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news
Mutual Interests
Military might makes investments right for teachers and state employees in Texas.
BY LUCIUS LOMAX
Rights and Consequences
The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.
BY MICHAEL KING
For Lowe's, A Win's a Win
Lowe's and the city cut a deal over the aquifer.
BY AMY SMITH
APA, Futrell Turn Up the Heat
The city manager and police union continue slinging barbs over the withholding of the King investigation results.
BY JORDAN SMITH
How Much Is the Sun Worth?
Austin Energy tries to place a value on solar power.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: The Writing on the Wall
If neighborhoods don't embrace Smart Growth, the city as a whole will get stuck with stupid growth.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Human Rights Are Indivisible
International Human Rights Day activities in Austin strung together workers' rights, social services, and Texas' awful death penalty.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Cable television promised savings with deregulation … and we're still waiting; and, the "synfuels" loophole has just become a bad joke.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Candy Hell
Or, it takes a lot of patience to play Mrs. Santa Claus.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Since you've been good boys and girls this year, Virginia B. Wood fills your stockings with lumps of foodie news instead of coal.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: CoffeeHouses Part I
music
My Obsession
Joe Nick Patoski leaves this terrestrial plane -- radio plane, that is.
BY JOE NICK PATOSKI
Dreck the Halls
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
TCB
Outer-space transmissions picked up by recent dental work
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Reissues
Doug Sahm
The Genuine Texas Groover
Jefferson Airplane
Takes Off, Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxter's, Crown of Creation
Beatles
Let It Be … Naked
Television
Marquee Moon, Adventure, Live at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 6 / 29 / 78
Allen Toussaint
The Complete Warner Recordings
Ethiopiques
Ethiopiques, Vols. 1-20
Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, various artists, Pink Floyd
Jimi Plays Berkley, Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight, Marvin Gaye Live in Montreux 1980, Sympathy for the Devil, Pink Floyd Live in Pompeii -- the Director's Cut
screens
Resetting Middle-Earth
As The Lord of the Rings journey ends onscreen, Austin game developer Inevitable Entertainment rewinds to The Hobbit.
BY COURTNEY FITZGERALD
Taking on 'Trivial Pursuit'
Bill and Gin Tolany's 'Dibs' parties smart.
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Short Cuts
Sundance, Slamdance, and South by Southwest: The 411 on upcoming fests is right here.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Questions and answers
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
An authoritative film study of the career of the Little Tramp by the esteemed journalist Richard Schickel.
In America
The masterful storyteller Jim Sheridan, along with a wonderful cast, tell the story of a family whom you'll never forget.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The saga ends (and ends) back in the Shire where it began.
Love Don't Cost a Thing
A nerdy high school student pays a cheerleader to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to appear cool.
Mona Lisa Smile
The new Julia Roberts movie applies a retrofitted sense of feminism to the Great Housewife Debate of the Fifties.
arts & culture
Tale of a Tale Spinner
How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
When Comic Do Good
Thanks to the benefit 'Stand-Up Is Dead,' some Central Texas wildlife won't be.
BY BARRY PINEO
Articulations
Austin architectural firm TeamHaas was tapped as the new design team for the proposed Long Center for the Performing Arts.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Rockin' Christmas Party
The cast of Zachary Scott Theatre Center's annual Rockin' Christmas Party delivers like crazy for over two hours, but this year's edition feels under-rehearsed and is uncomfortably loud.
Black Nativity
Pro Arts Collective's Black Nativity isn't quite theatre and isn't quite church, but a celebratory presentation of both that includes glorious gospel music and the eloquence of Langston Hughes.
columns
Page Two
The very nature of the police's job should earn more consistent praise, but at the same time it demands monitoring.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Stephen gets on all fours for the holidays. You heard it here first.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Enjoy some Golden Gal Pralines with Capt. Day Trips.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Broccoli is to cats as feet are not to Toto.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
I used cash to buy electronics equipment from the Austin store of a nationwide electronics company. I want to get my money back but am not sure what my options are.
BY LUKE ELLIS
To Your Health
Are there natural remedies for pinworms?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Holidays and nights: Beware Viagra and Tina
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Luv Doc Recommends: The 3rd Annual Mr. Sinus Holiday Spectacular
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Friday, December 19, 2003
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
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