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Volume 21, Number 10
news
The Toxic Border
Researchers ponder increasing birth defects in the Valley.
BY DAN OKO
Gus and the Others
Gus Garcia takes the mayoral election.
BY MICHAEL KING
Mixed Media
Television election coverage was minimal at best.
BY LEE NICHOLS
Tax and Spend ... and Pave
Travis County voters say yes to more roads.
BY AMY SMITH
Council on Kirk
Council members comment on Kirk Watson's administration.
BY LAURI APPLE
Suttle Scuttled?
Development lawyer Richard Suttle no longer finds himself on the Stratus payroll, coincidentally (?) at a time when the company tries to clean up its image.
BY AMY SMITH
You Can Ask, But We Won't Tell
Much like with his gubernatorial pa-pers, Bush is now trying to hide federal papers from public scrutiny.
BY MICHAEL KING
Please Abuse Me
A reknowned terrorism "expert" says Arab-Americans don't mind ethnic profiling; an actual Arab-American disagrees.
BY LEE NICHOLS
Road Raging: The Video
Bike / Car conflict in Austin hits the video screen and the Internet.
BY JORDAN SMITH
A Little Fixer-Upper
The state tries to sell Woodlawn, site of the historic Pease Mansion.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Wasted Wildlife?
Are diseased elk imported to Texas a threat to Texas wildlife?
BY DAN OKO
Naked City
BY LAURI APPLE
Capitol Chronicle
Just for the Kids' school rankings seem like just a lot of baloney.
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Mayor Watson's final days dwindle to a precious few.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Lowdown
Dick Armey gives money to the rich, agribusiness creates deadly "superbugs", and Consumer Reports reads the fine print.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Central Texas BBQ Dynasties
What Becomes a Legend Most?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Austin Barbecue
Food-o-File
It seems like forever since I've written a column but that's just because so much has happened in the past two weeks.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
The Last Sunset
The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo
BY ANNE SHERWOOD
Fallen Star
BY JIMMIE DALE GILMORE
Dancing About Architecture
Champ Hood takes his fiddle to heaven.
BY KEN LIECK
Phases and Stages
U2
U2@Frank Erwin Center
Tori Amos
Tori Amos@Bass Concert Hall
Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones
Bill Frisell With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones
screens
Truth or Consequences
Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann's Long Night's Journey Into Day confronts issues of justice and forgiveness as it documents the hearings of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The film screens Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour.
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
The Don and Bill Show: Slightly Bent
Two titan animators drew crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown last weekend.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Web Drinking Games: Surfing to Get Soused
BY MARRIT INGMAN
Short Cuts
Kids do the darndest things when armed with Super-8 cameras.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
The Emmy Awards finally come to fruition, local boxer Jesus Chavez hits HBO, and the most delicious diva show on television.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Controversial writer Hanif Kureishi teams up again with director Stephen Frears for Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, a vibrant and uneven portrait of a Thatcher-era progressive relationship in perpetual crisis.
Film Reviews
arts & culture
All Aboard for Middle Earth
Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien needn't wait until the December 12 opening of the film of Lord of the Rings to take a journey to Middle Earth. Second Youth Family Repertory Theatre, an Austin arts company acclaimed for its intelligent, highly theatrical stage shows for family audiences, will ferry you there this weekend via its production of The Hobbit.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Frailty, Thy Name Ain't Woman
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
Tapestry wants you to see its show .com for free, and Scott Swanson wants you to find the arts on your TV, through his show Scene After Dark.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
columns
Page Two
The war on drugs works in opposition to the battle against terrorism.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
World affairs and more Critical Mass mess missives
Mr. Smarty Pants
A whole chockful of trivia for your nut
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
Guess who your Style Avatar flitted around town with this week? Check out this first installment about international salon god José Eber's visit to Austin.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The USS Lexington has gracefully retired from fighting ship to military museum.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
Viread is a new Anti-HIV drug
BY SANDY BARTLETT
To Your Health
I don't want to overreact, but I also want to be prepared in every feasible way for potential terrorist attacks. What is reasonable with regard to nutritional preparation?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
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