Focus On The City Budget Honeymoon Could Sour Over Public Safety Tax Money The new city council's honeymoon with the Chavez administration has been a refreshing period of municipal calm and domestic tranquility, a mood starkly [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jan 29, 2004 News
Odds & Ends Dateline: Russia—A family in frozen southern Siberia has been forced to seek help after giving shelter to a stranded baby flamingo, the ITAR-TASS [...] Alibi \ Jan 29, 2004 News
Reel World Basement Walls—Basement Films is returning to The Walls Gallery (510 Central Ave. SE) for “Pixels and Grain,” a night of new experimental film [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2004 Film
The Triplets Of Belleville This Wordless Wonder Is A Weird, Witty Winner With all the hoopla surrounding the release of Pixar's Finding Nemo and with all of Disney's dour predictions about the end of “traditional” [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2004 Film Madame Souza in the Land of the Fat People (a.k.a. America).
Girl With A Pearl Earring Painterly Picture Looks Pretty, Feels Pretty Slow Based on writer Tracy Chevalier's best-selling academic potboiler, Girl with a Pearl Earring is a slow, stoic but achingly beautiful glimpse into the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2004 Film “I would give thee this sack of cats for a kiss.”
Tunnel Vision Westside Land Deal Smacks Of Insider Politics And Failed Policies Of The Past When public officials announced that the Tempur-Pedic Swedish Mattress factory will start construction along Paseo del Volcan in the far outskirts of town [...] Jeremy Vesbach \ Jan 29, 2004 Feature
Culture Shock Some writers write for money. Some write for fame. Others write just for kicks. Every once in a while, though, you'll come across [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jan 29, 2004 Art
The Chronicles Of Odisia Sánchez National Hispanic Cultural Center Back in October, a one-night-only performance of The Chronicles of Odisia Sanchez, a play by Mónica Sánchez, sold out fast as lightning. This [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jan 29, 2004 Art
Get Your Book On Bookish Events In February Local writers will be peddling their deliciously decadent homemade smut at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande NW, (505) 344-8139) on Feb. 14, at 7 [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jan 29, 2004 Art
Chubby Hubbies Can Now Get Their Chunky Monkey From Pudge Brothers Tom Parr Talks About His Plans To Open Three Ben And Jerry'S Scoop Shops This Year You and your family own seven Pudge Brothers Pizza joints. What made you decide to get involved with Ben and Jerry's ice cream? [...] Gwyneth Doland \ Jan 29, 2004 Food
