Volume 22, Number 48
news
Calling Mom
An essay on the author's mother and her generation of African-American women
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
Tweaking the ARA Plan
Seven years after its creation, the Austin Revitalization Authority hopes new revisions to its urban renewal plan can push Eastside redevelopment forward.
BY AMY SMITH
'Spy Kids,' Small Planes, and Surly Senators Star in Mueller Sequel
The State Aircraft Pooling Board's long goodbye creates turbulence at Mueller for the city -- and Robert Rodriguez.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Funds Part of PromiseLand's Plan for Praise
The conservative Christian church seeks a federal loan for an amphitheatre at its 51st St. campus
BY LAURI APPLE
After 40 Years of Hard Labor, Joe Gunn Steps Down
The longtime AFL-CIO leader ends a chapter of Texas labor history
BY MICHAEL KING
The Sheriff Shooting: A Very Different Story With the Same Ending
The shooting last week of Lennon Johnson by a Travis Co. deputy itself raises questions about the APD shooting last month.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Headlines
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Capitol Chronicle
Threatened with arrest, the Senate Democrats fly to New Mexico.
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Another Austin boom is pointless unless it improves the quality of life.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
On the Lege
The Senate stands at ease, and the House steamrolls easily.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Lowdown
Nike can't tell a lie; and useless crap we don't need.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Feast of the Dragon
Hong Kong Sundays at the Alamo bring watermelon monsters and world-class Asian cuisine together.
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
Hot chefs and hot dogs heat up this week's "Food-o-File."
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Slices of Life, Part 2
Food Reviews
Rounders Pizzeria
Austin's newest pie parlor brings the East Coast to the Third.
music
Oye Como Va
This trio of brothers from San Angelo aren't gonna be lonely for long.
BY MELANIE HAUPT
TCB
Developments in the SXSW wristband scam case, the resurgence of Emo's, and a preview of local fall releases.
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases and Stages
Blaze
Aural Karate
Atash
Republic of Love
n / a
Stubb's Gospel Brunch Volume 1
Human Marvels
With It
Weary Boys
Good Times
Pat Green
Wave on Wave
Same Day Service, Rebecca Cole, Vanessa Peters, Donna Lynn Kay, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Waiting for Tomorrow, Rebecca Cole, Sparkler, Electric Blue, Shout, Sister, Shout
screens
The Marble Falls
The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.
BY JAMES MCWILLIAMS
All-Access
VSA Arts of Texas raises funds to outfit AMC Barton Creek 14 with new technology for its deaf and blind patrons.
BY ERIN STEELE
Blogging With the 'Chron'
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but this is a parody. Of XL ent. And their shiny new useless blogs.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Short Cuts
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
While the eyes of many might be on model Travis Fimmel's man panties in the WB's Tarzan, Belinda Acosta will be watching Benjamin McKenzie in The OC.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Interview With the Assassin
Despite its initial promise and Raymond J. Barry's worthy performance as the supposed second gunman, Interview With the Assassin never surmounts its clever concept to achieve something transcendental.
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Telling His Own Story Fearlessly
With his theatrical memoir "I'm Not Lying," Jaston Williams proves there is more to the man than Tuna.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Piece of Work: Crab Trap
On a visit to the inaugural exhibition for UT's newly renovated Harry Ransom Center, writer Madeline Irvine finds herself seduced into the silent undersea world of Karen Glaser's photograph Crab Trap.
BY MADELINE IRVINE
Articulations
After three years of leading the drive to build the Long Center for the Performing Arts, David Fleming has resigned as the center's President and CEO.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Crazy For You
With Crazy for You, Zilker Theatre Productions brings the grand songs of George and Ira Gershwin back to the park for the first time in 43 years, and the occasion seems to have inspired the artists involved to an infectious jubilation.
The Purpose of Tools
With The Purpose of Tools, Travis Holmes has penned some nasty satirical material skewering the All-American Family, religion, and work, and Loaded Gun Theory's production boasts a lot of energy, a strong cast, and some clever direction, but the play's frequent blackouts and split focus cause the inspired mania onstage to fizzle out.
columns
Page Two
The Republican right's hypocritical rhetoric machine has become so dazzling and effective it can only be viewed as (highly successful) conceptual art.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
I am ready to stop smoking and plan to use nicotine gum to help. Is nicotine gum safe?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Free HIV/STD Testing at Pease Park, Aug. 8
BY SANDY BARTLETT AND LOIS VANLANINGHAM
Luv Doc Recommends: Em & Lo’s Big Bang Sex Drive Book Tour
BookPeople, Tuesday, August 5, 2003
BY THE LUV DOC
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