Zilker Botanical Garden
Volume 35, Number 15
features
Give 'Til It Helps 2015
Let us help you help those who help
BY KATE X MESSER, NEHA AZIZ AND SARAH MARLOFF
news
Funding Balance
Some Austin politicos think qualified candidates of average means are deterred from running due to low contribution limits
BY JACK CRAVER
Point Austin: A Funny Thing Happened ...
Potential consultant firm violates city's anti-lobbying ordinance
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: "A Failed Experiment"
Planning Commission blasts Type 2 STRs
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Headaches for the Holidays
In the home stretch, members wrangle short-term rentals
BY MICHAEL KING
Mueller vs. TCAD: Affordability Fight in Court
Attorney for Mueller homeowners says TCAD is incorrectly applying the law
BY MICHAEL KING
Out of Pocket
Teachers forced to pay for supplies after flood
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Time for a Suspension
APD tackles officers' time management problems
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Politics Gift Guide
Donate to a teacher, help a Syrian refugee, or protect against shooters
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER, MARY TUMA AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Jumpolin Lawsuit Settled
But terms of the settlement aren't being released
BY TONY CANTÚ
Syrian Refugees Allowed in Texas
State will take in 21 people
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
Hijacking high-speed rail hurts America's future
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Gift Guide 2015: Some for Gifting, Some for Eating
Delicious goods for everyone on your list
Rebel Pizza Bar
Neighborhood concept still needs some rising
BY BRANDON WATSON
AC Date Night: Emmer & Rye and Geraldine's
Temperatures rising on Rainey Street
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
Rolling With the Punches
The Thrilla in the Tortilla continues
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
Playback: Barracuda on the Block
BY KEVIN CURTIN
A Drunken Poet's Dream
Gift Guide: Music Books
screens
Gift Guide 2015: Video Game Gift Battles
Which of the season's blockbusters will earn your dollars?
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Gets the 3-D Treatment From Zebra Imaging
These are the holograms you're looking for
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Brently Heilbron's Stand Up Empire Signs With PBS
New show to bring ACL-like coverage of Austin's comedy scene
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Film Reviews
Bengal Tiger
Telugu action film
Don Verdean
Fourth comedy feature from the pair who made Napoleon Dynamite
In the Heart of the Sea
Ron Howard sets sails with that famous Nantucket whale story
Krampus
This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering
Macbeth
Bloody screen adaptation shows what Shakespeare only tells
A Royal Night Out
Fictional romp about the Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth on V-E Day
arts & culture
Gift Guide 2015: Fiction by Austin Authors
From Hill Country mysteries to Lone Star steampunk, fantasy femmes with swords to alienated runaways with lycanthropic tendencies, there's an Austin novel for everyone on your gift list
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas
Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Austin Playhouse's The Philadelphia Story
Don Toner's direction and a top-drawer cast make for a riotous evening in this version of Philip Barry's crisp comedy
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's True Story
In Kathy Dunn Hamrick's new dance, communities, like truths, were fluid and the movement was incomparable
columns
Page Two: To Believe Is to Love Again
The times they have changed
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place: The Big 3-0
Allgo resists the urge to call it the first anniversary of their 29th birthday
Day Trips: San Antonio – The Saga
Multimedia show paints San Antonio's historic cathedral with light and music
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: The Hamster Wheel
You need to access your uncrazy side
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
