Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Volume 20, Number 48
news
Neighbors vs. Neighbors
A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.
BY MICHAEL KING
Tulia's Freedom Ride
Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.
BY JENNIE KENNEDY
Naked City
F&W on EPA and Barton Springs, portable toilets for Sixth Street flushed, job vacancies at the Sheriff's office & lack of education at Barton Springs
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Lowdown
Bill Clinton's legacy; dousing Columbia; stadium envy
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Good Things in Small Packages
At Starlite, it's possible -- and exciting -- to belong to the Clean Plate Club, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry says.
BY REBECCA CHASTENET DÉ GERY
Will Travel for Food
Cooking at the Little Port Walter Research Station
BY MARKO ELLINGER
Food-o-File
Changing hands at Jean-Luc's French Bistro and other culinary news.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Snow Cones
Snocones, Sno-Cones, Snow Cones, Snowcones! Get 'em while it's hot.
music
One More for Her
Dale Watson turns his grief into an album.
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Real Good
Karen Poston knows a few Austin musicians
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Dancing About Architecture
Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...
BY KEN LIECK
Record Reviews
Aterciopelados, Rabanes, Lara y Reyes, Andrea Echeverri, Manu Chao, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Jaguares, Saúl Hernandez, Puya, Santos Inocentes, Moenia, Migala, Orixa, Los Mocosos
…Próxima Estacion … Esperanza, Clandestino, Esperanza, Next Stop Hope, Chau, Hola, La Marcha del Golazo Solitario, Cuando La Sangre Galopa, When the Blood Gallops, Fundamental, Union, Megaton, Le Modular, Arde, Escena AlterLatina -- The Future Sound of Español
Quaye, Finley
Vanguard
Orlando Cachaíto López
Cachaito
Tindersticks
Can Our Love...
Nusrat Fateh Qawwali Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -- The Final Studio Recordings, Shahen-Shah, Sacrifice to Love, Mustt Mustt, People's Colony No. 1
Rufus Wainwright
Poses
screens
Double Down
Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn goof around and discuss the making of Made.
BY SARAH HEPOLA
Scary Movie
Sid Moody interviews director Larry Clark about his new film, Bully.
BY SIDNEY MOODY
Short Cuts
Mark Miks and Murder in Small Town X, festival season upon us, and pre-production on The Life of David Gale.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
More grumbling about how dumb the Emmy Awards are
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
M
Fritz Lang's 1931 film M is remarkable for its modern editing and storytelling as well as for Lorre's bug-eyed performance as a serial killer preying on children.
Cradle Will Rock
Tim Robbins' historical drama mixes true events and characters from Roosevelt's New Deal pet, the Federal Theatre Project, and intersperses them with fictionalized elements with mixed results.
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Alone Again, Unnaturally
The isolation of the lighthouse-bound old couple in Ionesco's The Chairs is supposed to be shattering, but while there are some startling images in the State Theater Company's polished and professional production, the terror of being alone takes a back seat to an effort to play the script's comedy.
BY BARRY PINEO
Articulations
Tragedy times two: Nathan Jensen and five fellow artists lose their work in a studio fire, and musical star Steve Barton, an alumnus of UT, dies unexpectedly.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
columns
Page Two
Contemplating life, death, and the bell curve at the annual meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in New Orleans.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Public Notice
Cool out for the summer with Meals on Wheels Air Conditioner Drive Fundraiser at the Dam View, some film, or an art's fest.
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
Stephen remembers his friend and mentor Joanie Whitebird.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
I've been hearing that fiber in the diet is not as important as we used to think. Is it really important, and if so what does it do?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Living With HIV? Pick the Right Doctor
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
Coach's visit to Golf School -- with the wife -- yields unexpected results.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
