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features
30 Things
The Highs, the Lows, the Lists
news
The 12th of Never
The dispute over one Eastside housing proposal reflects a larger Austin conflict
BY WELLS DUNBAR
GIFT GUIDE 2010
Wish List
Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most
BY KATE X MESSER AND KATIE TOMASINO
Point Austin: Call Them Irresponsible
The Statesman ponders journalism and secrecy
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: New Lease on Quality of Life
Steering away from the turbulence of the past
BY WELLS DUNBAR
White Egret Farm: Waiting on a Thanksgiving Turkey
Is a local organic farm stiffing its workers?
BY MICHAEL KING
The Fine Print of Library Construction
City bond money comes into play
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Cap Metro Changes: 'Lipstick on a Pig'
Activists for people with disabilities trying to thwart transit plans
BY LEE NICHOLS
Meet the Police Monitor Finalists
A brief look at the four remaining candidates
BY JORDAN SMITH
The GOP's New Crowded House
They carry more weight, but is it muscle or fat?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Fit To No-Kill?
Vetting the last of five candidates for city's chief animal services officer
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Reefer Madness: Opiate Overdoses on the Rise
Heroin and prescription drugs claiming lives
BY JORDAN SMITH
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Dec. 16-22
The Hightower Report
The Hammer gets nailed, and the boom is back for moneyed elite
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Visions of Sugarplums
Local bakers create distinctive pastries this holiday season
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Xmas Day Feasts Around Town
Whether you observe the holiday or not, Austin offers plenty of variety for going out on Christmas Day. Don't forget to call ahead for reservations well before the big day.
Food-o-File
Eat Local Week recap, Central Texas honors, and more delicious news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
We're green with envy of everyone attending the Green Holiday Party and Basil's Week
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Holiday Tamales
Unwrap a taste of the holidays
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Laird Market
Ron and Dianne Laird bring the flavors of Fredericksburg to Austin
music
Albums3
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Off the Record
Home for the holidays with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schmillion, and Dax Riggs
BY AUSTIN POWELL
screens
There's a New Uncle in Town
Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation
BY MARC SAVLOV
Sounding Off
Austin audio production firm the Production Block closes up shop after 35 years
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Flam
Accolades for Austin filmmakers, more cray-cray at the Texas Film Commission, and we crack the code on SXSW's opening night film
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
TV Eye: Make Way for Midseason Shows
New Year, New TV
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The third coming of C.S. Lewis' Narnia fantasy/allegory series has arrived.
The Fighter
Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams combine forces with director David O. Russell to make one of 2010's most exciting movies.
How Do You Know
Who would have guessed that a rom-com from the director of Broadcast News and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson would turn out this wan and dull?
I Love You Phillip Morris
Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star in this tale of Texas con man Steven Russell, which walks an unsteady line between outright farce and redemptive gay love story.
The Tourist
Not even Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, and the Venice setting can rescue this would-be thriller from its slack storytelling.
Tron: Legacy
After touting this reboot for the past year, Disney has finally unleashed this immersive spectacle about man and machine.
Yogi Bear
This mixture of animated talking animals and live action is unbearable.
arts & culture
By Any Means Necessary
Suzan-Lori Parks works it – and helps you work it, too
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Visual Arts Awards
A new setting but similar sentiments at the second round of the art honors
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Culture Flash!
Art prize finalists, grants for a dancemaker and a new musical, and Mother Ginger
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake)
At times the play's quirky elements get in the way of its touching study of grief
Steel Magnolias
The women in City Theatre's staging carry one another as their characters do
'Turner to Monet: Masterpieces From the Walters Art Museum'
These 40 works impressively chart the evolution of art across the 19th century
columns
Letters at 3AM: Shindig on Effie Street
The silent film comedians at Keystone Films lived their art
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
Stephen hijacks a pair of Quaids and spots a Dick
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
GIFT GUIDE 2010
Day Trips
Navarro Pecan Company in Corsicana is one the largest pecan-processing companies in the world
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Patron saints of drug dealers; oatmeal for horses; Toad Suck, Ark.; and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Randy Willis 15th Annual Pickin' on Christmas and Birthday Party
Dallas Nightclub, Saturday, December 18, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
WWE 'Monday Night Raw'
'Tables, Ladders & Chairs,' oh my!
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Soccer Watch
Qatar and the 2022 World Cup, Tout Puissant Mazembe Englebert upset Internacional of Brazil, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Football Watch
Muschamp gone, Texans and Cowboys continue slides, and more