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Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant
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D.A. José Garza Dismisses Charges Against 17 Officers Indicted for 2020 Protest Response D.A., City ask feds to investigate Austin Police Department
COP28: The Elephant in the Room Why is fossil fuel phaseout not being discussed more seriously?
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National Survey Finds Significant Support for Middle Income Housing, Smaller Lot Sizes City Council aims to achieve both with HOME amendments
City Staff Says Resilience Hubs Will Be Ready This Winter Winter storm response has been a Council priority
FOOD
Central Machine Works Resurrects Kentucky Common Beer With Help From the Smithsonian
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First Look: Saigon Le Vendeur Goes Brick and Mortar The new restaurant is just down the way from the former truck’s location
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 23, 2023
A Foodie’s Guide to One of North Austin’s Strip Malls Searching for the American dream at the Spicewood / 183 Center
MUSIC
When She’s Not Touring With Star Musicians, Photographer Pooneh Ghana Settles in Austin
New Radio/East concert series highlights the globe-trotter’s indie origins
by Genevieve Wood
Blues Musicians Rally to Save Singer-Guitarist Sarah Barlow’s Finger
Dec. 10 Antone’s benefit show follows serious dog attack injury
by Carys Anderson
Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville Still Reigns, Reimagined, at the Moody Theater Try “Fuck and Run” as “Make Love and Stick Around”
Old Settler’s Music Festival Executive Director Steps Down Amid Property Sale Plans “This role [...] has been particularly challenging in recent years”
When She’s Not Touring With Star Musicians, Photographer Pooneh Ghana Settles in Austin New Radio/East concert series highlights the globe-trotter’s indie origins
Review: Jon Dee Graham, Only Dead for a Little While Waitsian universality rattles and rumbles similar to his ’97 debut
In an iLL Manner: How Jamal McKinney Sells Out Rap Shows at Antone’s Inside the promoter’s euphoric, elegant vision for hip-hop booking
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Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home
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How Dan Brown Created Neo-Noir Your Lucky Day Director and his star and composer on the twisty thriller
UT-Austin’s Esports Level Up A new state-of-the-art gaming arena creates a space for all students
ARTS & CULTURE
Six Decades of The Nutcracker at Ballet Austin
Stephen Mills sprinkles seasonal magic on a beloved Christmas institution
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Austin Public Library Services
No shortage of fun at library in December
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Six Decades of The Nutcracker at Ballet Austin Stephen Mills sprinkles seasonal magic on a beloved Christmas institution
Texas Book Festival Announces New CEO Fundraising expert Marianne DeLeón steps into leadership role
“Eye Moon Cocoon” VLM's installation emphasizes environmental power of small gestures
“The Other Thing Is” Malcolm Bucknall's sentimental, humorous, chimeric portraits
Review: Zach Theatre’s A Christmas Carol Boisterous but shallow jukebox musical of the Dickens classic misses opportunities
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Day Trips: MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights, Wichita Falls
Holiday wonderland carries on a family’s Christmas tradition begun in the 1920s
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Qmmunity: Red Ribbon Revelries
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