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Houston Press www.houstonpress.com December 20, 2001 ============================ Christmas is just around the corner, and this is our present to you. I know, it's no X-Box, but we're on a budget. Hey, if you need plans for the holidays and New Year's Eve, try our Holiday Guide or search our calendar section. There's something for everyone. http://www.houstonpress.com/webextra/holidayguide/index.html?src=newsletter http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/calendar_toc.html?src=newsletter Oh, and if you too are on a budget, how about some passes to Jamie Foxx's Cold Comedy Tour. Register to win: http://www.houstonpress.com/giveaways/jamiefoxx/?src=newsletter ---------------------------- NEWS http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/news_toc.html?src=newsletter ---------------------------- Out of Control The City of Houston requires developers in the floodplain to elevate and mitigate -- build houses on higher ground and dig detention ponds for runoff. Except, not always. By Brian Wallstin http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/feature.html/1/index.html All That Glitters... Prison's in the past. Joe Champion's chasing after alchemy again. By Brian Wallstin http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/news.html/1/index.html Unfunding a Mandate By falling behind in reports on educating kids, Harris County may lose hundreds of thousands in state grants. Or more. By Margaret Downing http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/downing.html/1/index.html All I Want for Christmas Is... Some pols count blessings; others keep on running By Tim Fleck http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/insider.html/1/index.html Before the Fall The Chron plays catch-up on the biggest local business story of the year By Richard Connelly http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/hostage.html/1/index.html Gang Way Plus: Sheet Fire, Post Waste, Be a Music Booster http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/letters.html/1/index.html ---------------------------- CALENDAR http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/calendar_toc.html?src=newsletter ---------------------------- The Un-Church Finally, a church for non-believers By Dylan Otto Krider http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/calendar.html/1/index.html The Truth Is Out There... A rogue mascot reveals secrets of the trade By Dylan Otto Krider http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/calendar2.html/1/index.html ---------------------------- DINING http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/dining_toc.html?src=newsletter ---------------------------- Gen Xmas What's a lonely Jew to do on Christmas? Nosh on kosher vegetarian Indian food at Udupi Cafe. By Robb Walsh http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/cafe.html/1/index.html Deli-Gate Katz's never closes -- except perhaps in the face of a father-son lawsuit By George Alexander http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/dish.html/1/index.html Who Stollen Christmas? Joe Mannke gives us the dish on German food By Robb Walsh http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/toque.html/1/index.html More Than a Mere Schmear Hot Bagels & Delicatessen By Paul Galvani http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/plate.html/1/index.html Warm the Soul The Lancaster's Irish Coffee By George Alexander http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/stirred.html/1/index.html ---------------------------- MUSIC http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/music_toc.html?src=newsletter ---------------------------- Hip-hop Harvest Beat Farm Records won't be bound by a clique, so now it's got a tough row to hoe By Craig D. Lindsey http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/music.html/1/index.html Small World Radio Disney provides a safe haven for little ears, and guilty pleasures for the rest of us By Jimmy Magahern http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/music2.html/1/index.html Fallout From This Year's Houston Press Holiday Party John Lomax leaves the paper to pursue singing career after surprise debut http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/music3.html/1/index.html Bah, Humbug! The glut of holiday CDs kills the Christmas spirit By John Nova Lomax http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/racket.html/1/index.html The Langley Schools Music Project Innocence and Despair (Bar None) By Jennifer Mathieu http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/rotation.html/1/index.html Vanessa Handrick A Letter Home to You (Self-released) By Bob Ruggiero http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/localrotation.html/1/index.html Lil' O Saturday, December 22 By Craig D. Lindsey http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/playbill.html/1/index.html Monte Montgomery Saturday, December 22 By Eric A.T. Dieckman http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/playbill2.html/1/index.html Ted Roddy's Tribute to the King Sunday, December 23 By Bob Ruggiero http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/playbill3.html/1/index.html The Scabs with Soul Hat Wednesday and Thursday, December 26 and 27 By Greg Barr http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/minibill.html/1/index.html ---------------------------- FILM http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/film_toc.html?src=newsletter ---------------------------- In the Baggins We're off to see the wonderful wizards of The Lord of the Rings By Gregory Weinkauf http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/film.html/1/index.html Capra Corn The Majestic has the sap but not the magic of the master By Andy Klein http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/film2.html/1/index.html ---------------------------- CULTURE http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/culture_toc.html?src=newsletter ---------------------------- Talkin' Tolkien Who has the right to write about the lord of the Ring's fictional tongues? By Robert Wilonsky http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/stuff.html/1/index.html No Miracle on Main Street The Ensemble's Black Nativity is more prissy than powerful By Lee Williams http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/theater.html/1/index.html Repro Man Darryl Lauster's resin antiques replicas take the art-versus-craft debate to a new level By Kelly Klaasmeyer http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-12-20/art.html/1/index.html ===================================================================== If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send the following word unsubscribe on a line by itself in the body (not the subject) of an email to: newsletter-request@lists.houstonpress.com ===================================================================== houstonpress.com weekly news eLetter from Houston Press Copyright 2001 New Times. All rights reserved. Read our Privacy Policy http://www.houstonpress.com/about/privacy_policy.html
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