Bending the Rules

Getting arts funding from the City of Austin is a long, complicated game, and Austin Chronicle writers Robi Polgar, John Walch, and Mary Jane Garza have been following some of the players around the game board this year. In the final part of their four-part series, they critique the city arts funding process.

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Articulations

The end of the Ann Ciccolella Era at the Austin Circle of Theatres.

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Confronting Intimate Violence: A Dress Speaks: Heeding the Voice

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin.

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Taming of the Shrew: Indeed a Revel

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

State of the Slam

The 1999 Austin Poetry Slam Team barely missed making the finals of the recent National Poetry Slam in Chicago, but after the trials and tribulations of the past few months (which continue into the present), the team was just happy to be there.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Feature by Christopher Gray

Postscripts

The $10 house in which Katherine Anne Porter grew up in Kyle is now worth nearly $1 million due to fundraising efforts to save and restore the house. What does the change mean for Porter's reputation?

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel

Stephen MacMillan Moser reviews cartoonist Lynda Barry's first novel, Cruddy.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Spanking Watson: A Novel

Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea gives Kinky Friedman's new novel, Spanking Watson, a lukewarm reception.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

Camping With Strangers: And Other Stories

Sara Powers roots out the unneccesary Whimsical Gestures in San Antonio resident Sarah Nawrocki's debut collection of short stories, Camping With Strangers.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Sara Powers

Saint Augustine

Chronicle reviewer Bruce McCandless asks why Garry Wills' short biography of St. Augustine, the latest addition to the Penguin Lives series, is necessary -- and finds some intriguing answers.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Bruce McCandless

Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology

Chronicle reviewer David Garza wrestles with Orpheus and Company, a collection of contemporary poets retelling ancient myths.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by David Garza

The Wonders of the Invisible World: Stories

Mason West reviews David Gates' new collection of stories, The Wonders of the Invisible World.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Mason West

Bad Boy From Rosebud: The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff

Cedar Park author Gary M. Lavergne has written the indispensable book on mass murderer Kenneth Allen McDuff, but he doesn't take full advantage of his subject, Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman says.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Public Love

Short reviews of recently published books.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Roseana Auten

Three Month Fever

Short reviews of recently published books.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Cary L. Roberts

The Fragmented Life of Don Jacobo Lerner

Short reviews of recently published books.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review by Mason West

Goodnight, Nebraska

Short reviews of recently published books.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Review

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

Sept. 3, 1999 Books Column

Page Two

And I bet Carole Keeton Rylander can't stuff two twinkies into her mouth.

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

The beefs this week: Chronicle reporter Robert Bryce on CNN, genetically engineered foods, Steamboat, John Aielli, Paul Minor, and more.

Sept. 3, 1999 Column

Letters at 3AM

The stakes were suddenly higher. There was more possibility in the night and in their lives than they'd yet considered. The work of art itself gave them the energy to fulfill its expectations...

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Public Notice

You name it, we stood left of it.

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Coach's Corner

Gratuitous media guides and preseason games.

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Mr. Smarty Pants

This week: handy facts and tips on ice cream cones, the Red Dwarf, the Piggly Wiggly.

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

After a Fashion

Divine, boy ponytails, more on proportion and capri pants.

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Day Trips

The Cibolo Nature Center in Boerne.

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

About AIDS

AIDS isn't just an urban disease.

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Sandy Bartlett

This Year's Hot Shots

Ninth Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest Results

Sept. 3, 1999 Food Feature

Winners

Sept. 3, 1999 Food Feature

Honorable Mentions

Sept. 3, 1999 Food Feature

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