Cover Story
The 12th of Never
The dispute over one Eastside housing proposal reflects a larger Austin conflict
Reefer Roundup 12/23/10
News from the frontline of the drug war
‘Austin Chronicle’ Cover 12/24
Which team are you on?
Lucky Number 3,000
Austin Humane Society has record-breaking year
Wednesday Rewind
Kat Edmonson brings holiday cheer to the Tonight Show
OTR – 33 RPM
Defining Schmillion
AFCA Backs ‘Black Swan’
Local film critics pick year’s best
Of Politics and the Production Block
Take two with Austin’s voice-over studio
Newsgeist: 12/22/10
The spirit of the news
Indie iPhone Game Holiday Sale
Save money, help a good cause, and be prepared for delayed flights
Four New Congressional Seats for Texas
Democrats demand better representation for minorities
Texas Volleyball Loses, Did Anyone Notice?
Penn State knock UT out of tourney
Third Court Rules in Willingham Case
Matter must be referred to Judge Stubblefield
Crime – and Punishments – Decline
Crime down in early 2010; prison population drops in 2009
Neil Lodges HD48 Challenge
But is this really about the House?
The Legislator Versus the Interninator
The Score gets ‘Raw’ for tonight’s wrestling show
Austin Rockin’ 12/20/10
Live music picks on FOX 7 for Christmas week
The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Rises in the East
E. 12th development, City Council and more
Where the Reparations At?
There’s more to repairing than repealing
Newsgeist: 12/20/10
The spirit of the news
News AggreGAYte for the Week of Dec. 20
Celebrate the death of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Stars in Our Eyes
Mondo Tees unveils Olly Moss’ Star Wars prints
Your Totally Badass Sunday
Filmmaker Bob Ray returns to Austin after his ‘Total Badass Tour’
New Leader at the Film Commission
Entertainment attorney becomes temp boss
The Daily Hustle: 12/17/10
So, a salamander walks into a historic Hyde Park home …
Wish(fulfilled) List 2010
Queer Jews should have everything they wanted by now
Sittin’ on Santa’s Lap
Is that an iPad in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
theGlitoris’ Top 5 Albums to Pick Up in Janurary, 2011
As publications reflect back on 2010, theGlitoris looks to 2011.
Newsgeist: 12/17/10
The spirit of the news
There’s a New Uncle in Town
Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation
Culture Flash!
Art prize finalists, grants for a dancemaker and a new musical, and Mother Ginger
Box Sets
Mythology
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The third coming of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia fantasy/allegory series has arrived.
TV Eye: Make Way for Midseason Shows
New Year, New TV
Austin Visual Arts Awards
A new setting but similar sentiments at the second round of the art honors
30 Things
Looking for a Date? You could do a lot worse than our brand spankin’ new Austin Chronicle 2011 Calendar: Thirty Years of Coverage. In anticipation of our 30th anniversary (Sept. 4, 2011 – hey, mark the date on your new calendar), we’ve put together 13 of our favorite covers, along with bonus covers, the usual…
The Tourist
Not even Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, and the Venice setting can rescue this would-be thriller from its slack storytelling.
Wish List
Here’s your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most
Arts Review
At times the play’s quirky elements get in the way of its touching study of grief
The Fighter
Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams combine forces with director David O. Russell to make one of 2010’s most exciting movies.
Xmas Day Feasts Around Town
Whether you observe the holiday or not, Austin offers plenty of variety for going out on Christmas Day. Don’t forget to call ahead for reservations well before the big day.
What Is PSH?
Permanent supportive housing has abruptly emerged as a controversial topic over the last few months, as the city seeks to create affordable housing programs and address homelessness and its related revenue drains. Similar to the national “housing first” movement, the idea behind PSH is that to address the issues keeping people on the street, comprehensive,…
Arts Review
The women in City Theatre’s staging carry one another as their characters do
How Do You Know
Who would have guessed that a rom-com from the director of Broadcast News and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson would turn out this wan and dull?
Day Trips
Navarro Pecan Company in Corsicana is one the largest pecan-processing companies in the world
Albums3
At the dawn of the CD-box-set age more than two decades ago, Dylan, Clapton, and the Allmans led with multidisc retrospectives that soon became the industry standard at three or four compact discs. The ensuing Digital Age promised so much more, like 1998’s 10-CD The Complete Hank Williams. Complete artist catalogs are now de rigueur,…
Arts Review
These 40 works impressively chart the evolution of art across the 19th century
Yogi Bear
This mixture of animated talking animals and live action is unbearable.
Visions of Sugarplums
Local bakers create distinctive pastries this holiday season
Gay Place
Gay Place gets all up in the holiday bootay
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Darkness on the edge of Springsteen
WWE ‘Monday Night Raw’
‘Tables, Ladders & Chairs,’ oh my!
I Love You Phillip Morris
Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star in this tale of Texas con man Steven Russell, which walks an unsteady line between outright farce and redemptive gay love story.
By Any Means Necessary
Suzan-Lori Parks works it – and helps you work it, too
Off the Record
Home for the holidays with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schmillion, and Dax Riggs
Fun House
The Stooges break on through
Soccer Watch
Qatar and the 2022 World Cup, Tout Puissant Mazembe Englebert upset Internacional of Brazil, and more
New in Print
Get radicalized: About to Die examines news imagery at the moment of death, while The Verso Book of Dissent spans Zola and Tupac
White Egret Farm: Waiting on a Thanksgiving Turkey
Is a local organic farm stiffing its workers?
Station to Station
Fattening up the Thin White Duke
Football Watch
Muschamp gone, Texans and Cowboys continue slides, and more
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Patron saints of drug dealers; oatmeal for horses; Toad Suck, Ark.; and more
The Fine Print of Library Construction
City bond money comes into play
Box Sets
West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
Point Austin: Call Them Irresponsible
The Statesman ponders journalism and secrecy
Letters at 3AM: Shindig on Effie Street
The silent film comedians at Keystone Films lived their art
Cap Metro Changes: ‘Lipstick on a Pig’
Activists for people with disabilities trying to thwart transit plans
Box Sets
The Original Mono Recordings
City Hall Hustle: New Lease on Quality of Life
Steering away from the turbulence of the past
After a Fashion
Stephen hijacks a pair of Quaids and spots a Dick
Meet the Police Monitor Finalists
A brief look at the four remaining candidates
Box Sets
The Complete Mother’s Best Recordings … Plus!
Headlines
� City Council convenes today, Thursday, for its final meeting of the year to consider approval of a controversial Water Treatment Plant No. 4-related shaft excavation opposed by neighbors and environmental groups, a historic district designation for Hyde Park, the installation of 23 “public safety cameras” across Downtown, and more. See “This Week’s Wrap.” �…
Food-o-File
Eat Local Week recap, Central Texas honors, and more delicious news
Fit To No-Kill?
Vetting the last of five candidates for city’s chief animal services officer
Box Sets
The Vinyl Conflict
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Event Menu
We’re green with envy of everyone attending the Green Holiday Party and Basil’s Week
The GOP’s New Crowded House
They carry more weight, but is it muscle or fat?
Box Sets
Complete Mythology
Res Publica
Citizens’ calendar, Dec. 16-22
Holiday Tamales
Unwrap a taste of the holidays
Sounding Off
Austin audio production firm the Production Block closes up shop after 35 years
Box Sets
Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary
Film Flam
Accolades for Austin filmmakers, more cray-cray at the Texas Film Commission, and we crack the code on SXSW’s opening night film
Laird Market
Ron and Dianne Laird bring the flavors of Fredericksburg to Austin
Reefer Madness: Opiate Overdoses on the Rise
Heroin and prescription drugs claiming lives
Box Sets
Signature Box
The Hightower Report
The Hammer gets nailed, and the boom is back for moneyed elite
In Print
This chronological overview of gaming’s greatest hits is a nostalgia trip
Box Sets
Apple Records Box Set (Apple/EMI) First, this collection of the non-Beatles Apple albums is for completists; all the individual albums here, except for a double-CD of rarities, which is available as a download, are available individually. That means if you don’t want the Radha Krsna Temple album (and I don’t think you do) or the…
Tron: Legacy
After touting this reboot for the past year, Disney has finally unleashed this immersive spectacle about man and machine.
Wish List
Holiday desires from Julie
Oh Santa, Santa, Won’t You Sit on My Face?
A wish list… of sorts…
List Me This Christmas
A collection of Jimmie D’s holiday hard-ons.
Luv Doc Recommends: Randy Willis 15th Annual Pickin’ on Christmas and Birthday Party
Dec. 25 is just around the corner, and the war on Christmas is really heating up. Not only is Christmas under heavy assault from the politically correct left, who for years have been insidiously leaving the “Christ” out of Christmas or nixing the entire name in favor of the more generic and inclusive “holidays,” it…
