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Volume 21, Number 50
news
Internal Affairs
One night on adult trauma at Brackenridge
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
Descent into Hell
The City Council kicked off its budget talks in earnest last week, with the least grim part of the FY2003 proposed budget -- public safety -- along with aviation, the Convention Center, and Solid Waste Services.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Moldering Heights
More mold at AISD schools.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Hinojosa Busted
BY MICHAEL KING
Former APD Officer "Speaks"
Former Austin Police Officer Tim Enlow lashes out at the department's renewed campaign to conquer drug dealing, prostitution, and other crimes in the Rundberg area neighborhood.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Kind of an Ally
BY LEE NICHOLS
I-35 Planning Not a Two-Way Street
To some East Austin residents, the Texas Dept. of Transportation is an Orwellian evil empire-like state agency that will pave over your house if not watched closely, despite the agency's best efforts to put on a happy face.
BY DAVE MANN
Naked City
This Week's Headlines
BY LAURI APPLE
Capitol Chronicle
C.L.E.A.T. calls for a moratorium on political advertising; we call that pointless.
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
It's time to look more intelligently at economic development
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
Dubya plays corporate performer -- but it's just pretend; and Congress sells out its trade authority for cold, hard cash.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Southern Comfort on SoCo
Lambert's has the buzz, the location, the pedigree, and the menu to make some noise in Austin. But does it have MM Pack's recommendation?
BY MM PACK
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood sets the record straight on Rocco's Grill and sets the town to stompin' grapes this weekend in this week's "Food-o-File."
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Gourmet Takeout
Have the need to feed with a relative degree of speed? Erin Mosow takes you on a gourmet takeout tour in this week's "Second Helpings."
music
Spreading the Word
Six new roots act for roots Austin
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Dancing About Architecture
The strange border tale of Tish Hinojosa
BY KEN LIECK
Phases and Stages
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
Neil Peart
Rhys Chatham, Acid Mothers Temple, DJ Spooky, Spaceheads, Cul de Sac, Yume Bitsu, Tribes of Neurot
A Rhys Chatham Compendium, In C, Optometry, Low Pressure, Immortality Lessons, Golden Vessyl of Sound, Adaptation and Survival
screens
Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover
Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
BY CHRISTINA SMITH
Love Story
Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein's The Kid Stays in the Picture documents the larger-than-life story of Robert Evans, actor, producer, and "legendary cocksman."
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Short Cuts
Back to school with Professor Mims
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Film actors take flight for the small screen.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Black Orpheus (1959)
Bossa nova and an wonderful spin on a timeless Greek tragedy make Black Orpheus a keeper.
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Erin Cone at the Wally Workman Gallery
"The figurative acrylics and oils of Austin's Erin Cone reveal no specific flow of story; neither are they reproduced as visual elements of what the hipper literati like to call graphic novels. Cone's portraits stand alone," writes Wayne Alan Brenner. See Cone's second annual exhibition at the Wally Workman Gallery during August, and be pleased with your decision.
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
columns
Page Two
BY NICK BARBARO
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
Stephen goes to a Mega bash and wonders if window dressings can be plagiarized.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
What are the safest non-prescription pain remedies and how do they work compared to the regular pain relievers?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
Cedrick Trout (shudder) comes to dinner. But that's not quite as big a joke as Major League Baseball's idea of steroid testing.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
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