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Your Guide to Giving
How to donate to local nonprofits
news
Gift Guide 2017
The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide
Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Point Austin: Double Top Secret Probation
City Council goes on a snipe hunt, and is left holding the bag
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: The End of Single-Family?
Possibly. And look who’s leading the charge.
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Rebecca Webber
The Public Safety Commission chair dishes on the police contract
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
SCOTUS Won’t Hear Same-Sex Spousal Benefits Appeal
Justices reject Houston-based case in Monday toss-out
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Aquatic Master Plan May Be Mastered
Long-awaited pool plan goes before Parks and Rec Board
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
LULAC Protests Lack of Latino Manager Candidates
The League of United Latin American Citizens is not happy with the city manager pool
BY MICHAEL KING
T. Don Hutto Abuse Case Goes to FBI
Laura Monterrosa's sexual assault saga continues
BY MARY TUMA
Changes Coming to Ground Transportation Industry
Keep, keep, keeping up with the times
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council: They Bring Their Ukes Along
Today at City Council: It's gonna be a long one
BY MICHAEL KING
There’s Never Been a City Council Candidate Like Lewis Conway Jr.
Grassroots organizer, convicted felon eyes Ora Houston's seat
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Campaign Notes: Adler vs. ?
Citywide election pool begins to fill up
BY MICHAEL KING
The Long Road to Responsive Fire Coverage
It appears the city’s in no big rush
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Stages of Labor
EMS stalls again, police association eyes final hurdle
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
A Tale of Two Soccer Stadiums
Will Austin get both, one, or none?
BY NICK BARBARO
County Kills Coyote Contract
Will enter into new deal with City of Austin in January
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
Relief for Reposa?
Could the bombastic attorney's jail sentence get cut in half?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
food
Gift Guide 2017
Review: Phoebe’s Diner
New daytime dining hot spot hits the '04
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Playback: Margaret Moser’s Final Act
Margaret Moser tribute concert, following Black Fret's money, and a last chance to nominate locals in the Austin Music Poll – this week!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Gift Guide 2017
Heart-Shaped Box Sets
Metallica
Master of Puppets (Remastered Deluxe Box Set)
Beatles, Rolling Stones
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Deluxe Edition), Their Satanic Majesties Request (50th Anniversary Special Edition)
Helium
The Dirt of Luck, The Magic City, Ends With And
Ramones
Leave Home (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), Rocket to Russia (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Hüsker Dü
Savage Young Dü
Nick Cave
Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984-2014)
R.E.M.
Automatic for the People (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
David Bowie
A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982)
Bob Dylan
Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981
Creation
Action Painting
screens
Gift Guide 2017
Holiday Gift Guide: Gaming
Make sure the gamer on your list has something to open
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, JAMES RENOVITCH, TUCKER WHATLEY AND NGUYEN LE
Holiday Gift Guide: Film Fan
From up on the screen to under the tree
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, MARC SAVLOV AND TUCKER WHATLEY
Holiday Gift Guide: Pop-Culture Collectors
Alternative gifts for the Game of Thrones and Stranger Things fan in your life
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, SARAH K. WOLF AND MARC SAVLOV
Reach for the Skyline
Other Worlds Austin Film Festival goes above and Beyond
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
Front Desk Superstar Zach Pearce extols the Primitive Technology YouTube channel
Film Reviews
Bullet Head
A cracking good Tarantino-esgue heist film
The Shape of Water
An unconventional love story from one of the best fabulists
Wonder Wheel
Woody Allen's ode to Coney Island
arts & culture
Gift Guide 2017
TK Tunchez, Space Creatress
With mercados such as Frida Fridays, this artist and jewelry maker makes room for women of color to share art and build community
BY LETICIA URIETA
12 Days of Christmas Bazaars
A merry miscellany of local art markets and fairs to visit over a dozen days
Arts Reviews
Street Corner Arts' Pocatello
Rich performances highlight the pain, hope, and heart in this staging of Samuel D. Hunter's family drama
The Hideout Theatre's Dance Dreams
The improv artists in this production do an impressive job of detailing the falling and rising fortunes of a ballet company
"Light" at Wally Workman Gallery
Taking in all the varieties of gold in this polished group show is akin to basking in sunlight on a bleak winter's day
columns
Gay Place
LezzDance: gone, but not forgotten
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Gift Guide 2017
Gifts that make it worth a day trip double your fun
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Emotional Meltdown
It's almost always the molehill
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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