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Raw Cranberry Relish Vegan, gluten-free, raw, optional paleo Prep time: 5 min. Yield: about 3 cups This creative, raw-foods recipe is an alternative to cranberry sauce and is packed with layers of flavor. It is quick and easy to prepare and will spice up any holiday meal. If you want to make it paleo, you…

by Margaret Shugart

Writers on Kennedy

‘Look Beyond Style’ Hero worship is politically debilitating, undermining grassroots organizing and impeding honest intellectual practice. A good example is the case of John F. Kennedy. A political assassination is both a personal tragedy for loved ones and an attack on democracy, and the anniversary of JFK’s assassination is a time for reflection on that…

by Robert Jensen

Phases and Stages

Mazzy Star Seasons of Your Day (Rhymes of an Hour) Mazzy Star’s reunion hasn’t exactly prompted parades. Hope Sandoval kept the nocturnal reverb for her Warm Inventions band, and despite the ubiquity of her former act’s “Fade Into You,” the Santa Monica group broke up at juncture of wider appeal. Moving dolefully between chiming psychedelia…

by Luke Winkie

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Dixie Tofu-Pecan Loaf Vegan, gluten-free Adapted from Moosewood Restaurant Favorites: The 250 Most-Requested, Naturally Delicious Recipes From One of America’s Best-Loved Restaurants (St. Martin’s Press) Prep time: 35 min. Bake time: 40 min. Serves 6 to 8 In a season commonly dedicated to pleasing the omnivorous among us, a meat-free main course is always a…

by Jessi Cape

Writers on Kennedy

‘Not Just America’ I grew up with a song from a TV show canceled six years before I was born. We British do love our political satire, and That Was the Week That Was, or TW3 as it was known, was in the vanguard. When JFK died, the comedians wore somber weeds, but they were…

by Richard Whittaker

Delivery Man

Vince Vaughn stars in this remake of a sweet Canadian film about a prolific sperm donor whose contributions catch up with him 20 years later.

by Marjorie Baumgarten

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Garlic Cauliflower “Mashed Potatoes” Paleo, gluten-free Adapted from www.nomnompaleo.com Cook time: 20 min. Yield: 6-8 servings As the popularity of the paleo diet grows, so do the chances that you’ll be hosting someone at your Thanksgiving dinner who follows the eating plan. The principles of the paleo diet, generally speaking, include limiting (or eliminating completely)…

by Melanie Haupt

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Red Wine Glazed Onions Vegetarian Adapted from Vegetables From Amaranth to Zucchini by Elizabeth Schneider Yield: 8 servings This is a flavorful, festive vegetarian dish that complements roasted root vegetables. It also pairs well with meat and poultry. If you don’t consider it heresy, you can substitute frozen pearl onions instead of fresh. The end…

by MM Pack

Phases and Stages

Elvis Costello & the Roots Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs (Blue Note) Unexpected collaboration and stylistic reversal have become hallmarks for Elvis Costello, but none reaches as far afield as teaming with the Roots. While his early throwbacks to classic R&B thread the obvious connection, the Roots traffic in more funked-up rhythms, unloaded at…

by Doug Freeman

Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.

by Marc Savlov

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Pavlova Cake Gluten-free, dairy-free The Pavlova cake always makes me think of my childhood friend Devorah Herbert. Her father was from New Zealand, where Pavlova cake is essentially the national dessert, invented there during the 1920s in honor of Russian dancer Anna Pavlova’s visit to that island. Pavlova cake made regular appearances on the Herbert…

by Chronicle Staff

Wizard of Aus … tin

Wizard World Austin Comic Con Friday-Sunday, Nov. 22-24, Austin Convention Center Tickets are still available. Visit www.wizardworld.com for complete event details, hours of operation, and ticket information – including VIP passes to select events. The three-day nerd culture blitz of Wizard World Austin can get a little overwhelming, even for veterans. The challenge is to…

by Richard Whittaker

Phases and Stages

Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Aftermath) Forgive the dated references and remember Eminem hasn’t represented public conscience this millennium. You listen because he burns, because he can afford production from Rick Rubin that reinvents Billy Squier (“Berzerk”), and because he rhymes nine words with “attackable” in 30 seconds, midway through a song called “Asshole.”…

by Chase Hoffberger

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Delicata Boats With Red Rice Stuffing Vegan, gluten-free Adapted from The Meat Lover’s Meatless Celebrations Yield: 6-8 servings Kim O’Donnel’s The Meat Lover’s Meatless Celebrations is a fantastic source for vegetarian and vegan holiday meals the whole year ’round. For Thanksgiving, she suggests this gluten-free and vegan main, which she describes as “hearty yet elegant.”…

by Melanie Haupt

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Strawberry Cake Gluten-free When I reached out to my family member who was recently diagnosed celiac for a gluten-free dessert idea, she sent this adjusted recipe. I love it because it is that home-style cooking I missed through all those years of not participating completely in family meals and a great reminder that with all…

by Margaret Shugart

Diana

The simplification and beatification of Diana, Princess of Wales, is perpetuated in this movie.

by Louis Black

They Killed the President

On a sunny Friday afternoon in late November 1963, young soul singer Bobby Patterson hit a roadblock on his way to class at Arlington College. “Everything was blocked off,” remembers Patterson from the backstage of Austin’s Continental Club at a gig 50 years later. “I was getting on the freeway and there were cops everywhere…

by Kevin Curtin

Hornography

A week after an overtime win at West Virginia thrust them into the Top 25 for the first time since early Sept­em­ber, the Longhorns were bounced from the national rankings after being whupped at home by No. 10 Oklahoma State. Texas (7-3, 6-1 in the Big 12) crumbled with conference supremacy at stake and ended…

by Russ Espinoza

Writers on Kennedy

‘A Box of War Souvenirs’ That late morning in class as our teacher, weeping, told us our president had been shot and we should all go home, under the influence of the baddest boy anywhere around, my buddy Jimmy, big, dangerous, and hairy as a man, I first smiled, stupid, as he did, since we…

by Dagoberto Gilb

Lee Harvey Oswald Was a Friend of Homer Henderson

Homer Henderson’s assassin ode “Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine” stands alone in Lone Star lore. The sympathetic tune recounts a childhood friendship with the alleged JFK gunman: “Lee Harvey was a friend of mine. He used to take me fishin’ all the time. He used to throw the ball to me when I…

by Kevin Curtin

Soccer Watch

The St. Edward’s women extended their season into the NCAA Sweet 16 with a 1-0 overtime win Sunday at Fort Lewis in Durango, Colo. They now travel to Western Wash­ing­ton to take on Metro State (14-4-3), with whom they tied, 1-1, back in September – one of the blemishes on their 18-0-2 season. The Hilltoppers…

by Nick Barbaro

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Turkey Meatballs in Green Curry Broth Paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free Yield: 32 meatballs Looking for a creative way to use your Thanksgiving leftovers? This Thai adaptation with turkey can be thrown together in a half-hour or less. The meatballs can be prepped ahead of time and reheated, and the sauce takes only a few minutes. The…

by Mick Vann

Exhibitionism

The air of rural Spain pours forth from the entire ensemble in this riveting production of Lorca’s drama

by Adam Roberts

Tragic Songs From the Grassy Knoll: John F. Kennedy 50th Anniversary Collection

(Norton) Norton Records specializes in unearthing all manner of unsung American geniuses, cranks, and crackpots. Fitting, then, that the crafty Brooklyn label memorializes the half-century anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination with these 16 obscure, country tribute tunes, most of them released on tiny regional labels in the wake of JFK’s death. It’s all fairly…

by Scott Schinder

Writers on Kennedy

‘How Many Shots?’ Lee Harvey Oswald attended my high school, Arlington Heights in Fort Worth, several years ahead of me, and Lee’s mom, Marguerite Oswald, lived across the street from my junior high in 1963. I met her a few years later, when I accompanied my friend Don Crowell collecting on his newspaper route. For…

by Joe Nick Patoski

Exhibitionism

Dance Repertory Theatre’s program was divided between live and canned music, with the live half clearly deeper

by Jonelle Seitz

City Districting: Map Concludes … Talk Resumes

Austin, you have your districts. On Monday night, the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission voted unanimously to adopt its final map, which it will formally certify Nov. 25. Last week, in the final hours of the ICRC’s final public input meeting on City Council districting, things turned in a positive direction. This isn’t to say that…

by Elizabeth Pagano

Writers on Kennedy

‘Fear and Distrust’ The meaning of the Kennedy assassination, to me, is that we have lost the meaning – that we have lost the lessons, the messages inherent in his death. When he came to Dallas in 1963, the city’s microphone had been hijacked by a very small handful of rabid extremists. The group –…

by Bill Minutaglio

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Caramelized Onion Gravy Vegan, gluten-free Cook time: 35 min. Yield: 5 cups 8 cups onions, thinly sliced ¼ cup vegetable oil ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, minced 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, minced ½ cup gluten-free soy sauce (or Bragg’s Liquid Aminos) ½ cup dry sherry 2 cups hot water ¼ cup cornstarch ¼…

by Chronicle Staff

Phases and Stages

Arcade Fire Reflektor (Merge) Promoted with a graffiti campaign, TV special, costumed secret shows, and enough advertising to blanket the Web, Arcade Fire sold the world on a defining album for our hyper-connected times, a pop-culture touchstone that draws a line in the sand between us and them. To quote Win Butler on the title…

by Austin Powell

Writers on Kennedy

‘The End of the World’ I have a very clear memory of JFK’s assassination, but it’s not mine. It’s my mother’s. I was 4 years old, and my brother was a newborn. My mother had just bathed my brother when the news broke into her soap opera playing in the other room. Like others across…

by Belinda Acosta

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Everyday Paleo Pumpkin Pie Gluten-free* Adapted from www.everydaypaleo.com Prep time: 10 min. Cook time: 45 min. Crust ½ cup hazelnuts 1 cup pecans 4 tablespoons coconut oil Pinch of salt 1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2) Place the nuts in a food processor and process until they reach the consistency of almond meal or…

by Chronicle Staff

Phases and Stages

Chvrches The Bones of What You Believe (Glassnote) Lauren Mayberry’s spitfire loud and tired of your shit. “You better run from me, with everything you own, ’cause I’m gonna come for you, with all that I have,” she yips on “Gun.” The Scottish trio aren’t trying to subvert anything on debut long-player The Bones of…

by Luke Winkie

Writers on Kennedy

‘Some of That Hope Died’ I was in the first grade at Sand Flat Elementary School. In my memory, the day is sunny and warm. It was lunchtime and all of the kids were outside on the playground, swinging, playing softball and basketball, playing in the deep sand under the building, just hanging out. Some…

by Harold McMillan

Phases and Stages

Pearl Jam Lightning Bolt (Monkeywrench/Republic) Has Eddie Vedder outgrown Pearl Jam? Primary composer of the Seattle quintet’s previous LP, 2009 ramrod Backspacer, the frontman wrote half of 10th studio album Lightning Bolt, and it’s the better half. Both the singer’s pummeling opener “Getaway” and the title strike recall the 23-year-old group’s raw sophomore disc, Vs.,…

by Raoul Hernandez

F1 Racing Wrap and COTA’s Tech Future

Last weekend’s United States Grand Prix was one for the record books. The second Formula One race at Austin’s purpose-built Circuit of the Americas saw driver Sebastian Vettel reinforce his grasp on the championship with his eighth consecutive winning race. However, off the track it was business as usual, as the city absorbed the second…

by Richard Whittaker

Writers on Kennedy

‘A Need for Something’ If it hadn’t been for the multi-part documentary titled The Men Who Killed Ken­nedy, which Roger Mudd hosted on the History Channel, I would have gone through life not questioning the idea that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter who assassinated the president. Maybe it was Mudd’s authoritative voice; I…

by Jordan Smith

Oops!

In the story “Low Turnout or Bad Law?: Voter ID Effects Uncertain” (Nov. 15), we said Nueces County voters rejected a $44.6 million bond package to renovate the Galveston beachfront. It was actually the Corpus Christi beachfront.

by Chronicle Staff

Writers on Kennedy

‘Flesh and Blood’ Chronicle staffer Carolyn Phillips, then a student at the University of Houston, saw JFK the day before he went to Dallas. “The day was clear and beautiful. One of those Texas days.” (“One Fine Day,” the Chiffons) She perched on the barrier of the new Gulf Freeway, near where the president’s motorcade…

by Kate X Messer

Civics 101

Thursday 21 PEASE DISTRICT PARK MASTER PLAN MEETING Help draft the long-range vision for the preservation of the historic parkland. 6-8pm. Lamar Senior Activity Center, 2874 Shoal Crest. Free. www.austintexas.gov/department/pease-district-park-master-plan. TEXAS WATER JOURNAL FORUM Quench your intellectual thirst with a discussion on the Prop. 6 vote and the next legislative session. 7pm. UT Liberal Arts…

by Chronicle Staff

Phases and Stages

Superchunk I Hate Music (Merge) Sebadoh Defend Yourself (Joyful Noise) Is this what The Big Chill sounds like for Gen X’s college radio subset? Despite a title that reads like perfunctory cynicism, Superchunk’s 10th studio LP delivers a perfect strike at the heart of mature-stage alienation. Against the backdrop of a virulent fuzz-pop riff, Mac…

by Greg Beets

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Mayan Hummus (Sikil P’aak) Gluten-free, paleo Prep time: 10 min. Cook time: 45 min. Yield: 5 cups I found this recipe in some old historical Mayan research and then tweaked it. I made a version of it for the end-of-the-world Mayan food party at Rancho Winslow last year, and we were all blown away by…

by Mick Vann

Writers on Kennedy

‘A Wonderful, Glorious Place’ The true legacy is not live Kennedy but dead Kennedy. I’m a Houstonian from a Jewish, liberal family. In eighth grade, I attended junior high near the headquarters of the ultra-right John Birch Society. Birchers roiled with conspiracy theories. The civil rights movement was a commie plot. Water fluoridation to prevent…

by Debbie Nathan

Headlines

› The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene and stay the provision of controversial House Bill 2, which requires abortion-performing doctors to have hospital-admitting privileges within 30 miles of each facility where they provide care. › On Friday the CAMPO Project Connect initiative made its initial urban rail recommendation to the Central Corridor…

by Chronicle Staff

There’s a Seat for Everybody at This Table

Brown Rice & Pumpkin Seed Stuffing Gluten-free, dairy-free Prep time: 10 min. Cook time: about 1 ½ hr. Yield: 1 ½ quarts, enough for a small- to medium-sized turkey Provided by my most talented culinary friend, this bread-free stuffing is made nearly like the traditional one using turkey giblets to create a from-scratch broth. It…

by Margaret Shugart

Writers on Kennedy

‘Profile in Courage’ By October of 1960, the civil rights move­ment was in full flower. Three weeks before the presidential election, Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Georgia for a minor traffic violation; he had been living in Georgia for three months but was still using his Alabama license. Jim Crow justice was swift;…

by Fred McGhee

Quote of the Week

“The shattering stories of women turned away at clinic doors and denied their constitutional right to abortion are already numerous, and they multiply every single day this underhanded law is enforced.” – Nancy Northup, CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on the Supreme Court’s refusal to stay HB 2

by Chronicle Staff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

A large percentage of the budget for Monty Python and the Holy Grail was donated by members of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. The last time a state willingly ceded territory was when Maine split from Massachusetts in 1820. If you stir a cup of warm tea, you are adding kinetic energy to it, but…

by Mr. Smarty Pants

Phases and Stages

Elton John The Diving Board (Capitol/Mercury) Paul McCartney New (Hear Music) Just call them Sir. While one, Sir Elton John, 66, reclaims the piano-centric simplicity of his earliest works on 31st LP The Diving Board, the other, Sir Paul McCartney, 71, rockets forward into the robotic New millennium. Both approaches are problematic. Hitting reset in…

by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: Being Selfish

Luv Doc, I have been living with my boyfriend for nearly a year and have been getting along marvelously EXCEPT that a couple of weeks ago he got a job offer from a financial services company in Houston. At first he said he wasn’t considering it, but this weekend he said he really thinks he…

by The Luv Doc

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