Browsing Issue: Wednesday, January 10, 2007

News: Feature: Detours on a Super-Highway The only thing bigger than the Trans-Texas Corridor may be the rebellion against it. By PETER GORMAN News: Letters: A Big Jump for Dems News: Metropolis: Prescription for Care Activists say JPS can take care of immigrants without hurting local pocketbooks. By BETTY BRINK News: Second Thought: Surgin’ Generals Warning Repeat as often as needed: There is no military solution in Iraq. By JIM FINE News: Static: Clueless in Cowtown Music: Featured Music: Stealing the Show The area’s only independent \r\nmusic store for rockers, Sessions Music slowly recovers from a robbery. By CAROLINE COLLIER Music: Hearsay: The Pearl and the Bird Music: Last Call: Man For All Seasons? Music: Listen Up: Bandmates The Buddha and the Alien\r\n(Self-released) By Tom Geddie Music: Listen Up: Bill Kirchen Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods\r\n(Proper Records) By Tom Geddie Music: The Show: Ghostcar By Justin Press Music: The Show: Shaolin Death Squad By Anthony Mariani Film: Film Reviews: Family Coup The palaces are pretty but empty in the Chinese epic Curse of the Golden Flower. By KRISTIAN LIN Film: Film Reviews: Happily Never After Elementally powerful, Pan’s Labyrinth is wondrous and devastatingly sad. By KRISTIAN LIN Eats: Cafe Reviewed: Go with the Flo When considering a spot for a hearty afternoon breakfast, don’t pass up Front Porch Café. By JIMMY FOWLER Eats: Chow, Baby: Wacky Tobacky, Knobby Kabob Calendar: Night and Day: Chinese Opera Arts: Gallery: Show Offs II Arts: Stage: To the Stars For new talents, Metroplex opera is quite the \r\nlaunching pad, as Stephen Costello has proved. By LEONARD EUREKA