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The battle for Townes Van Zandt's legacy

The abuse heaped on Ken Caminiti for his Sports Illustrated expose on steroid abuse is disgraceful. Actually, he's done the game a favor by shining a light on the situation.

Texas Platters

Martel's debut film is a family portrait of people falling down the class ladder.

The DEA bans hemp-derived food products.

Virginia Glore asked the APD for a rape test -- instead they're prosecuting her for DWI.

From Anchorage, Alaska, to New Jersey to Tijuana, Mexico, Lily Burana takes her readers inside the glitziest and seediest strip clubs in the nation in Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America. But Burana, who will be at BookPeople on Monday, October 1, at 7pm, is also armed with a good deal of feminist theory, research, and unflinching opinions about the sex-worker trade.

March 1991 -- December 2000

Public Notice asks not what it can do for its community but what *you* can. This week features part of our Austin-area Volunteer Opportunities List and informs of dear old "Public Notice"'s demise..

Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.

My mother does not admit to having a problem with alcohol, but it worries me a lot when I see how much she drinks. Her favorite drink is a margarita and she has one or two almost every day, along with some wine with meals, though I have never seen her actually drunk. Am I being overly anxious and should I just keep quiet?

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.

Amy Smith thought a judge would give her two years max for possession of crack cocaine; why is she doing 20?

The council passes an aggressive panhandling ordinance as part of its "homeless self-sufficiency and responsibility initiative," angering homeless advocates.

Texas Lege Should Follow a Rational Approach on Drugs

The Lege Has Barely Begun, and the Official Accountants Say We're Broke

The post-SRV trials and tribulations of Texas' most famous rhythm section

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

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

Using a legion of artists from the early Sixties, the Austin Museum of Art exhibition "The New Frontier: Art and Television 1960-65" offers an illuminating peep into a time when a measly 10-inch black-and-white TV set was the American family's window to the world.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, among other things, and "Public Notice" wants you to feel the love.

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.

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.

Public Notice gets all hot under the collar for the Chronicle sex issue.

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.