Southeast Branch Library
Volume 21, Number 12
news
Cast a Giant Shadow
Evaluating the mayoral legacy of Kirk Watson
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Welcome Back, Gus!
A Heavy Agenda for Garcia's new council
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
In Memory of Bob Eckhardt: 1913-2001
A fighter for justice is remembered by family and friends.
BY MICHAEL KING
House Sitting
The Dickinson-Hannig House looks for a home
BY LAURI APPLE
Recruiting for Peace
BY LEE NICHOLS
Doggett Smells a Scam
BY LAURI APPLE
Palmer Picket Persists
BY MICHAEL KING
Yogurt Shop Case Takes a Twist
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
BY LAURI APPLE
The Hightower Lowdown
The White House and Pentagon bomb us with propaganda; Enron's empire crumbles; stuff you don't need.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Counting Our Blessings
Considering what we're thankful for in the local food scene
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Food editor Virginia B. Wood makes corrections on the Chronicle's recent "Barbecue Dynasties" article and updates readers on local goings-on.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Home Away From Home: Dining Out for Thanksgiving
Tips on where to dine out on Thanksgiving Day
music
All-American
Jimmie Vaughan at 50
BY MARGARET MOSER
Dancing About Architecture
Death and rain come to CenTex
BY KEN LIECK
Phases and Stages
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985
Matthew Robinson
Matthew Robinson & the Texas Blues Band
Converters
You Got 'Em
Goudie
Effects of Madness
screens
The Magnificent Six
The cast and crew of the locally made omnibus film Six in Austin celebrate with a screening.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Cassavetes on Cassavetes
BY MARC SAVLOV
Songs for Cassavetes
BY MARC SAVLOV
DVolution
Local filmmaking classes for the digital auteur
BY MARC SAVLOV
Wintry Mix
Holiday Film Preview
Short Cuts
Entry deadline for the Dallas Video Festival and SXSW updates
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
How to escape turkey afterburn and family overkill
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Halfway Home
The Los Angeles County of Art's exhibition "The Road to Aztlan, Art From a Mythic Homeland" includes a wondrous survey of pre-conquest Mesoamerican art, but when it comes to contemporary Chicano works, the "road" doesn't take us all the way home.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Articulations
Austin quiz kids prove they know opera, the Texas Commission on the Arts proves it cares about Republic Square, and visual artist Tré Arenz proves she cares about humanity.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
theevolutionofwoman
In her new play theevolutionofwoman, author S. Lucia Del Vecchio offers exactly what this male reviewer seeks in the theatre: a peek into forbidden mirrors, possible answers to tough questions, and food fights.
Summer and Smoke
In the Different Stages revival of Summer and Smoke, the way that actors Rebecca Robinson and Joel Citty embody the conflicted and conflicting natures of their characters, two people whose differences keep them apart even when they are drawn to each other, provides the tension that gives this production its life.
Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief
In Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief, Shakespeare's Othello is retold from the women's point of view and as if Desdemona were just the sort of wanton slammerkin the titular Moor was tricked into thinking she was.
columns
Page Two
The current movement to restore public school prayer is an act of pure political nostalgia, a step backward toward our own theocracy.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Day Trips
Hermann Park offers a green respite from the concrete canyons of Houston.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants
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
To Your Health
My mother often asked me if I had a bowel movement every day, but now that I am on my own, it's more like two to three per week. How can I get back to a daily BM without getting hooked on laxatives?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
World AIDS Day Observances Dec. 1
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
Coach is playing some serious golf on vacation. Why is it, though they change partners every day, his team always loses?
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
