Cover Story
Scene of the Crime
Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution’s assumptions and conclusions
Sports Games Stocking Stuffers
A last-minute list for last-minute shoppers
Mail Art With Dandy: The Results Show Part 3
Check out more of our big art from our big hearts
Tonight: The Dark Side of ‘The Muppets’
‘It’s A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie’ at Blue Starlite Drive-In
Hustling Away…
A brief look back from your City Council columnist
Winter Soulstice
Tim Kerr spins for Jonathan Toubin tonight at the ND
Williamson County Injustice
Morton attorneys call for court of inquiry
The Storify of AISD and IDEA
How the East Austin community fired back against the charter plan
My Music Crush on Shakey Graves
Nicole falls for a one man band and doesn’t want you to miss the magic.
Tuesday News Gay on a Wednesday: Dec. 21
Gay Place and Queerty editor give it to you, not so straight
Love Letter From a Boston Performance Duo
They Gotta Be Secret Agents deliver a kind, personal note
World Series for the Ages Commemorated in Box Set
Game 6 and all
Crunk Christmas
The curse (and charms) of Christmas albums
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Par For the Course [Updated]
Smoking while golfing kept controversy putting along
A Few Words With Steelers Rookie RB Baron Batch
On James Harrison, Haiti, and more
“Minerva’s Wreck” Sticks the Landing
Wayne Alan Brenner’s third whatchamacallit
Meeting in the Rain
Eastside supporters gather outside Allan as board dithers
City Website Finally Reloads
Beta version of new city portal launched today
Bottle of Wine
Collectin’ wine spodie-odie
There Ain’t No Sanity Clause: Nasty Videos for Your Inner Naughty Child
Counter-programming Christmas with bad cheer and body counts
Indie Game Bundles for Gifting
Pay what you can for good causes
Toros NBA Call-Ups and Much More
Thomas now with the Hornets
Music Mo’nday: Dec. 19 Shopping Edition
Songs to shop your head off to
‘Out of Bounds’: AusChronSports
Sports? In the ‘Chronicle’? Yep.
If the AISD Board Won’t Come to the Mountain
Eastside supporters offer to meet trustees
From the Vaults: Shame
“Showgirls” despoiled the NC-17 rating
Western Ghost House Record Release/Attendance Records Benefit Show
Ashley’s pick for tonight.
‘The NFL Beat’: Week 15
Fantasy football semifinals
Encore Records Closing
Encore Records, Video & Apparel to close
Primaries: Parties Agree on April 3
Dems, GOP set new calendar, but still need court approval
Cactus Fest
This weekend’s benefit for Josh Bridges of Slay The Dawn
Jonathan Toubin Benefits
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and others aid Jonathan Toubin
Top Chef Texas, Week 7: What’s Your Damage, Heather?
In which Heather establishes herself as Our Villain
Film Fundraiser: ‘Postmodern Undead’ at The Mohawk
Dolls from the Crypt for Lindsey Alloway’s vampire flick
HO-liday Gifties: A Treasure in Our City
Treasure City Thrift’s elephants are not only white, but affordable
HO-liday Gifties: A Hill Country Varietal
When they say ‘Go Local,’ think Tempernillo
Arts Review
A Latina Scrooge has a change of heart in this sweet adaptation of A Christmas Carol
Memoir Suite
Don’t mention Soul Coughing to its frontman
Soccer Watch
More year-end wrap-up
Arts Review
Tapestry’s syncopated take appeals even to those who have sworn off sugarplums
Memoir Suite
Dave Mustaine takes no pleasure in all debauchery
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Carjacked for Christmas
Ruby Jane and her mother are carjacked, plus other holiday tales of need
The Sitter
Jonah Hill plays the world’s most irresponsible babysitter in this new movie from David Gordon Green.
Arts Review
Rare is the theatre company whose debut is as deft and precise as Street Corner Arts’ is
Memoir Suite
Bill Graham wasn’t the only promoter with a treasure chest of rock & roll anecdotes
Kicking Around an IDEA
Board punts charter vote to Dec. 19
Mozart’s Sister
Wolfgang had a sister who was also a musical prodigy. Guess which sibling the history books remember.
Arts Review
This drama of identity-switching may leave you feeling equally fascinated and repulsed
Memoir Suite
Tom Waits – rumor, myth, or fact?
Quote of the Week
“We are a billion-dollar governing body voting on principle and direction.” – Austin ISD at-large trustee Annette LoVoi, expressing dismay about the board’s rush to vote on turning Eastside Memorial into a charter school
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
We’re wondering if anyone will call the ASPCA if we leave these animated rodents chipwrecked far from civilization.
Wine of the Week
A trio of wines from one of France’s great vintners
Memoir Suite
Frank Zappa’s secretary made excellent use of her notepad
Fluoride-Free Pressley for Council
Laura Pressley hasn’t decided which seat she’s seeking
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
This fourth entry in the Tom Cruise film franchise is the best of the bunch; it’s wacky and keen to please.
Book Review
Bargain wine queen Natalie MacLean chronicles her continuing quest
Memoir Suite
Baby brother Michael needs defending
AISD Sidesteps Union Decision
Union decision postponed � is IDEA involved?
Shame
Exquisite control and spasmed anguish mark the performances of Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in this dark, NC-17-rated story about a sex addict.
Food-o-File
Get your buns to these burger joints and bakeshops, plus a fundraiser for a foodie photographer in this week’s food news
Memoir Suite
It took jail to get Prodigy to finally sit down and slang some hip-hop history
Bike Zoo’s Zest for Life
There’s no short of imaginative puppetry with this bicycle troupe
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Robert Downey Jr. inhabits the role of Sherlock Holmes to a near-molecular level in this rushing whoosh of a follow-up to 2009’s blockbuster.
Food Events
Stuff yourself like a Christmas stocking with beer and cheese, teas and chocolate, bubbly and red wine
Memoir Suite
Punk, hip-hop, disco, salsa – all born in five short years in New York
Planet K Sacrifices ‘Pursuit of Happiness’
Part of the controversial mural comes down
Young Adult
Actors Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt prove as riveting a combo as writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman.
All Over Creation: Regifting
There may be new life in old Scrooge yet, thanks to creative Austin artists
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Canned corn tortillas, Joan of Arc, and more facts to chew on
Supremes Block Texas Maps: What Now?
The Supremes throw a monkey wrench into election maps and planning
The Greatest Miracle
This animated Mexican film is an inspirational story about three Catholic women in crisis.
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar neglected to mention your name, didn’t he?
Arts Awards
Area visual artists win support for 2012 projects
Wish List
We’ve made your list, now check it twice and give to do good!
Headlines
� Austin ISD’s Dec. 12 board meeting collapsed after midnight into furious accusations as trustees split over the plan to let IDEA Public Schools run the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team as an in-district charter. Many residents and community groups are livid over what they see as tone deafness and a lack of due diligence by…
Panjaa
Crime, love, and vengeance abound in this Telugu action drama.
Dinner Without Tears
One busy mother’s search for perfect meal service
‘View From Within’
Photographers rally around one of their own
Page Two: Letter From the Editor
Dear Chronicle staff, family, friends, and readers, On Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 29, I went in for blood tests at the Austin Regional Clinic Far West. They immediately sent me to Seton Hospital, where I coded blue that evening. It turns out that I had massive heart failure. I’ll be back at my desk at the…
Point Austin: Season of Discontent
Bungling a high-profile project is not the best way to ask for a raise
Sex Addiction and the City
Steve McQueen on Shame‘s New York state of mind
Memoir Suite
Essential collection of not-so-disposable DIY markers
Politics Gift Guide
Slip into something more comfortable with Perry, Freud, and more
Arts Review
Penfold’s staging is a charming complement to the holiday hustle and bustle
Memoir Suite
BookPeople hummed warm and quiet last Thursday night, readers in every corner scanning the printed page rather than their phones. A page and a half of Ace Frehley’s new autobiography, No Regrets, convinced me to plunk down $26 to relive my youth in the Kiss Army. I’ll let you know how that turns out, but…
Memoir Suite
You’d tear posters out of a book? Starting here, maybe so.
City Hall Hustle: Last-Minute Shopping
No Silent Night here
Better Get Hit in Yo’ Soul
When movies go looking for Christmas redemption
Memoir Suite
Punk rock from Austin to Beijing
Memoir Suite
Life advice from the Prince of Darkness and the Black Sabbath story told by the man behind the riffs
Tire-Slashing Tale in for Retreads
The Hyde Park Tire Slasher story heads for sequels
This Porn Has Wheels
Rolling with the Bike Smut Film Fest
Memoir Suite
Harry Belafonte earned his arrogance
Day Trips
Get your Mexican-food fix in El Paso
The Hightower Report
Name the GOP circus and win ‘The Hightower Lowdown’
Letters at 3AM: Occupy the Future
Corporations are not people
Memoir Suite
Stephen Stills wrote CSNY’s best song about Judy Collins for more than love
Gay Place: Feting
You will always find us in the kitchen at parties
Civics 101
This week, save a dog, talk Occupy, and learn about the proposed rate increase
Luv Doc Recommends: Jeff Hughes & Chaparral
If you’re too cool to dance country, you’re living in the wrong burg. Pull that stick out and relax, Slick. If you’re that uptight, nobody thinks you’re cool anyway, so you might as well access your inner dork. Yes, Austin may have bottle service, guest lists, and douchey dudes with gelled faux-hawks and tattoos on…
