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features
Give 'Til It Helps 2013, Part 1
We each hold the key: Let's show these nonprofits how much they are appreciated
BY KATE X MESSER
news
Running to Daylight
Blind runner and teacher determined to see what he can do
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: Making Sense of Newtown
A year later, small steps toward changing the gun violence paradigm
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: The Big C Stands for Corruption
Even after reforms at CPRIT, Rick Perry still remains in charge
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Civics 101
Quote of the Week
Colony Park: Finding a Middle Way
City planners struggle to find the 'just right' in a new mixed-use development
BY ROBYN ROSS
Council: Work Done and Happy Holidays!
After 2013 arose such a clatter, Council is settling their brains for a long winter's nap
BY MICHAEL KING
Carstarphen Report Card: B for Bland
AISD head receives lukewarm review
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Rivalry Revs Up for Pct. 2
Three Dems vie to replace Sarah Eckhardt
BY CHRISTOPHER HOOKS
Third-Party Candidates Lining Up Again
It's still busy at the bottom of the ticket
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
2013 Politics Gift Guide Part III
Last-minute ideas from yesterday's news
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Hightower Report
NSA and DHS defend us from LibertyManiacs.com
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Aging With Grace
Hyde Park Bar & Grill, feeding a city across three decades
BY RACHEL FEIT
Fancy Salt, We Exalt
Finishing salts by Confituras
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-O-File
Foodie innovators land grants and La Corsha rep replies to Wonderland backlash
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Playback
Christmas wishes for the local set
BY KEVIN CURTIN
The Boxing Lesson
Paradox: box sets bloat up as physical CD sales plummet
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
screens
The Talented Mr. Isaac
Scenes from an interview with the star of the Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
BY JEFF WINKLER
A House DVD'd
Criterion and Rooster Teeth give you something worth wishing for
BY MONICA RIESE
Film Reviews
American Hustle
It's all about the hair, the performances, and the grift and graft in this unpredictable new offering from David O. Russell.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Ron Burgundy is back – and the legend continues, at least in his own mind.
Grudge Match
This boxing riff stars Stallone and De Niro, but it's hardly the stuff of Rocky vs. the Raging Bull.
Inside Llewyn Davis
The latest from the Coen Brothers nails the Sixties folk-music scene, and delivers another of their memorably flawed heroes.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Idris Elba is spellbinding in this biopic that reveres the man but slights the movement.
Saving Mr. Banks
Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson star in this story about how Walt Disney convinced the prickly author of Mary Poppins to sell her creation to Hollywood.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
This story of a milquetoast with a wild imagination stars Ben Stiller and is as pretty as it is busy. Opens 12/25.
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
The auteur from Atlanta dons his Madea drag once more to spread holiday cheer.
Walking With Dinosaurs
This visually ambitious animated film looks promising until its corny plot gets going.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.
arts & culture
Father Time
Claude van Lingen's conceptual artwork counts down from 1,000
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Get Booked
Big names and newcomers delight in this collection of recent releases
BY MONICA RIESE
Arts Reviews
This Wonderful Life
Martin Burke's solo performance of 'It's a Wonderful Life' is a tour de force, but also an act of faith
We Were Nothing
Poison Apple's latest, about a friendship affected by social media, provides little to engage with
The Nutcracker
The new set and costume designs for Ballet Austin's annual production add warmth and candy-colored magic
columns
The Good Eye
Rekh & Datta's 'slow clothing' line takes its time going from Texas to Rajasthan and back again
BY AMY GENTRY
Day Trips
Goodnight Historical Center opens cowboy palace to visitors
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Holiday apparel ain't the only thing gay in the gAyTX: Check out some annual traditions.
BY KATE X MESSER
Oops!
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Thoughtfulness
What do you get for someone who has everything?
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornography
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
