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Austin Energy's Quest to Bring Solar Power to Renters and the Less Wealthy
What can new incentive programs and community solar projects do for the city's most abundant energy source?
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Point Austin: Reasons to Be Thankful
At holiday time, mixed blessings are all we have
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin?
Only if we let it continue to fester in darkness
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Shudde Fath
Fath resigns from the Electric Utility Commission
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
(Frank) Leffingwell for Judge
Former mayor's son is up for WilCo judge
BY MICHAEL KING
Let Leticia Speak
Initial script for new film about Wendy Davis filibuster may have missed a few historical marks
BY MARY TUMA
Dem Donor Steve Mostyn Dead
Mostyn, a Houston attorney, was 46
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cap Metro Board Approves Frequency Changes
14 bus routes will now run every 15 minutes during peak times, as opposed to the current total of six
BY JACK CRAVER
CodeNEXT's Delay, "Good for Austin"
Land-use rewrite gets punted to little complaint
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Council: Meet the Candidates
Names of city manager suitors may be revealed by the time you read this
BY MICHAEL KING
Vision Zero: Remembering Is Not Enough
Friends and family gather for third annual Day of Remembrance Vigil
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Health Care for All ... or Just Some?
Misappropriating funds or marketing?
BY MICHAEL KING
Florence’s Comfort House: Love’s in Need of Love Today
Montopolis refuge kicks off fall donation drive for goods, toys
BY MICHAEL KING
Reposa’s Reroute
If you can't beat 'em, run against 'em
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Former Firefighter Out on Bond
James Baker facing charges of invasive video recording
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
food
Becoming an Enlightened Carnivore
Outrider helps facilitate responsible hunting experiences
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Era Ceramics Creates Dinnerware for Austin's Top Restaurants
Local couple creates dinnerware for Austin's top restaurants
BY ADRIENNE WHITE
Food Events
music
Project ATX6
The city’s unofficial music ambassador program turns 4 thanks to the sweat equity of founder Chris Brecht
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl
Want exclusive vinyl for Record Store Black Friday? Check out some of Austin's rarest wax.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Golden Boys
Better Than Good Times
Leti Garza
El Unico Para Mi
Sunny & the Sunliners
Mr. Brown Eyed Soul
Jimmie Vaughan, Mike Flanigin
Live at C-Boy's
screens
Rooster Teeth Beams Out Lazer Team 2
Sci-fi comedy sequel lands on YouTube Red
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Trauma of Thanksgiving Films
Or, how to alienate your family this holiday season
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Time to Come Out and Play
Game On highlights Texas gaming scene
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
What’cha Watchin’?
Marketing Manager Karena Rogers on her favorite background shows to watch while multitasking
Film Reviews
Chavela
A tribute to the life of iconic ranchera singer
Coco
A moving and colorful addition to the Pixar filmography
The Man Who Invented Christmas
How Charles Dickens created Ebenezer Scrooge
arts & culture
Turk Pipkin's Book of the Every Other Month Club
When you subscribe to this service, you get six volumes, Kenya gets three libraries
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Seen / Soon, Nov. 24
Arts Reviews
City Theatre's The Seafarer
Karen Sneed’s staging is shot through with compassion for the play’s hard-luck, hard-drinking Irishmen
Austin Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare’s rom-com gets a light staging with fine performances and lots of genuine laughs
Murder Ballads
Gabe SoriaPaul Reinwandand Chris Hunt
columns
Gay Place
We are thankful – for you
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: El Cosmico, Marfa
The alternative hotel of tepees, yurts, safari tents, and retro trailers is funky, fun, and functional
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Giving Thanks
The Luv Doc is not not conned by the deluded nostalgics who claim that turkey is their favorite meat
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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