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Austin helps the Lysistrata Project become the Little Peace Project That Could, the Long Center says "no thanks, after all" to the $25 million in Waller Creek tunnel bond money, and Austin Shakespeare Festival launches a new reading series.

Austin Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires delivers his list of the Top 10 most memorable productions in the performing arts for 2002.

In Bash, a collection of monologues by Neil LaBute, the protagonists appear to be considerate, decent people, but in the stories they share they prove themselves capable of committing crimes straight out of Greek tragedy, and the dirigo group production achieves a breezy intimacy with the audience, engaging us so thoroughly that when the darkness falls, we find it hard to abandon them.

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The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

As produced by Hyde Park Theatre, playwright Melanie Marnich's Blur draws the audience along in a briskly-paced, dynamic ride.

The Salvage Vanguard Theater production of Caridad Svich's Fugitive Pieces is a nowhere road reminiscent of the Tom Waits milieu, with vagabonds hopping trains to anywhere other than where they are now. But while it's not for everyone, it's worth the journey.

In Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief, Shakespeare's Othello is retold from the women's point of view and as if Desdemona were just the sort of wanton slammerkin the titular Moor was tricked into thinking she was.

World AIDS Day Observances Dec. 1

Red carpet reportage, and other filmic items

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

Brief items of interest

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

The new version of Gumbo's has made the transition from mom-and-pop shop to a classy, upscale chain operation. It definitely makes the grade.

Five Children's Film Series Offer a Break From the Routine

Kids Flicks

Drinks at Donn's Depot with Austin country music diva Susanna Van Tassel.

Inspired by the sonnets of Shakespeare, the seven plays in Love's Fire are the confession of a love affair with language, and this Mary Moody Northen Theatre production passionately voices that confession with the help of a vigorous young cast of St. Edward's University students.

Artistic Soulmates Vicky Boone, Margery Segal, and Annie Suite Reunite for Love's Fire

Another death in the dance community, longtime UT jazz dance instructor Lathan Sanford.