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Volume 41, Number 7
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Chronicle Endorsements for the Propositions on the November Ballot
November 2021 Statewide General Election and City of Austin Special Election
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders
A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin at Large: There’s No Zoning in Baseball!
Austin keeps hitting economic grand slams, but we can still tinker with the rulebook
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Rewilding Zilker Park
How do you polish a crown jewel?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Proposition B Swaps Parkland for ... More Parkland
City seeks voters OK of land swap proposed by Oracle
BY LINA FISHER
Austin Pilots New Tactics to Address Toxic Algae Blooms
Toxin found in Sculpture Falls poses greater risk to humans
BY LINA FISHER
New Police Chief Sends Signal With Stiff Discipline
Two officers suspended after police use stun gun on handcuffed suspect
BY BRANT BINGAMON
At Council: More Apartments, North and South
Council considers two zoning cases facing opposition from surrounding neighbors
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
After Two-Day Pause, Abortion Ban Reinstated
Following last week's pause, Texas Senate Bill 8 is back
BY MARY TUMA
COVID: Past Delta’s Peak, A Return to Stage 3
Nearly 72% of vaccine-eligible Travis County residents are fully vaccinated
BY BETH SULLIVAN
food
Drinks Issue 2021
Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021
Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns
BY ERIC PUGA
Biology Professor Brings Field Expertise to Craft of Botanical Foraging
Molly Cummings finds the spirit of West Texas
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Austin’s Anastasia Hera Makes Her Own Music and Tropical Rum
Inspired by nights at Flamingo Cantina, the rapper-singer finds her spirit
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Experience the World in Eight Drinks Around Austin
A thirst for travel
BY ALI LINAN
Four Non-Alcoholic Bevs We're Buzzed About
Pick your sips, from a sparkling yerba mate and sugar cane water to faux-bourbon and "mood-lifting" CBD cocktails
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Free Ice Cream from Lick, Fitzhugh Parties Hearty, Bird Bird Biscuit Spawns Anew, SXSE Does That Too, Don’t Forget Woo Woo, and What the Hell Is a Shaketini?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 14, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival
Fall fests coax us from the metropolis
BY KEVIN CURTIN, BETH CHRISMAN AND DOUG FREEMAN
Faster Than Sound: Mixing Major Films, Danny Reisch Establishes LA Studio
Good Danny's in Lockhart will stay open and tracking
BY RACHEL RASCOE
What We're Listening to Right Now
Duel, Cactus Lee, Kady Rain, Sweetfeed, Startographers, and the You're Gonna Be Great 2 comp
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, E. RYAN ELLIS, KEVIN CURTIN, RACHEL RASCOE, MICHAEL TOLAND AND ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Sue Foley, Nat Adderley Jr., Cheap Trick, Little Mazarn and Ralph White, High Desert Queen, and the Austin Record Convention
BY KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MORGAN-TAYLOR THOMAS, TIM STEGALL, MICHAEL TOLAND AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Todd Haynes Melds Sound and Vision in The Velvet Underground
New music documentary reframes the New York quartet as experimenters and innovators
BY JOE GROSS
Film Reviews
Ascension
Enthralling glimpses inside the dark side of the Chinese Dream
Bergman Island
The eternal story: filmmakers making films about filmmakers making films
The Blazing World
Stylish fairy tale-inspired drama is an overstuffed treat
Freeland
Moving stoner drama finds the downside of going legit
Hard Luck Love Song
Austin-made romantic noir is “Just Like Old Times”
The Last Duel
Ridley Scott reinvents the historical drama through the lens of stardom
Most Eligible Batchelor
Telugu rom-com about finding laughs and loves
Needle in a Timestack
Time-travel drama proves the rich can even mess up causality
The Rescue
Bravery in darkness in this Thai cave rescue documentary
The Velvet Underground
The originators of alt music get the artistic biography they deserve
arts & culture
Hope 4 Hip Hop Preserves and Reanimates History for the Next Generation
“Hip-hop is a melting pot, a mestizo of the arts.”
BY ADAM WOOD
Five Recommended Austin Arts Events
Our weekly pick of the top art events to get you out of the house
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Listings
Art galleries, live performances, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Volunteer opportunities, fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Welcome to the Drinks Issue
Beer rankings, women with spirit, and guys with great wives
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Painting the Town Rainbow
Celebrate Austin's historic LGBTQIA+ Quality of Life Study with a Pride photoshoot and more queer events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Mac & Ernie’s Roadside Eatery, Tarpley
Delicious cabrito burgers make it worth a trip
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: TXT ME BK
Where U at?
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, October 15-21
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Three Questions Austin FC Must Answer in Its Final Six Games
A supreme striker, mid-week matches, and more Qs in need of an A
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
