Articulations

Danceworks director Cindy Goldberger leaves Austin as playwright Colin Swanson returns for a visit, and who are Ballet Austin's lucky mothers?

"...break from penning plays in the frozen wilds of Minnesota to revisit her once (and future, we hope) home...."

Dec. 7, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Texas' Own 'Roe v. Wade'

The Texas Supreme Court will decide whether medically necessary abortions for the poor will be state-funded.

"...over $300. Based on data from New York and Minnesota, two states whose Medicaid programs cover abortions, GARTL estimates..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Counting Our Blessings

Considering what we're thankful for in the local food scene

"...ticket. The soups at Texas French Bread (particularly the Minnesota Wild Rice, the roasted tomato, and their unique version..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Coach's Corner

The gauntlet is thrown: Major League Baseball is discussing "contraction." It's the Players vs. the Owners, and guess who's going to lose? The Fans, of course.

"...seven season ticket holders in Montreal, Tampa, Miami, and Minnesota threaten lawsuits. Mayors, aldermen, senators, and governors are outraged..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Dancing About Architecture

The local music community holds its breath as it waits for the music-industry target-study set to go before the City Council's budget meetings.

"...bassist-turned-career military man Paul Swift is coming in from Minnesota for the event, says Hall, plus there will be..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Low & the Dirty Three

"...the finest yet, as everyone's favorite husband-and-wife team from Minnesota, Low, invited Aussies the Dirty Three to join them..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

About AIDS

The United Nations puts AIDS in the crosshairs.

"...Yale. Then in April, students at the University of Minnesota challenged the university's huge royalties from its AIDS drug..."

July 13, 2001 Column by Sandy Bartlett

The Flavors of Summer

Memories of Tastes

"...being transferred to Wichita or Dubuque or even Austin, Minnesota (home of Hormel's infamous Spam fabrication facilities). After a..."

July 13, 2001 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Day Trips

Meet the grill of your dreams at the New Braunfels Smoker Company.

"...to buy the big smokers to take home to Minnesota with them, Snider says. He got to thinking there..."

June 29, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Readers sound off on a variety of touchy subjects: politicos, abandoned kittens, even the brachiation of apes.

"...which the author refers to people who live in Minnesota as "dumber than wood chips." When did it become..."

June 15, 2001 Column

Old Man River

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz

"...turned me around," he says of the trip through Minnesota and Canada. A few months later, he accepted an..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Modern Taste

"There are these conundrums," Steven Watson said at lunch the day before he headed off to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at UT to try and unravel some of them. Clarifying the enigmas of modernism and avant-garde artists is something that Watson has become quite proficient at.

"...number one, it's interesting that a boy from Mound, Minnesota, knows who Edie Sedgwick is -- and how much..."

April 13, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...KUMM radio tower benefit, to increase the University of Minnesota station's radio tower output. The Onlys, along with other..."

April 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Prison Buff

Peeking Behind the Curtain of Incarceration

"...University of Minnesota Press, 552 pp., $29.95..."

April 6, 2001 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Bavu Blakes & Tee Double, Back Room, Friday, March 16

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...featured hip-hop groups from as far as Atlanta and Minnesota took second stage to the local powerhouse duo Bavu..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Coletti

Li'l Cap'n Travis, P2 Party, Thursday 15

"...called Austin -- the Gear Daddies being from Austin, Minnesota, don'tcha know? So after an opening instrumental, the Cap'n..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Earlimart, Black Lipstick, John Hunt & Beaty Wilson, Wooldrige Park Day Party, Saturday 17

"...Saturday evening. By way of comparison, he added, "In Minnesota they'd be out shoveling their driveways to get to..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Articulations

Big career moves for a couple of Austin playwrights and big parties thrown by a couple of Austin arts organizations.

"...playwrights are chosen to spend a 12-month residency in Minnesota using center services, including readings and workshops with professional..."

March 2, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Surreal Science

Looking at three books -- Plague Time, Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy, and The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine, Roger Gathman observes that for every advance in technology, nature counterbalances with new opportunities for disease.

"...of the rise of cardiac disease. Ancel Keys, a Minnesota dietician, was the moving force behind the theory that..."

March 2, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...idol-esque, and Boston-accented John Kennedy and the "you betcha"-ing, Minnesota-accented Hubert Humphrey through the Wisconsin presidential primary. There's terrific..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...being, it is asinine to suggest that CFCs in Minnesota are destroying ozone 12,000 miles or so to the..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

Coach's Corner

The XFLdebut: It has to get better, doesn't it?.

"...5) Minnesota's a pleasant, summertime state; filled with nice lakes, golf..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Almost Willie

On the Road Again with the King of the RV Parks.

"...woman in the front row, who says she's from Minnesota, breaks the awkward silence...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Low Thirty Three Degrees, January 26

"...the packed house, Low, the husband-and-wife-led trio from Duluth, Minnesota, managed to keep things cozy as a Yule log..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Social Studies

James Hynes' satires of academia allow the author to say funny things about serious people.

"...at the University of the Midwest in Hamilton Groves, Minnesota. Everyone, including Nelson himself, knows that he's become a..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

James Hynes Reviewed

"...at the University of the Midwest in Hamilton Groves (Minnesota) where he was a lecturer (though only minutes before..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Books Feature by Mike Shea

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Hollywood upstarts play the sons of mobsters, traveling to Minnesota in search of a bag of cash. The young..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Ultima Fans

Photos by Bruce Dye

"...whole different person," said one attendee, a mother from Minnesota. "You know, a second chance." Known as the "Ultima..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...pickup FloridaBill McCollumBill NelsonD pickup MichiganSpencer Abraham*Debbie StabenowD pickup MinnesotaRod Grams*Mark DaytonD pickup MissouriJohn Ashcroft*Mel CarnahanD pickup NevadaJohn EnsignEd..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature

Coach's Corner

The Oklahoma Sooners have inspired Coach's first "all-college-football" column ever. Boomer Sooner! Boo Virginia Tech! Hail to Lou Holtz!

"...Arkansas lately? He took over a woofer program at Minnesota, losers of 17 straight Big Ten games, and had..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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