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How to donate to local nonprofits
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Chronicle Endorsements
Dec. 11 Run-Off Election; Early Voting Nov. 29-Dec. 7
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
GIFT GUIDE 2018
This Holiday Season, Give Political Gifts That Resist
Anti-MAGA merch, feminist nudie mags, Chron swag, and more
BY THE NEWS STAFF
AISD Prepares to Slice the Apple
School district battles its budget monsters
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin at Large: Cracking the Code
Change in our city will move at the speed of trust
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Transit, Then and Now
A lingering desire for streetcars
BY NICK BARBARO
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Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Texas GOP: Not Muslim-Free
Following Tarrant County controversy, Republican Party of Texas reaffirms commitment to religious liberty for all
BY MICHAEL KING
Paxton Sues San Antonio Over SB 4
AG takes his anti-"sanctuary cities" show down the road
BY MARY TUMA
Dems Call for Health Care for All Texans
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa pledges to carry comprehensive health care bill to the 86th Texas Lege
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: They Saw the Light!
Only 101 agenda Items to go until Christmas
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Run-Off Ticker: Every Vote Really Will Matter!
Election news to use at the polls
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON, MICHAEL KING, AUSTIN SANDERS AND MARY TUMA
Scottish Rite Dorm Admits They Failed Queer Resident
Separate rules were applied to UT freshman and her girlfriend
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Death Watch: Lucky 13?
The state on pace for a baker's dozen of executions by year end
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Court: Immigrant Detention Is Child Care
3rd Court of Appeals dismisses suit that challenged "family residential centers" that meet only minimal child welfare standards
BY MARY TUMA
DPS to Audit Austin Rape Case Clearance
APD chief asks for review of cases that aren't really solved
BY SARAH MARLOFF
food
GIFT GUIDE 2018
CBD-Centric Gifts to Keep Your Holidays Chilled Out
Seven ways to calm the hell down during this stress-filled season
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Playback: And the Armadillos Went Wild
Threadgill’s World Headquarters goes the way of its predecessor, the Armadillo World Headquarters, plus Black Fret offers more than just money
BY KEVIN CURTIN
GIFT GUIDE 2018
Top 10 Box Sets of 2018
Beatles
The White Album (Super Deluxe)
Art Ensemble of Chicago
The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles
Metallica
... And Justice For All (Deluxe)
Brian Eno
Music for Installations
R.E.M.
The Best of R.E.M. at the BBC
Bob Dylan
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
David Bowie
Loving the Alien (1983-1988)
Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer 001
Charles Bradley
Black Velvet Deluxe Box
Tom Petty
An American Treasure
screens
GIFT GUIDE 2018
Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen
From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, JULIAN DEBERRY, DANIELLE WHITE AND JAMES RENOVITCH
Finding The Wrong Todd at Other Worlds Austin
Rob Schulbaum sees double in his new film
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
Operations coordinator Trace Thurman on stalkers and superheroes
Film Reviews
At Eternity’s Gate
Transcendent examination of van Gogh through his own eyes
Back Roads
Dark family drama works, but was better as a book
Becoming Astrid
Pippi Longstocking creator's life story isn't for kids
Chef Flynn
New York's young culinary genius is an enfant adorable
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Latest update of Kipling's classic is caught in Disney's shadow
The Possession of Hannah Grace
Diabolical horror in the morgue is DOA
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón bleakly romanticizes his childhood maid
arts & culture
GIFT GUIDE 2018
Books to Read and Wrap for the Holidays
Ditch that elf on the shelf so you can put all these nifty books there
Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair 2018
Humanities Texas has the one-stop shop for all the lit lovers on your gift list with 26 authors on hand to sign your purchases
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: Threadgill’s Last Rodeo Show
Musicians and fans gather to say goodbye to an Austin institution
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Street Corner Arts' We Are Proud to Present ...
Street Corner Arts' staging is more than exceptional theatre; it asks thought-provoking questions about authority, perspective, and intention
line upon line percussion's The city wears a slouch hat
John Cage and Kenneth Patchen's experimental radio play proved an ideal vehicle for the creative daredevils of line upon line and the Rude Mechs to revive together
columns
Qmmunity
Queering tradition
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Ladonia Fossil Park
North Texas riverbed a treasure chest of ancient bones
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc’s Holiday Gift Guide
What you need is enough morphine to send you sweetly into that good night
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch: Timely Soccer Gifts
BY NICK BARBARO
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