Bates Recital Hall
Volume 20, Number 50
news
Economics From the Bottom Up
A profile of Accion Texas, CDC, and other microlenders
BY KEVIN FULLERTON
Naked City
A roundup of local news, rumors, and factoids from around Austin
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Lowdown
America craves campaign finance reform, GM buys its version of history, and a corporate butthead gets ousted.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Dining del Lago
For years, eating out near Lake Travis was pretty strictly limited to burger joints, Tex-Mex places, fish shacks, and typical Texas roadside cafes. The update to our lakeside dining guide illustrates that all that may be steadily changing.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
A prominent local restaurateur has taken to the radio, complaining about all the gloom and doom being reported in the newspapers and then a reader e-mailed last week to say he was tired of reading about "dot-com failures" and their impact on Austin's restaurant scene. Well, boys, all I can say in my defense is … the news is just the news.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Chinese, Part Two
More Chinese restaurants in this week's "Second Helpings," and a tip on where to find "meaty goodness"
music
Playing the Violin
Mr. Sinus Theater's Jerm Pollet is also a musician!
BY MARC SAVLOV
Spit Out the Seeds
Lucinda Williams bares all
BY MARGARET MOSER
Eye to Eye
David Byrne gets sincere
BY DAVID LYNCH
Live Shots
BY MIKE QUINN
Dancing About Architecture
Robbie Jacks is dead, but Auditorium Shores is not. Check back later about the Empanada Parlour.
BY KEN LIECK
Live Shots
Sade, India Arie
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater,
Selma, Texas, July 29
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Steve Earle & The Dukes
Backyard, August 1
screens
The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus
Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.
BY SARAH HEPOLA
Mr. Smith Goes to Austin
Writer / director Kevin Smith discusses his new film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Short Cuts
Austin mourns Robbie Jacks.
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Zen and the art of Samurai cartoonage
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Blood and Guts and Dirt and Joy
Michael Miller may appear at first meeting to be withdrawn, but he is absolutely present onstage and off, and his willingness to "get dirty" with his characters and continuous challenge to himself to be better make this seemingly reserved actor one of Austin's best.
BY ROBI POLGAR
Articulations
Austin won't be the same without cultural legends Steve Barton, John Martin, and Robbie Jacks.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The World Goes 'Round
With The World Goes 'Round, director Dave Steakley has crafted a gem of a show, one that celebrates the musical team of John Kander and Fred Ebb with the panache and rich feeling of a beautifully crafted, sublimely entertaining musical of old, that makes us want us to come to the cabaret.
columns
Page Two
How the city serves the public and the death of Rob Jacks
BY NICK BARBARO
Postmarks
The libraries hit the books, and environmentalists speak out.
Public Notice
Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers
BY KATE X MESSER
About AIDS
Heavy lies the condom
BY SANDY BARTLETT
After a Fashion
Our Style Avatar gives the lowdown on the TV Judges' style (or lack thereof).
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Mr. Smarty Pants
Of prime numbers and meat industry
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
The subterranean magnificence of Carlsbad Caverns
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
To Your Health
I can't believe that at age 26 I have the same problem as my 63-year-old mother. We both leak urine if we sneeze or laugh. I have two children, and I have heard that this can make a difference. Since I can't turn back the clock (and these two children are worth the misery), is there anything else that I can do?
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
Coach's Corner
Do we need weather reports to tell us it's hot in Texas in August? How about to tell us it's wrong to have China host the Olympics?
BY ANDY "COACH" COTTON
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
