Browsing Issue: Wednesday, December 19, 2002

News: Feature: Now Playing in Granbury An opera of pills, wills, a widow, and attempted murder.\r\n By Dan Malone News: FREE WILL ASTROLOGY: Astrology News: Letters: Fresh Air News: Listen Up: Darlington Louder Than Morrissey\r\n(End Records) By Ken Shimamoto News: Metropolis: Christmas Ceasefire The 7th Street debacle may yield stronger preservation laws. By JEFF PRINCE News: Static: Nadine Gets a New Gig ... Music: Featured Music: Sweet Child of Ours The age of the sincere ironistis upon us — New Yorker-via-North Texas Corn Mo knows. By ANTHONY MARIANI Music: Hearsay: Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fashists Music: Listen Up: Jay Patten All in Blue Time\r\n(Maximus Records)\r\n By Michael Pellecchia Music: The Show: Lakewood Theater By Ken Shimamoto Film: Film Reviews: Ring! Ring! The Tolkien saga stumbles in the middle of The Two Towers, but finishes strong. By KRISTIAN LIN Film: Film Reviews: The Untruth About Charlie A movie partly about its own creation, Adaptation is an absurdist romp. By KRISTIAN LIN Eats: Chow, Baby: Ideas for Bourbon Leftovers Calendar: Night and Day: Nutcracker Anew By Leonard Eureka Arts: Gallery: Song & Dance Arts: Stage: My Adidas ’Tis the season for Travelin’ Shoes to wonderfully trace black music’s history. By MATTHEW SMITH