Rodeo Austin
Volume 19, Number 14
features
Festival of Lite
Arts writer Robi Polgar finds the true meaning of Chanukah, if not the true spelling ...
BY ROBI POLGAR
news
Mapping the Future
Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Naked City
Shane Phelps will run against Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, Sam Billings quit the Cap Metro board; Larry Paul Manley runs up against neighborhood opposition.
BY ERICA C. BARNETT, ROBERT BRYCE AND KEVIN FULLERTON
Council Watch
Travis Country residents battle with private school's placement of its athletic field
BY JENNY STAFF JOHNSON
food
Standout Sister Act
Gentle Heat and Soothing Sweet at Mirabelle
BY PABLEAUX JOHNSON
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood discovers a new Japanese fast food joint in town; mentions upcoming Central Market Cooking School classes; and updates readers on recent happenings among restaurants and restaurant owners in the Hill Country.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Taquerias
Tasty, bite-sized restaurant listings compiled from new and previous reviews, guides, and poll results. This week's entries were compiled by Mick Vann.
music
Full of Schtick!
Greg Beets sends up Austin's wacky pop-punk-cum-Saturday-morning-send-up band, the Peenbeets.
BY GREG BEETS
Age of Innocence
Middle school teacher Mindy LaBernz teaches her students about "real life" and pop music magic.
BY MINDY LABERNZ
Dancing About Architecture
Final fareweall to the Texas Tornado; Frank Kozik Sells Out?; Sixteen Deluxe and Meat Purveyors shake up, but don't break up.
BY KEN LIECK
Record Reviews
Broadcasts Vol. 7 (107.1 KGSR-FM/Radio Austin)
Texas Platters
Ed Burleson
My Perfect World
Dale Watson & his Lone Stars
People I've Known, Places I've Been
Tanya Raye Brown
Meet the Mrs.
Jerry Lightfoot & the Essentials with Jerry LaCroix
Better Days
Rob Roy Parnell
Jacksboro Highway
Okkervil River
Stars Too Small to Use
Eliza Gilkyson
Misfits
Teddy Morgan & the Pistolas
Lost Love and Highways
Davíd Garza
Kingdom Come and Go
Seela
Something Happened
The Barbers
You Know How It Is
Sara Hickman
Newborn
8 1/2 Souvenirs
Twisted Desire
Marti Brom & her Barnshakers
Snake Ranch
Quick Drawl
Two Dollar Buffet
Tosca
Amado
Govinda
Entwined & Entranced
Clay Moore
Meeting Standards
Third Degree
Zydecopia
Peglegasus
Tired of Adventures
Swine King
Gargantuan Fantasy Mall
SINIS
Live at Dante's Pleasure Palace
Soak
2179
The Gardeners
Tomato
Pop Unknown
If Arsenic Fails, Try Algebra
Texacala Jones & Her T.J. Hookers
Texacala Jones & Her T.J. Hookers
The Search for Saturnalia
The Search for Saturnalia
New singles from Spoon, Knife in the Water, the Put Downs, the Beach Birds, and Roar! Lion
screens
The Kid's Got Moxie!
Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.
BY SARAH HEPOLA
No Ordinary Folk
Producer Fred Miller remembers the making of this antiwar documentary, which focuses on the music of folk legends Peter, Paul & Mary.
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Reflections on the memorable television specials of Christmas past
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Star Chambers
Take a peek behind the dressing room doors of Austin theatre through the lens of photographer Bret Brookshire.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
Farewell to two local galleries, welcome to the new dean of the UT College of Fine Arts.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Desire: Cold Comfort Farm
Ada Calhoun covers Laura Somers' desire, a "reconsideration" of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms.
Uncle Vanya: Finding Humor in Wasted Lives
Skipper Chong Warson examines Different Stages' new take on Uncle Vanya.
columns
Page Two
The Evil Regents Return.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
More tributes to Doug Sahm
Public Notice
Public Notice is noticing a lot of public service types getting into the holiday spirit. Events big and small are happening all over town, as are opportunities to give, give, give.
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
Impressionistic poultry patching and a proclivity for plynths
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
Our style avatar branches out to service and sales.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Eat barbecue for breakfast at Zimmerhanzel's BBQ in Smithville.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Coach's Corner
Always pick the team with the most to play for.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
About AIDS
Silence is proving deadly for Latino communities.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
