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Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...Three days after a helicopter plucked them from the balcony of their New Orleans apartment, Lester..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...heals all wounds – but for now, one of the world's greatest sportswriters had better watch (or listen?) out..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Wake-Up Call

Looking back on the onetime heart of local hip-hop, Catfish Station, and the visuals that defined it

"...As city administrators petition the local African-American community for suggestions on how to improve..."

July 22, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

gAyTX FUN GUIDE

Austin's gay bars and then some...

"...ALLGO Tillery Street Theatre Hosting the gamut of gay out-of-town culture in series,..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Kate Getty

Shrinking Schools

While the suburbs sprawl, central city schools count their children – and their blessings

"...First came five young Marines, guns and flags erect. Then came the UT band, skipping and waving their horns...."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Oneida

"...The Wedding (Jagjaguwar)..."

May 20, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Ana Egge

"...Out Past the Lights (Grace/ParkinSong)..."

April 8, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

News/Print

Everything is illuminated extremely loud and incredibly close

"...• Publishers Weekly has named BookPeople the 2005 National Bookseller of the Year, and will award..."

April 1, 2005 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...All showcase times subject to changeSleepers for March 17AUSTIN THEREMONIC ORCHESTRA8pm, Hideout Debuting at the Alamo Drafthouse after heartwarming..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Shores Calvin Owens has had quite a prolific career. The Houston trumpeter was a session musician at Duke/Peacock, has..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Pianist Jason Moran stands at the forefront of a new generation of jazz musicians. His..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Alone in the Dark

There's a certain majesty to German director Boll's style of filmmaking: a freedom from art, talent, skill of any formal kind, and the sheer pigheadedness to keep going at any cost.

"...Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Will Sanderson, Matthew Walker and Frank C. Turner. There's a certain majesty..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...How Dumb Is the 'Chronicle'?..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column

Ocean's Twelve

Like Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven and 1960’s Rat-Packing original, Ocean's Twelve is an elaborate and delightful excuse to get the screen’s biggest and most gorgeous stars in the same film.

"...Steven Soderbergh. Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia,..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jon Langford in 'Three Britischer Cowboys'

Jon Langford, longtime member of the British band the Mekons, has developed a great nostalgic painting style for rendering his own version of American heroes

"..."He quit the band, went out on his own, got his own..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

The Grudge

New American version of haunted-house film follows the same tack as its Japanese predecessor, but is strangely neutered by its infusion of blond American actresses.

"...Pullman, Grace Zabriskie, Yuya Ozeki, Ted Raimi and William Mapother. The trouble with American remakes of foreign films is..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lousy With Desire

Soulman Walter Tragert and the light at the end of the tunnel

"...On a smoky Sunday night at the Saxon Pub, Walter Tragert has six women doing the..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Pretty Good Sailing

McCormick & Schmick's docks downtown with a full haul of satisfying seafood

"...The Austin outlet of the Portland, Ore.-based seafood chain McCormick..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

"Open Doors"

A group of nine artists has created "Open Doors," an energetic, fun installation show with a piece of art in each room of a bubble-wrapped house

"...Why doesn't someone wrap the Intel building in bubble wrap? With a little plaque..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...an error in Amy Smith's Aug. 13 report on the celebration of Community Health Center Week at the Rosewood-Zaragosa..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Column

Spin

'Spin' can be described as a one-woman cabaret with one woman who performs several one-woman exposés

"...SpinBlue Theater, through Sept. 4..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Curtis Not an 'Independent'

"...myself) have called — with compelling reasons — a political-psychotherapy cult. In fact, all of Curtis’ dozen-plus years in..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Postmarks

Stitching Up a Storm

Textile art is alive and well in the Camp Fig exhibition "Pins & Needles"

"...are too funny to secrete away in a closet; they stand up just fine on the gallery wall. There..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...The God-Wheel of Fate has stopped for all these kiddies..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Free Expression Does Not Include Vandalism

"...Louis, I was at the new Work Source Job Center yesterday looking for work...."

June 24, 2004 Postmarks

When Doves Cry

Purple fingerprints on our past and present

"...trigger it? Will it be an old comic book? The resurgence of jelly shoes? Or will it be a..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Bitter End Bistro & Brewery

Does the pub grub myth extend to the Bitter End?

"...It's something of a cliché that no one expects the food at a brewpub to be spectacular. However, that..."

May 14, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

Every Missed Bite a Heartbreak

Why Pacific Blue is one of the best new restaurants in Austin

"...At the soft opening of Pacific Blue in October, I waited..."

April 16, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...8pm-2am, Drink Whether it's folk, garage punk, dance pop, or death metal,..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Abra Moore

"...Abra MooreEverything Changed (Koch) Clive Davis was right. The music industry mogul who signed Austin's Abra Moore to..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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