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news
Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!
New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino
audience looking for news
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Birds vs. People at BCP
At least one Austin resident questions wildlife
preserve's human-access policies
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Johnston High Turns Triplet
AISD moves on plan to divide Eastside school into three smaller 'learning communities'
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Futrell Spares Knee: 'Moving Forward' at APD
Police chief scolded, not punished
BY JORDAN SMITH
Block Those Cyber-Boobs! – Flasher Sues Game Makers
Austin video game maker sued for child porn –
by teen who lied to get filmed
BY JORDAN SMITH
Weed Watch
HB 658 seeks to legalize medical marijuana in Texas
BY JORDAN SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY LEE NICHOLS
Point Austin: The Healing of Wounded Knee
A tale of two city memos suggests more than paper-shuffling needed at APD
BY MICHAEL KING
Robbing Pedro to Pay … Highland Park?
The funds in the latest public ed bill appear much less than meets the eye
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
Texas Legislature, theatre of the absurd; and, why all the surprise over steroid scandals?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Pastures Still Aplenty
Eating up the miles in search of country dining destinations
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-file
The hot dish and one heck of a block party
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
NANCI GRIFFITH
Love in the Time of War
Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart,
mind, and activism in hand
BY JIM CALIGIURI
There's a Light Beyond These Woods
An unrestrained celebration of Nanci Griffith
BY LOUIS BLACK
SXSW International Bands
Is this the SXSW Interactive issue?
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
TCB
Pondering social change, newcomers Faceless
Werewolves, SXSW venues, and 'The Real World'
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Phases & Stages
Kings of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Glen Campbell, Austin Symphony
Glen Campbell & the Austin Symphony
Drive-by Truckers
Gangstabilly, Pizza Deliverance
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Jeff Chang
Archie Shepp, Mal Waldron
Left Alone Revisited... A Tribute to Billie Holiday
Fats Domino, Little Richard
Sweet Patootie:The Complete Reprise Recordings, King of Rock & Roll: The Complete Reprise Recordings
screens
The Defiant Deviant
The Austin Film Society and Alamo Drafthouse gang up for Bloodbath and Beyond: The Extreme Cinema of Takashi Miike and more
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Equalized
Seguin fest puts deaf, hearing audiences on level film ground
BY JOE O'CONNELL
The Obsessive's Obsessive
Three former Austinites find Darryl Donaldson, 'Donnie Darko's '#1 Fan'
BY SPENCER PARSONS
TV Eye
I recently had one of those challenging conversations I have from time to time about my TV viewing habits
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Bride & Prejudice
This Jane Austen adaptation takes the Bollywood out of India and leaves us something too familiar.
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
The fitful story of how one black woman gets her groove back
The Nomi Song
A documentary ode to the legendary outsider's outsider, Klaus Nomi – a singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly.
The Sea Inside
Moving chronicle of the real-life 30-year battle waged by paraplegic Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem) to end his life.
Son of the Mask
Sequel has absolutely none of its predecessor’s manic charm.
arts & culture
What Makes Cirque Worque?
Unlocking the enduring phenomenon of Cirque du Soleil
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad socialist?
In Howard Zinn's play, Karl Marx is back, and he's pissed
BY BARRY PINEO
Line Dancing
Austin's Michael Arthur has made an improbable career out of drawing theatre and dance companies in rehearsal
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Pro Arts Collective's production of "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" brings all the emotion of the Rodney King beating and its aftermath rushing back
Index to Idioms
Deb Margolin's Index to Idioms played with our assumptions about familiar expressions and used episodes from her life to give them new meanings
Circus Maximus
The UT Wind Ensemble's premiere of John Corigliano's Circus Maximus' was more than a concert; it was an event
'Vin Gallery'
With courage and grace, Vin Gallery has successfully made the transition from its burned home in the Guadalupe Arts Center to a space by Gallery Shoal Creek
columns
Page Two
It has never been a secret that the magic ingredient that makes SXSW work is Austin
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
After a Fashion
Get ready for SXSW! Stephen is!
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
About AIDS
Southwestern University in Georgetown is producing a book about HIV/AIDS and needs creative material
BY JOSH BRUNER
To Your Health
With a small change in lifestyle a person should be able to eat a variety of wholesome foods and remain gout free
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
The Common Law
What is arbitration?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Day Trips
The American Wind Power Center has one of the largest collections of windmills in the world
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
When Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath in 1979, Michael Bolton was considered a possible replacement
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Bottle Rocket Screening with Kumar Pallana
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Saturday, February 26, 2005
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
European Champions League resumes after two-month hiatus
