After Mosley Murder, Tough Questions About AISD Campus Violence

The stabbing of a Reagan High student is a symptom of a much larger problem, say community leaders

"...On April 1, less than one week after the fatal stabbing..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...Get the Facts Straight..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Life, Death, and Dance

Robert Duvall loves to tango. Robert Duvall loves Buenos Aires. And Robert Duvall loves Luciana Pedraza, the ravishing Argentinean-born woman who plays opposite him in Assassination Tango, a film in which the screen legend somehow conflates all these things.

"...Robert Duvall loves to tango. Robert Duvall loves Buenos Aires. And Robert Duvall..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

How do you take Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and, in less than a month, condense it into a 100-minute one-man play, with the actor playing 20 characters from the novel plus a New York City drag queen? Everett Quinton and Eureka, veterans of the fabled Ridiculous Theatre Company and creators of Twisted Olivia, explain how they did it.

"...He's an actor playing a New York drag queen playing 20 characters..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...The Square Now there is something for tomorrow. What are women like? What is..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...The coffin-shaped door of the dive at Eighth and Red River..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

I Want My MP3s

The rise and demise of Austin's once dominant file-sharing service, Audiogalaxy

"...The offices at 1135 W. Sixth are quiet these days. Not..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

What It Is to Be Human

Actor Martin Burke, now in the midst of his fifth sell-out run as David Sedaris' Little Elf in The Santaland Diaries, talks about that show's success and his career as an actor.

"...I wish everybody could sit down and talk for an..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

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"...Criticizing King..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Column

Page Two

"...I think the Republican and right-wing true believers (occasionally, but..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Bright Lights, Little City

It's maybe silly to fix a personality on a place, but something happens when you hook a left onto Austin Ave. and drive into Georgetown's historic district. Everything slows down, just a little bit, and then there's that marquee, neon and spangly, lighting up downtown. Welcome to the Palace.

"...It's Friday night, and the audience is trickling in, mostly..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Managed Health Care

The SIMS Foundation helps local musicians, and finally, itself.

"...From the smiles and oversized check, you'd think they just won the..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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"...Children's Future at Stake..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Column

A Hollywood Twist

Ilan Mitchell-Smith, the "other dude" from Weird Science, reflects on his Teen Beat past and on co-star Anthony Michael Hall.

"...You don't think you know Ilan Mitchell-Smith, but you do. You know..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Jim Brown's Shades of Gray

Spike Lee's latest documentary, Jim Brown: All American, looks at the turbulent life of the "greatest football player ever." Lee and Brown will be in town Tuesday to present the film at the Westgate Cinema.

"...Spike Lee makes the most of his time. He's speaking..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long Incubation of the Incubus

Playwright David Hancock and director Vicky Boone reveal how they developed the play The Incubus Archives over six years, through 11 sometimes radically different versions.

"...A play ain't Athena. It doesn't spring full-grown from the brow of..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...A Child Shall Lead Us..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Austin's Creative Clash

Austin's arts funding process leaves much to be desired -- and consulted.

"...With both city auditors and outside consultants taking swings this..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Sept. 27, 2002 Column

Up South

Austin MC Bavu Blakes takes it to the streets.

"..."I'm not down with being inferior to nobody,..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Music Feature by Chale Nafus

Redemption Song

Kelly Willis follows up her career best -- Easy.

"...Three years ago, Kelly Willis considered titling her album Redemption before ultimately settling on..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Internal Affairs

One night on adult trauma at Brackenridge

"...My day job is nursing at Children's Hospital. A corridor connects Children's to..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Old Homes = New Yuppies?

The City Council places a 90-day moratorium on new historic zoning cases in the Eastside and creates a task force to examine the relationship between historic zoning and gentrification.

"..."I don't think that just because it's a historic home..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

True Crime?

Why is the Austin American-Statesman in touch with the lawyers for Holtzbrinck Publishers Holdings and its subsidiary Holt, publisher of the critically acclaimed A Death in Texas?

"...On Valentine's Day, 1999, the Austin American-Statesman printed a story by..."

June 28, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...When I buy my ticket to see Davy Crockett in Texas..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Before E

A career retrospective on one of the lost cosmic cowboys, Rusty Wier

"...It's the Thursday prior to Mother's Day, and Rusty Wier..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Hiiiiiiiii-Yah!

Austin foley artist Buzz Moran strips the sound out of a forgotten kung fu flick and redubs it live at the Drafthouse. The result? Something to chop about it.

"...Striding, sword drawn, through a rosy landscape overlaid by dancing..."

May 17, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...Death is not the end; there remains the litigation of the..."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

This Business Called Show

Talking with Tom

"..."If he doesn't respond to a question, move on to..."

May 10, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Our Bodies, Our Selves

An unusual convergence of dramas dealing with women and disabilities prompts a conversation among four actors about what playwrights are trying to say through characters who are disabled, and how actors approach playing a disability.

"...The woman onstage is ripping her body apart. Off goes a breast. Down..."

March 22, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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