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Born in the Barn
How Shakespeare at Winedale spawned some of Austin’s – and the country’s – best theatre
Little Monsters
Little Monsters 1989, PG, 100 min. Directed by Richard Greenberg, Starring Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern. Monsters under the bed.
Gremlins
Gremlins 1984, PG, 106 min. D: Joe Dante; with Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton. Comic horror ensues when a teenager’s furry little pet of mysterious origins spawns a whole town full of snaggle-toothed killer gremlins. It’s a violent suburban splatter story ameliorated by an overriding streak of humor and in-jokes. Director Joe Dante has…
Exhibitionism
“Manny Farber: About Face” reveals the critic / artist to be quintessentially American, defining himself and his art through objects – materialism as artistic expression
Manifesto Destiny
Literate pop, the Elephant 6 in your Parish
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
Short Cuts
Can it be? Festival time already?
Exhibitionism
When a true artistic talent is at home with watercolor, the results are stirring, and so it is with Jan Heaton
Phases and Stages
‘Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo'(Or Music) Alejandro Escovedo’s songs are the tango of love, push and pull, roses and neurosis. Stamping boots, pounding passion. Love and hope and sex and dreams. Still surviving on Main Street, the Austin icon has been exiled from stage and studio for more than a…
Naked City
The city’s historic preservation overhaul lurches toward the council dais
TV Eye
The Emmy Award nominations announced last week show that it’s business as usual in TV land
In Print
Beware: As recommended as this debut novel comes, if it were a movie, they could not honestly put the disclaimer in the credits that ‘no animals were hurt’
Phases and Stages
W.C. ClarkDeep in the Heart (Alligator) When listening to Deep in the Heart it’s important to remember that soul music is basically gospel music for the laity. Five decades of playing and touring have given the noted Austin guitarist W.C. Clark the master’s touch, one that doesn’t need a rap break anywhere to be hip.…
Naked City
Travis Co. selects finalists for the hospital district board
News/Print
Half Price Guadalupe takes the jump
Phases and Stages
Ruthie FosterStages (Blue Corn) Ruthie Foster’s 2002 release, Runaway Soul, was an unexpected and undeniable success. It introduced the San Marcos-based singer-songwriter to an international audience that was surprised to discover it wasn’t her first collection of material. After its release, Foster toured nonstop, overwhelming audiences with her vocal ability and a sweet combination of…
Naked City
The independent candidate challenges state’s ballot-access law
The Bourne Supremacy
Matt Damon is a superb action hero but he spends too much time alone in this sequel.
Page Two
We continue our gradual redesign, this week moving Michael Ventura’s bebop discord up front, where we need it
Phases and Stages
Old 97sDrag It Up (New West) The Old 97s don’t care what you say, they’re getting out of this town. On Drag It Up, they’ve booked a one-way ticket out of numerous locales, including Marble Falls, Denton, Bloomington, and Adelaide. This attitude breezes through the Dallas-based band’s sixth album, their first since changing labels and…
Naked City
The donkeys roll out low-cost insurance for Texans in need
Catwoman
The fur flies as Halle Berry tempts us in leather.
What We Carried (Away From Winedale)
Kirk Lynn I started writing plays while an undergrad, and professor Frank Whigham suggested I apply to Shakespeare at Winedale, more as a crash course in theatre than a study of Shakespeare. I went to be “interviewed” by Doc, but instead of asking me questions Doc just said, “Tell me about yourself,” then sat there,…
After a Fashion
Stephen explores the similar trajectories of the lives of Martha Stewart, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela??!
Phases and Stages
Reverend Horton HeatRevival (Yep Roc) He may not be the fire-breathing hellion of old, but Revival reaffirms the Reverend Horton Heat’s status as elder in the church of Southwestern swing. Certainly the Dallas trio’s maiden offering for Chapel Hill’s Yep Roc – the label they should have been on all along – does nothing to…
Naked City
State election chief refuses to require paper trail for 2004 elections
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jim Jarmusch’s new brew is lukewarm.
Second Helpings
Austin’s Pizza Various locations This scrappy upstart takes aim at the big delivery chains by offering large two-topping pizzas for $9.99. You won’t need to worry about drinks, because for an extra 99 cents, pizzas come with a 2-liter bottle of soda. Better yet, your fourth pizza is free when you buy three. Conans Pizza…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
OK in Ukraine, Negative decibels in Hawaii, Walt Whitman in Manhattan, and people in Yemen
Phases and Stages
… And You Will Know Us by the Trail of DeadBig Orange, July 15 It’s an inferno in here, and Sound Team is hosting – and playing – another of its benefits to pay the rent at Big Orange, their self-made studio/practice space off East Fourth. There’s only one problem: The old record-pressing plant isn’t…
Naked City
Oh, shed a tear for Tom DeLay. Or not.
Godzilla
This is the original and uncut version of the 1954 Japanese monster picture.
TCB
Getting heavy with Recover, poppy with Voxtrot, and rejoicing that the AMN flap is finally over. More or less.
To Your Health
Are there enough nutrients in gelatin desserts like Jell-O to do kids any good?
Uncovered
An AISD teacher fights against cancer … and the insurance company that refuses to treat it
Naked City
Drilling plan threatens world’s longest protected beach
Seducing Doctor Lewis
A tiny French Canadian fishing village tries to woo a doctor to take up permanent residence.
Arts Strang
Additional life lessons and meditations from students in the Shakespeare at Winedale program
The Common Law
How does HIPAA affect nonprofit organizations?
Solving the Problem
AISD’s health insurance problems are not new
Naked City
Drug offenders are eating up the federal prison budget
The Door in the Floor
Jeff Bridges shines in this new adapatation of a John Irving work.
Being a Winedaler Without the Class
Two theatre professionals explain how Shakespeare at Winedale changed their lives, even though they were never part of the program
Day Trips
The Texas International Apple Festival in Medina will have plenty of free samples of homegrown apples
Homeland Security Comes Home
For the next round of protests, the DPS has new toys
Austin @ Large: Toll Roadkill
The dead armadillos are on the sides of the highway, not in the middle
About AIDS
Trying to manage HIV by itself is a major challenge. If someone is co-infected with Hepatitis C virus, the challenge is doubled. However, that describes perhaps 20-30% of our new HIV-infected patients in Austin today. On Thursday, July 29, Austin will have a valuable opportunity to hear from one of the nation’s leading experts on…
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Know at the SBOE
The State Board of Education considers health textbooks, and abstains
Get in Line
In the new Texas arithmetic, nothing for nothing leaves nothing
Meanwhile, Back at the Barn
The performance schedule for the Shakespeare at Winedale 2004 class
Letters at 3AM
Changes in Earth’s atmosphere – solar flares, the shape of the planet, disruptions in the ozone layer and magnetic fields – are bigger than any of our more quotidian concerns
Eight Steps to Protect Yourself From STDs
Practice abstinence The best way to prevent STDs is to remain abstinent. Even if you have been sexually active, you can choose abstinence now. However, if you have been sexually active, you should be tested for STDs.Stay away from alcohol and drugs Alcohol and drugs will dull your ability to think clearly and make good…
The Hightower Report
John Cornyn thinks he’s smarter than the founding fathers; and Republicans slash funding for parks
My Weetzah Days
A case study of one post-Winedale company, the Weetzah Players
Oops!
In our feature The Usual Suspects (News, July 9), we incorrectly reported that activist Robin Rather had endorsed Mayor Will Wynn in his 2003 campaign. In fact, while Rather did choose not to run against Wynn, she endorsed no candidate in the race. We regret the error. In the July 16 News feature Babies Behind…
Los Alamos Chain Reaction
UT’s bid to take over Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory bombs with peace activists
Dark Side of the Potterverse
Brad Neely’s ‘Wizard People, Dear Readers’ and the volatility of artistic alchemy
Shakespeare at Winedale Outreach
The next generation finds its ‘muse of fire’ through an innovative new program at Winedale
Sea Change
At 7, the customer has much more control, but at what cost?
Senators Live Beyond Their Means
A study of ‘campaign expenditures’ finds that our part-time state senators live very well
Still Scary, Still Subversive
Alamo’s Roadshow of the Living Dead brings George Romero to Austin
The Paramount’s Extreme Makeover
Local designers give the 90-year-old Paramount Theatre a nip and tuck in her backstage area
Blue Fin Sushi & Robata Bar
Have Round Rock sushi lovers found a replacement for the defunct Tanoshii?
Big $penders
A few random samples taken from more than 34,000 expenditure entries John Whitmire (D-Houston) $29,211.04, campaign vehicle $3,832, Houston Astros tickets $2,302.70, Waldorf-Astoria hotel, New York, NY Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) $2,800/month, Austin apartment $629.04/month, car lease $1,424, artwork for office Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay) $10,000, contribution to Gov. Rick Perry $20,000, unspecified travel Jane Nelson…
A Few Quick Questions: Jim Jarmusch
‘Coffee and Cigarettes’ opens in Austin on Friday, July 23.
New South Austin Mural in Progress
The dragons of South Congress are giving way to a hacienda still life with a horse
Food-o-File
Dishing out the food news one dollop at a time
Road Foes: Down, But Not Out?
Fallout continues from last week’s toll-plan vote
Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid
A year of notes on ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ remake’s script
Luv Doc Recommends: George W. Bush Singers
Making fun of George W. is sort of like hunting dairy cows with a deer rifle and a scope. There’s not much sport in it. Anyone who consistently mispronounces words like “nucular” or “subliminabable” is surely more deserving of pity than scorn. However, far from being a doe-eyed, bucolic bovine, Bush is a beady-eyed, highly…
