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features
30 Things
The highs, the lows, the lists
news
Headlines
News of the week, short and sweet
Naked City
This week, a criminal justice round-up
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Dec. 9-16
GIFT GUIDE 2010
Wish List
Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most
BY KATE X MESSER
Politics Gift Guide
Lest you thought you'd forget about the real world over the holidays
Medicaid and the Lege: Throw 'Em in the Street?
'Dropping out of Medicaid' may not be so easy for Texas
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Republicans Denied a Supermajority (Again)
Austin Rep. Donna Howard's seat may mean as much to the state as it does to her district
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Aponte Found, Money Gone
Aponte charged with embezzling more than
$1 million
$1 million
BY LEE NICHOLS
Michael Arena: Previous Coverage
Sex Abuse Appeal Goes to Texas Supremes
Even the victim says Arena didn't do it, but the courts say he did
BY JORDAN SMITH
Stalled Hearing Put Death Penalty on Trial
John Edward Green's murder trial began with testimony on wrongful convictions
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Watching the Watchers
City nears a crucial choice for the next police monitor
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
City politics and the people way over there
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Hello, Vietnam!; and Fee-Brained Airlines
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food-o-File
The breeding season for new restaurants in Austin is November-December
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
How to fill you Dec. 9-15 cravings: beer, gingerbread, SPAM, juice boxes, tamales, etc.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
Holiday wines: bubbles without breaking the bank
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Urban at the Westin
Despite a few kinks left to iron out, Urban is a worthwhile dining destination
Southern Hospitality Catering & Dining
You'll go back to work with a full stomach and money left in your wallet
Noble Pig Sandwiches
As the name suggests, the menu is centered on all things swiney
music
Alphabet City
'Tis the season to give 'til your ears ring
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Adventures with Charlie (Faye) and Up Close with Eric Johnson
BY AUSTIN POWELL
GIFT GUIDE 2010
Rock & Roll Books
Life
Keith Richards and James Fox
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
Dan Charnas
African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston
Randy Weston and Willard Jenkins
Soul Mining: A Musical Life
Daniel Lanois
A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett
Rob Chapman
Talking to Girls About Duran Duran
Rob Sheffield
Best Music Writing 2010 and Corn Flakes With John Lennon and Other Tales From a Rock 'n' Roll Life
Edited by Ann Powers and Robert Hilburn
Touchable Sound: A Collection of 7-Inch Records From the USA
Edited by Brian RoettingerMike TreffDiego Hadis
Buck Owens: The Biography
Eileen Sisk
Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney
Howard Sounes
Tattoos & Tequila and My Appetite for Destruction
Vince Neilwith Mike Sager and Steven Adlerwith Lawrence J. Spagnola
screens
Thinking App
Locally developed brain game Qrank gets competitive
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Bumpy Ride
Is Carnival Magic the weirdest movie ever made for kids?
BY MARC SAVLOV
GIFT GUIDE 2010
TV Eye: Zeroing in on a ZIP Code
Filmmaking brothers turn a camera on their hometown in 45365
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Band Baaja Baaraat
New Bollywood romantic comedy puts the focus on a pair of wedding planners.
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman whip things into a baroque frenzy in this crazed hybrid of drama and horror set amid a ballet corps.
No Problem
Cops and robbers play hide-and-seek in this new Bollywood comedy.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Quite the opposite of treacly holiday fare, this European import features one very bad Santa.
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
This biopic tells the life story of Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th-century Benedictine nun, who was a woman of many talents and mystical visions.
The Warrior's Way
An Asian assassin seeks refuge in a small town in the American Badlands where ninjas and cowboys duke it out.
arts & culture
Moving Real Strange for Free
Butoh performances by Spank Dance Company
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Ramin Nazer
Ramin brings the ha-has with his absurdist non sequitur style
BY STEVE BIRMINGHAM
'Company'
Laura Powell has waited 20 years for Sondheim's landmark musical to return
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Trip to Bountiful
Horton Foote's moving drama is staged with the simple modesty of an old hymn
A Kodachrome Christmas
Sweet, funny family fare that proves you can't ever have enough Christmas shows
'Library Foliage'
Artists butcher books, transmogrifying them into sculptures lovely and deep
columns
Page Two: The Sky Is Always Falling
The hyping of catastrophe, and a notable loss
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Any friend of Edith Head, Algernon Moncrieff, and Vajazzling is a friend of Your Style Avatar
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
The Gay Place shares its deepest, darkest confessions
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Hawkins Furniture Co. builds furniture that your loved ones will be fighting for after you've passed on to a better place
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Porta-potties and President Obama, 'prunes' and 'cheese,' and other interesting tidbits
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: SIMS Benefit Bash
Austin Music Hall, Saturday, December 11, 2010
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
Bringing minor-league soccer back to Austin, highlighting NCAA play, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
TXRG Referee Recruitment
Roller Derby refs needed
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Football Watch
More disappointing football news
