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Volume 38, Number 13
news
Chronicle Endorsements
Dec. 11 Run-off Election; Early Voting Nov. 29-Dec. 7
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
The Life of a Search and Rescue Drone Pioneer
How retired Air Force medic Gene Robinson found new purpose looking for missing persons
BY CAT CARDENAS
Point Austin: Giving Thanks
In the spirit of the season, a few celebrations
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?
Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Sexual Assault and the City
District Judge Lee Yeakel will hear arguments on whether to dismiss the class action suit filed by rape survivors against the city
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Austin Gets Its VW Payout
It took some doing, but Austin will see $16 million from Volkswagen AG's emissions control scandal fallout
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Taking Muni Court to Court?
MetCenter files lawsuit against city for scuttled Municipal Court move-in plan
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
A Peek Into the New Lege's Anti-Choice Plan
It can surely be worse
BY MARY TUMA
Unity in the Community as City Council OK’s Police Pact
Why all sides are calling the four-year, $44 million police contract a win
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Election Ticker: Run, Run, Run-off Away
It's a whole new election, y'all! Don't be alarmed.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND NINA HERNANDEZ
Seaholm Residents Got Dem Ol’ Noisy Freight Train Blues
Downtowners want to turn down the volume on the adjoining rail line
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
State Admin Law Judges Departing in Droves
State admin law judges departing in droves
BY MICHAEL KING
Sick Leave: A Wage by Any Other Name?
Texas 3rd Court of Appeals strikes down Austin's ordinance
BY MARY TUMA
food
Thanksgiving Is a Celebration of Immigrants
Turkey tales in translation
BY JESSI DEVENYNS
First Look: Tio Pepe Chicken
There’s a lucky rooster, and more flavor combinations than days in the year
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Sniper 66 Conceptualize Austin's First Serial Killer
The street-punk vets tell the tale of the Servant Girl Annihilator
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback Punches Out
After six years and 388,000 words, "Playback" hands off the music column
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters Hall of Fame: Selena's Dreaming of You
Local leader of Selena tribute act Bidi Bidi Banda, Stephanie Bergara returns to the source in her choice of classic Lone Star LPs
BY STEPHANIE BERGARA
Texas Platters
Jamie Lin Wilson
Jumping Over Rocks
Dirty River Boys
Mesa Starlight
Band of Heathens
A Message From the People Revisited
Michael Martin Murphey
Austinology: Alleys of Austin
Reputations
Electric Power
Jana Horn
Go On / Move Your Body
Nori
Bruise Blood
Portrayal of Guilt
Let Pain Be Your Guide
screens
Exploring Friendship in Ralph Breaks the Internet
Screenwriter and former Austinite Pamela Ribon talks BFFs, online and IRL
BY BRITT HAYES
The Austin Film Society's Noir Canon Travels the Mean Streets
The city is the star of the AFS film series
BY JULIAN DEBERRY
Now Streaming in Austin: Sleep No More
Sleep No More brings back Eighties’ Pop and popcorn
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Creed II
Predictable but still pleasurable new chapter and verse in the Book of Rocky
The Front Runner
Jason Reitman revisits a long-ago time when a sex scandal could ruin a candidate's shot at the presidency
Green Book
Jim Crow road trip may be simplistic, but it's heartfelt
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
Documentary tracks the evolution of the artist and activist
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Disney gets a lot of the bugs out of their arcade franchise
Robin Hood
This umpteenth iteration of He Who Steals From the Rich to Give to the Poor puts its dumbness front and center
arts & culture
Charles Dickens' Prolific Work Comes to Several Austin Stages
There's more than Scrooge on Austin stages this holiday season – which is just as his creator would want it
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: Saturnalia Festival
At this psychedelic music fest, it’s all about community
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Immigrants, the Musical! (Part Two)
With this improvised musical series, one family’s tale of coming to the states becomes a tale about us all
Austin Shakespeare’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
This production is everything but sultry, which is the very thing the Tennessee Williams drama needs most
columns
Qmmunity
Giving thanks, looking ahead
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Ice Land, Moody Gardens, Galveston
Ice sculpture is the coolest show on the island
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: A Johnny Appleseed of Negativity
You will become an even better version of the person you believe yourself to be
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
