AFS Cinema
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Volume 39, Number 15
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features
Your Guide to Charitable Giving
How to donate to local nonprofits
news
City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules
It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin at Large: And Unto Us, a Code Is Born
A decade’s worth of groaning begets the promise of a new city
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Speed 2, Trust 0
AISD board, City Council give up on consensus-building
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
AISD Equity Report Hits Home Hard
Was the School Changes process doomed from its inception from an equity perspective?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Council Dives Deep Into Racism at APD, Land Use
Busy week isn’t over yet, with development code hearing Saturday
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
End of an Era at Travis County as Gerald Daugherty Retires
County commissioner will depart at the end of 2020
BY MICHAEL KING
As State Attacks, Planned Parenthood Expands
Local clinic at Seventh and Chicon to undergo major renovation
BY MARY TUMA
Election Ticker: Travis County Races Heat Up
Noises from the March 2020 primary
BY MICHAEL KING
ICE Draws Fire for “Sham” Detention Contracts
Local groups say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shouldn't get away with sidestepping federal protocol
BY MARY TUMA
food
Austin's Best New Restaurant DipDipDip Tatsu-ya Reinvents Shabu-Shabu
Feel free to double dip
BY JESSI CAPE
Vegan Shop Rebel Cheese Is More Than Just Good Taste
Mueller's artisan cheese spot offers food for a cause
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of December 12, 2019
music
The Resurrection of Kinky Friedman
From Houston to Echo Hill, the self-proclaimed Texas Jewboy sings a new tune
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Faster Than Sound: A Month in Austin Rap
Three top-grade hip-hop albums emerged this fall. Let’s recap.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Texas Platters
Charley Crockett
The Valley (and Other Biographical Tunes)
Zoltars
Telling Stories
VVV
Entanglement
Spray Paint
Into the Country
screens
New Head at Austin Studios as the Facility Enters a New Era
Martin Jones leads the Austin Film Society-run facility into the next decade
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Politics of Slasher Black Christmas
The Canadian classic was about more than gore
BY MATTHEW MONAGLE
One in a Crowd: Car Wars
Get revved up for the new version of the tabletop classic
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
En Brazos de un Asesino
A hit man and his target go on the run: Romance, of course, ensues.
Hell on the Border
The story of the first black deputy U.S. marshal
Jumanji: The Next Level
Back in the game for a fun if flimsier sequel
Playmobil: The Movie
Toys and film franchises, toys and film franchises ...
Richard Jewell
Eastwood's latest assault on the establishment mangles its own history
6 Underground
Michael Bay proves again that he's no James Cameron
Skin
Brutal true-life tale of escaping life as a neo-Nazi
The Two Popes
Hopkins and Pryce are delicately charming in the true story of a modern schism
arts & culture
Clarksville's Willis Littlefield Readies His Annual Christmas Lights
The longtime resident is ready to light up his home and hand out holiday sweets for the 22nd Christmas
BY BARBARA PURCELL
Arts Reviews
Street Corner Arts' The Butcher of Baraboo
This hilarious production of Marisa Wegrzyn's black comedy starts strong and just keeps getting funnier
Ground Floor Theatre and Deaf Austin Theatre's Next to Normal
In this collaboration between the two companies, having signing actors and speaking actors perform side by side provides a uniquely engaging experience
"Rehab El Sadek: Transient" at Prizer Arts & Letters
The artist’s newest exhibition takes a temporary stand in the place where you are
columns
Qmmunity: Don’t Hibernate This Cuffing Season
From football to The L Word, there’s lots to watch queerly this week
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Balanced Rock Trail
Hike leads to a window on the world
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: For Good Reasons
The decision not to have children is heroic
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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