Central Machine Works
Volume 21, Number 4
news
Changed Forever
Scenes and voices from Austin's reaction to the attacks
BY MICHAEL MAY
W.'s Paper Chase
Bush attempts to have his state papers declared federal property.
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
War of Words
UT professor gets slammed by the UT president in Houston Chronicle for view on attacks
BY LEE NICHOLS
Tower of Ill Dispute
When the city settled its boundary dispute with Lumbermen's Investment Corp., it didn't close the book -- it opened up a sequel.
BY AMY SMITH
Questions Persist About Yogurt Shop Murders
Pretrial suspended in Michael Scott yogurt shop murder trial
BY JORDAN SMITH
Car Croquet
Neighborhood leaders seek stronger code enforcement front-lawn parking.
BY LAURI APPLE
Naked City
Brief items of interest
BY LAURI APPLE
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Gus Garcia on the qualities of the next mayor
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Capitol Chronicle
Lloyd Doggett feels the pressure of the "war hysteria."
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Lowdown
Terrorists attack, and security enthusiasts "protect" us; nursing homes abuse the elderly, and the answer is … deregulation?; and money management firms give the wealthy a shoulder to cry on.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Drag Nirvana
A new world-class restaurant on Guadalupe
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
Food editor Virginia B. Wood tells you how to eat for charity in the upcoming week.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings
A sampling of Austin's Italian restaurants in this week's "Second Helpings."
Food Reviews
music
Pure Happiness
Unassuming Austin singer-songwriter stumbles upon the big time.
BY ANDY LANGER
Calling the Shots
Jesse Dayton is finally an Austin musician again after years of only being mistaken for one
BY JERRY RENSHAW
Dancing About Architecture
The Austin music scene benefits the Red Cross.
BY KEN LIECK
Bruce Robison Reviewed
Bruce Robison
Country Sunshine
Jesse Dayton
Hey NashVegas!
Bill Kirchen, Dallas Wayne
Music Tied to the Wheel, Here I Am in Dallas
Rebel Heart
Bebe Buell and Victor Bockris
Dancing With Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield
Penny Valentine and Vicki Wickham
screens
Heart of Glass
UT Performing Arts Center presents a Philip Glass retrospective, "Philip on Film," with Glass performing live his film compositions.
BY MARC SAVLOV
After Atom
AFS presents the films of Kinji Fukasaku, Japan's premier post-war director.
BY WILL ROBINSON SHEFF
How to Succeed in Screenwriting
Austinite Vance Kotrla's screenplay advances in the Heart of Film Competition.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Destination: Online Profit
BY COURTNEY BARRY
Short Cuts
Waking Life to premiere in Austin, Regal announces canned goods = free movies, and some film score schooling with Brian Satterwhite.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Belinda Acosta talks about how glad she is to see Dave back on the air (we are, too), why Dan's patriotic meltdown pissed her off (irresponsible journalism), what Politically Incorrect-ism Bill said (but later retracted), and where are civil liberties are headed (the toilet).
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
Megiddo: The Omega Code Two
Session 9
Top-notch character actors come together as an abestos-removal team stationed in an abandoned mental hospital in this supernatural thriller.
Zoolander
arts & culture
Most Valuable Players
Brief profiles of 40 Austin actors who have distinguished themselves through the quality of that acting, the recognition they've garnered for it, and the singular qualities they brings to Austin's theatre community.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
Oklahoma!, A Macbeth, and Art were the big winners at the 27th Annual B. Iden Payne Awards.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Trust: Some of What Glitters
Trust is like a thoroughly modern version of those Noel Coward constructs in which the affluent and their hangers-on loll about having affairs and lobbing endless volleys of bon mots, and the Seven Ages Theatre Company production serves up its series of tilted vignettes and monologues in a smooth, brisk fashion.
Hamlet: Words, Words, Words
Despite the presence of a talented ensemble, the Austin Shakespeare Festival production of what most of the English-speaking world considers the greatest play ever written is a thin Hamlet of watered-down performances and even more diluted directorial choices.
columns
Page Two
The most effective weapon against long-term terrorism is this country's involvement in the world community; the most effective refutation of terrorists is the preservation of our civil liberties.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Postmarks Web Extra
Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks
Coach's Corner
Coach's "double-Scorpio" wife Kelly makes some unreasonable demands.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Day Trips
Fredericksburg-area residents are working to preserve the area's one-room rural schoolhouses.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
The stars at night are bigger and brighter, deep in the heart of Texas: Check out these local Hollywood sightings … Goth is alive and well and living in San Antonio … bra straps are still ugly and … your Style Avatar goes out on a "Denim Edge."
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
About AIDS
Maintaining body-cell mass
BY SANDY BARTLETT AND MARY MILLER
To Your Health
I am concerned about the hepatitis vaccination now required for my child. Is this vaccination worth it?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily