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Volume 19, Number 7
news
A Rural Riddle
Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth
BY ROB D'AMICO
Naked City
South Austin Democrats give Mayor Kirk Watson the Yeller Dawg award of the year, Geoff Rips goes to work for AISD, City Council will have new meeting places next year.
BY AMY SMITH
Council Watch
City inks 50-year water deal with LCRA
BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
Media Clips
Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin
BY LEE NICHOLS
food
Italian American
Chronicle food writer Rachel Feit went to Mama Mia’s looking for her Big Night, but found instead the sort of place that put the little restaurant in Big Night out of business.
BY RACHEL FEIT
Uncorking Texas
The Texas wine industry has certainly come a long way since the first vineyards were planted by Spanish monks nearly 400 years ago. A recent state government plan could help the industry grow even more.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
More delectable hot dogs in Austin, several businesses that cater wedding receptions, and updates on chefs' changes in Austin.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Indian
Food Reviews
music
The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks
A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
The Pilgrim Returns
Q&A with Kris Kristofferson
BY ANDY LANGER
Dancing About Architecture
Austin City Limits to enter its 25th season two shows lighter;
Steamboat loses more relocation prospects; and Ozzy Osbourne declines Black Sabbath's nomination for entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
BY KEN LIECK
Record Reviews
Negativland/Chumbawamba, Teletubbies
The ABC's of Anarchism, Nursery Rhymes & Other Fun Songs
David Bowie, Iggy Pop
Hours, Avenue B
Handsome Boy Modeling School
So ... How's Your Girl?
Ol' Dirty Bastard
N***a Please
Wilson Pickett
It's Harder Now
Sister Carol
Isis
Split Lip Rayfield
In the Mud
The Folk Implosion
One Part Lullaby
Philip Glass
Dracula, performed by Kronos Quartet
Vibes, Brad Jones' AKA Alias
With Drawn, Uncivilized Poise
Nine Inch Nails
The Fragile
screens
Screen Play
Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Festival Wrap-Up
Psycho Analysis
An interview with Psycho scribe Joe Stefano
BY MARC SAVLOV
American Filmmaker
Chris Smith's American Movie depicts one man's passionate struggle to make a film.
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Short Cuts
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
From Ethel Mertz to Margaret Cho, we examine how the small screen has portrayed big women; also, a look at Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
Black Cat, White Cat
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
Fight Club
There's no middle ground in Fight Club: Either you go with its berserker ethos or go nuts.
Finding North
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember … Yes, I Remember
Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
The Story of Us
arts & culture
Silent Partner
You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.
BY ROBI POLGAR
Articulations
Forward motion on a renovation of UT's Harry Ransom Center and the lack of motion in the design of the new Blanton Museum of Art.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Rocky Horror Show: Spaced Out on Sensation
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
The Threepenny Opera: A Snarl of Theses
Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin
columns
Page Two
The Statesman is back to its old ways.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
The Gotham backlash continues.
Public Notice
Fundraising season is upon us ...
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
Close encounters of the illegal kind.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
Announcing the Fashion Amnesty Program.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Old Settler's Park in Round Rock is one of the best city parks in Texas.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Coach's Corner
In this year's Super Bowl: Rams vs. Titans?
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
About AIDS
Another compound from the Amazon rain forests can help HIV+ patients.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters at 3AM
Is "progress" an unconscious compulsion?
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Tiger Cry
Baseball enthusiast Lisa Tozzi takes a trip to Detroit and memory lane as she visits Tiger Stadium on the eve of its destruction.
