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Austin FC Takes Bay Area Beating

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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Museum of Human Achievement

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Austin LGBTQ Quality of Study Town Hall at Online

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Medieval Times: Being Dead in an Era of Cruelty and Despair

Battle Over APD Staffing Gets Louder

PHOTO GALLERIES

Austin FC vs. Minnesota United FC

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Director Peter Hedges on Why Austin Film Festival Means So Much to Him

Chronicle Endorsements for the Propositions on the November Ballot

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Oct. 22, 2021
Vol. 41, No. 8

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Austin FC Takes Bay Area Beating As Club’s Passion Comes Into Question The Verde fall 4-0 to the San Jose Earthquakes

Ethan Azarian’s Life on the Fringe A new album emerging, the songwriter-painter reflects on his journey

Watch This: Golden Dawn Arkestra Becomes a Self-Help Cult in “I Deserve Success” Video Call 1-866-79DAWNS to manifest your prosperity!

Lavender Country, World’s First Openly Gay Country Band, Comes to Austin Patrick Haggerty on his groundbreaking album nearly 50 years later

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

NEWS

Austin at Large: Really? You and What Army?

Hand-wringing on all sides of all issues reflects our emerging crisis of legitimacy

by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Are You a Felon?

Delta-8 products are now considered Schedule 1 narcotics; plus: boards and commissions evicted from City Hall

by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Are You a Felon? Delta-8 products are now considered Schedule 1 narcotics; plus: boards and commissions evicted from City Hall

City Council: On South Lamar, Who Can We Trust? With new zoning, housing project developer commits to some income-restricted units

Rosemont Apartment Woes Prompt Tenant Safeguards Commissioners Court approves new housing bylaws in wake of eviction debacle

Civics 101
Event listings for the electorate

Austin at Large: Really? You and What Army? Hand-wringing on all sides of all issues reflects our emerging crisis of legitimacy

FOOD

Cannabusiness Leaders Explain Their Paths to Green Gold

The Texas Hemp Harvest Festival is upon us

by Jessi Cape

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

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 21, 2021

Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Field Guide Festival Finalizes Saturday Symposium Programming Inaugural fest to explore local food systems

Hot Luck Festival Returns in 2022 Live music and live-fire dining will bring the spring to a tuneful blaze

The Booze We Choose: Seven and Up Liquor in the front … of your favorite cabinet, of course

MUSIC

Medieval Times: Being Dead in an Era of Cruelty and Despair

The story of a real band and a fake band in two acts

by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Levitation Returns for Halloween Weekend

A conversation with Botany and other cross-genre recs

by Rachel Rascoe

Ethan Azarian’s Life on the Fringe A new album emerging, the songwriter-painter reflects on his journey

Watch This: Golden Dawn Arkestra Becomes a Self-Help Cult in “I Deserve Success” Video Call 1-866-79DAWNS to manifest your prosperity!

Buffalo Nichols Album Review
Buffalo Nichols (Fat Possum)

Faster Than Sound: Levitation Returns for Halloween Weekend A conversation with Botany and other cross-genre recs

Joe King Carrasco y Colectivo Chihuahua Album Review Beers Bars & Guitars

SCREENS

Sonny Carl Davis Faces the Death of Old Austin in Buck Alamo

Checking in with the lonesome cosmic cowboy

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Mass, At The Ready, Becoming Cousteau, Dune, The French Dispatch, Halloween Kills, and Karen Dalton: In My Own Time

SHOWTIMES >

Texas Thrill Ride Takes a Trip to The Big Bend Where the fear and the antelope play

Austin Filmmaker Puts Personal Experience Into Rehab Drama Lane Michael Stanley's Addict Named Hal shows the long road of 12 steps

Sonny Carl Davis Faces the Death of Old Austin in Buck Alamo Checking in with the lonesome cosmic cowboy

Family History Gives Clifton Collins Jr. the Role of a Lifetime in Jockey Director Clint Bentley gives the actor the inside track

Director Peter Hedges on Why Austin Film Festival Means So Much to Him A shared rain's a-gonna fall in The Same Storm

ARTS & CULTURE

Five Things to Do at the Texas Book Festival

Online and in-person picks, from Pinocchio to plagues to portals to Hell

by Wayne Alan Brenner

LBJ Presidential Library Set to Reopen October 21

Masks will be required and social distancing encouraged

by Adrienne Hunter

Gastro Obscura Reveals a World of Food-based Weirdness The culinaristas of Atlas Obscura debut a brilliant new book

Female Leaders of Color Honored in Mosaic Art at Austin Public Library The Legends Mosaics will be a permanent installation

Texas Book Festival Lineup and Schedule Goes Online and IRL Big names for hybrid celebration of literature and literacy

Jeanne Thornton’s Summer Fun Will Help You Fall into Winter’s Icy Bed of Thorns Life’s a beach, and then you scry

Tiki Tatsu-ya Raises the Bar to Islander Heaven The Aikawa Brothers debut a worldclass venue of storied wonders

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Dobie Dichos, Oakville

Gather under the stars to celebrate storytelling and J. Frank Dobie

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Austin's Frighteningly Fabulous Queer Halloween Parties

Trick or treat yo'self to Goth Prom, Little Gay Shop of Horrors, and more

by Beth Sullivan

The Luv Doc: Blowing Smoke

Telling the truth is easy. Lying is a lot more work.

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants