Central Library
Volume 20, Number 24
news
Power Surge
Local company finds flywheel generated electric power is a growing niche in the current market.
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Carving Up Texas
A Preview of Redistricting at the Lege
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Naked City
Rep. Ann Kitchen prepares to file a pipeline safety bill. Judge Sam Sparks questions the Longhorn Pipeline permit process. Ken Herman goes after a Pulitzer Prize.
BY LOUIS DUBOSE
The Hightower Lowdown
The New Environmental Regime; Ripping Off the Pentagon
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Capitol Chronicle
In Texas Courtrooms, a Fair Legal Defense is Often an Empty Promise
BY MICHAEL KING
food
Eating the New Economy
22 is elegant in that minimalist, California sort of way, Barbara Chisholm writes. The walls are gently curved and unadorned except for their warm, soothing colors of ocher and gray. At least she thinks those are the colors; the lighting is kept very low and intimate, so it's hard to be certain.
BY BARBARA CHISHOLM
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood thought her previous column about local chef changes was pretty comprehensive until the last few days of January, when all kinds of newsworthy information began pouring in via phone, fax, and e-mail.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Simply Seafood
Where to find the fruits of the sea in Austin
Food Reviews
music
Trouble Men
The post-SRV trials and tribulations of Texas' most famous rhythm section
BY ANDY LANGER
Almost Willie
On the Road Again with the King of the RV Parks.
BY MELISSA SATTLEY
Dancing About Architecture
The Austin Music Awards firm up the line-up, while Ozzy Osbourne sneaks in the SXSW back door with the film conference.
BY KEN LIECK
Live Shots
The Skunks, Lazy Cowgirls, Sons of HerculesContinental Club, February 2
Amy Rigby, Saxon Pub, February 3
screens
The Inspiration of Jesus Chavez
Why a top-ranked boxer, jailed once and deported twice, became the subject of a documentary and a Fighter for the American Dream
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
In His Corner
Marcy Garriott's first documentary, Split Decision, follows the vigilant struggles of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez, who continues to be punished for a crime he has already paid for. Prior to the film's release in Austin this Friday, February 9, Garriott shares her reflections on the film and on her role as a filmmaker and activist.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
A Full Color Palette
Painter-Director Julian Schnabel's 'Before Night Falls'
BY SIDNEY MOODY
It's the Village, Idiot!
The latest casualty in Regal Cinemas' nationwide overexpansion isn't just another movie theatre.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Short Cuts
South by Southwest announces attendees, the Texas Hall of Fame releases names of first honorees, and other news and events of interest to the local film community.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Kitten With a Whip
John Waters must have loved this movie.
Showgirls
Like a car wreck you can't take your eyes off of.
Godzilla 2000
The G-monster returns to form.
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Theatrical Fuse
Writer and performer Zell Miller III is an incendiary device waiting for a match, and once he flicks an ember into the hidden dry undergrowth of text, there is nowhere to hide. And the good news is that he has only begun to explode.
BY C. DENBY SWANSON
Articulations
Just when you thought that Elizabethan drama fad was fading, a slew of Shakespeares hits the scene.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Oklahoma!
Austin Musical Theatre's Oklahoma! pulses with a rousing liveliness that makes it delightfully fresh, a territory that a joy to visit.
The Seagull
Guy Roberts and a talented cast stage Anton Chekhov's The Seagull as a rehearsal, rather than performance, and in doing so allow the audience to watch the nuts and bolts of how a show is put together, the process of exploration, the sometimes messy, personal world of the rehearsal.
Six Women With Brain Death
Buzz Productions' version of the cult hit Six Women With Brain Death gives it the old college try, but even a striking performance by Jo Beth Henderson can't overcome the flat mockery of trash culture that we've seen too many times before.
columns
Page Two
Farewell to the Village Cinema and our own Robert Bryce.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.
Public Notice
Your pals at Pub Notes say, "Get your love on in the name of ol' Saint Valentine!" Here are some suggestions to take your lover a step or two beyond the flowers and chocolate routine and benefit a few local causes, to boot.
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion
Our Style Avatar discovers dirt cheap cigs and trumpets the extravagant Bikes & Babes in Toyland benefit.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
An icing of trivia for the cupcake of your mind.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
The historic hotels of San Antonio.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
Let's hear it for National Condom Week!
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Coach's Corner
The XFLdebut: It has to get better, doesn't it?.
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
