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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session
Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Point Austin: Southwest Key and Us
The local refugee empire is a symptom of bigger troubles
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Could AISD Shutter 12 Schools?
District discloses ideas for $55 million in budget cuts
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Sid Miller Is Ready For Some Hemp
Wingnut agriculture chief smells money in those weeds
BY MARY TUMA
Austin Schools Ask Parents When and How to Talk About Sex
Birds do it, bees do it, ISDs do it
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City Council Heads Into Holiday Break Wrestling With Process
Trying to reinvent the wheel since 2014
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
C.D.A. Merger Plan Stumbles at Finish Line
Commissioners Court won’t pursue merger of prosecutors
BY MICHAEL KING
Winding Up the Election Cycle
Harper-Madison, Ellis to join Council; Singh, Gharakhanian prevail
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON, NINA HERNANDEZ, SARAH MARLOFF, AUSTIN SANDERS AND MARY TUMA
Movement Mujeres Looks to Empower Young Women of Color
Project empowers young women of color
BY MARY TUMA
AISD Catches a Ride With Cap Metro
Will free fares for students ease the district's budget woes?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Holiday Dining Doesn't Have to Be All Stomach Cramps and Anaphylaxis
Picnik’s edible philosophies
BY VERONICA MEEWES
How to Handle Your (Very Nice) Family This Holiday Season
Where, oh where, have all the hideouts gone?
BY EMILY BEYDA
A First Look at Sway in West Lake Hills
The neon lotus sigil expands its empire
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move
The singer’s long road to Austin
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018
“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Kevin Welch
Dust Devil
Sheverb
Chapter One
Kendall Beard
Here Comes Trouble
Stephanie Urbina Jones
Tularosa
Reddening West
Deltas
Nagavalli
Immersion
Aaron Stephens
Focus
This Will Destroy You
New Others Part One
Name Sayers
Mantles
screens
The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back
Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
PBS Doc Man on Fire Recounts a Modern Martyrdom
UT filmmakers find the story behind a Texas minister who set himself on fire
BY BRITT HAYES
What’cha Watchin’?
Proofreader Jasmine Lane gets animated about her favorite shows
Film Reviews
The House That Jack Built
Lars von Trier, back pushing buttons, to little response
Mary Queen of Scots
Period drama has no sense of history
Mortal Engines
Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
Behind the scenes as the Studio Ghibli mastermind returns to film
Once Upon a Deadpool
Deadpool is back ... and he brought Fred Savage with him
People’s Republic of Desire
China's terrifying social media dystopia makes new media slaves
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker
Tea With the Dames
Share a cuppa with the great British ladies of the screen
Vox Lux
Pop star drama is all off-key
arts & culture
Staging Mr. Burns, a post-electric play With Zero Waste
A UT student production of Anne Washburn’s play shows how to make theatre the sustainable way
BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
Snapshot: The Art of Ice Cream Experience
Selfies and sweet treats abound at this Instagram-ready pop-up installation
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Ground Floor Theatre's Fun Home
Lisa Scheps’ production is invested with a level of care that makes this musical memoir movingly familiar
Ballet Austin’s The Nutcracker
The company’s 56th run at this holiday classic retains its magic – enough beauty and wonder to transport you to enchanting realms
“Alba Corral: Thoughts in Action” at Generative Art Project
The new gallery screens our present into the future with beauty and depth
columns
Qmmunity
Be the gift that keeps on giving
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Daytripping as Holiday Shopping
Buy a gift on your next Texas day trip
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Party Monster
Nothing good for you can come of this
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
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