Central Library
Volume 34, Number 17
news
Rising From the Halloween Flood
Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods
BY KATE X MESSER
Point Austin: In With the New
A fresh-faced City Council gets ready for 2015
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Happy Holidays?
Ride a bike, make some calls, adopt a pet
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Zimmerman Suit Not Yet "Bygone"
Zimmerman v. Bulldog proceeds to Round 2
BY AMY KAMP
Officer Wins Firing Appeal
Arbitrator overturns chief's decision to dismiss
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Online Threats and the Supremes
While Justin Carter's fate hangs in the air, SCOTUS considers another Facebook threat
BY MAC MCCANN
The Hightower Report: State Legislatures Help Rich Lenders Rob the Poor
New laws make it easier to prey on borrowers
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Burden of Proof
With today's mocktails, who needs the hard stuff?
BY ROD MACHEN
Many Happy Returns
New name, same quality at the Preserve
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Fleet Fox
Swift Single Malt is going places
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-o-File
New restaurant lightning round
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
The Roost Crows at Midnight
Steamboat greeter / booker David Cotton realizes the dream of his own club, the Roost
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Playback – 2014: Keeping the Dream Alive
Reviewing ATX music 2014
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Dowrong & Eric Dingus
The Dowrong EP
Spray Paint
Clean Blood, Regular Acid
the Gary
Farewell Foolish Objects
Jonly Bonly
Put Together
Yuppie Pricks
Appetite for Consumption
Shivery Shakes
Three Waves & a Shake
All ATX British Invasion
All ATX British Invasion
Danny Malone
Speeddreamer
screens
Dressed to Thrill
Cosplay at Ikkicon is where the action's at for Lorelei Hutchings and Joseph Ginnings
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Help Desk
Fast shipping, resolution keeping, and holiday sensitive emoji in this week's tech etiquette column
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
Big Eyes
Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz play the Keane couple, the artists behind the craze of those ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed waifs.
The Gambler
Mark Wahlberg has one of his juiciest roles ever as a creative-writing professor by day and a compulsive gambler by night.
The Imitation Game
The heartbreaking life of Alan Turing, the engineer who changed World War II
Into the Woods
The Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, a pastiche of classic fairy tales turned on their heads, gets a thoroughly cinematic workout.
Unbroken
The heroic story of Louis Zamperini, who endured harrowing hardships during World War II, is the subject of Angelina Jolie's second movie.
arts & culture
Strong and Talented and Young
Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Playing God – Literally
A smartphone's all you need to let loose your inner Zeus and control the action in Deus Ex Machina
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
This Wonderful Life
In Zach Theatre's production, Martin Burke singlehandedly restores George Bailey's faith in humanity
"Anatomy of Drawing and Space (Brain Trash)"
The Blanton's exhibit is like being in James Drake's studio and experiencing his two years of daily drawing all at once
Brainquake
Samuel Fuller
columns
Day Trips
Eyesore or mysterious landmark?
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place: Ho-HoHos
One "Gay Place": Two big holigayz
BY KATE X MESSER
The Good Eye Looks Back
All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014
BY AMY GENTRY
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Too Much Christmas
Lasting oppression really only works if you have a really good PR campaign
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornography
BY ERIC SOLLENBERGER
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
