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It's Nice To Car Share
The more hands on the wheel, the merrier
BY KATE X MESSER
Point Austin: Back to the Color Line
Texas turns back the clock on racial justice
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: The Mystery of the Mayor's Desk
Wherein many questions are asked ... and zilch are answered
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Some of the week's biggest news
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Dec. 30-Jan. 6
Disc Golf Face-Off Moves East
Opponents say disc golf would destroy nature preserve
BY LEE NICHOLS
Raising Hell Over Razing Holly
Two companies cry foul over the city's bid process
BY AMY SMITH
Still a House Divided in Speaker's Race
Why can't Republicans get along?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
NAACP and LULAC: Texas Education System Violates Federal Law
State board members say they're just whining
BY MICHAEL KING
Willingham Family Appeals to Third Court
Family hopes to see last week's ruling overturned
BY JORDAN SMITH
Pierce Shooting: 'Still About Four Murders'
Details of struggle still sketchy
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Offshoring Lawyers; and A Bad Case of ASS
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Drink Upscale
Post-classic cocktails for the holidays
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-o-File
2010 was a smorgasbord for foodies from the food trailer frenzy to the bakery bonanza
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
Surprise your host with something bubbly, breakable, or brilliant
BY WES MARSHALL
Event Menu
Forget those dieting resolutions, and hit one of these classes and events instead
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Noms at 3am
BY ANNE HARRIS
music
Vinyl Ashes
A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, AUSTIN POWELL AND AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
From Cactusgate to Casual Victim Pile, the year in local music ends with the tragic death of drummer Bill Maddox
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Cee Lo Green
The Lady Killer
Glasser
Ring
Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, WyattAtzmon & Stephen
Small Craft on a Milk Sea, Olympia, For the Ghosts Within
Elton John & Leon Russell
The Union
Bob Dylan
The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 The Bootleg Series Vol. 9
Robert Plant
Band of Joy
Annie Lennox, Mavis Staples, Loreena McKennitt
A Christmas Cornucopia, You Are Not Alone, The Wind That Shakes the Barley
screens
Ciné-Varda
AFS Essential Cinema: Agnes on Agnès
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Gen X from Glasnost to Putin
AFS Doc Tour: My Perestroika
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Screens Reviews
Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times
Modern, indeed
TV Eye: Wish List
Looking back and looking forward
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Gulliver's Travels
In this update of the satiric Jonathan Swift novel, Jack Black plays s travel writer who becomes lost on the island of Lilliput.
arts & culture
The Ups and Downs of Comedy
Hanging with the stand-ups for a look into the life
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin Poetry Slam
Mike Henry bid adieu to the slam he hosted for 15 years
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
ColdTowne Theater
The cream of local comedy leaves improv for one night to present a pair of plays
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
'Devon Dikeou: You Can Observe a Lot By Watching'
This show of zingmagazine back issues and artifacts: 100% fascinating
'Ian McLagan: Paint From Pain'
What may seem initially to be dark images of pain are also a wild revel of color
columns
Page Two: Discovering Enough
End-of-year thoughts at the start of another day
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
Letters at 3AM: Improvising the Coming World
A planetary culture is crystallizing
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Gay Place
Gay Place says there's safety in these (phone) numbers for New Year's Eve
BY KATE X MESSER
After A Fashion
Your Style Avatar hits the rewind button and is on a glitter-soaked loop
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The Charles Noyes Memorial created by Pompeo Coppini is a tribute to a son who passed on too soon
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: New Year's Eve With the Diamond Smugglers and Pong
Continental Club, Friday, December 31, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Busy week in the EPL, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Austin Toros
Toros host Tulsa for two
BY MARK FAGAN
Football Watch
Michael Vick's dramatic comeback year
