01.11.05

COVER STORY

Finding Hope
After death and destruction in south Asia and east Africa, two local women coordinate relief efforts large and small.
PLUS: How to Give and Rodger Kamenetz searches for God in the tsunami.

Commentary
The facts of life

The Coushatta Connection
How a Louisiana Indian tribe was dealt into a scandal involving two associates of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and $66 million in lobbying fees
By Lou Dubose

Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu on love and dread

Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.

Politics
Clancy DuBos: It's all negotiable.

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Ultimate Shopper
Kandace Power Graves on power trips courtesy Peake BMW and Don Bohn Dodge. PLUS: Shopping news and Shoptalk

Blake Pontchartrain™
New Orleans' know-it-all.

Hot Seven
Our suggestions for all that's worth doing and seeing this week, including the Hot Pick.


Special Events Listings



Music

Opening Act
Alex Rawls on Drums and Tuba
PLUS: CD reviews - online exclusive!

Music Listings
Who's playing where and when this week.



The Arts

Theater
Dalt Wonk on Billy Stritch

Art
D. Eric Bookhardt on Dale Chihuly

Books
David Winkler-Schmit on M.A. Harper's The Year of Past Things; Erik Spanberg on Michael MacCambridge's America's Game.

Theater, Art and Books Listings
A week's worth of culture.

Film

Balcony Seats
Rick Barton on Spanglish

Film Review
David Lee Simmons on Hotel Rwanda

Film Listings