Volume 38, Number 15
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features
How to donate to local nonprofits
news
Dec. 11 Run-Off Election; Early Voting Nov. 29-Dec. 7
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
GIFT GUIDE 2018
Anti-MAGA merch, feminist nudie mags, Chron swag, and more
BY THE NEWS STAFF
School district battles its budget monsters
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Change in our city will move at the speed of trust
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
A lingering desire for streetcars
BY NICK BARBARO
NAKED CITY
Following Tarrant County controversy, Republican Party of Texas reaffirms commitment to religious liberty for all
BY MICHAEL KING
AG takes his anti-"sanctuary cities" show down the road
BY MARY TUMA
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa pledges to carry comprehensive health care bill to the 86th Texas Lege
BY MICHAEL KING
Only 101 agenda Items to go until Christmas
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Election news to use at the polls
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON, MICHAEL KING, AUSTIN SANDERS AND MARY TUMA
Separate rules were applied to UT freshman and her girlfriend
BY BETH SULLIVAN
The state on pace for a baker's dozen of executions by year end
BY SARAH MARLOFF
3rd Court of Appeals dismisses suit that challenged "family residential centers" that meet only minimal child welfare standards
BY MARY TUMA
APD chief asks for review of cases that aren't really solved
BY SARAH MARLOFF
food
GIFT GUIDE 2018
Seven ways to calm the hell down during this stress-filled season
BY JESSI CAPE
music
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
The White Album (Super Deluxe)
The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles
... And Justice For All (Deluxe)
Music for Installations
The Best of R.E.M. at the BBC
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
Loving the Alien (1983-1988)
Joe Strummer 001
Black Velvet Deluxe Box
An American Treasure
screens
GIFT GUIDE 2018
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
Rob Schulbaum sees double in his new film
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Operations coordinator Trace Thurman on stalkers and superheroes
Film Reviews
Transcendent examination of van Gogh through his own eyes
Dark family drama works, but was better as a book
Pippi Longstocking creator's life story isn't for kids
New York's young culinary genius is an enfant adorable
Latest update of Kipling's classic is caught in Disney's shadow
Diabolical horror in the morgue is DOA
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 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
Musicians and fans gather to say goodbye to an Austin institution
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Street Corner Arts' staging is more than exceptional theatre; it asks thought-provoking questions about authority, perspective, and intention
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
Queering tradition
BY SARAH MARLOFF
North Texas riverbed a treasure chest of ancient bones
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
What you need is enough morphine to send you sweetly into that good night
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY JEN SORENSEN
BY SAM HURT