Carter Johnston / Design by Zeke Barbaro
Volume 44, Number 16
ON THE COVER:
news
Living in the free world, but the case just won't go away
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Project Connect will hit milestones and legal battles in 2025
BY BENTON GRAHAM
73% fewer votes cast in the runoff than the general election
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
AISD gets union-preferred trustee
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Council wraps up 2024 and prepares for 2025
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Carbon-free by 2035, but using fossil fuels for now
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Your guide to charitable giving
food
Gulf Coast cuisine served with a smile
BY MELANIE HAUPT
music
While a different Eastside venue keeps looking for cash
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Crucial concerts for the week to keep you out and about
BY CARYS ANDERSON, JOE GROSS, GENEVIEVE WOOD, JAMES RENOVITCH, AMBER WILLIAMS, DOUG FREEMAN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CAT MCCARREY, MICHAEL TOLAND AND TIM STEGALL
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
A family retreats to a prepper compound after a nuclear attack
Live-action Lion King story continues with a sequel and prequel in one
Sega franchise returns for a thematically dark and joyless ride
Werner Herzog doc asks big ideas about the human mind
arts & culture
The hopes and fears of George Bailey’s years, unpacked in a single night
BY CAT MCCARREY
Get in the spirit with these arts and cultural happenings
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, CAT MCCARREY, KIMBERLEY JONES, JAMES RENOVITCH AND DEREK UDENSI
Either way, you're having a good time
BY JAMES SCOTT, JAMES RENOVITCH AND CAT MCCARREY
columns
Expanded winter mini-fest touches down at Radio / East
BY CARYS ANDERSON
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
We’re trying our best out here, even during the holidays
BY JAMES SCOTT
Mostly unfettered by the haze of inebriation
BY THE LUV DOC
Old Steam Engine No. 6 had a role in Texas history
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Your weekly horoscope, December 20-26
BY ROB BREZSNY
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
He’s the roster’s best chance to win at QB against Clemson
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY JEN SORENSEN