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news
The Usual Suspects
The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Toll Road Plan Remains in Fast Lane
But Gerald Daugherty (of all people) wants to slow road-building down
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
ACC Goes Back to the Drawing Board
Plans for new South Austin Campus bust the college's budget
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Lowe's Loses Again
The Brodie Lane big-box project remains shut down until a September trial
BY AMY SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
The economy has 'improved' … so why aren't you smiling? And meet Macedonia, our 'anti-terror' ally.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Call Him Unimpeachable?
The governor's gamble on casinos may yet come up snake-eyes
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Big-Box Breakdown
Impact? What impact? The city's slothful retail strategy.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
food
Brunch, Dinner, and Dessert Theatre
The drama of the Chez Zee menu
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Digesting Austin's food news for you!
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Slices of Life, Part I
Food Reviews
Taco Sabroso
Rosa Santis' serious taqueria
music
Slanging That Rhyme
Tracing the history of Austin hip-hop through its vinyl
BY ROBERT GABRIEL
TCB
Time to get suicide out of the bars and back in 'Heathers'
where it belongs
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases & Stages
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel, the Everly Brothers
Bobby Bare Jr.
"From the End of Your Leash"
PJ Harvey
Uh Huh Her
Beastie Boys
To the Five Boroughs
Hellacopters, Burning Brides, Velvet Revolver, Alabama Thunderpussy, Zeke, Paik, Scorpions
By the Grace of God, Leave No Ashes, Contraband, Fulton Hill, 'Til the Living End, Satin Black, Box of Scorpions
Bob Marley
The Legend Live
screens
Stranded
Karen Bernstein's 'Are the Kids Alright?' examines the state of mental health care in Texas
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Relearning Love
'Before Sunset' asks the hard questions
BY MARRIT INGMAN
In Space
WorldStarGazette.com
BY MARRIT INGMAN
Short Cuts
Gamers, get ready
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Comedy makes a comeback
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Screens Reviews
Film Reviews
America's Heart & Soul
Inspirational documentary is about Americans with true grit working in a land where seldom is heard a discouraging word.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Will Ferrell's Anchorman needs more work behind the scenes.
Before Sunset
Linklater summons up an affair to remember.
The Clearing
Despite the contributions of Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, and Willem Dafoe, The Clearing is a psychological thriller sans suspense.
King Arthur
In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be a warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.
Sleepover
Spy Kids' Alexa Vega graduates to tween hijinks.
arts & culture
Unclothed for Business
Kitty Kitty Bang Bang keeps burlesque alive in Austin
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Bullets
It's the Changing of the Bard, from Dietz to Swanson,
and Tina Marsh plays it cool for CO2. Artists talk
techniques, and teens tell you where to find Good Love.
Quinton's Back at Zach
'Twisted Onion' star Everett Quinton joins the cast for
Zach's 'House Arrest'
One to Grow On
It's a happy first birthday for Arts on Real
Arts Reviews
Molly Sweeney
Different Stages' production of Molly Sweeney is a restrained and elegant parable through which we come to see the beauty in not seeing
Like The Mountains
Like The Mountains' tale of two brothers fighting to survive the division of Berlin into East and West is little more than a soap opera sketched from history
Political Asylum
Shard Live Performance Collective's original production Political Asylum creates a vision of everyday chaos through asylum bars
columns
Page Two
Left-leaning criticism is not the same as political extremism
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Stephen 'courts' the United folks and their roadkill,
shares his dishy Internet source bookmarks, and finds
out which red and which white go with huntin' and
fishin'… monarchs and gossip and bears, oh my!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
To Your Health
Treating fibromyalgia
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
Can nonprofits raise money with a raffle?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
'The Texas Post Office Murals: Art for the People' bridges the gap between coffeetable art book and travel guide
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
About AIDS
Stayin' alive: HIV resistance program July 14
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Letters at 3AM
Our country's newest immigrant generation is no longer learning that this nation will belong to them
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Luv Doc Recommends: Two Note Solo's Drunken Film Festival
Dobie Theatre, Saturday, July 10, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Three cheers for the underdogs!
