Bullock Texas State History Museum
Volume 21, Number 47
news
Goodbye to Big Pink
The Rio Motel faces new ownership, a new name, and perhaps a new future.
BY ROB D'AMICO
Interfacing With Dell
Environmentalists press Michael Dell for more aggressive recycling of obsolete computers.
BY LEE NICHOLS
'Stakeholder' Bails on Stratus
When Lauren Ross urged the City Council to reject the "half-baked" Stratus development deal, council members' jaws dropped one by one.
BY AMY SMITH
War by the (Text)book
The State Board of Education's first public hearing on social studies textbooks confirmed that, underneath the thin cloak of bureaucratic civility, an ideological battle is raging over whose story the textbooks should tell.
BY MICHAEL MAY
Second Yogurt Shop Case Begins
Jury selection is set to begin July 29 for round two of the infamous yogurt shop murder trials.
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Senator's Shoes
BY MICHAEL KING
Surf Barton Creek!
It's A Gas, Gas, Gas For Longhorn
Looks like the Longhorn Pipeline is about to begin pumping gas.
BY AMY SMITH
The Showdown at Sixth and Lamar
The new chain shopping center raises alarms from local merchants.
BY LAURI APPLE
Bradley Bonks
BY AMY SMITH
Understood?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
BY LAURI APPLE
Alas, Poor Dubya
The falling Dow throws a spotlight on the president's business career.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Bush barks but barely bites, and MBNA buys a Congressman … on credit.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Rediscovered Roots
Wild Ginger, the reincarnation of Formosa, takes another chance at Chinese
BY MICK VANN
Author Deborah Madison in Austin
Noted vegetarian cookbook author Deborah Madison comes to Austin with her new book, Local Flavors: Cooking & Eating From America's Farmers' Markets, in her basket.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood fixes her French, has her eyes rolled back in her head by a delightful new dessert, and reports on the latest cooking classes in session in this week's "Food-o-File."
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Slices of Life, Part 2
Erin Mosow throws a pizza party in this week's "Second Helpings."
Food Reviews
music
Right Where They Belong
Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Dancing About Architecture
Hole is on hold, as is Abra Moore's new album, though American Analog Set may be dead and the Mercury's Hip Hop Humpday is definitely. Meanwhile, John Kunz fights back, and Don Imus raises the Flatlanders flag. Whew!
BY KEN LIECK
MANIKIN
Phases and Stages
The Punkaroos
The Punkaroos
Manikin
Manikin
Resentments, Vanguards
Sunday Night Line-Up, Live at Jovita's
A Loose Affiliation of Saints and Sinners
Sessions From the Hotel San Jose Rm. 50, Austin TX
The Cornell Hurd Band
Song of South Austin
Troy Campbell
American Breakdown
Saturn Expedition
Look Back Fair Pilgrim
Blue Diamond Shine
That Godforsaken Road
Texas Guitar Slingers
Texas Guitar Slingers Volume One
KVRX Local Live Vol. 6: Unlimited Bandwidth
KVRX Local Live Vol. 6: Unlimited Bandwidth
Ralph White
Trash Fish
screens
Book Smarts
New academic tomes explore diverse film genres
Short Cuts
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then sandwich chain Schlotzsky's is practically kissing Bob Sabiston's feet.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Fame
Fame, a fictionalized but not entirely glamorized look at the High School for Performing Arts in New York, requires a complete suspension of belief, but once suspended, it's as easy to swallow as ice cream.
Film Reviews
The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
This is a wonderfully universal narrative based on oral tradition about the introduction of evil into a peaceful Inuit community.
Trouble Every Day
arts & culture
Mouthing Off
Lowell Bartholomee has a lot to say, and he says it in plays that blaze like a Klieg instrument throwing gritty metrosphere of modern life into stark relief -- stark comic relief.
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Articulations
UT-Austin's Blanton Museum of Art acquires one of the most comprehensive collections of prints ever assembled by a private individual: the Leo Steinberg Collection of 3,200 prints from the 15th through the 20th centuries.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Moby Dick
In Kirk Smith's stage adaptation of Moby Dick, language comes forth in great waves, in storms of words, soaking our brains with images of the sea, of a white whale, and of a mad captain's pursuit of it, and while the Vortex Repertory Company Summer Youth Theatre production may not always convey every nuance of every line, it does communicate the feel of a life at sea, danger and dread, and the roles played by Destiny and Death.
Coyote on a Fence
Bruce Graham's Coyote on a Fence makes a strong political statement about the unfairness of capital punishment, but both the script and Real Rain Productions' staging of it are uneven, with choices that undercut the undeniable tension inherent in the dramatic situation of death row inmates.
Into the Woods
Although several performers are excellent, the orchestra is good, and the Austin summer-night atmosphere is as laid-back and fun-loving as ever, Zilker Theatre Productions' staging of Into the Woods is fraught with problems, from technical glitches to set-design issues to actors' difficulties handling the musical demands of the show.
columns
Page Two
The City Council should negotiate the Stratus deal from a position of strength; we remember the tragic life and brilliant filmmaking of indie pioneer Eagle Pennell.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
Who was that scary cowboy and why was he doing those nasty things??? Stephen ventures out to yet another "alternative" fashion show. Will he ever learn?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
Coach gets his disconnection notice, courtesy of Allen Iverson.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Letters at 3AM
The Flatlanders' collective voice of experience still dares the odds and rings true.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
