The Mike Wallace Interview Series: Snapshots From the 1950s
The Mike Wallace Interview Series: Snapshots From the 1950s NR. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Each Saturday in April the HRC will present two interviews from The Mike Wallace Interview Series broadcast in the late Fifties. This Saturday’s program features Gloria Swanson and Kirk Douglas and will be introduced…
Class Shorts
Class Shorts NR. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . The short films in this screening are produced and directed by girls, ages 13-16, who are students in filmmaker K. Bradford’s feminist film and video program. For more info call 708-8744 or send e-mail to sheshoot@aol.com.
It
It 1927, NR, 72 min. Directed by Clarence Badger, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno. “It” girl Clara Bow sealed her reputation with this film based on Elinor Glyn’s popular novel. Bow is utterly appealing and au courant as the shopgirl who has designs on the store owner. The role…
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Iv
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Iv 2001, NR, 100 min. Directed by Lloyd Kaufman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring David Masttey, Clyde Lewis, Heidi Sjursen, Paul Kyrmse. The Toxic Avenger series is the franchise that built the house of camp/schlock horror house of Troma Entertainment. In this fourth installment in the adventures of…
Flicker No. 8
Flicker No. 8 NR. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . This bimonthly film festival showcases short films by local and national filmmakers who submit works via mail. Flicker guarantees an array of projects and intriguing juxtapositions at every screening, with linear narratives butting up against radical experiments, polished productions followed…
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
Invasion of the Blood Farmers 1972, PG, 84 min. Directed by Ed Adlum, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Norman Kelley, Tanna Hunter, Bruce Detrick. Some farmers in upstate New York need to harvest a certain blood type in order to revive their queen. Not for the squeamish.
The Best of the A/v Geeks III
The Best of the A/v Geeks III NR. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . This new program of old 16mm educational film strips and training films is back by popular demand. Skip Elsheimer, the founding geek of Raleigh, North Carolina’s A/V Geeks, will be on hand to present bizarre treasures…
Exhibitionism
As produced by Hyde Park Theatre, playwright Melanie Marnich’s Blur draws the audience along in a briskly-paced, dynamic ride.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Burnet Canyon of the Eagles Lodge & Nature Park (12)16942 RR 2341 (off Hwy. 29 outside Burnet on Lake Buchanan) 800/977-0081www.canyonoftheeagles.com This remarkable eco-tourism resort is the result of a successful public/private partnership between the LCRA and the Presidian Corporation. Located on the north end of Lake Buchanan where the Colorado River enters the lake,…
Dancing About Architecture
Checking up on SIMS and their $216K, checking in on Lyle Lovett’s broken leg, and Tyler Harwood checks out of the Zulu as Kono and the Peenbeets.
Conran Deported?
Robert Conran’s prison ordeal is finally over, but now he must struggle against deportation.
TV Eye
Blacks and Latinos inch toward equity on television, but there are still miles of progress to be made.
Clockstoppers
Clockstoppers 2002, PG, 93 min. Directed by Jonathan Frakes, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jesse Bradford, Robin Thomas, French Stewart, Paula Garces, Michael Biehn. Frakes, aka Lt. Commander Riker of Star Trek: The Next Generation, has an apparent hit on his hands with this cunning blend of Nickelodeon-like visual pizzazz, wholesome teen sex…
Exhibitionism
Accompanying his tenor voice on his classical guitar, accomplished musician Matthew Hinsley plucked and sang his way through an intriguing mix of music from Renaissance England to modern America to highly entertaining effect.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Kingsland The Antlers Hotel (16)Railroad crossing in Kingsland, off Hwy. 1431 915/388-4411 or 800/383-0007 Wed-Sun, 11am-2pm, 5-10pm The Antlers opened in 1901 as a resort hotel for patrons of the Austin & Northwest Railroad who were eager to vacation in the Hill Country. The hotel was sold in 1923 and remained a private building for…
The Rights of Spring
With cold weather quickly becoming a thing of the past, the bluebonnets and hippies are in full bloom and it’s time to exercise your inalienable right to go to outdoor concerts damn near every weekend till the chill starts edging back in next fall. This means you have no excuse to stay inside all day…
Endorsements: April 9 Primary Run-off
Endorsements in the April 9 run-off election.
Exhibitionism
Different Stages’ production of Fuddy Meers never quite manages the chaotic verve of a Warner Bros. cartoon to which it seems to aspire, but there are laughs to be had from David Lindsay-Abaire’s consistently inventive and surprise-filled script and from these actors’ handling of it.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Llano The Badu House Bed & Breakfast (18)601 Bessemer, Llano 915/247-1207 Dinner Tue-Sat, 6-10pmThis elegant turn-of-the-century brick edifice is a longtime Llano landmark, having housed a bank, private residences and several B&Bs. The current proprietor is George Rozelle, who cheerfully welcomes guests to the six antique-filled guest rooms and one suite. Rozelle says there have…
Texas Sounds & Tracks
Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital…
Naked City
Despite Austin Community College’s financial troubles, the school’s Business Services department presented a balanced budget at the Board of Trustees’ April 1 meeting. The new budget reflects cuts announced earlier in the year — including class cancellations and a tuition increase — and incorporates college-wide budget reductions of 15% for all administrative units, and 5%…
Adventures in Crime and Space Closes
On Monday afternoon, Willie Siros, the owner of Adventures of Crime and Space Books, was waiting for the UPS man to pick up 30 boxes of books that needed to be returned to publishers. Everything was supposed to be out of the mystery and science fiction store by Sunday, March 31, but “it’s been tough…
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Johnson City Chantilly Lace Cafe, Tea Room & Gift Shop (22)408 N. Hwy. 281, Johnson City, 830/868-7450 Tue-Wed, 11am-5pm; Thu 11am-6pm; Fri-Sat, 11am-8pmwww.chantillylacesoaps.com The newest business attracting tourists in Johnson City is the Dunnaway family’s charming gift shop and tea room. After perusing the gift items, check out the shelves laden with their signature line…
Phases and Stages
Fugazi @ Emo’sMarch 31 It could’ve been an Eighties warehouse kegger in D.C. as easily as the second evening of a two-night stand at post-expansion Emo’s, circa 2002. “My time is like water down the drain,” sang Ian MacKaye, the room suddenly a-flood with the past, present, and future. The pit buzzed like a swarm…
Naked City
The fate of the Villas on Guadalupe will likely be decided today (Thursday) by the City Council, which plans to consider on third and final reading the developers’ request for modified multifamily(MF)-6 zoning for an upscale student housing project. Yesterday, the North University Neighborhood Association failed to restore their valid petition against the ultra-dense MF-6-CO…
Recommended
Kate Wheeler, the author of When Mountains Walked (2000), and Not Where I Started From (1993), a short story collection, will be at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle on Monday, April 8 at 7:30pm. Wheeler’s work has appeared in Best American Short Stories 1992, and she is a recipient of the Pushcart…
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Stonewall Burg’s Corner (26)Gillespie Country Fruit Grower’s Assn., Hwy. 290 W. & RR 1623, Stonewall, 830/644-2604 or 800/694-2772 Fri-Sun, 9am-5pmFrom the first of May until Labor Day, this is one of our favorite places for prime Hill Country peaches. Some of the best Gillespie County peaches are for sale by the basket and the bushel,…
Phases and Stages
Cheap TrickMusic for Hangovers DVD (Rhino) If Cheap Trick were a bona fide classic rock band, the new Music for Hangovers DVD would have been a previously viewed HBO pay-per-view concert from some virgin locale like São Paulo, or Havana. Instead, it was shot in the band’s home state, at Chicago’s Metro Theatre over four…
Naked City
With razor-sharp satire and sternness, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks last week chastised the Environmental Protection Agency for dragging its feet on the settlement terms of a lawsuit involving the protection of the Barton Springs Salamander. Sparks gave the EPA 40 days to respond to a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service “jeopardy” study, released last…
Page Two
Term-limit proponents aren’t defending your vote; they are looking to deny it.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Fredericksburg The Bierschwale Estate Bed & Breakfast (28)110 N. Bowie, Fredericksburg, 830/990-9970; 877/990-9971www.bierschwaleestate.com Owners Lynn Wilburn and Jim Foutch have taken one of Fredericksburg’s historic old homesteads and turned it into a warm and welcoming destination, compete with authentic period furnishings and all the modern conveniences travelers would expect in the finest hotels. The main…
Phases and Stages
LunaRomantica (Jetset) Even at its worst, a Luna album is good for at least one strumariffic pop tune. The utterly forgettable Days of Our Nights (1999) had “4000 Days” and nothing else. Of course the band is capable of the opposite, as their debut Lunapark and its follow-up Bewitched were magical documents of VU-inspired rhythmania.…
Naked City
David Frederick, a field supervisor in the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Austin office, is headed for Albuquerque, in line with a Bush Administration shakeup of agency staff members. The personnel shift includes Frederick’s transfer to Southwest regional headquarters to oversee habitat conservation-related activities in New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas. Frederick’s successor is Renne…
Day Trips
Wildflower season in Texas can be just awesome. Fields along the highways are filled with colors, as if the sky had dropped to the earth or the sunshine had become a liquid. Add to this the reds, purples, and other hues and you have a rainbow at your feet. Texas is a big place with…
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Kerrville, Ingram Broken Arrow Ranch (43)104 Hwy. 27 W., Ingram, 830/367-5875 or 800/962-4263 www.brokenarrowranch.com Mon-Fri, 8am-5pmMike Hughes is well known to chefs and discriminating game lovers around the country for his meat products harvested from free-ranging axis, fallow and siku deer, nilgai antelope, and wild boar. Some stars of his product line are an assortment…
Phases and Stages
Trio MediaevalWords of the Angel (ECM) What’s the first thing you think of when you hear Gregorian chants? Sure, incense, candle shadows, and high-ceiling cathedrals. But don’t you also invariably picture mendicant monks, that is, only men? Thank the church establishment for that, since women’s sacred music was restricted in the Middle Ages. This is…
Naked City
It appears that the HEB grocery chain will indeed pull out of Travis County’s early voting system, probably before the fall elections. Such a pullout, which County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir has said would “gut” the program, was precipitated at least in part by the lawsuit filed last year by Independent Texans, a group led by…
Mr. Smarty Pants
The Duke of Edinburgh is worshiped as a god on the island of Tanna, in Vanuatu in the southwest Pacific.A woman in South Africa is four times as likely to be raped as a woman in the United States.Between June 10 and Sept. 22, 1692, 20 men and women and two dogs in Salem, Mass.…
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Medina Love Creek Orchards Cider Mill & Country Store (47)112 Broadway, Medina, 800/449-0882 Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun, 10am-5pmMedina is the undisputed apple capital of Texas, and the folks at Love Creek are the true pioneers of the Texas apple industry. Visit their downtown Medina tasting room and sample their fresh apple cider, apple pies, jams and…
Phases and Stages
Jimmy Scott But Beautiful (Fantasy) This ranks among the best recordings that vocalist Jimmy Scott has cut since his comeback. His singing, as usual, is top-notch, but on top of that this album is very well produced. Scott is accompanied by very simpatico instrumentalists, and the selection of songs on But Beautiful brings out the…
Naked City
Last week, the city Planning Commission discussed an ordinance, prepared by the office of Council Member Danny Thomas and similar to those enforced in San Antonio, Arlington, Texas, and many other cities nationwide, that would ban parking vehicles in front and side lawns. Though about as thrilling as plain white rice, the parking ordinance has…
To Your Health
I notice bleeding gums when I brush my teeth. My dentist is concerned and wants me to come more often for cleaning. Am I really risking the loss of my teeth if I don’t, and what else will help me preserve my teeth?
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Boerne, Comfort Ye Kendall Inn & the Limestone Grill (48) 128 Blanco, Boerne, 830/249-2138; 800/364-2138 Lunch, 11am-2pm daily; Dinner, Tues-Sat, 5-9pm www.yekendallinn.com This vintage limestone edifice overlooking Boerne’s main plaza and Cibolo Creek is listed in both the state and national registry of historic landmarks. It originated as a stagecoach stop in 1859 and has…
Phases and Stages
The Soundtrack of Our Lives Welcome to the Infant Freebase (Hidden Agenda) The Soundtrack of Our Lives Extended Revelation for the Psychic Weaklings of the Western Civilization (Hidden Agenda) The Soundtrack of Our Lives Behind the Music (Hidden Agenda) One of the most-talked-about bands at SXSW 02, Sweden’s the Soundtrack of Our Lives look back…
Naked City
Dianne Stewart, since 1991 the executive director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, has decided to step down. “I’ve been here 11 years,” Stewart told us. “When I came in 1991, there was me, an intern, and a receptionist. Now we have a great staff of 15, and a very supportive set of funders…
Y Tu Mamá También
Boys, filled with testoterone and joints, will be boys.
About AIDS
Foundation Doubles Your Food Pantry Gift Nutrition is a key tool in managing HIV disease, but AIDS and poverty go hand-in-hand, making an adequate, specific diet hard to achieve. ASA’s Food Pantry is one of the important services we provide to HIV-positive individuals and their families. And as the economy has worsened, Food Pantry visits…
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Blanco Blanco Bowling Club Cafe (54)310 Fourth St., Blanco, 830/833-4416 Mon-Fri, 6:30am-10pm; Sat, 6:30am-9pm; Sun, 6:30am-2pmArea farmers, ranchers, and hunters favor the bowling alley’s hearty, rib-sticking grub which includes chicken fried steaks and burgers. This is a smoking establishment. The Deutsch Apple (55)602 Chandler, Blanco, 830/833-2882 Mon, 9am-3pm; Tue-Sat, 10am-6pmIn the grand old Texas two-fer…
Citizen Mary
A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin
Teenage Mutant Ninja Politics
The Hypocritical Limits of Campaign Finance Reform
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2002, R, 95 min. Directed by Walt Becker, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn, Tim Matheson, Kim Smith, Daniel Cosgrove, Teck Holmes. It’s a measure of Ryan Reynolds’ not inconsiderable charm that this Animal House knockoff works as well as it does. As the…
After a Fashion
Phew! We’re glad that’s over. SXSW is gone and things are beginning to get back to normal. Your Style Avatar has some parting thoughts about Courtney Love and looks (fashion) forward to some upcoming events.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Cedar Valley, Driftwood, Dripping Springs, Wimberley Cristo’s Comidas Mexicanas (61)#1 River Rd., Wimberley, 512/847-8111 Tues-Wed, 11am-6pm; Thu-Sat, 11am-9pm; Sun, 11am-3pmFriends who live in Wimberley used to bemoan the fact there was no decent Mexican food in town until the Lopez family opened Christo’s in 2000. Now it’s possible to enjoy a mixture of Tex-Mex standbys…
Citizen Mary at Work
Highlights of the Activism of Mary Arnold
Austin @ Large: Searching for Candidates
The Petition Lawsuits Threaten to Obscure the Election
High Crimes
High Crimes 2002, PG-13, 105 min. Directed by Carl Franklin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel, Adam Scott, Bruce Davison, Amanda Peet, Juan Carlos Hernández. The generic title provides an immediate clue to High Crimes’ pedigree. It’s a genre picture, a thriller fit with a paint-by-numbers plot of…
Coach’s Corner
San Antonio and Los Angeles are the two best teams in pro basketball. Their meeting this weekend was just a preview of a playoff showdown.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Wineries A. Cana Cellars11217 Fitzhugh, off Hwy. 290 W., Austin, 288-6027; Sat-Sun, noon-5pm B. Slaughter Leftwich WineryEck Lane, off RR 620, 1.1 miles south of Mansfield Dam, 512/266-3331 C. Hill Country CellarsHwy. 183, .8 miles north of FM 1431, Cedar Park, 259-2000; Fri-Sun, noon-5pm D. Spicewood VineyardCR 409, off Hwy. 71 W., Spicewood, 830/693-5328 E.…
A New AISD Blueprint
On Monday, the AISD Board of Trustees declared winners in three of the six board places up for election on May 4. The unopposed candidates — Cheryl Bradley, Place 1; Doyle Valdez, Place 8; and John Fitzpatrick, Place 9 — were declared elected, thereby eliminating the need for an election in those three seats. Places…
The Hightower Lowdown
The new campaign finance reform law still has big loopholes; Bush’s Army Secretary is a stealth Enronite; and toys make some kids very unhappy.
Second Helpings
Food Editor Virginia B. Wood indulges in a little burger-mania this week.
Letters at 3AM
A proposal for grading high school literature students gauges their �engagement� with the material.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Hill Country Map Spicewood1. La Cabana Mexican Grill 21103 Hwy 71 W., 264-0292 2. Little Country Diner Hwy. 71 W. (9 miles west of the corner at RR 620 & 71W), 264-2926 3. Opie’s Barbecue Hwy. 71 W. (20 miles past intersection with RR 620, turn right at the gas station) beyond Spicewood, 830/693-8660 4.…
Mapping the Changes
A preview of proposed new single-member districts
John Nash, Take Two
Mark Samels’ documentary A Brilliant Madness provides a wealth of information for anyone who was intrigued by A Beautiful Mind‘s subject and found that movie opening doorways to additional questions and avenues of investigation.
Anatomy of a Print
Artist Lance Letscher and Slugfest print studio team up to produce a labor of something like love.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
My annual spring drive through the Hill Country to update this guide in time for the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival is something I look forward to all year. This year in late March, the area was buzzing with activity and development, though late freezes dictated that I saw more Sonic drive-ins than…
Food-o-File
The Southern Foodways Alliance is coming to Austin this summer or a Texas Barbecue Road Trip. Virginia B. Wood reveals how to get involved.
Making the Transition
How would we get from here to there? Here’s the transition plan as adopted by City Council: 2003: The seats currently held by Will Wynn, Raul Alvarez, and Danny Thomas would go away, to be replaced by eight new district seats. (The mayor would be elected as usual.) Four of these winners would serve two-year…
A Peep Show for the Ladies
Pink Nite at the Alamo Drafthouse
Outside the Box
Opening Closed Doors, an organization founded by artist Benné Rockett to give artists opportunities to address social conditions through their artwork, presents photographs, sculpture, assemblage, and paintings created by young adult offenders in the state Criminal Justice Division’s Project Spotlight program in the exhibition “Self-Contained.”
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Spicewood La Cabana Mexican Grill (1)21103 Hwy 71 W., 264-0292 Tue-Thu,11am-9pm; Fri, 11am-10pm; Sat 9am-10pm; Sun, 9am-9pmThis Mexican restaurant has taken shape in what had been an abandoned roadside building. The menu features Tex-Mex items and a selection of grilled meats and seafood. We also noticed they were doing a brisk takeout business.Little Country Diner…
King of the Swing Fiddle
Honoring country music’s second most famous fiddle player, Johnny Gimble
Primary Stretch Run
Senate candidates look toward the April 9 run-off; gubernatorial contenders look to November.
Short Cuts
Fuel-Injected, Turbo-Charged, Nitro-Burning Mobile Movie Mayhem Dept.: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema owners Tim and Karrie League get my vote in the Most Bestest Ideas Ever category. Not only have they opened a second location in North Austin in the past year (taking over the sadly defunct Village Cinema Art and turning it into a venue that,…
Articulations
Photojournalist David Douglas Duncan returns to Austin to inaugurate a new lecture series named in his honor, homegrown musical Jouét touches down in the pages of Show Music magazine, and Gerard Lebeda lands a European tour of Evita.
Hill Country Food and Wine Guide
Marble Falls Wild Horse Grille (6)201 Main, Marble Falls, 830/798-0717 Tues-Thu, 5-10pm; Fri-Sat, 5-11pm; Sun, 5-9pm www.wildhorsegrille.com We got several tips about the Wild Horse from friends living in the Highland Lakes area who were pleased to finally have a fine dining outlet in nearby. It’s a very attractive restaurant with a full bar and…
This Is You
Waterloo Records marks 20 years as Austin’s premiere record retail outlet.
Sammy’s House Looks for a Home
Over on the outskirts of Hyde Park, in a small nondescript house at the corner of Red River and 49th, it’s naptime. Soft music plays, the shades are drawn, and, in a corner, Isabel Huerta has just finished burping one of the six children who spend their days at Sammy’s House, a day care center…
Video 101
Last week saw the passing of Billy Wilder: a caustic wit, a clear-eyed romantic, a biting social observer, a legend of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
