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El Z. specializes in El Salvadoran cuisine, though they do have some standard Mexican dishes for those with no sense of adventure

The seventh annual Cine Las Americas Festival

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

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UT composer Dan Welcher commemorates JFK: The Voice of Peace 40 years after the President's scheduled visit to Austin.

Unflinching satire is diminished by overwritten messages.

Record Review

An interview with SWT's Arturo Mancha, whose novel in progress was a recent break-in casualty

Thoughts on the war's explosions of bombs, dreams, and preconceptions.

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Documentarians Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain were right in the belly of the beast when the Venezuelan coup began -- specifically, in the Presidential Palace, right as the opposition stormed it.

War criminal or elder statesman? Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki makes a case in The Trials of Henry Kissinger.

Austin Script Works has a changing of the bard, Austin officially becomes a capital of culture, and the Texas Fine Arts Association is renamed Arthouse.

The winners are in for the 28th annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in Austin theatre from August 2001 through July 2002.

Houston activist Ken Crowley is sentenced to six months in federal prison and $1,000 in fines for repeated civil disobedience at the School of the Americas.

Chronicle Food writer MM Pack gives the lowdown on where to eat in Austin if you're out all night.

The digital age has ushered a new era in visual art, with the Internet offering artists a new medium for the creation of art, an infinite space to display their work, and a marketing tool. But with this expansion of creative opportunities come sticky questions of ownership and the communal experience of art.

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Considering what we're thankful for in the local food scene

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week

Speaking of U.S. Terrorists ...

Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers

Public Notice asks not what it can do for its community but what you can. This week features the third of a three-part list of Austin area Volunteer Opportunities.

Johnston High School has problems with grades, attendance, dropouts, a magnet program resented by the host school, and a high turnover rate among principals. Will new principal Sal Cavazos stay and can he make a difference?

Brave enough to use symbols like the butterfly, the flower, the heart, the egg, and the dove, Austin artist Pio Pulido also proves in his new exhibition at the Dougherty Arts Center that he is wily enough to find new energies in these tired subjects.

Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers.

What 16 Color offers is an incredibly user-friendly template for people interested in making short (15 seconds), Web-based animations. His press release says it best: "Alan Watts dreams of ways to help people procrastinate."