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Recspec: Holiday Art Market

Flatbed Press

Thor & Friends, Dallas Acid, Little Mazarn at Central Presbyterian Church

Better Mr. Burns
at Oscar G. Brockett Theatre

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

A First Look at Sway in West Lake Hills

PHOTO GALLERIES

Tillery Street Plant Company and East Austin Succulents

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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

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Dec. 14, 2018
Vol. 38, No. 16

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Gifts From the Greenhouse Cohabiting nurseries double the fun this holiday season

Weekend Wine Countdown to the holidays: red wines ideal with red meat

Bite-Sized News: Christmas Edition Announcing the new elftastic Buddy’s Park ‘n Pizza

Spider House Kitchen Is Closed Arlo’s to take over all food operations

Time to Summon a Demon! Watch the latest short from Austin's Chris McInroy

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

Corporate Reshuffle Signals New Era at Rooster Teeth How the AT&T takeover at Time Warner affects the local studio

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move The singer’s long road to Austin

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

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

NEWS

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

by the News Staff

Point Austin: Southwest Key and Us

The local refugee empire is a symptom of bigger troubles

by Michael King

Quote of the Week

Could AISD Shutter 12 Schools? District discloses ideas for $55 million in budget cuts

Winding Up the Election Cycle Harper-Madison, Ellis to join Council; Singh, Gharakhanian prevail

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

Headlines
Top stories for the week

FOOD

Holiday Dining Doesn't Have to Be All Stomach Cramps and Anaphylaxis

Picnik’s edible philosophies

by Veronica Meewes

How to Handle Your (Very Nice) Family This Holiday Season

Where, oh where, have all the hideouts gone?

by Emily Beyda

Weekend Wine Countdown to the holidays: red wines ideal with red meat

Bite-Sized News: Christmas Edition Announcing the new elftastic Buddy’s Park ‘n Pizza

Spider House Kitchen Is Closed Arlo’s to take over all food operations

Texas Vodka Made from … Black-Eyed Peas? Forth Worth’s BLK EYE Vodka brings the luck for New Year’s Eve

New Menus, New Bourbon, New Yoga Retreat And Bahama Bucks (finally) moves into town

MUSIC

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

by Doug Freeman

Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018

“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.

by Kevin Curtin

Aaron Stephens
Focus

Stephanie Urbina Jones
Tularosa

Kevin Welch
Dust Devil

This Will Destroy You
New Others Part One

Reddening West
Deltas

SCREENS

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back

Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Mary Queen of Scots, Mortal Engines, Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki, Once Upon a Deadpool, People’s Republic of Desire, Tea With the Dames, and Vox Lux

SHOWTIMES >

Time to Summon a Demon! Watch the latest short from Austin's Chris McInroy

PBS Doc Man on Fire Recounts a Modern Martyrdom UT filmmakers find the story behind a Texas minister who set himself on fire

What’cha Watchin’? Proofreader Jasmine Lane gets animated about her favorite shows

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

Corporate Reshuffle Signals New Era at Rooster Teeth How the AT&T takeover at Time Warner affects the local studio

ARTS & CULTURE

Staging Mr. Burns, a post-electric play With Zero Waste

A UT student production of Anne Washburn’s play shows how to make theatre the sustainable way

by M. Brianna Stallings

Snapshot: The Art of Ice Cream Experience

Selfies and sweet treats abound at this Instagram-ready pop-up installation

by David Brendan Hall

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: Daytripping as Holiday Shopping

Buy a gift on your next Texas day trip

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity

Be the gift that keeps on giving

by Sarah Marloff

The Luv Doc: Party Monster

Nothing good for you can come of this

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants