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"...principal. Everybody knows "that management sets the tone and theme of the business/school, etc."..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column

Naked City

The council member appeals to history to keep Town Lake Park alive and the boat races dead.

"..."Last week's theme for Austin politics seemed to be reviving old issues..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Cuckoo

This 1944-set story humanizes the wastefulness of war.

"...forest is full of magic mushrooms. They have clean water and scrap metal acquired from demolished military hardware. Given..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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"...many people on the street are sucking on plastic water bottles. Good for the economy, bad for the environmental..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column

Oye Como Va

This trio of brothers from San Angelo aren't gonna be lonely for long.

"...Bruce Lee's philosophy of knowing without knowing, being like water, shapeless, formless."..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?

The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.

"...with an operational, 15-foot paddle wheel that churned real water. New episodes aired on Saturday mornings, with reruns throughout..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

Elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist! You know that our diva style avatar Stephen made the scene (and quite a scene) at the Pride Parade. And what hot li'l purring mama will soon be off the singles list?

"...on their float, but I was hesitant. The overall theme of the parade was Peace & Pride. There was..."

June 20, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bigamy Sisters

Texas Platters

"...sea of inadequate production while bobbing its head above water once or twice. Where the blueprint for songs such..."

May 9, 2003 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Naked City

Several Shades of Green

"...digging into our industrial past to support this year's theme -- environmental business as a viable economic engine...."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Texas Photographers

The "Texas Photographers" exhibit at Flatbed World Headquarters features several images by several of the artists from the show at Blue Star Art Space in San Antonio, and their relatively simple compositions manage to convey a tremendous range of contrasting colors.

"...and things south of the border is a running theme in most of the work here, and the most..."

March 14, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

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"...war being about her oil deal with Saddam. The theme that the U.S. is acting unilaterally would come as..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column

The Recruit

"...from his forehead or new-hunk-on-the-block Farrell being doused with water prior to his big torture scene so that his..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fine China

The latest Austin Film Society free series examines the cinema of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers.

"...cinema crested in the mid-Nineties -- with such award-winning high-water marks as Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern and..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Stan Rice's Final Message

"...brain cancer, has rung his changes on this infernal theme. Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Books Feature by Dave Oliphant

It's the Thoughts That Count

The folklore of love

"...She has chosen a theme, love, which she hopes might resonate universally. But these..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Books Feature by Rachel Feit

Gourmet Gadgetry

The Food staff offers some ideas on stocking stuffers for the kitchen enthusiast on your list.

"...of the oven or off the stove, won't absorb water, and can be washed in the dishwasher. They come..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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"...date and I arrived in drag, as per the theme of the evening, and were treated very nicely by..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Column

A Better Tomorrow

For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom, but with the city reviewing its Cultural Contracts Program, artists and arts companies talking with each other about collaborations and a shared vision of what the arts mean to Austin, there are glimmers of light on the city's arts funding horizon.

"...the past: tossing out the baby with the bath water. While it succeeded in eliminating the recommendations from advisory..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Envision Central Texas project is an opportunity for the citizens to plan our own destiny.

"...could be sitting on a goldmine -- the strongest theme I saw among the participants' ideas was more dense..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...this matchbox house. Tarps, towels, fishing poles, fins, and water sandals lay strewn about the hillside like victims of..."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Amusements

"...Adventure Bay 12 acres of fun-filled water adventures featuring a gravity-defying Master Blaster and pirate ship...."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Elizabeth Morgan

Stories from the Midway

M-I-C-K-E-Y con Sabor

"...$20 to save me from the sun, $5 bottled water, and spit on the Looping Starship doesn't just leave..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Verushka Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...ROBERT BRADLEY'S BLACKWATER SURPRISE: RBBS is part R&B, part gospel, part soul,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...sense of the complexity of pure love is a theme in all your films...."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Out All Night

Chronicle Food writer MM Pack gives the lowdown on where to eat in Austin if you're out all night.

"...and spacey, this uniquely Austin-style diner with a galactic theme serves up cosmic egg dishes, tacos, burgers, and pancakes..."

March 1, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Clouds Over Dripping Springs

As the pressure for growth continues, Dripping Springs residents question the role of city government insiders

"...These days, though, a recurring theme in the former sanctuary is not religion but ethics..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Some brave suggestions on the city budget from someone whose job isn't subject to voter opinion.

"...The lackluster quality of municipal services is a perennial theme of those who would overthrow the council in power...."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What Lies Beneath

Sydney Yeager's new paintings at D Berman Gallery represent a departure in the artist's work, a potential turning point from the figurative images that made Yeager's work recognizable for nearly a decade to what has always been the real strength of her paintings: the abstraction beneath.

"...degrees of chaos beneath. Yeager says that an underlying theme to her paintings is the ever-shifting balances between order..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

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"...$33 million for additional preserve acquisition in the drinking water watersheds. Council members Slusher and Goodman opposed while supporting..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Here Comes the Naderhood

Preview of Ralph Nader and Democracy Rising's visit to Austin

"...corporate interests." Unlike Nader's Public Citizen, say, or Clean Water Action, Democracy Rising is a traveling road show of..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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