Volume 19, Number 38
news
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
East Timor begins the process of reconstruction in its struggle for independence.
BY JOHN SAYLES
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
A new Sunset Commission report recommends opening Texas' public lands to use by the public as parkland.
BY ROBERT BRYCE
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
Shane Phelps resigns from the AG's office to run as a Republican candidate for Travis County District Attorney; Community leaders ask Dell Computer to reconsider moving into the Drinking Water Protection Zone
BY AMY SMITH
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary
City Council members award themselves a raise; neighborhood residents protest looser rules governing backyard cottages; and the council approves a convention center parking lot on property whose owner doesn't want to sell.
BY KEVIN FULLERTON
food
When Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood moved to Austin 30 years ago, the Driskill was a run-down, pitiful shadow of a formerly grand hotel threatened with foreclosure and destruction. Now its new owners want it to be a world-class destination. How does the Driskill Grill define "world-class"?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
In this week's edition of Food-o-file, Austin Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood explains why the Capital Area Food Bank staff are Bruce Springsteen's best fans and updates readers on local culinary news.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Chronicle writer Greg Beets surveys local pizza chains in this week's Second Helpings.
Food Reviews
music
The only punk rock band that mattered, and why they still do
BY JERRY RENSHAW
A recap of the first Austin Music Commission Town Meeting; the Antone's Blues Festival looks to have a bright future.
BY KEN LIECK
Record Reviews
Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology
Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music
Future Shock, Sound-System, Perfect Machine
The Complete Columbia Recordings
The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside & Contemporary Recordings
The Duke: The Essential Collection 1927-1962
The Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Caravan: The Complete Savoy Recordings
Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale
Weaver of Visions: The Kate Wolf Anthology
Cimarron, Last Date
Hot Burritos! The Flying Burrito Brothers Anthology
Untitled/Unissued, Byrdmaniax, Farther Along, Live at the Fillmore -- February 1969
Early Tracks
Blues at Sunrise
BBC Sessions, The BBC Sessions
The Big Bang! Best of the MC5
March to Fuzz: Best of and Rarities
screens
Paramount Theatre's annual feast of over 80 classic films proves there actually is a cure for the summertime blues.
BY SARAH HEPOLA
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
BY MARC SAVLOV
George Clooney's return to ER for Julianna Margulies' final episode left many viewers divided -- but not "TVEye" columnist Belinda Acosta. Also, Michael J. Fox exits Spin City, and the latest news from HBO.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
arts & culture
With The Music Man, Austin Musical Theatre creates a River City that's bigger than some by-god real Texas towns. But it's a show whose heart may be the biggest thing of all.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
This year's recipient of the UT College of Fine Arts' E. William Doty Award.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Seven thirtysomething friends converge on a Texas beach to party, party, party, in the comedy Angel's Balcony, and with playwright Blake Yelavich providing an abundance of pop-culture references and witty banter, it's a good bet the rhythm is gonna get you.
It may be too early for most of us to really care about the baseball season, but the Subterranean Theatre Company production of the comedy Bleacher Bums is a near-perfect game that's worth catching.
columns
BY LOUIS BLACK
Our readers talk back.
This week's benefits and fundraisers are burning up, flying high, and a she thang.
BY KATE X MESSER
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Please forward this column to NBA Commissioner David Stern. His sport is in dire need of Coach's advice.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
The live oak tree at the top of Enchanted Rock, which has inspired religious devotion for centuries, is now in a fight for its life.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Yes, HIV Does Cause AIDS, Part I
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters to the editor, published daily