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Turn Out the Lights, the Election's Over

New Council, AISD, ACC boards set for action in 2019

TODAY'S EVENTS

A Rock & Roll Christmas w/ JD McPherson, JP Harris

The Scoot Inn

6LACK, Summer Walker, Deante Hitchcock at ACL Live at the Moody Theater

All-You-Can-Eat Uzbek Cuisine Feast at Russian House

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Deadline for Obamacare Enrollment Is Saturday, Dec. 15

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Deadline for Obamacare Enrollment Is Saturday, Dec. 15

Get free help signing up for health insurance

Deadline for Obamacare Enrollment Is Saturday, Dec. 15

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Your Guide to Giving

How to donate to local nonprofits

Your Guide to Giving

How to donate to local nonprofits

Your Guide to Giving

How to donate to local nonprofits

PHOTO GALLERIES

Last Week in Live Music: Gary Clark Jr., Kurt Vile, and More

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Dec. 7, 2018
Vol. 38, No. 15

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AFCA Announces Local Film Short List Five Austin films in contention for the annual award

Turn Out the Lights, the Election's Over New Council, AISD, ACC boards set for action in 2019

Run-Off Results: Early Votes Come In Harper-Madison, Renteria, Ellis lead the Council pack

D.A. / C.A. Merger Proposal Fails Motion to combine agencies fails for lack of a second

Cute Nail Studio Offers Free Services to Trans Youth Together with Out Youth, the salon creates a safe space for queer kids

NEWS

This Holiday Season, Give Political Gifts That Resist

Anti-MAGA merch, feminist nudie mags, Chron swag, and more

by the News Staff

AISD Prepares to Slice the Apple

School district battles its budget monsters

by Austin Sanders

Turn Out the Lights, the Election's Over New Council, AISD, ACC boards set for action in 2019

Run-Off Results: Early Votes Come In Harper-Madison, Renteria, Ellis lead the Council pack

D.A. / C.A. Merger Proposal Fails Motion to combine agencies fails for lack of a second

AG Appeals Van Boven Ruling Court ruled doctor’s suit against TMB can proceed

2018 Run-off Election Watch Parties Join the candidates for the final results

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Chronicle Endorsements Dec. 11 Run-off Election; Early Voting Nov. 29-Dec. 7

CBD-Centric Gifts to Keep Your Holidays Chilled Out Seven ways to calm the hell down during this stress-filled season

Wood & Wire Nominated for Grammy Austin pickers earn Best Bluegrass Album nod

Kerbey Lane Cafe Opens in Mueller Tomorrow Get your breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner on

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

Building a Film Community at Renegade Studios Austin filmmakers create a one-stop production space in Taylor

Lobster Rolls and Business Rules at Garbo’s Heidi Garbo is strong as hell

AISD Teachers Push Back on Proposed Cuts Union warns cash-starved district: Stay out of the classroom

FOOD

CBD-Centric Gifts to Keep Your Holidays Chilled Out

Seven ways to calm the hell down during this stress-filled season

by Jessi Cape

Where, Oh Where, Did The Great Y’all Go?

Friends turned food truck co-owners turned…

by Alisha McDarris

Weekend Wine Countdown to the Holidays: American Sparkling Wines

Five Pan-Asian Restaurants Share Good Food News Plus weekly soups at Vinaigrette and Christmas drinks at Miracle

Kerbey Lane Cafe Opens in Mueller Tomorrow Get your breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner on

Beyond the Latke Five alternatives to everyone’s favorite Hanukkah dish

CBD-Centric Gifts to Keep Your Holidays Chilled Out Seven ways to calm the hell down during this stress-filled season

MUSIC

Playback: And the Armadillos Went Wild

Threadgill’s World Headquarters goes the way of its predecessor, the Armadillo World Headquarters, plus Black Fret offers more than just money

by Kevin Curtin

Torino Black Blisters

Live ragers make their video debut

by Doug Freeman

Torino Black Blisters
Live ragers make their video debut

Croom and Amakiya Are Human Too Collaboration signals solo turn for Chantell Moody

Wood & Wire Nominated for Grammy Austin pickers earn Best Bluegrass Album nod

Bill Leissner: I Shot the Eighties Event to fund photographer's book showing the decade in Austin

Go Fever Wants You to Feel Huge-sounding new single previews Daydream Hawker

SCREENS

Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen

From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure

Latest Film Reviews

At Eternity’s Gate, Back Roads, Becoming Astrid, Chef Flynn, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, The Possession of Hannah Grace, and Roma

SHOWTIMES >

Guzu Gallery Celebrates Peak TV Binge: An Art Show Inspired by Television opens tonight

Interstellar Friendship in Elijah and the Rock Creature Canadian kid-friendly sci-fi story playing Other Worlds Austin

William Shatner Keeps on Trekking On Christmas songs and The Wrath of Khan

Seasons Beatings Our top picks for holiday movies with a twist

Finding The Wrong Todd at Other Worlds Austin Rob Schulbaum sees double in his new film

ARTS & CULTURE

Snapshot: Threadgill’s Last Rodeo Show

Musicians and fans gather to say goodbye to an Austin institution

by David Brendan Hall

Street Corner Arts' We Are Proud to Present ...

Street Corner Arts' staging is more than exceptional theatre; it asks thought-provoking questions about authority, perspective, and intention

by Elizabeth Cobbe

Bill Leissner: I Shot the Eighties Event to fund photographer's book showing the decade in Austin

A #MeToo Measure for Measure? Austin Shakespeare gives a peek at a modern Measure Saturday

Book This Gift, Graphic Self-Chronicler Because your life’s narrative structure deserves some good paneling

Review: Revel's Existential Solstice In a concert evoking winter's cold and darkness, warmth

Book This Gift, You Comics-Loving Citizen Because the “All-Trans Comics Anthology” is a many-splendored thing

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Ladonia Fossil Park

North Texas riverbed a treasure chest of ancient bones

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity

Queering tradition

by Sarah Marloff

The Luv Doc’s Holiday Gift Guide

What you need is enough morphine to send you sweetly into that good night

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants