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Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

Seton's plan to build its own pediatrics facility throws a monkey wrench into the proposed hospital district.

It's a Friday evening at the Santa Cruz Center for Culture, and as the Aztlan Dance Company rehearses its production of Reflexiones '02, the company shows how after 30 years it's still not only an exhilarating dance company, but very much a family affair.

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

Good riddance to Bill Maher, with reservations.

Three Central Texas traditions continue to make fun a destination.

September 1982-August 1988

A state program that enables offenders and their victims meet face-to-face has helped Andrew Papke take full responsibility for the drunken driving-related deaths of Beth Early and Daniel London.

The people want to know: who, precisely, was Bruce Barton quoting?

Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?

On the Road Again with the King of the RV Parks.

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

Watching Jean Caffeine's eyes light up.

Though they claim to only answer to their man-on-the-streets tastes, both these Web sites demonstrate how diverse the dialogue on arts becomes when just the right voices cut in.

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

In the month since the much-hyped publication of Stephen Harrigan's historical novel The Gates of the Alamo, a visible restructuring of the public notion of the fort has seized the imagination of Texas. Chronicle writer David Garza explains why.

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illustration by Doug Potter

Notes From the Republican Revolution

The Late Lucinda Williams

Can Light Rail Build Livable Communities?