Central Library
Volume 20, Number 20
features
Co-op in Smoke
The fire that destroyed the Arrakis Co-op left more than embers in its wake.
BY STUART PRESTIDGE
news
Sterling Lands' New Mission
Sterling Lands II and the Eastside Social Action Coalition fight for equity in Austin's public schools.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Big City Blues
Although it has three of the 10 largest cities in the United States, Texas is still largely a state of home-rule cities. A brief look at the prospects for a real urban policy in Texas.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Naked City
Opening day of the Lege, redistricting rumors, and Mike Levy vs. Kirk Watson
BY LOUIS DUBOSE
The Hightower Lowdown
A Little Help From My Friends; The Buddy System
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Capitol Chronicle
The TNRCC reports that the Voluntary Emissions Reduction program has produced zero reductions in air pollution
BY MICHAEL KING
food
New Kid on the Block
ASTI is the perfect addition to Hyde Park's busiest corner
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Will Travel for Food
Dining in Dublin
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood remembers two talented and hardworking women in Austin's culinary life who have recently died and also reveals some of her recent dining discoveries.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Water's Edge
Austin's Pacific Rim and Caribbean restaurants in this week's Second Helpings.
music
Better Than Nothing
Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.
BY HARVEY PEKAR
Cubana Be Cubana Bop
Field guide to Cuba's second-biggest export after cigars
BY HARVEY PEKAR
Dancing About Architecture
A New Year and those who didn't and almost didn't make it
BY KEN LIECK
Live Shots
Snoop Dogg Austin Music Hall, December 29
Tosca/Alberto & Yasmin The Ritz/El Sol y la Luna, January 4
Fred Eaglesmith, Joe West & the Sinners Continental Club, January 5
Pop Culture Press Release Party Red Eyed Fly, January 7
screens
Defying Gravity
With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee took one of the most maligned of cinematic genres -- the kung fu film -- and created an epic many critics (this one included) are calling the year's best movie. We spoke with him about the film's grueling shoot, the refinement it makes to the martial arts genre, and more.
BY SARAH HEPOLA
A Man of Character
State and Main star William H. Macy talks about his iconic position as America's indie darling, the state of indie filmmaking today, and what on earth Gus Van Sant was thinking.
BY MARC SAVLOV
A Walk on the Dark Side
An interview with Karen Bernstein, producer of Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart (playing at the Alamo Drafthouse on Wednesday, Jan. 10), a breathless, soundtrack-shaped romp through Reed's career so far
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Short Cuts
South by Southwest announces 2001 call for festival volunteer workers, and other news and events of interest to the local film community.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Will MTV's new "Fight for Your Rights" campaign against hate crimes call into question their longstanding promotion of rapper Eminem? Also, seats for sale on Politically Incorrect and fallout from this year's television top 10s.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Crazy Joe
Why the hell has it taken so long for anyone to discover this Seventies crime film gem?
The Rage: Carrie 2
Carrie 2 is a very bad teen horror effort that might appeal to true horror hounds.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Roger Corman took a break from cheapo horror and sci-fi flicks to make this cheapo gangster work (starring the late Jason Robards as Al Capone), but it's still a Corman quickie from beginning to end.
Film Reviews
Antitrust
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
This martial arts film succeeds as a great pulp yarn, a historical drama, an epic love story, a humorous action tale, and a modern feminist fable.
Double Take
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
In this Depression-era Coen brothers film, a trio of chain-gang escapees seek a (possibly mythical) treasure while on the lam from a diabolical sheriff.
Save the Last Dance
State and Main
Mamet's story about a big-budget Hollywood production that steamrolls into a little Vermont town is told with a gentle smirk.
Thirteen Days
arts & culture
Final Flowering
With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
How Robin Got His Groove Back
Musicologist Gillian Anderson has come to the rescue of Robin Hood, taking the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film Robin Hood and restoring its original score. It's one of two dozen films from the earliest era of motion pictures for which Anderson has recovered, restored, or reconstructed the scores.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
Austin native Starla Benford brings The Vagina Monologues to town, Kerthy Fix takes Heaving Shadows at the Skin Show to Chicago, and where does rm 120 theatre go?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
columns
Page Two
Make sure we get the details right for the 2000 Austin Chronicle Music Poll by voting. Also, an introduction to the Politics staff and memories of watching 2001 for the first time.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
A mixed salad of Green letters and more.
Public Notice
From race riots in South Florida to the MLK Day March in Austin, "Public Notice" reflects on how far we've come and how far we've yet to go.
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar presents the first in a series of profiles of local high-profile fashion photogs!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
Data snacks for your brain's buffet.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
The geologic magnificence of Palo Duro Canyon.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
HIV-testing Docs: A Cautionary Note.
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
A glacial pace and overzealous refs are killing college basketball. Who's in charge here?
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
