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House Arrest
APD brass decided they had a problem with Officer Jermaine Hopkins – so they assigned him to stay-at-home duty until they could figure out what to do with him. That was a really bad idea.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Run-Off Recap
The long march to 10-1 is over
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Learning From the Election
Elections can be educational ... or not
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: From the West: the GOP
On the partisan and nonpartisan election
BY NICK BARBARO
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
The Hightower Report: Why Won't the CIA Even Say the Word "Torture"?
If the CIA can't admit that they tortured people, then there's no doubt they'll do it again
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Urban Farmers Celebrate Renteria Win
Springdale Farm's opponents not pleased, however
BY ANNA TOON
Council: Out With the Auld Lang Syne
BY MICHAEL KING
Landlords Sue to Block Section 8 Renters
Austin Apartment Association fights Council's ban on source-of-income discrimination
BY MARY TUMA
Big Ideas Behind Tiny Town
High school students use STEM skills to create a miniature wonderland at Zilker
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
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food
We Need to Talk
Food for Black Thought is changing Austin's culinary conversation
BY JESSI CAPE
Dancing Circles
Dai Due's sure footing
BY BRANDON WATSON
Crystal Creek Persuasion
Austin distiller reinvents moonshine
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food-o-File
New Year's resolutions
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Playback: Crazed for Christmas
Grammy nominations, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions, and eight days of Christmas
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Music DVDs
Vault clearances showing now
screens
Austin Film Critics Pick Boyhood
AFCA showers Linklater favorite with four awards
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Better Together
Rooster Teeth pops into Toy Joy
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Annie
This Annie is of our time, even if we've grown remote from spunky little girls.
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Batten down the hatches! The plagues are here!
Foxcatcher
The performances by Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo anchor this drama, which nearly sinks from its weightiness.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The concluding chapter of Peter Jackson's Tolkien tales brings us full circle.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
This well-worn premise still has some life in it.
PK
Bollywood comedy.
arts & culture
Epic Feats
Coffeetable books that track monumental achievements on the silver screen and on the road
BY ROBERT FAIRES
All Over Creation: Solstice Savings Time
How A Christmas Carol and Interstellar instruct us in surviving the holidays
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
A Christmas Carol
Zach Theatre's musical mashup of Christmases Past and Present puts bumps in Scrooge's journey
A Miracle on 34th Street Classic Radiocast
Penfold Theatre's well-executed show is old-fashioned in both the entertainment it re-creates and its sense of community
Feast of My Heart
Jason Phelps' show of solo performances about compassion are proof that one person can make a difference
columns
Gay Place: Christmas Bacon
Christmas bacon is on the menu at the ND again
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: St. Anthony's Cathedral, Beaumont
A beautiful basilica in Beaumont
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Good Eye: Of Russians and Ruffles
From Chekhov to Gunne Sax
BY AMY GENTRY
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: A Piece of Work
Sometimes when you art it stinks, but that shouldn’t keep you from arting
BY THE LUV DOC
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BY NICK BARBARO
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