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A personals inventory
news
The Sky's the Limit
County buys AMOA block for a new "hundred-year" courthouse
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: The Cloudy Crystal Ball
If you're wondering what the new Lege will do, look to its predecessors
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Gather Round Yon Virgins
Council lopes toward Christmas in thermal underwear
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Dec. 23-30
A Bumper-to-Bumper Crop of MoPac Proposals
Not everyone's happy with this cornucopia
BY LEE NICHOLS
APD Detective Disputes 'Chronicle' Story
Officer remembers different version of arrest of deaf-blind man
BY JORDAN SMITH AND MICHAEL KING
'Tis the Season To Demolish Holly
Unanswered questions cast a shadow over bidding process for Holly plant demolition
BY AMY SMITH
Animal Shelter's Next Top Dog?
A brief look at the five candidates
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
No, Really. I Can't Quit You.
State tries to block gay divorce
BY JORDAN SMITH
Spencer To Head Neighborhood Housing and Community Development
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Neil Still Gunning for Howard's Seat
Dan Neil files petition with Texas House
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
On the Lege: Census Could Cause Senseless Redistricting
The GOP will be in charge of drawing new congressional districts. Terrific.
BY LEE NICHOLS
Third Party's the Charm?
Patrick forms Tea Party Caucus of Texas
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
Victory for Truth in Labeling; and Tea Partying Like Old Pros
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Fresh and the Cured
Two local charcuterie wizards surf the old wave
BY MICK VANN
Last-Minute Culinary Stocking Stuffer Ideas – for Both Pre- and Post-Holiday Shopping!
In case you're still trying to shop for that foodie on your list
Event Menu
Keep your holidays festive with farm-fresh ingredients and feasts
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Three restaurants open as 2010 draws to a close
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Urban Tejano
Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Decking the halls with Kickstarter, a new holiday sampler, and Michael Nesmith's Videoranch
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Toni Price
Cherry Sunday Orchestra
Eric Johnson
Up Close
Megafauna
Larger Than Human
The Bright Light Social Hour
The Bright Light Social Hour
Marmalakes
Wonder Winds
Oh No Oh My
People Problems
Michelle Anthony
Tornadoes
Zein Al-Jundi, Sri Kirtan
Sharrafouni, Live Your Love
John Mills Times Ten, The Jon Blondell Quintet
Caffeine Dreams, Alive! At the Elephant Room
Reverend K.M. Williams
When I Rise
the Roller
Wasted Heritage
the Authors
Get Haunted
Sarah Jarosz, Literature, Woven Bones, Followed by Static, Bonnibonita, Magnet School, Dead Twins, Attic Ted, the Sour Notes
The New 45, Cinncinnati b / w It's Cruel, Gotta Get b / w Hey Kid, OK b / w Full Throttle Cookie Monster, Mysterious 7" Disc, Patty Cake b / w I Don't Mind and UFC, Hot Pink Flares b / w Psych Thrill
Bill Hicks
The Essential Collection
Insects of the Underground, Ron Flynt, Dexter Freebish
Mind Matter, 12 Strings and Tambourines, Shine On
Derailers
Live! From Texas
Cory Morrow
Brand New Me
Kevin Fowler
Best Of ... So Far
screens
What Are You Looking At?
The year in pop-culture fixations
Horror for the Holidays
Dusk to dawn with Silent Night, Deadly Night
BY MARC SAVLOV
Backing 'Black'
The Austin Film Critics Association announces 2010 awards
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye: Square Peg in a Globe-Sized Hole
Decoding the Golden Globe noms
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
The King's Speech
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter act up a royal storm in this movie about King George VI of Great Britain overcoming his speech impediment.
Little Fockers
Surely we're not the only ones Fockered out as this franchise aims for low-brow smut in its third outing.
Manmadhan Ambu
This Tamil-language romantic comedy was filmed entirely in Europe and on a cruise ship.
Tees Maar Khan
A master thief executes a most creative heist in this Bollywood action comedy.
True Grit
Rooster Cogburn rides again in this Coen brothers' remake of the Western classic.
arts & culture
Austin Museum of Art
The museum is losing a block but may be gaining a leg up on a new facility
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Charles Pasco
Remembering the Texas State University educator and playwright for children
BY ROBERT FAIRES
D Berman Gallery
After 10 years in Austin, David Berman's art gallery is moving to Wimberley
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Well-executed entertainment that still left the writer pining for more art
'Lupita Murillo Tinnen: American DREAM'
These photos put a face on undocumented students without putting faces on them
'Ewan Gibbs: Here and There'
Local landmarks rendered in meticulous, miniature, gray bursts of information
columns
After A Fashion
From Bô to Fo' in one fashion show
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
The Gay Place tells you what they want, what they really really want.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Take a ride in the slow lane at the Country Place Hotel in Fayetteville
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Armadillo Christmas Bazaar
Palmer Events Center, Thursday, December 23, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Zilker Holiday Tree 5K
Justify all those holiday calories by signing up for the Zilker Holiday Tree 5K
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch
Inter Milan wins FIFA Club World Cup, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Football Watch
Muschamp gone, Texans and Cowboys continue slides, and more
