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Volume 20, Number 38
features
Three Canyons
The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History
BY BRANT BINGAMON
news
Boards! ... and Commissions
An insider's overview of and commentary on the city's boards and commissions
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Naked City
Local news in Austin, Texas
BY ERICA C. BARNETT
Capitol Chronicle
The Legislature enters the home stretch -- two weeks to go.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Lowdown
Bush and children, Bush and Big Oil, & the Inventor of the Slim Jim
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Art of the Sandwich
An Ode by the Cuisines Staff
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
The latest activities of the vegetarian activist owner of the Tarrytown Center and other Austin food news in this week's "Food-o-File."
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Deli-cious Sandwiches
Deli-cious sandwiches in this week's "Second Helpings"
music
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
The first of Austin's premier photographers shares some music history through his photos.
BY KEN LIECK
Dancing About Architecture
Kissinger gets lost
BY KEN LIECK
Live Shots
screens
Working Girls
What do the eight films in the Austin Film Society's latest free series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" have in common? They are all works by inherently feminist filmmakers, and the chronological order of the series tracks the growth of American feminist thought during these two decades.
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Short Cuts
Upcoming summer filmmaking activities
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Summer TV used to mean boring reruns, but these days, cable takes advantage of the networks' hibernation to launch their own season of special movie events and series. Belinda Acosta offers a list of some of the upcoming "must check out" programs.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Fat City
One of John Huston's latter-day successes, Fat City is long on character and short on plot, but it's a crawl through the mud that'll stay in your psyche for days.
Flashdance
What a feeling! What an icky, sticky feeling.
Girlfight
Karyn Kusama's directorial debut is as potent a boxing drama as Rocky, with solid performances and a relevant message.
Film Reviews
Pitch People
Shrek
Animated comic gem.
With a Friend Like Harry ...
Tasty psychological thriller from France (by way of Hitchcock).
arts & culture
She Got Rhythm
In the world of rhythm tap, female dancers are a minority, and women who are masters of the form, as Acia Gray is, are merely a fraction of the whole. But with the debut of the Soul to Sole Festival, Gray hopes to give women who tap their due.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations
The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.
Articulations
In honor of this week's commencement ceremonies at UT, here's a roundup of recent college-related honors for theatre historian Oscar Brockett, composers, Kent Kennan and Kevin Putz, late playwright David Mark Cohen, and UT theatre department alum Marcia Gay Harden. Plus, the 2001 Funniest Person in Austin is Rich Gabe.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
ROYGBIV 2001
In ROYGBIV 2001: A Human Odyssey, ONE Theatre Company sets out to chronicle the universal passages of human existence through an Everyman figure that they follow from birth to death. But the show itself seems to be in the midst of adolescence: Full of big dreams, idealistic, and ready to take on the world, but still a little awkward in its own body.
Anna Bella Eema
In Anna Bella Eema three women sitting behind TV trays spin an incredible tale of a girl who builds a girl out of mud and what happens when she comes to life. And as written by Lisa D'Amour and directed by Katie Pearl, it is glorious, with a beauty and depth almost beyond language.
columns
Page Two
Why Mike Clark-Madison's cover story will be informative even to the most experienced city veteran, and why the work of exploitation director Stephanie Rothman deserves serious study.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police
presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.
Public Notice
In honor of the O. Henry Pun-Off, Public Notice swears off the puns this week.
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
A smorgasbord of mental morsels on a pretty paper plate.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Off-road biking trails of the Lone Star State.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
The Anthony-Nak Fall 2001 Collection raises the bar on local designers.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
About AIDS
Health Care for the HIV Positive
BY SANDY BARTLETT
To Your Health
My mother does not admit to having a problem with alcohol, but it worries me a lot when I see how much she drinks. Her favorite drink is a margarita and she has one or two almost every day, along with some wine with meals, though I have never seen her actually drunk. Am I being overly anxious and should I just keep quiet?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
Coach's Corner
As the NBAplayoffs wind toward their conclusion, Coach is struck by how bland the announcers still are.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
