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There Goes the Sun
Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Chapman File
Terry Keel defends his client, but sworn testimony seems to contradict him.
BY JORDAN SMITH
A Mixed Farewell to ACC's Fonté
ACC President Richard Fonté steps down and reflects on his administration and its discontents
BY MICHAEL KING
It's a Conspiracy!
The landowner alleges vile collusion between City Hall and Stratus Properties -- but not actual citizens.
BY AMY SMITH
Busted! Maspero Suspended for the Duration
The Williamson sheriff's own deputies say he needs to go.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
"A different brand of law enforcement" doesn't have to be a bad thing.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Capitol Chronicle
The controversy over tuition deregulation is only the tip of the iceberg.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Monsanto goes on the attack; and giving thanks for American progressivism.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Looks Aren't Everything
The retro chic of the South Congress Cafe is but one ingredient at the Trudy's offshoot
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Thanks to the HCWFF, It's Party Time!
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
This Sweet Potato Queen is ready for her tiara, and for Jill Connor Brown's visit; plus, very good news and very sad news from the Austin food community.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Meat Markets, Part II
Food Reviews
music
The Top Texas 40
Ranking the Lone Star State in song
BY MARGARET MOSER
Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
Texas, the state that inspires big songs
BY MARGARET MOSER
screens
Demolition Man
Documentarian Jesse Moss on Speedo
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Short Cuts
Tarantino and Rodriguez make beautiful music together, and Ellen Spiro keeps reaching for the stars.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Belinda Acosta says bah-humbug to Law & Order and more.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
The Hired Hand
After Easy Rider, partners Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper rode off into their separate sunsets -- Hopper to Peru to film his demented classic, 1970's The Last Movie, and Fonda back to the familiar family tradition of the American Western for his directorial debut, The Hired Hand.
Film Reviews
Bad Santa
Billy Bob Thornton plays a thieving, degenerate Santa.
The Haunted Mansion
Eddie Murphy heads up this latest Disney amusement ride-turned-movie.
The Missing
Ron Howard directs Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett in tough Western drama.
Timeline
Time-traveling archeologists can't make the time pass quickly enough.
arts & culture
Not Just Another Pretty Face
With the Naughty Austin theatre company, there's more than meets the eye.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
A Big Old Jam Thing, Baroque Style
For its post-Thanksgiving concert of Suites and Leftovers, La Follia reheats the best bits of the musical past into a jazzy feast.
BY JERRY YOUNG
Articulations
Hogg Auditorium is headed for a makeover, Judy Jensen's Blue Willow is headed to the Smithsonian, and two local artists take the road to recovery.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Turandot
Calaf's quest for the heart of the icy princess Turandot is the stuff of legend and, in Austin Lyric Opera production of Puccini's opera, was an opportunity to hear some exquisite music excellently performed.
Coriolanus
Lorella Loftus' staging of Coriolanus at the Vortex doesn't succeed in making Shakespeare's hero truly tragic or noble, but its fierceness of imagination and commitment would do the Roman general proud.
An Ideal Husband
Different Stages' production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband is not just community theatre at its finest; it's just plain good theatre: entertaining, impressive, astounding, and delightful.
columns
Page Two
The United Way and the Boy Scouts have both acted admirably in their parting of ways; their decisions call for a sense of moral nuance that is lately all too rare.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
About AIDS
Lunch with the doc: What's cookin' in HIV treatment?
Letters at 3AM
The institution of marriage has been undone by the changes brought about by modern technology and therefore has nothing to fear from the legalization of gay marriages.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
One of the trees in my front yard hangs over my neighbor's driveway. Would I be responsible if one of the branches fell off the tree and caused damage to her car?
BY LUKE ELLIS
To Your Health
I know MRIs are useful in diagnosis, but I'm concerned about the possible side effects. Would a CT scan have fewer side effects?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
Day Trips
Against the odds, Palo Duro Canyon became a major jewel in the state parks system.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: All Good Stuff
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Sunday, November 30, 2003
BY THE LUV DOC
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