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GIFT GUIDE
Holiday Wish Lists 2003
Presents for public service
news
Women Dig In
The contractors' boycott against Planned
Parenthood won a battle, but it's a long war.
BY AMY SMITH
A Blue-Sky 'Silver' Plan for Austin Energy
Austin Energy and a former city employee team up to publish an idealized, clean-energy vision of the future.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Farmers Insurance: Off the Hook Forever?
Internal memos suggest the insurer frequently mishandled claims -- and the state may not be able to investigate.
BY JORDAN SMITH
How Lowe's Can Brewster Go?
Council Member McCracken gets an earful from supporters and nonsupporters alike reminding him of his big-box campaign promises.
BY AMY SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin @ Large: Welcome Back, Kirk
Kirk Watson's new job at the chamber stands at odds with his "message" as mayor.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Here We Go Again
The redistricting case resumes: one more battle in a protracted war.
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report
Let's run government like a government; and, Tom DeLay uses neglected and abused children as a political tool.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
GIFT GUIDE
Capital Idea!
On the phone, on the Web, on the farm, or in the store: giving a little Austin to the foodies on your gift list
Food-o-File
Local foodie friends throw a party to help David Pitre and Tecolote Farm, some sweet gift ideas, and more.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Santa's Little Helpers
music
GIFT GUIDE
Autumn Rhythm
Musical Gift Guide Part I: Rock & Roll Books
TCB
Stuff we read in notes passed in study hall
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
screens
GIFT GUIDE
Not Your Average Movie Night
MoveOn.Org mobilizes viewing parties across the country for Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War.
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
GIFT GUIDE
Short Cuts
Movin' on up: MoveOn.org, Steve Bilich, Bennie Klain, and Kyle Henry.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
After watching the HBO production of Angels in America -- for all its faults and annoyances, its unrelenting attention to the crass and sensational -- I'm reminded all over again why TV can matter.
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
The Devil & Daniel Webster
Numbers 215 and 218 of the Criterion Collection DVD series were more celebrated recently, Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge, yet the unheralded No. 214 was the true devil in the woodpile.
Film Reviews
Carnage
Although maybe not a great film, Carnage is the most ambitious and assured feature debut in recent memory, and it is certainly distinctive.
Demonlover
French mind-warper has a puzzle-box narrative and a soundtrack by Sonic Youth.
Honey
Jennifer Alba's hoodrat find her inner Flashdance.
The Last Samurai
Tom Cruise turns Japanese.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Extended Edition
The Singing Detective
Robert Downey Jr. plays Dennis Potter's afflicted writer, who imagines a film noir musical to escape his misery.
arts & culture
Lingering on the Beloved Characters of 'What Ever'
Talking with Heather Woodbury about the people in her eight-hour performance novel, What Ever.
BY HEATHER BARFIELD COLE
On the Road Again
Ballet East's Paths traces some of the many passages through life.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
An era of Austin theatre ends as Austin Musical Theatre files for bankruptcy.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
'"Prints from the Leo Steinberg Collection: Part II"'
The Blanton Museum of Art's "Prints from the Leo Steinberg Collection: Part II" continues the display of works from the 3,200-work collection begun earlier in 2003, and while this batch may contain fewer masterpieces, it's no less captivating or transporting.
The Toys Take over Christmas
Let the Toys Take over Christmas, as Second Youth Family Theatre does in this children's play by Patricia Clapp-Cone, a story about kindness and doing what feels right.
Suites and Leftovers
La Follia made a feast of leftovers for their post-Thanksgiving offering at First Presbyterian Church.
columns
Page Two
The Planned Parenthood boycott is about moral bullying, not a commitment to preserving life.
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
It's the holiday season and Stephen is already ho-ho-Hoin' it up. What did the fashionable eat for turkey day?
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
In Corsicana, "excellent fruitcake" is not an oxymoron.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
My friends have told me that I should use credit cards instead of cash because they offer more protection for consumers. Are they right?
BY LUKE ELLIS
To Your Health
I exercise regularly, but my doctor recently said my blood pressure is too high. Why would that happen, and how can I control it?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
Holiday tips for HIVers
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Ice Bats vs. Laredo Bucks
Travis County Expo Center, Friday, December 5, 2003
BY THE LUV DOC
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