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🎥 What was the best movie of 2024?
December 19, 2024 · Kelsey Bradshaw
📺 Good morning! I am geeking out about who is coming to next year’s ATX TV Festival: Jon Hamm will be here for a “Mad Men” retrospective, and “The Leftovers” cast, including Carrie freaking Coon, Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, and Ann Dowd, will be here for a reunion!
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🎬 Central Texas Filmmaker’s ‘Spy Kids’ Added to National Registry
The 2001 movie “Spy Kids” was added to the National Film Registry this week. The movie is directed by Robert Rodriguez, a San Antonio native who’s lived in Austin since enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin in the ‘80s. [San Antonio Express-News]
⚖️ Roberson Subpoenaed a Second Time
Texas lawmakers have once again subpoenaed death row inmate Robert Roberson to give testimony at the Capitol on his 2003 murder conviction. Roberson’s execution has not been rescheduled. [The Texas Tribune]
🎥 The Best Movies of 2024
It’s been another year of big movies, and Austin Chronicle’s film critic Kimberley Jones is on the City Cast Austin podcast today to tell us about her favorites. Plus, where’s the best place to watch a film in Austin? We discuss.. [City Cast Austin]
🚗 Hundreds of Austin Toll Workers To Be Laid Off
Some 650 government employees, including many in Austin, will be laid off in February after the Texas Department of Transportation announced it is transitioning its TxTag users to the Harris County Toll Road Authority. [KVUE]
What To Do
Thursday, Dec. 19
- 🎨 Armadillo Christmas Bazaar at Palmer Events Center | 11:00 a.m. | $12 | Barton Springs
- 🛍️ The Austin Flea Holiday Happy Hour Pop-Up Market at Meanwhile Brewing Co. | 4 p.m. | Free | Southeast Austin
- 🎉 Final Third Thursday: Holiday Celebration at Bullock Texas State History Museum | 5 p.m. | $15 | Downtown Austin
- 🎄 Holiday Extravaganza! at Hotel Vegas & Volstead Lounge | 6 p.m. | Free | East Austin
- 🩰 “Duke Ellington’s The Nutcracker Suite” at Bass Concert Hall | 7:30 p.m. | $34 and up | UT Campus
- 🎥 “It’s a Wonderful Life” at Paramount Theatre | 7:30 p.m. | $12 | Downtown Austin
- 🎶 Midland at ACL Live at the Moody Theater | 8 p.m. | $39 and up | Downtown Austin
Friday, Dec. 20
- 🎨 Armadillo Christmas Bazaar at Palmer Events Center | 11:00 a.m. | $12 | Barton Springs
- 👑 Holi-Slay!: A Holiday Drag Show at Drinks Backyard | 6 p.m. | Free | Southeast Austin
- 🎶 Midland at ACL Live at the Moody Theater | 8 p.m. | $39 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 Big Freedia at Mohawk Austin | 9 p.m. | $27.50 | Downtown Austin
- 🎁 Keep Austin Cheer'd at Continental Club | 9:15 p.m. | $25 | South Congress
- 🎄 Emo Christmas on East 7th at Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Sporting Club | 10 p.m. | Free | East Austin
Saturday, Dec. 21
- 🎨 Armadillo Christmas Bazaar at Palmer Events Center | 11:00 a.m. | $12 | Barton Springs
- 🌈 Lez Dance "Winter Formal" at the Ballroom at Spiderhouse | 7 p.m. | $18 and up | UT Campus
- 👋 Bidi Bidi Banda Farewell Show at Mohawk Austin | 7:30 p.m. | $20 | Downtown Austin
- 🔔 Brew Paul's Drag Show: Slay Bells at Meanwhile Brewing Co. | 9 p.m. | Free | Southeast Austin
- 💃 ¡Hotel Vegas Cumbia Christmas! | 9 p.m. | $12 | East Austin
- 💜 Merry Princemas at Empire Control Room & Garage | 9 p.m. | $12 | Downtown Austin
💡 Bye! I’m off to see Johnson City’s Lights Spectacular!
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