May 9, 1997

Volume 16, Number 36

news

The Smell of Palmer on E-Day

Election '97 Coverage

BY AUDREY DUFF

Austin City Council Election Endorsements

BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD

Palmer Pandemonium

BY ALEX DE MARBAN

Fort Knox on Poydras

Freeport Shareholders Are Secured

BY ROBERT BRYCE

Mayor: What, Me Negative?

Election '97 Coverage

Place 5: Man O' Manny

Election '97 Coverage

BY AMY SMITH

Place 6 Gets Ugly

Election '97 Coverage

BY KAYTE VANSCOY

Wild, Wild Wildlife

Texas Parks & Wildlife's Andy Sansom

BY ROBERT BRYCE

The Numbers Crunch

BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

The Mayor's Race: All the Returns

Councilmember, Place 2: All the Returns

Councilmember, Place 5: All the Returns

Councilmember, Place 6: All the Returns

What Elections?

TV News: Killing Bambi Gets the Spotlight

BY LEE NICHOLS

food

Martha Knows Best?

Current Trends in Wedding Cakes

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

Do It Yourself

Taking the Cake

Food-O-File

BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

music

Con Safos

Keith Ferguson's Legacy

BY DAN FORTE

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

BY JOSH ALAN FRIEDMAN

Picture of the Blues

Music Recommended

Also Playing

Road Shows

May

Dancing About Architecture

Heaven's Got a Helluva Band...

BY KEN LIECK

Record Reviews

screens

Alternative Signals

UT Student-run KVR-TV

BY KAYTE VANSCOY

Better Than MTV

Canada's Much Music Network

BY KAYTE VANSCOY

Scanlines

Plan 69 From Outer Space

Stay Tuned

TV Eye

BY MARGARET MOSER

Short Cuts

BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN

Film Reviews

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

La Cérémonie

Dragon Chronicles

Fathers' Day

The Fifth Element

Besson's smart editing and sly sense of humor keep this science-fiction epic from bogging down. Despite a grim storyline, the film never takes itself too seriously.
arts & culture

Heart of The Beast

Can Donald Byrd Make Art of True-Life Violence?

BY ADRIENNE MARTINI

Theatre Critics Table Nominations 1997

Articulations

New York Stories

BY ROBERT FAIRES

Arts Reviews

columns

Day Trips

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

Page Two

BY LOUIS BLACK

Public Notice

The Birds & the Bees

BY KATE X MESSER

Postmarks

Apathetic Is Pathetic

Mister Smarty Pants Knows

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

Pointed Remembrances, Pointless Arguments

Letters at 3AM

BY MICHAEL VENTURA

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