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Nov. 8, 2019
Vol. 39, No. 10

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Nolan Potter Becomes the Sorcerer’s Apprentice in New Video Prog-psych composer battles creepy reaper in “Caberfae Peaks”

Levitation Live Shot: Wolf Eyes Music, Shit & Shine, Skeleton, King Coffey Atemporal accents and random acts of aggression and oblivion

Levitation Live Shot: Third Man Records Showcase John Brannon stream rolls Vegas with his negative approach

Levitation Live Shot: Flipper More sociable than sociopathic, more celebratory than cynical

Levitation Live Shot: Chelsea Wolfe, Ioanna Gika Americana gothic: sinister prophecy v. angelic melancholy

NEWS

Point Austin: The Morning After

What voters said about taxes, city and county plans, and dogs

by Michael King

Travis County & City of Austin Election 2019: Final Results

City propositions go down; Expo Center wins voters’ hearts

City to Open Investigation into Alleged Racism Atop APD Accused assistant chief retired abruptly earlier this week

Sexual Assault Survivor Files Temporary Restraining Order Request Against Travis County D.A. Filing seeks to stop Moore, Montford from discussing survivor’s rape

Listen: Media Roundtable With Journos From KUT, The Texas Observer, & the Chron Talking shop on this week's The Austin Chronicle Show

Patrick Murphy Granted Second Stay The Texas Seven member spared within days of execution

Questions Abound as New Campground, Shelter Plans Announced Helping address homelessness, or delaying real solutions?

FOOD

UPDATED: Texas Craft Beer Turf War Erupts Between Anheuser-Busch and Shiner Bock’s Spoetzl Brewery

Ads by Karbach’s global distributors fire shots in Shiner, Texas

by Jessi Cape

Interview with JNL Barbecue Pitmaster: “A Lot of Fire and A Lot of Meat”

Former Franklin BBQ cook opens his own trailer at Buzz Mill Shady

by Rod Machen

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 7, 2019

Food & Salt & Whiskey & Brenner This past week, the best things came in a sequence of three

Five Good Places to Eat in Pflugerville? Easily. Austin’s growing neighbor to the north gets cookin’ for real

Rebooting Kitchen Culture With a Novel Concept: Sober Living Food industry support groups encourage healthier lifestyles for restaurant workers

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 31, 2019

MUSIC

Levitation Profile: John Cale

Founding member of Velvet Underground finds kindred spirits at psych festival

by Michael Toland

Levitation Profile: Flipper

San Francisco noise punks bring chaos to the festival

by Kevin Curtin

Nolan Potter Becomes the Sorcerer’s Apprentice in New Video Prog-psych composer battles creepy reaper in “Caberfae Peaks”

Photos From All Four Days of Levitation 2019 140 photos by Alyssa Quiles, David Brendan Hall and Jana Birchum

Levitation Live Shot: Wolf Eyes Music, Shit & Shine, Skeleton, King Coffey Atemporal accents and random acts of aggression and oblivion

Levitation Live Shot: Third Man Records Showcase John Brannon stream rolls Vegas with his negative approach

Levitation Live Shot: Flipper More sociable than sociopathic, more celebratory than cynical

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Austin & Travis County 2019 Election Results FINAL: Both city props fail; Expo Center wins

Chronicle Endorsements for the November 5 Election

Here's What's on the Nov. 5 Ballot in Austin A quick guide to the propositions you'll be yea-ing or nay-ing

Death Watch: Is “Broken” Justen Hall Competent to Be Executed? If a stay is not granted, Hall will be the fifth Texas inmate put to death this fall

SCREENS

From the Fonz to Gene Cousineau: Henry Winkler's Career of Fearless Reinvention

The man who defined cool on the changing demands of acting, being an icon, and the joy of fly fishing

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Doctor Sleep, Acceleration, Cyrano, My Love, The Irishman, Last Christmas, Midway, and Playing With Fire

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Austin Film Festival Announces Audience, Jury Awards Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain takes top award in both

From the Fonz to Gene Cousineau: Henry Winkler's Career of Fearless Reinvention The man who defined cool on the changing demands of acting, being an icon, and the joy of fly fishing

Now Streaming in Austin: RT Extra Life Rooster Teeth's streaming charity marathon show aims to raise a million for sick kids

Joe Bob Briggs Teaches the History of Redneck Cinema The original hillbilly deluxe

ATX TV Fest Scores Parenthood Reunion for 2020 Justified, LA Confidential, Oz also join schedule

ARTS & CULTURE

Heartland Theatre Collective's The Vineyard

The reasons to see this staging of Nicole Oglesby's new drama are the thorny questions it leaves you to answer

by Trey Gutierrez

The Survivors/Los Sobrevivientes at Texas State University

Katie Bender's drama takes us inside the Alamo for the rare treatment of that story as something intimate, with feeling more than action

by Robert Faires

Atelier Dojo's Full-Time Art Academy The Austin powerhouse of figurative art goes deep

2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners Five shows share top honors with four awards each

PUSH Print! Party This annual fundraiser features what they call “a book arts rock star”

Bianca Del Rio Targets Austin in It’s Jester Joke Nothing’s off-limits in her comedy tour, at Moody Theatre Nov. 7

Festival 2019: Truth Worth Telling With Scott Pelley Newsman Scott Pelley had words of advice about media in the modern age

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Best of Texas

Five best roadside attractions around Texas

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Help Support Queer and Trans Students

Plus all-queer theater and queer archive rejects

by Sarah Marloff

The Luv Doc: Love Is Blind

When you make a presentation you should have some visual aids

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants