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Volume 18, Issue 32

April 9-15, 1999

Sweet Release by Robert Faires
Son of Arlecchino teaches healing power of laughter

Austin Lyric Opera Groundbreaking by Robert Faires

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Musings on 46 Minutes at the King of the Hill Day Barbecue by Kate X Messer

Articulations
by Robert Faires
The latest in Austin's visual and performing arts scene

Exhibitionism
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
BOOKS
Writes of Spring
Taking the good with the bad: reviews of new releases from Achmat Dangor, Max Rodenbeck, Bruce Robinson, and John Henry Ryskamp

Fringe Feast by Phil West

Off the Bookshelf
Short reviews of recently published books, plus this week's top 10 local bestsellers

Postscripts
by Clay Smith
Reading between the lines in Austin literary news
COLUMNS
Page Two by Louis Black

Postmarks
Letters from our readers

Public Notice by Kate X Messer

Coach's Corner by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Day Trips by Gerald McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
CUISINES  
The Chameleon of Wines by Anthony King
Changeable Chardonnay catches consumers by the tongue

Recipe: Bow Ties With Asparagus and Scallops

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide Update by Virginia B. Wood
The Highland Lakes area

Food-o-File by Virginia B. Wood
What's cooking on the Austin food scene

A Cowboy in the Kitchen reviewed by Virginia B. Wood
 
FEATURES  
Not With Their Money by Mike Butts
Austin war tax resisters pay their dues
 
MUSIC  
Meat Puppets by Raoul Hernandez
Rykodisc reissues the band's SST catalog

Stevie Ray Vaughan by Margaret Moser
Reissuing blood and memories

Lonnie Johnson comic by Harvey Pekar and Frank Black

Dancing About Architecture by Ken Lieck
News and gossip from the Live Music Capital of the World

Record Reviews
Reissues and box sets
 
POLITICS  

At the Crossroads by Mike Clark-Madison
Capital Metro AIMs toward the middle of the road

PR Machine in Motion
Veering to the Right
King of the Roads

On the Lege edited by Lisa Tozzi
State politics news

Naked City edited by Lisa Tozzi
Local politics news

Council Watch by Jenny Staff
What have we learned from campaign finance reform?

 
SCREENS  
Film Listings
New reviews this week: A Walk on the Moon, Go, Never Been Kissed, A Place Called Chiapas, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Uncut

Mama's Boys
by Anne S. Lewis
The Texas Documentary Tour presents Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker's Moms

Guerrilla Filmmaking by Amy Smith
Canadian filmmaker Nettie Wild's journey to Chiapas
Short Cuts by Marjorie Baumgarten
News from the Austin film scene

TV Eye by Belinda Acosta
Reviews, previews, and reminiscence from the small screen

Scanlines
Video and game reviews


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