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Setting the Table
How Thanksgiving meals make their way to Austinites in need
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Point Austin: Thanksgiving Reflections
There is no better time than Thanksgiving to reflect on the complicated and mixed history of our nation
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: A Tale of Two Processes
An ugly process to get to a not-awful ordinance
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Civics 101
Mayor Welcomes Refugees
Adler calls it a "moral imperative" to aid Syrians and others fleeing "horrific conditions"
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: Choosing Sides
An estimated 9,000 lots will become eligible to build ADUs
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin Water Woes Continue
Austin Water and Austin Energy vow to secure third-party audits for meter reading and billing
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Navigant: Gas Is a Natural
The report recommends replacing Decker Creek gas plant with a new 500 MW gas plant
BY MICHAEL KING
Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Medicaid Exclusion
The provider claims the state is breaking federal law
BY MARY TUMA
White Student Union Hits UT
Who will speak up for white students?
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Working Overtime, but Not Getting Paid for It
Labor laws: Just because they exist, doesn't mean they're enforced
BY AMY KAMP
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
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Candidates Line Up to File
Candidate filing deadline Dec. 14
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Quote of the Week
The Hightower Report
Warning: Pink ribbons don't cure breast cancer
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Fairground Attraction
In Austin, carnival food has no season
BY AMIRA JENSEN
Bullfight
Shawn Cirkiel comes back swinging with Bullfight
BY BRANDON WATSON
Let's Get Ready to Scramble
The Thrilla in the Tortilla
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
Playback – Agents of Change: Downtown Clubs vs. Downtown Hotels
Can clubs and hotels coexist in Downtown Austin?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
The Residents
Twelve essential Austin residencies
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
screens
A New Hope
Stroke survivor Robert Reyes gets another lease on life
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is
Austin filmmakers on the promises and perils of crowdfunding
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Creed
Stallone's Rocky trains Apollo Creed's son in worthy franchise reboot
The Good Dinosaur
Sweet and charming, Pixar's dino pic should please everyone
Inji Iduppazhagi
An overweight Indian woman has trouble finding a suitor; Tamil
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
Victor Frankenstein
This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective
arts & culture
The Wind in the Reeds
Treme actor Wendell Pierce finds Godot and gratitude in post-Katrina New Orleans
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The History of King Lear
A long-reviled revision of Shakespeare's tragedy proves fascinating as revived by the Hidden Room Theatre
Austin Shakespeare's A Streetcar Named Desire
This thoughtful take on Tennessee Williams' classic subtly pits the Old South against the New North
"Angelbert Metoyer: Life Machine" at the Canopy
For this Co-Lab Projects exhibit, a gallery at Canopy becomes a tomblike space for exploring religion
columns
Gay Place: HEY, TURKEYS!
The holidays can be tough when you spend them alone: Come find your chosen family
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Po Po Restaurant, Welfare
Historic Texas roadhouse offers meals worth driving for
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc
Wherein the Luv Doc describes an act of deep, unsettling perversion
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
