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Point Austin: Giving Thanks

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Swinging for the Fences: Cruiserweight's Big Bold Letters

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TV Eye: Bauer's Back

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Aztex Ally With Rayados of Monterrey: Austin Aztex form an alliance with a Mexican first division team, and more

Prop 8: The Musical: Allies rally around a musical cause (and Jesus)

Not The Same Ol’ Ho Ho Ho: Round Two: More Christmas discs to slip

Sustainable Biodiesel: Made in Austin

How two guys are putting Austin on the biodiesel map … again

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Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

Point Austin: Giving Thanks

In a dark time, among us walk ordinary heroes

City Hall Hustle: Singing From the Hymnal

Library and music advocates still looking for official harmony

Res Publica
Give thanks, and do good: Nov. 27-Dec. 4

APD Scores Low on Police Lineup Procedures

The Justice Project cites police department shortcomings when it comes to eyewitness identification of suspects

Darwinists Attack!

The State Board of Education doesn't understand the meaning of 'separation of church and state'

AISD Finance Chief Heads to Dallas

Larry Throm jumps out of the frying pan and into the fire

School Boundaries: Please All, Please None

Another map emerges in building enrollment for new middle school

ECT Envisions the Legislative Session

Will the Lege grant more regional planning authority to local communities this time around?

Reefer Madness: The DEA's Dopiness

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is blocking North Dakota farmers' right to grow industrial hemp

Not in My Graveyard: RAMP vs. Covenant Presbyterian

One woman's battle with a church to preserve a Central Austin cemetery

The Cable Channel Shell-Game Shuffle

The FCC is investigating Time Warner; African-American weekday news anchors are few and far between

The Hightower Report

Monsanto's Latest Biotech Miracle; and Spread the Wealth, Rebuild America

Beyond the Frame

Curator Elizabeth Dunbar likes art that punches through the gallery walls

Improv for Evil

'You're a loose cannon, Cochise!'

Austin on Broadway: More Shooting Stars Than Ever

There have never been as many Austinites in Broadway shows as there are now

Arthouse Emergency Relief Fund: Giving More Than Thanks

Help Arthouse help artists unable to make art owing to a health crisis or disaster

Arts Reviews

Getting Married
Different Stages has fun with Shaw's dissection of the institution of marriage

Sylvia
A.R. Gurney's play about a man and his dog is fun but makes a mess of its message

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Robert McDuffie, Violin
A hearty mix of Central Europe-inspired music with transcendent violin work

Go Ahead – Judge a Book by Its Cover
Coffeetable books

Clash of the Titans:

These two long-lasting treats make a comeback

Coconut Bliss

Skip the sugar crash and dairy congestion, and head for the frozen treats aisle for Coconut Bliss

Liquid Assets

Thanksgiving is one of the best times of the year for wine-and-food pairing

Food-o-File

The Chronicle archives are historical snapshots, Faraday's announces Holiday Baking Contest winners, and more

Event Menu
Nov. 27-29

Postmarks
Letters to the editor, updated daily

After A Fashion

Your Style Avatar finds a pirate photographer in the boudoir

Page Two: Lost in Space

Marking time with seasonal ghosts

Gay Place

Send Barack Obama a postcard!

Day Trips

J P Seven Christmas Trees is known for being a good distance out in the country and for having wonderfully fragrant and thick trees

Playing Through

UT's Destinee Hooker is a dominating force on the volleyball court

Soccer Watch Online

News and scores from the U.S. and abroad

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Bagels from Egypt, beer bottles for Buddhists, and more

Ask Mr. Smarty Pants
Got a question? He's got the answer.

The Common Law

Child support – How Much Will I Pay?

The Luv Doc Recommends

A rambling recommendation to shore up that hole in your social calendar

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Getting Small

Austin's Red Fly Studio puts things into perspective

Making Mushrooms Dance

Gl33k's audio geeks sound off on Mushroom Men

Go Go Gadget

The season's best tech toys

Out of the Dustbin, Onto the Web

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image launches a new preservation initiative

Film News

The Texas Motion Picture Alliance pushes an ambitious new incentives bill, to be sponsored by Rep. Dawnna Dukes

TV Eye

Jack Bauer's back, and, boy, is TV Eye glad

Film Reviews

Cadillac Records
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Milk starstarstarhalfstar
Nobel Son
Punisher: War Zone starstar

The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star

Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel

Off the Record

Facing charges by the estate of Don Walser, three local music entities declare bankruptcy even as Julian Koster spreads holiday cheer


Texas Platters

KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 16
KGSR Broadcasts

Ben Mallott
Look Good, Feel Good

San Saba County
... Though Cheating Was Never an Option

Jason Boland & the Stragglers
Comal County Blue

Girlie Action
Exclamation Love; Don't Be Shy; Velvet Sky; My Barn Having Burned, I Can Now See the Moon

Metallurgy
By Any Means Necessary, Baron Grod, [Firelung]

Lucas Hudgins
The World Left Is Mine

Voices of a Grateful Nation
Volume One: Texas Rock, Blues & Folk; Volume Two: Texas Country & Americana

Paul Minor
The Marfa Project

Jonathan Terrell
Trials and Stimulations

Will T. Massey
Wayward Lady

Cruiserweight
Big Bold Letters

Todd Snider
Peace Queer

Caroline Casey & the Stringslingers
This Broken Crown

Roy Heinrich
All Night All Day

The Dedringers
Sweetheart of the Neighborhood

Freddie Steady's Wild Country
Ten Dollar Gun

George Ensle
Build a Bridge

Matthew Ballard
Midnight Drive

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