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Give 'Til It Helps
A guide to giving
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Five Years of No-Kill in Austin
What has the city learned about animal welfare, and how far does it have to go?
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Point Austin: Changing of the Guard
The mayor and the next City Council will have plenty to do
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
The Grove Gets Final Approval
With one PUD approved, attention turns to Austin Oaks
BY MICHAEL KING
NAKED CITY
Police Monitor Margo Frasier Retires
What's next for the office that watches over APD?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Texas Blocks Planned Parenthood from Medicaid
PP says: We'll see you in court
BY MARY TUMA
AISD’s Transfer Freeze
Trustees approved the 2017-18 school year list at their Dec. 19 meeting
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Americans With Disabilities Act Done Right
How do you defend against frivolous ADA lawsuits? Start a defense project.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
AISD’s Overtime Ailments
School nurses say they feel the working squeeze already
BY JACK CRAVER
Local Podcaster Cleared in Spirit Halloween Store Incident
Round Rock PD rescinds criminal trespass warning against Moisés Chiullán
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Steve Adler’s Year in Review
A lot of little victories, if the mayor may say so himself
BY MICHAEL KING
APD Shuts Down Effort to Reopen Crime Lab
Interim Chief Manley: "We recognize the failure in our lab. We're taking responsibility, and pushing forward."
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Sparks Blocks Fetal Burial Rule ... For Now
Anti-choice rule won't go into effect until Jan. 6
BY MARY TUMA
What’s It Cost the City When a Cop Hits a Cyclist?
After two years of negotiations, injured cyclist receives settlement
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Healthy Choices, Healthy Foods
Local nonprofits plant seeds in South Austin
BY SHELBY KNOWLES
The Hightower Report: Guess Who Joined Trump’s Barking Carnival Act?
What is it about Rick Perry and the Department of Energy?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Austin Chefs Share Their Holiday Traditions
Try something completely different this year
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Dear Glutton: Alone for the Holidays
The least sad way to spend Christmas solo
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016
Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Street Sects
End Position
Katie Shore
Fall Away
Tinnarose
My Pleasure Has Returned
TripTrio
Twenty
Alvin Crow, Asleep at the Wheel
Texas Christmas for You and Me, Lone Star Christmas Night
Steve Earle
Guitar Town 30th Anniversary
Money Chicha
Echo en Mexico
Upper Reality
Silver
UVH
Last Fruit
DD Dagger
The Lone Wolf Meets the Underdog
Silas Lowe
Wandering Father, Forgotten Son
Shawn Pander
Black & White
Jonathan Fox
Loverlust
Vallejo
Unified, Unificados
Insects vs. Robots
TheyllKillYaa
Hickoids
The Out of Towners
Robert Earl Keen
Live Dinner Reunion
screens
TV in Trumpland
Quality struggles to take one step forward while culture takes 10 steps back
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Film Reviews
Assassin's Creed
Popular video game series hits the screen
Elle
Riveting yet perplexing, this psychological thriller is a stunner
Fences
Denzel Washington scores big in August Wilson's great American play
Jackie
A portrait of the First Lady in the aftermath of JFK's assassination
Lion
An orphan's search for his birth mother gets an assist from Google Earth
Passengers
Bound for a distant planet, two persons awake prematurely
Sing
Animated film about a koala who stages a singing competition
Why Him?
What if your child brought home James Franco as your new son-in-law?
arts & culture
Not Very Statesman-like
The daily of record's release of Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, its only full-time arts critic, isn't getting good reviews
BY SETH ORION SCHWAIGER
Arts Reviews
“Mapped Refraction: Andrea de Leon and Micah Evans”
In this two-person exhibition, a symmetry of haunting forcefulness and colorful zaniness
The Regional Office Is Under Attack!
This adventure tale pulls elements from many corners of pop culture, but Manuel Gonzales’ writing chops make it wholly his own
“I saw the world” at Pump Project
Imperialism and identity compete in Betelhem Makonnen’s solo show about a 19th century Ethiopian prince
columns
Page Two: Bye Bye Social Safety Net
Tearing down the social safety net will be a lot easier than building it back again when it is realized how necessary it is
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Finding your "family" over the holidays
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston
Historic water reservoir becomes one-of-a-kind public space and theatre
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Feeding Pigeons
Toddlers have a lot of cartilage, don't they?
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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