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Conspiracy
The short happy life and quick assassination of ASK
BY LOUIS BLACK
news
Writers on Kennedy
What we think about when we think about JFK
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Reflections on Assassination
Trying to find some wisdom on a grim anniversary
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Sex on Campus
In lawsuit, Kearney says UT administrators unfairly singled her out while ignoring others' indiscretions
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Urban Farms: Mediation Bears No Fruit
Compromise seems unlikely in debate
BY ANNA TOON
City Council: Tasers "R" Us!
Council returns with a bursting agenda
BY MICHAEL KING
Project Connect Draws a Line
Group makes official recommendation to Mayor Leffingwell
BY MAC MCCANN
City Districting: Map Concludes ... Talk Resumes
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Supremes Sustain HB 2, 5-4
Abortion providers wait while SCOTUS contemplate a stay
BY JORDAN SMITH
Former Artistic Director Sues Scottish Rite
Suit alleges slander and negligent termination
BY BRANDON WATSON
F1 Racing Wrap and COTA's Tech Future
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Statewide Candidate Filings Trickle In
A slight attendance dip and only a couple of traffic hiccups in event's second year
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Hightower Report: Black Friday Is Spoiling Thanksgiving
Black Friday is spoiling Thanksgiving
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
GOBBLE GOBBLE, Y'ALL
There's a Seat for Everybody at This Table
Alternative diet dishes for Thanksgiving
BY MARGARET SHUGART
Food-O-File
Another day, another barbecue dynasty fracas
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Nov. 21-28
Food Reviews
Does Arro Hit the Bull's-Eye?
French bistro fare from 24 Diner chef Andrew Cullen
music
They Killed the President
Dallas soul man Bobby Patterson once counted Jack Ruby a patron
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Lee Harvey Oswald Was a Friend of Homer Henderson
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Tragic Songs From the Grassy Knoll: John F. Kennedy 50th Anniversary Collection
BY SCOTT SCHINDER
Playback: Dale Watson Tapes 'Austin City Limits'
Austin country icon finally scores an Austin City Limits taping
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases and Stages
Arcade Fire
Reflektor
Chvrches
The Bones of What You Believe
Pearl Jam
Lightning Bolt
Superchunk, Sebadoh
I Hate Music, Defend Yourself
Elton John, Paul McCartney
The Diving Board, New
Mazzy Star
Seasons of Your Day
Elvis Costello & the Roots
Wise Up Ghost
Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
screens
Stan the Man
The legendary name behind Marvel Comics comes to town for Wizard World
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Pluck of the Irish
AFS Essential Cinema hand-picks four nights of rare Irish filmmaking
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Randi Zuckerberg's 'Dot Complicated' World
Former Facebook marketing director visits the Texas Conference for Women
BY JESSI CAPE
Film Reviews
The Christmas Candle
This inspirational film is as picturesque and beautiful as a holiday card but equally two-dimensional.
Delivery Man
Vince Vaughn stars in this remake of a sweet Canadian film about a prolific sperm donor whose contributions catch up with him 20 years later.
Diana
The simplification and beatification of Diana, Princess of Wales, is perpetuated in this movie.
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein
Bollywood romantic comedy.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Second verse, much the same as the first: The Games may have changed but Katniss Everdeen is still our favorite pawn.
Kill Your Darlings
Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.
Singh Sahab the Great
Hindi action drama.
arts & culture
11/22
Legendary Austin author Neal Barrett Jr. describes that fateful day in 1963
BY NEAL BARRETT JR
This Terrible Moment
'All the Way' playwright Robert Schenkkan and its LBJ, Bryan Cranston, on JFK's assassination
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Aeolus String Quartet
Former graduate string quartet at UT has graduated to teaching and a bustling career
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
EAST: Do Big Spaces Rule?
Artists and viewers can make the most of EAST by hitting the large studio complexes
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
EAST: 'Eclosion'
'Eclosion' portrays the natural glories of insectdom with ingenuity and wonder
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Sam Coronado: In Memoriam
Remembering the founder of the Serie Project and Austin printmaking legend
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Fixing King John
This loose and gangly treatment of Shakespeare's history is both remarkably original and fiercely energetic
Blood Wedding
The air of rural Spain pours forth from the entire ensemble in this riveting production of Lorca's drama
Fall for Dance
Dance Repertory Theatre's program was divided between live and canned music, with the live half clearly deeper
columns
Letters at 3AM: JFK and That Hard Rain
When boomers and their offspring die out, Kennedy's assassination will have the approximate historical echo of William McKinley's
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Oops!
Day Trips
Nashville's Johnny Cash Museum walks the walk
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place: HER-SUiT-ISM
Steel Magnolias, Drag Kings: The Musical, S&M Music, Spanksgiving, Turkey Queer Ride, and so much more
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Being Selfish
Sometimes it's OK
BY THE LUV DOC
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
Hornography
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
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