from his story, as related by a batch of outlandish characters, all portrayed by Karam with an enthusiasm that's infectious.
Lisa Giobbi Movement Theatre: What Must It BeLike to Fly?
Choreographer Lisa Giobbi seems to have found a way to affect the act of flight with grace and apparent ease, and in the intimacy of the One World Theatre, Giobbi and her company used flying and falling to describe all manner of human interaction with beautiful, hypnotic, and occasionally comedic results.
columns
Page Two
Returning from vacation offers a new appreciation for the city -- and for uniquely Austin events like the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
Stephen hobnobs with Cyndi Lauper, but not with Cher.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
Since heart disease runs in my family I have tried to "eat healthy" for several years. Recently I have been hearing about vitamin supplements that may help prevent heart disease. What are the best ones?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
Coach's farewell column, after a 10-year run, laments the bloated, mercenary state of "amateur" athletics in the U.S.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
