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WISH LIST
Give 'Til It Helps, Part 2
They ain't too proud to beg: But why should they have to?
news
Reefer Madness Revisited
The Marijuana Policy Project's Rob Kampia on the recent victories for legal marijuana
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Guns 'R' Us
Change our gun laws, change ourselves
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: The Irony of Conservation
Austin's water-saving habits will delay need for WTP4
BY AMY SMITH
Civics 101
Headlines
Quote of the Week
AISD: IDEA Down, Travis Heights Up
AISD board cancels IDEA at Allan, but IDEA promises to stay in town
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Council: Good for Austin Is Bad for Texas
Council ends 2012 with some last-minute business
BY MICHAEL KING
Three Progressives Eye Biscoe's Seat
Former Sen. Barrientos, Commissioner Eckhardt, Dem Party Chair Andy Brown are top contenders
BY MIKE KANIN
GOP Politics Only at State Water Board
Politics is off-limits at the state Water Board – unless you're a Republican
BY JORDAN SMITH
Hightower Report: The Selling of Obama's Inauguration
Corporate cash infiltrates the president's inaugural festivities
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Thirteenth B'ak'tun Bacchanalia
A Mayan feast fit for the end of the world or the beginnings of a new age
BY MICK VANN
Last-Minute Stocking Stuffers for Food Lovers
Unique gifts to please each discerning palate or distinctive passion
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
A roundup of this weeks food news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Meal Times
Dec. 20-24
Food Reviews
Long Live R.O.'s
The Osbans are back in business in a trailer on their own land
music
Playback: Angel Dance
Robert Plant & Patty Griffin put the Continental Club in the mood
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Celebration Day
A dying medium digs up dinosaur rarities
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
screens
DIY, and So Can I
KLRU's 'Arts in Context' mirrors the the collaboration and can-do of the artists it profiles
BY DAN SOLOMON
Turns Out the Title Wasn't Prophetic
The curious staying power of so-called lost film 'Nothing Lasts Forever'
BY ASHLEY MORENO
Autobots! Transform and Roll Camera
'Transformers' sequel, 'Parkland' prep 2013 productions in Austin
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Austin Film Critics Association Announces Year-End Awards
'Zero Dark Thirty' named Best Film of 2012
Film Reviews
The Guilt Trip
Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen are a mother and son on a road trip but the humor's mostly on autopilot.
Hyde Park on Hudson
The film gets big points for casting Bill Murray as FDR but its vision gets muddy after that.
This Is 40
Growing old gracefully is not an option in Judd Apatow's world.
arts & culture
Endgame
Nigel O'Hearn terminates Palindrome Theatre after three years, just as planned
BY DAN SOLOMON
Ink Tank Lab
The art collective take the gloom out of doomsday in 'Armageddon Outta Here'
BY CAITLIN GREENWOOD
TexARTS Cabaret Series
Courtney Sanchez and Matt Wilson bring the Christmas cheer in series debut
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Noël: An Early Christmas Eurotour
Texas Early Music Project conducted a fast-paced tour of Europe via carols you don't hear every holiday
The Nutcracker
Ballet Austin's warm and decidely unstuffy production deserves to be a family holiday tradition
Billy Elliot the Musical
The national tour of this uplifting musical featured some insanely talented kids
columns
Oops!
After a Fashion
Art Institute presents a show, and the kids are all right ...
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Outnumbered buffalo hunters held off Plains Indians at this battle site
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place: Ode To An -Oke
Dandy mourns the passing of a fine Hump Day tradition
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Are Americans Crazy or Just Stupid?
We’re far beyond the era when a well-regulated militia – or for that matter even a poorly regulated militia - can provide our security
BY THE LUV DOC
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