University of Texas Tower
Volume 22, Number 5
news
Pipe Dreams
Chapter 37 From Robert Bryce's new book on Enron
BY ROBERT BRYCE
Enron's Masters of the Universe
A Conversation with Robert Bryce
BY MICHAEL KING
The Devil in the Details
After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
No Dove of Peace Over Georgetown
Charges continue to fly over the defective Dove Springs Wastewater plant.
BY JORDAN SMITH
Austin's Creative Clash
Austin's arts funding process leaves much to be desired -- and consulted.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
War Drums
BY MICHAEL KING
Vision Villains?
The director of Vision Village project pleads guilty for failing to monitor the doomed venture.
BY AMY SMITH
Delamora Denied
BY JORDAN SMITH
Discovering Chief Knee
BY JORDAN SMITH
Maxey Gets Roasty
BY MICHAEL KING
Naked City
A look at breaking news items from around the city, state, and world
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Smells Like Victory
For a change, this November's state elections might actually be interesting.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Be a Jewel; Truly Beautiful Art
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Secret Ingredients
Meet the best chefs you've never heard of.
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood catches up on culinary news in this week's "Food-o-File."
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings
If you're not waking up in glorious Mexico, you might as well wake up to migas, galletas, pan dulces, piedras, or buñuelos at one of Austin's Mexican bakeries.
Food Reviews
Texicalli Grille
Rachel Feit writes that "sandwiches are Texicalli Grille's real specialty." Read on to see if they live up to the legend.
music
Highest Stakes
Groobee gal Susan Gibson steps out on her own, chin up.
BY MARGARET MOSER
Immigrant Song
Kim Richey -- outta Nashville, into Austin.
BY JOHN T. DAVIS
'ACL' Live Shots
Dancing About Architecture
Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...
BY KEN LIECK
Phases and Stages
Beck
Sea Change
Sixteen Horsepower
Folklore
Bright Eyes
Lifted, or the Story is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground
screens
Migrating North
As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Something Wild
There's no pussyfooting about it: The Truth About Charlie is a remake -- of the widely adored Charade -- and Jonathan Demme isn't apologizing for it.
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
You're Looking at It
The heart of rock 'n' roll may be Cleveland, but the "Heart of Film"? You're looking at it.
BY MARC SAVLOV
Short Cuts
Classes and a contest.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Live From New York … the sometimes sordid history of Saturday Night Live.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
King Rat (1965)
King Rat is a terribly honest and brutally realistic film about WWII P.O.W.s -- a perfect counter to its story of terribly dishonest people living in brutal times.
Film Reviews
arts & culture
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.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Heroism in Flight
When the New York stage company Collective Unconscious took transcripts of Cockpit Voice Recorder tapes from six real-life airline emergencies and performed them on stage under the title Charlie Victor Romeo, they created a theatrical sensation and a testament to the strength and spirit of humans in crisis.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
The winners are in for the 28th annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in Austin theatre from August 2001 through July 2002.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
My Fair Lady
Austin Musical Theatre's production of My Fair Lady serves up the tale of a Cockney flower girl's transformation at the hands of an egotistical phonetics professor with a lavish look and a playful spirit, creating a delightful dance of elegance and frivolity.
Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Saint Mary
For a concert in Austin, modern Houston-based music ensemble Istanpitta chose about a dozen medieval songs about the Virgin Mary and gave them a charming airing.
Dirty Blonde
The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde does not always work, but when it does -- such as any time Rosalie Teneth struts and curves and bends around the stage as Mae West -- the show embodies everything truly amazing about theatre.
columns
Page Two
Leaving us no time to catch our breaths after the Austin City Limits, Pecan Street, and Cinematexas festivals, our little city is graced next with the Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Austin Film Festival, unofficially kicked off by a screening (co-sponsored by the Austin Film Society) of Jonathan Demme's new film, The Truth About Charlie.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
After a Fashion
Stephen takes you to the Emmy's and deems them not worthy of any particular awards. Plus, a local retail roundup and more!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
To Your Health
A trainer where I work out has recommended a supplement called MCT oil. He says it will improve athletic performance and help with weight loss. How can increased fat in the diet help with weight loss?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters @ 3AM
The author offers notes for a poem that tells how the America of our hearts is a forgotten country.
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
