Vacancy Brewing
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Volume 39, Number 12
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news
Gifted and Talented Education Programs Turn the Lights Out on Non-White Students
"Race is the greatest predictor of who succeeds and fails in American public education"
BY AUTUMN A. ARNETT
Point Austin: One, Two, So Many Amigos
Agent Orange stops in Austin, trailing corruption in his wake
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: A Map of 21st Century Racism
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
District 2 Race Gathers Steam as Delia Garza Decides Not to Seek Reelection
David Chincanchan has already kicked off his campaign, Vanessa Fuentes considering
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Former Austin Council Candidate Vexes Another Election
Dallas bond held up by Laura Pressley
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin City Council Shows Surprising Interest in Upzoning
Mayor throws a curveball in advance of Monday's new Land Development Code revision report
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
County Revives Proposal for Palm School / Expo Center Land Swap
County Judge’s latest offer to city manager expires Dec. 16
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
AISD Board Votes to Close Four Austin Elementary Schools
Despite public outcry, Brooke, Pease, Sims, and Metz all to shutter
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Travis County D.A. Moore Pushes Back Against Firefighters' Claims
Says the job of her office is to "see that justice is done" for victims and the accused
BY SARAH MARLOFF
City Opens Inquiry Into APD Racism Charges
Former Bexar County ADA will lead third-party investigation
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Rodney Reed Gets Execution Stay, New Hearing
New witnesses, debunked forensic evidence, and DNA testing to be considered in 2020
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
Where to Buy Your Thanksgiving Bird
7 ways to put a turkey (or non-turkey) on the table in Austin
BY JESSIKA ROTH
Austin's Vegan Options for Your Thanksgiving Feast
No need for meat, but get your orders in fast
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Toni Tipton-Martin’s Unveils Much-Anticipated Second Cookbook
Check out her recipe for roast turkey with chile-pecan sauce fresh from Jubilee
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin’s Best Locally Baked Thanksgiving Pies
Keep your eyes on the pies
BY JESSIKA ROTH
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 21, 2019
music
Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll
First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley
BY TIM STEGALL
Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies
Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Texas Platters
screens
How ATX Studios Has Quietly Become Valuable Real Estate for TV in Austin
One of the city's big filming facilities is about to undergo a massive expansion
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Film Society That Brought Indie and Arthouse to Austin Returns
AFS hosts a series of the movies that inspired Cinema 40
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain
Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Mister Rogers reminds us once again that we are loved
Frozen II
Back to Arendelle, but has the story grown up with the audience?
The Good Liar
Mirren and McKellen cross paths in this retiree con flick
Honey Boy
Shia LaBeouf's autobiography is more than a therapy session
Waves
A bracing dive into a Floridian family set adrift
arts & culture
Fusebox Festival Director Chooses His Top Five Stops for EAST 2019
Ron Berry on what's hot on this year's East Austin Studio Tour
BY RON BERRY
Arts Reviews
Generic Ensemble Company's The Future of Ismael
This stage adaptation of Siri Gurudev's novel creates a striking sci-fi society but never finds its beating heart
Dance Repertory Theatre's 2019 Fall for Dance
In works ranging from tender to tense, the student dancers in the UT Department of Theatre & Dance embodied the spirit of "I can do anything"
"Sarah Fox: Bruisers" at grayDUCK Gallery
In this solo show, boys will be boys, sometimes, and sometimes also horses
columns
Qmmunity: Less Hateful Chicken
Plus drag dance parties, queerotica, and Thanksgiving-themed storytelling
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Deep-Sea Fishing, Galveston
Spending reel time on the Gulf of Mexico
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Shoeless Joker
A pair of shoes makes a decent funk fence
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Oops!
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
