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March 18, 2005 Music Feature
Los Super 7
"...You get Western swing (Lyle Lovett singing "My Window Faces the South"); Mexican pop ("Cupido" and "Ojitos Traidores," with..."
March 18, 2005 Music Review by Ed Ward
Robots
There are no great animation advance in Robots, but neither is it a return to The Ice Age.
"...packed with the appropriate audience – little tykes, their faces happily stuffed with popcorn – and they seemed appreciative...."
March 11, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Wednesday, March 2, morning talk-radio shows exhibited the two faces of the local theocrats. First, they weighed in against..."
March 11, 2005 Column
Page Two
It has never been a secret that the magic ingredient that makes SXSW work is Austin
"...they walk down the streets. The looks on their faces are as though they've died and gone to heaven...."
Feb. 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black
William Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
Al Pacino stars as Shylock in this film rendition of Shakespeare's thorniest play.
"...pains to demonstrate the physical and verbal abuse Shylock faces when venturing out from the ghetto or otherwise interacting..."
Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Bittersweet Spotlight
Round Rock's Ellen Marlow is on Broadway (at the age of 10)
"...open. Surrounding her are dozens of people with pretty faces and bubbling personalities, all of whom had the same..."
Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Clay Swartz
Day One: Long on Smiles and Short on Dollars
Head for the hills ... the Lege is back in town!
"...This year's crop of new faces includes Austin Democratic Rep. Mark Strama, officially seated Tuesday..."
Jan. 14, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames
The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural
musical journey
"...herky-jerky little steps, smiles splayed across their sweet, childlike faces. Join us, they invite, holding their hands out to..."
Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...in last year's Place 5 run-off to Brewster McCracken) faces much stiffer opposition from, among others, Downtown Austin Alliance..."
Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Breaking news from Austin and beyond.
"...The new City Hall faces will, of course, have a new City Hall to..."
Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Confederacy of Love
The Sons of Confederate Veterans take a stand for
the old dominion at UT
"...intent of the statues' creator. Nevertheless, diversity of bronze faces on campus has been a hot topic all year..."
Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Lightning in a Bottle
Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.
"...to see the sweat pop out on the performers' faces while simultaneously offering a sense of the sheer vocal..."
Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
TV Eye
Fox sees Sunday as its anchor, and aims to keep it
that way
"...hits Desperate Housewives and Boston Legal. Still, Arrested Development faces strong competition: Charmed (WB), American Dreams (NBC), Cold Case..."
Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
After a Fashion
(Y)Our Style Avatar, Stephen M.M. does the party
circuit and still manages to keep himself on time in
order to serve you, the fashion slaves of Austin
"...leaving the house on Sunday (not even for the Faces of Avant show – very sorry, guys – you'll..."
Oct. 15, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
And They're Off!
Money flows into Texas House horse races
"...lot of hopes and dreams pinned on these two faces."..."
July 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
White Chicks
Wayans brothers' comedy depends on latex and whitewash.
"...oddly immobile, their eyes and limbs acting when their faces cannot. Like I said, it’s much more fun to..."
June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Crimes of the Heart
Onstage Theatre Company's production of Crimes of the Heart focuses on the relationships among Beth Henley's small-town Southerners and describes them simply, truly, and beautifully
"...kitchen table are looking through an old scrapbook. Their faces are bright and giddy with the rediscovery of past..."
June 4, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Dogville
Lars von Trier's new film is both masterful and misanthropic.
"...Bowie’s "Young Americans" plays over pictures of the hardscrabble faces recorded in the photographs taken during the Depression by..."
April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Foreigner
What makes this production of The Foreigner such a joy is seeing those familiar faces from the Greater Tuna franchise working together so sharply for such an appreciative audience
"...that created the Greater Tuna franchise. All the familiar faces are back for this touring production, led by local..."
April 9, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar
The Same River Twice
A documentary about how things change and don't change.
"...Two subjects became mayors of their small communities. One faces testicular cancer, another teaches aerobics and grapples with whether..."
March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Everyday Whimsy
Remembering the late, beloved artist Tré Arenz through her warm and playful ceramic sculptures
"...retrospective, Arenz has taken large black-and-white photographs of people's faces and put striped patterns across them. There are males..."
March 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May
The Class of 1985
The 69th Legislature, 1985, marked a turning point in the future of Texas politics
"...stood before the 1985 composite. Craddick looked at the faces behind the glass and talked about who they were..."
Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax
Letters at 3AM
In the world of Charlie Chaplin chaos reigns … and is celebrated: The Little Tramp turns 90
"...The film ends in a close-up of Charlie making faces at the camera. He knows he's won. (And didn't..."
Feb. 20, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura
Facing the South
The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa
"...her sense of CD 25's symmetry and similarity, Hinojosa faces a disadvantage up north that Doggett doesn't face down..."
Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Who'll be shooting whom between now and March 9?
"...his retirement and flirting briefly with switching parties -- faces two Democratic primary challengers; on the GOP side, five..."
Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
"Prints from the Leo Steinberg Collection: Part II"
The Blanton Museum of Art's "Prints from the Leo Steinberg Collection: Part II" continues the display of works from the 3,200-work collection begun earlier in 2003, and while this batch may contain fewer masterpieces, it's no less captivating or transporting.
"...three admiring peasants, all stout, ropy arms and plain faces...."
Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Naked City
Mack Martinez steps down after a being arrested himself on drunk-driving charges
"...misdemeanor DWI charges such as the one he now faces. County Attorney David Escamilla said the situation was "saddening"..."
Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Leave No Child Behind
In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.
"...of nervous energy seems unaware of the odds he faces when he gets his first crack at the high..."
Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose
Cabaret
Theater at the J's production of Cabaret makes good use of the large hall at the Dell Jewish Community Center, creatively weaving the cabaret's musical shenanigans into the more serious larger story, in which the central characters fend off the accelerating horror of Nazi Germany by choosing not to see it.
"...troupe of musicians seated behind a scrim of grotesque faces, recalling a George Grosz painting. The actors perform on..."
