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Volume 41, Number 12
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Texas' Rickety Health Care System Heads for a Fiscal Cliff
As D.C. dollars dry up, millions of uninsured Texans see no signs of improvement
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy
As voting's become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Home for the Holidays
The Chronicle office: we're (almost) back!
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
The week’s biggest news, in brief
Civics 101
Council and Advocates Balk at New Municipal Court Security Force
Would a proposed a stand-alone City Marshal Office be unmarshaled?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Report Critiques COVID-19 Response in Local Jails
Study reveals "a messy patchwork" of approaches to pandemic
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Enviro Groups Oppose Plans for Violet Crown Venue
20,000-seat venue would sit amidst Barton Creek preserve
BY LINA FISHER
District Attorney Unveils Multipart Strategy to Curb Gun Violence
Instruments of peace
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Mixed-Income, Mixed-Use Travis Flats Open in North Loop
County-backed development combines offices with affordable housing
BY LINA FISHER
Newly Announced University of Austin Struggles to Make the Grade
School sheds founding board members, reports seven-figure donations
BY MORGAN O’HANLON
AISD Falls Far Short of Enrollment Goals
Though downward trend slows, district facing budget crunch
BY MORGAN O’HANLON
Free Thanksgiving Meals and Food Pantries This Holiday Season
Where to find Turkey dinners, volunteer opportunities, and more ways to help
BY BETH SULLIVAN
food
How Carnitas El Güero Got So Good at Its Namesake Dish
What started with takeout orders in a gas station has become a small empire
BY RAPHAEL BRION
Thanksgiving Dining
Pickup and delivery options
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
It’s Mac & Cheese Festival Time, Jester King Goes BBQ, Tso Expands, Smash Hearts the Service Industry, Eberly Does Brunch, and More
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 November 18, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
The Best a Band Can Get: The Story of Pussy Gillette
A scene veteran and a bass beginner coin the best band name in Austin – and the music's good, too
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Faster Than Sound: Aftereffects of Astroworld
Austin promoters ScoreMore fall under scrutiny after deadly concert
BY RACHEL RASCOE AND KEVIN CURTIN
Alejandro Escovedo Album Review
La Cruzada (Yep Roc)
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band Album Review
Music Is Dead (Castle Face Records)
BY MARS SALAZAR
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Swallow the Sun, Benny the Butcher, Every Time I Die, Buck Meek, and more recommended shows
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DEREK UDENSI, GREG STITT, MORGAN-TAYLOR THOMAS, JULIAN TOWERS AND ABBY JOHNSTON
Live Music Events
BY GREG STITT
screens
Austin's Conspiracy Culture Exposed in The Pizzagate Massacre
John Valley embraces the horror community with his trip into Austin's dirty little secret
BY JOE GROSS
Film Reviews
Bruised
Halle Berry aims to hit hard in this MMA drama
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The next generation of spook-scarers makes this resurrection fun
India Sweets and Spices
Insights into the Indian immigrant experience can't save this insipid rom-com
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Why we write: the creative processes of the author as a human being
The Power of the Dog
Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy
She Paradise
Coming-of-age story in Trinidad’s soca scene
tick, tick… Boom!
Andrew Garfield is why you'd watch this Rent writer biopic
arts & culture
Are You Local? Crit Group Reunion Redefines What it Means to be an Austin Artist
Two-part retrospective exhibition brings local creatives together, and to the main gallery
BY VIVIE BEHRENS
Five Things That Make Perfect Luggage-Sized Gifts From the Austin Studio Tour
Cool stuff that's small enough to wrap
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Review: Hyde Park Theatre's My Season With the Astros, Expos, and Phillies
One man's sports obsession becomes a charming one-act exploration into mediocrity
BY BOB ABELMAN
Arts Events
Art galleries, live performances, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Volunteer opportunities, fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Talking Health Care, and Taking Care of the Trans Community
Why are so many Texans uninsured?
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Surviving Whole in a Broken System
Caregiver violence is a form of abuse that affects thousands of Texans with disabilities. And yet, there is a constant need for more caregivers.
BY RENEE LOPEZ AND NANCY CROWTHER
Qmmunity: A Week of Trans Remembrance and Awareness
Recognizing those we've lost and those we love in the transgender community
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Fulton Fishing Pier, Rockport/Fulton
Popular angling spot reopens after Hurricane Harvey damage
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Doomsday Scenarios
The guy exactly no woman wants to date
BY THE LUV DOC
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, November 19-25
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: So What Happens Now?
Austin FC's season comes to a close but TVR stays on the beat
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
