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It's a holiday horror art show here at Guzu in the Center of Austin Fandom, featuring new renditions of the iconic heroes and villains of the grisly genre. By whom, precisely? By some of the best illustrators around: Chet Phillips, Billy Perkins, Katherine Kuehne, the incredible brotherly duo of Half-Human, Tessa Morrison, and more.

Essential Cinema: Cinema of Patricia Highsmith: This thriller is an excruciating exercise in restraint; Purple Noon positively seethes with barely controlled passions, murder, intrigue, and debauchery.

“That record came out the same day JFK was shot, November 22, 1963,” laments Ronnie Spector of what’s now considered a rock & roll classic, A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector, on which her vintage girl group the Ronettes played a pivotal role. “Nobody heard it; radio didn’t play it. It was a very sad time in the country, but that album kept building.: “Eventually, over the years, I’d hear it on the radio at Christmastime. After 20 years,: it went to Number 20. I started doing my Christmas songs onstage over 20 years ago.”: After decades of staging the holiday concert in her native NYC, with special guests varying from Keith Richards to Joey Ramone, the singer has begun taking it on the road. Monday marks the tour’s first-ever Austin date, Ms. Veronica Yvette Bennett having last appeared locally on a brittle New Year’s Eve in 2014 at the Spider House. At the Paramount, the first new Ronettes since the Sixties, Gnomi Gre’ and Zhana Saunders, take the spots once occupied by older sister Estelle Bennett and cousin Nedra Talley.: “It makes me very happy to hear my Christmas songs – ‘Sleigh Ride,’ ‘Frosty the Snowman,’ ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus’ – played when I’m grocery shopping for my family,” says Spector, 74. “And my other hits, too: ‘Be My Baby,’ ‘Walking in the Rain,’ ‘Baby, I Love You.’”: “I’m standing in line, and I want to say to these people, ‘That’s me!’”

You'll come for the amazing light displays (2 million lights along the 2.1 mile stroll through Zilker Park), but stay for the food trucks, live entertainment, and interactive activities. A tradition since 1965.

A new Austin holiday tradition. Millions of lights will illuminate the Circuit of the Americas track with a little bit of something for everyone: a skating rink, petting zoo, human snow globe, movies on the lawn, a tunnel of lights in addition to the Circuit of Lights track walk, a vendor village, and more.

Renowned archaeologist Dr. Jodi Mangess takes you to the holiest sites.

Social Cycling Austin presents Bikin' Betties, a weekly, beginner-friendly, all-ladies bike ride that ends with drink specials and fun activities (karaoke, minigolf, outdoor movies, etc.) Along the way, bond with other two-wheelin' ladies. Join the Facebook group for ride details.

This exhibition features photographs by Kate Graham.

Laser IMAX 3D: This IMAX doc celebrates the ingenuity of engineers, from the tallest buildings to underwater robots.

If people ever did live "by bread alone," it'd probably be on loaves from this lovely place. And now, just for the year's end, they're doughing it up all international holidaywise – with Stollen (Dec. 8-24), Swedish Saffron Buns (Dec. 9-13), Vörtbröd (Dec. 15-17; 22-24), and Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls (Dec. 15-24).

Movie Party: Props, a contest, and a snowball fight in the theatre are just some of the party perks.