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The Residents
Twelve essential Austin residencies
More Happy Hours, More Special Menus
Daily Austin food news
Jumpolin Lawsuit Settled
But terms of the settlement aren’t being released
Blues Lessons with Eve Monsees
Guitarist starts at Jimmy Reed and ends up in New Orleans
Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup
Holiday happenings, news, and more
Catching Up With the Beekman Boys
Lifestyle gurus talk new ventures
Council: Let’s Hear It for Humanity
Anti-refugee resolution dies in committee
Scorpions – Dynastic Domination
Vinyl reissues tease Germany’s true rulers
UT Football: Gray’s Anatomy
And then we came to the end
DVDanger: Tokyo Tribe
Sion Sono’s deranged, delirious hip-hop musical rocks
VOX Table Forms Bartender Supergroup
Daily Austin food news
UT Basketball: Building Blocks (and Rebounds)
The lost preview and short review of the season, so far
Euphoria Announces 2016 Lineup
Bassnectar, Dillon Francis, STS9 headline ATX’s electronic campout
Happy Holidays!
A Chron Events guide to the holidays
Lucy’s on the Lake Opens Monday
Fried chicken empire expands
Remembering Steve Anderson
Craft brewing pioneer dead at 53
Callie Speer Competes on Food TV
Daily Austin food news
Filming 10-1
Documentary recounts the 2014 City Council campaign
News Roundup: Cams, Carnage, & Climate
Zimmerman sides with Abbott over Adler
The Good Dinosaur
Sweet and charming, Pixar’s dino pic should please everyone
Victor Frankenstein
This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor’s perspective
Creed
Stallone’s Rocky trains Apollo Creed’s son in worthy franchise reboot
Legend
Tom Hardy pulls double duty playing both the criminal Kray twins
Size Zero
An overweight Indian woman has trouble finding a suitor; Telugu
Tamasha
Hindi-language romantic drama
Inji Iduppazhagi
An overweight Indian woman has trouble finding a suitor; Tamil
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
By his own admission, author Neil Gaiman is good at changing diapers. There’s a scene near the end of Citizen Kane where Kane and his wife throw a lavish picnic on the beach in Florida. In the background, there is rear projection originally created for King Kong (or possibly the sequel), and the birds are…
The Wind in the Reeds
Treme actor Wendell Pierce finds Godot and gratitude in post-Katrina New Orleans
Playback – Agents of Change: Downtown Clubs vs. Downtown Hotels
Can clubs and hotels coexist in Downtown Austin?
A New Hope
Stroke survivor Robert Reyes gets another lease on life
Quote of the Week
“I think it is important for me to lift Austin’s lamp to the rest of the world.” – Mayor Steve Adler, responding to state directives that Texas not participate in the resettlement of Syrian refugees
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is
Austin filmmakers on the promises and perils of crowdfunding
Point Austin: Thanksgiving Reflections
There is no better time than Thanksgiving to reflect on the complicated and mixed history of our nation
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Little Elmore Reed Location: King Bee Lounge, 1906 E. 12th Timeline: TC’s Lounge 2003-11, Legendary White Swan 2011-14, King Bee 2014-present Run time: Monday, 10pm-1am All ages? N A decadelong fixture Monday nights on the Eastside, the Little Elmore Reed blues band launched in a BYO juke joint called TC’s Lounge and drew rapturous crowds…
Let’s Get Ready to Scramble
The Thrilla in the Tortilla
Public Notice: A Tale of Two Processes
An ugly process to get to a not-awful ordinance
Gay Place: HEY, TURKEYS!
The holidays can be tough when you spend them alone: Come find your chosen family
The History of King Lear
A long-reviled revision of Shakespeare’s tragedy proves fascinating as revived by the Hidden Room Theatre
Headlines
City Council is heading into the stretch for 2015, with only two more regularly scheduled meetings before the end of the year, and a brief special-called meeting for Tuesday, Dec. 3, to consider the hiring of a consumer advocate for Austin Energy residential customers. See “Council: Choosing Sides.” The Texas State Board of Education rejected…
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Christine Albert’s Mystery Monday Location: El Mercado, 1302 S. First Start date: Nov. 2012 Run time: Monday, 7:30-9:30pm All ages? Y Mystery Monday began in the wake of the late Sarah Elizabeth Campbell’s Bummer Night, discontinued after Artz Rib House closed in 2012. What started as a weekly stage to grace for host Christine Albert…
Austin Shakespeare’s A Streetcar Named Desire
This thoughtful take on Tennessee Williams’ classic subtly pits the Old South against the New North
Mayor Welcomes Refugees
Adler calls it a “moral imperative” to aid Syrians and others fleeing “horrific conditions”
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Church on Monday Location: Continental Club Gallery, 1313-A S. Congress Start date: Oct. 2012 Run time: Monday, 8:30-10pm All ages? N Jazz, the live music capital’s red-headed step genre, finally found a home in Austin. At least a living room. Downstairs, the Continental Club sustains cowboys, divas, and songwriters to shame any other scene. Upstairs…
“Angelbert Metoyer: Life Machine” at the Canopy
For this Co-Lab Projects exhibit, a gallery at Canopy becomes a tomblike space for exploring religion
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Austin Mic Exchange Location: Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth Start date: Sept. 2012 Run time: Tuesday, 11pm-1am All ages? Absolutely The multicultural face of Austin – its much-advertised progressiveness – lives through its eternally emergent hip-hop scene. Austin Mic Exchange, an open-format concept founded by rapper Adam Protextor and KOOP Radio’s Leah Manners, gives locals…
Day Trips: Po Po Restaurant, Welfare
Historic Texas roadhouse offers meals worth driving for
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Bob Hoffnar’s Mood Illusion Location: Stay Gold, 1910 E. Cesar Chavez Start date: Feb. 2015 Run time: Wednesday, 9pm-12mid All ages? N In a city stacked with pedal steel players, NYC transplant Bob Hoffnar has been employed by Norah Jones, Ryan Adams, and Iggy Pop. When popular Eastside vibe room Stay Gold opened earlier this…
Soccer Watch
The local college soccer season ended last Thursday, as the St. Edward’s women were knocked out of the NCAA Div. II tournament by a 1-0 Sweet 16 loss to Dallas Baptist – their fourth loss of the season to their Heartland Conference rivals. The NCAAs – men and women, across three divisions – continue this…
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Warren Hood’s All Good in the Hood Location: ABGB, 1305 W. Oltorf Start date: July 2015 Run time: Wednesday, 6:30-8:30pm All ages? Y “I was born and raised on Austin residencies,” attests Warren Hood. “When I was 5, my dad started a residency at Threadgill’s with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, so every Wednesday for about 15…
Council: Choosing Sides
An estimated 9,000 lots will become eligible to build ADUs
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Mrs. Glass Location: Blackheart, 86 Rainey Start date: Aug. 2012 Run time: Thursday, 10pm-2am All ages? N The Blackheart is a whiskey bar, and Mrs. Glass is a whiskey band. “They pair well together,” confirms Jeremy Murray, owner of the Rainey Street venue that’s hosted this neo-delta blues trio weekly for three years. “We definitely…
Austin Water Woes Continue
Austin Water and Austin Energy vow to secure third-party audits for meter reading and billing
Setting the Table
How Thanksgiving meals make their way to Austinites in need
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Paul Oscher Location: C-Boy’s Heart & Soul, 2008 S. Congress Start date: May 2014 Run time: Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm All ages? N In 1967, Brooklyn-born Paul Oscher joined Muddy Waters’ band, following in the footsteps of harp legends Little Walter and James Cotton (who also relocated locally). He was 17, and Waters’ first Caucasian sideman. Forty-seven…
Navigant: Gas Is a Natural
The report recommends replacing Decker Creek gas plant with a new 500 MW gas plant
The Day After Black Wednesday
Even after a landmark Supreme Court marriage-equality decision broadened the legal definition of what constitutes an American family, holidays can still feel like toxic tar pits for some LGBTQ, triggering flashbacks of estrangement, abandonment, disownment, and even violence. Some intentionally skip the holidays altogether; most not by choice. With this in mind, Oilcan Harry’s (OCH)…
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Denny Freeman Location: Saxon Pub, 1320 S. Lamar Start date: 2013 Run time: Friday, 6-8pm All ages? N Blazing alongside Stevie Ray Vaughan in the Cobras, then five years on the road with Bob Dylan, Denny Freeman now performs his guitar magic in front of smaller yet appreciative crowds. Along with former Cobras drummer Rodney…
Working Overtime, but Not Getting Paid for It
Labor laws: Just because they exist, doesn’t mean they’re enforced
Fairground Attraction
In Austin, carnival food has no season
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Chicken Shit Bingo Location: Little Longhorn Saloon, 5434 Burnet Rd. Start date: 2000 Run time: Sunday, 4-8pm All ages? Y Sunday afternoons at the Little Longhorn regularly feature honky-tonk heavyweights the Derailers, Alvin Crow, and venue owner Dale Watson, but a well-fed fowl remains the biggest draw. Hatched 15 years ago by Watson with former…
Car2Go Offers Promotion for New Members
Through Dec. 6, Car2Go waives its sign-up charge for new members from $35 to $5 and adds 60 minutes of free travel time
Bullfight
Shawn Cirkiel comes back swinging with Bullfight
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Conjunto los Pinkys Location: White Horse, 500 Comal Start date: Feb. 2012 Run time: Sunday, 5-8pm All ages? N Which came first in Texas, fiddle or accordion? Chencho Flores, 85, brandished his first squeeze on Sixth Street in 1947. He’s eased on the keys, but conjunto elder Isidro Samilpa, 80, still sings and slings the…
Candidates Line Up to File
Candidate filing deadline Dec. 14
The Luv Doc
Wherein the Luv Doc describes an act of deep, unsettling perversion
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The Purgatory Players Location: Strange Brew, 5326 Manchaca Rd. Start date: July 2012 Run time: Sunday, 11am-1pm All ages? Y Every Sunday morning for the last three years, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, my father Jon Dee Graham, Jeff Plankenhorn, Jon Greene, Seela Misra, and special guests from Carolyn Wonderland to Ruthie Foster and Matt the Electrician…
The Hightower Report
Warning: Pink ribbons don’t cure breast cancer
White Student Union Hits UT
Who will speak up for white students?
Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Medicaid Exclusion
The provider claims the state is breaking federal law
