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Six Decades of The Nutcracker at Ballet Austin

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Synagogue Arsonist Gets 10-Year Sentence

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Vol. 43, No. 14

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Texas Book Festival Announces New CEO Fundraising expert Marianne DeLeón steps into leadership role

Women Fight for Abortion Access at Texas Supreme Court What exactly does “life-threatening” mean?

Synagogue Arsonist Gets 10-Year Sentence Congregation Beth Israel finally gets closure

Catch the Holiday Hullaballoo, Win Free Home Slice Pizza for a Year, Check Out the Newest Cambria Hotel, Know That Counter Culture Will Return, and More … All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

First Look: Saigon Le Vendeur Goes Brick and Mortar The new restaurant is just down the way from the former truck’s location

NEWS

Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant

Locals continue to get coal for Christmas

by Lina Fisher

Council to Vote on HOME Amendments Increasing Housing Stock

Questions and concerns flagged ahead of Dec. 7 meeting

by Austin Sanders

Hundreds of Thousands Denied Medicaid and Food Assistance in Texas It's a department of dysfunction, and it isn’t getting better

Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant Locals continue to get coal for Christmas

Far-Right Pro-Natal Conference Will Proceed in Austin as Planned Line Hotel hosting anti-democracy, pseudoscientific speakers

Ascension Seton Nurses Prepare to Strike Again Amid Supply Shortages Management responds with promised three-day lockout

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FOOD

Central Machine Works Resurrects Kentucky Common Beer With Help From the Smithsonian

Tapping history

by Hannah Uebele

Catch the Holiday Hullaballoo, Win Free Home Slice Pizza for a Year, Check Out the Newest Cambria Hotel, Know That Counter Culture Will Return, and More …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Central Machine Works Resurrects Kentucky Common Beer With Help From the Smithsonian Tapping history

Catch the Holiday Hullaballoo, Win Free Home Slice Pizza for a Year, Check Out the Newest Cambria Hotel, Know That Counter Culture Will Return, and More … All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

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

The Point Kicks Off Community Garden’s New Concert Series, and More Music News

Sam’s Town Point’s new development & Adrian Quesada’s Latin Grammy

by Carys Anderson

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

Review: Feddi Brosevelt, Dope Rhyme Sayer Solo refresh maintains street-focused style with a few added twists

Review: Pussy Gillette, Permanent Trash Masani Negloria’s bravado spins decidedly more grim sophomore LP

Wizard Rodeo and More Crucial Concerts This Week Austin acts El Combo Oscuro and sleep well. both host album release shows

SCREENS

Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home

Katherine Propper finds family in Lost Soulz at Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival

by Richard Whittaker

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Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home Katherine Propper finds family in Lost Soulz at Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival

Kristoffer Borgli Is in a Dream Scenario Norwegian filmmaker discusses his new satire starring Nic Cage

The Eyes of Evil MoPac Are Upon You Austin’s favorite anonymous Twitter account is the city’s newest podcast phenom

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

by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces New CEO

Fundraising expert Marianne DeLeón steps into leadership role

by Richard Whittaker

“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

Unheard Witness The untold story of Charles Whitman’s wife is one of domestic violence red flags

Review: Zach Theatre's The Thin Place Horror makes a rare and successful excursion to the stage

COLUMNS

Day Trips: MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights, Wichita Falls

Holiday wonderland carries on a family’s Christmas tradition begun in the 1920s

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Red Ribbon Revelries

Local Austin health orgs celebrate World AIDS Day 35 with fun and educational events

by James Scott

The Luv Doc: She Goes Even Offer

All anyone remembers is the sad trombone

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