The Showdown at Lick Creek

As once clear water runs dark, a community defends its natural heart

"...here absolutely, 100 percent, because of the creek," said Richard Streety, a retired real estate agent who settled on..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Envy

Director Barry Levinson tackles the human vice of envy in this comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black.

"...whose oddball musical commentary only makes this strange, petty little film even stranger. It’s downright painful to watch Black..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

The mean month of May

"...Korean actress and creator of the Web comic Angry Little Girls Lela Lee...."

April 30, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

As Theatre for Children Matures

In 40 years of nurturing young people's love for the stage, Coleman Jennings has helped a profession develop, too

"...It's a field that has often been misunderstood and belittled, dismissed as a province of poor literary adaptations and..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

From whose necks are local faves Anthony Nak dripping this week – or Fashion Week for that matter? Does it matter? Sure. So much bold type, so little time!

"...New York, they were accorded front-row seats at the Richard Tyler, Anna Sui, and Narciso Rodriguez shows. They attended..."

April 9, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Texas Towns & Places

"...cult star of its performer - turned - author Richard "Kinky" Friedman.13 "Texarkana," R.E.M. Songwriters: Bill Berry, Peter Buck,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Woman in Black

The power of little things to make spirits real drives The Woman in Black, a terrifically old-fashioned ghost story in the English tradition, and the State Theater Company production employs simple sights and sounds in effective ways that make us believe and be terrified.

"...It takes so little to haunt us. A shadow, a footfall, the creak..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Join Stephen on his adventures with Buh-buh-buh-buh-Bing's widow, some cuties at Club DeVille, and the scene at Factory People, Austin's latest grab at its allocated 15 minutes.

"...until his death in 1977), at a very swank little soiree at the fabulous home of Robert and Marcy..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Beauty and the Beast

Second Youth Family Theatre's Beauty and the Beast is no less magical than other versions of the tale, but its real enchantment comes from the way it show us its fairy tale characters discovering each other's hearts.

"...of two pouty, pampered sisters, amusingly played by Christiana Little and Joeleen L. Ornt). Still like many a young..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to end the abuse of science by Darwinists like Richard Dawkins and E.O. Wilson who try to use science..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

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