The Far Out Lounge & Stage
Zeke Barbaro
Volume 41, Number 17
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Austin at Large: Life Beyond the Cop Shop?
ULI-Austin members craft hypothetical – but plausible – visions for APD’s unloved HQ
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: It’s a Wrap!
City Council ends the year by teeing up a couple of thorny issues for consideration in 2022
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
UT Student Government Slowly Implodes
Half the exec board is gone, and the remaining members face removal next semester
BY SKYE SEIPP
Stunning $67M Verdict in APD Shooting Case
Landon Nobles verdict largest sum awarded in a police excessive-force case in Austin
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Rosemont Residents Return Under Dubious Conditions
Families question conditions of apartment complex
BY LINA FISHER
Don't Give the Gift of COVID This Season: Get Tested!
How to sign up for free testing with Austin Public Health
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Racist Relic Rock Removed in Lockhart
Campaign to move Confederate statue finally clicks
BY BRANT BINGAMON
State Ban on Delta-8 Fails in Court (Again)
Texas Supreme Court upholds legality of Delta-8
BY MORGAN O’HANLON
Austin Chronicle Nonprofit Wish List
Your guide to charitable giving
food
R.I.P., John Mueller; Farewell to Contigo; Garbo’s Lobsters On; Trudy’s Says Howdy to Seafood; the Garrison Brothers Are Convivial Steak Holders
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of December 22, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin
A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"
BY TIM STEGALL
Crucial Concert Countdown: New Year’s Eve Edition
BY GREG STITT, MICHAEL TOLAND, RACHEL RASCOE, KEVIN CURTIN AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music Events
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Robert Rodriguez Opens The Book of Boba Fett
The Austin filmmaker takes the mask off Star Wars' enigmatic bounty hunter for new Disney+ show
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Austin Arthouse Film Festival Goes Global for Its Second Virtual Year
Making your screen into an arthouse
BY ADRIENNE HUNTER
Film Reviews
American Underdog
Kurt Warner biopic is too winsome to win big
A Journal for Jordan
True story meets romance with an army father away from home
The King's Man
Spy comedy threequel is a king-sized disaster
Licorice Pizza
PTA's San Fernando Valley memories are blurrily sentimental
The Matrix Resurrections
Overly talky, shoddy action ... but at least it's a Matrix movie, right?
Sing 2
Animated singing animals sequel is bear-able (geddit?)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The multiversal smackdown you’ve been waiting for!
Swan Song
Mahershala Ali faces himself in a melancholic clone drama
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joel Coen's stark and silvery take on the Bard's revenger
arts & culture
Review: Hideout Theatre’s Bah, Humbug!
Fun Dickensian long-form is a short-term cure for the pandemic blues
BY BOB ABELMAN
Five Things to Do Outdoors This Christmas Weekend
Get into the big outside this holiday season
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Events
Art galleries, live performances, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: The Force Is Strong With This One
It's Santa Boba Fett!
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Texas Abortion Ban Is an Attack on Free Speech
SB 8 restricts the right of an individual to use their voice to help another person procure an abortion
BY RACHEL OSTERLOH
Qmmunity: Home-O for the Holidays
Find your queer crew this holiday season
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: K. Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner
Tour the oldest independent brewery in Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Thy Neighbor’s Landscaper
Capitalism has its shortfalls
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, December 24-30
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Austin FC Signs Veteran Winger Ethan Finlay
Columbus Crew alum explains why the decision to join ATXFC was an easy one
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
