The Iron Bear
Illustration by Jason Stout
Volume 39, Number 9
ON THE COVER:
features
Winter Is Coming! Embrace the Cold as Night King Greg Abbott.
The Texas governor (dis)graces the Chronicle’s annual Halloween mask cover
news
Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability
How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin at Large: Drop Your Ballot Like It's HOT
And then, someday, we'll make serious policy about our venues
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: The Beat(ing) Goes On
Never a dull moment on the Land Development Code front
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Texas LGBTQ Caucus Looking for Change
At town hall reps reinforced the need to flip the House in 2020
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Police Group Announces Support for Further Investigation Into Rodney Reed Case
His execution is set for Nov. 20
BY BRANT BINGAMON
TxDOT to Begin Clearing Encampments Under Highways
Service providers tell Abbott: You're not helping
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
#ATXLDC: And on the Sixth Day, There Was More Public Input
Familiar hopes, fears shared at Planning Commission hearing
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
AISD Board Unanimously Approves Expansive Sex Ed Curriculum
Marginalized students will see greater representation in gender identity, same-sex relationships lessons
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Election Ticker: Down to the Wire
What you need to know before voting on Nov. 5
BY MICHAEL KING
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
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
Rebooting Kitchen Culture With a Novel Concept: Sober Living
Food industry support groups encourage healthier lifestyles for restaurant workers
BY LINA FISHER
Five Good Places to Eat in Pflugerville? Easily.
Austin’s growing neighbor to the north gets cookin’ for real
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
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
SongwritingWith:Soldiers Helps Write the War After the War
Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Faster Than Sound: Falling Into Levitation
With a new autumn time slot, Levitation finds footing as a Downtown “gaggle of bands,” Angel Olsen chimes in on new album All Mirrors, and more music events
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
Austin Polish Film Festival Breaks New Ground and Keeps Up With Tradition
The 14th fest focuses on the media's responsibility and the perspectives of women
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Humor and Compassion at the Austin Jewish Film Festival
Bringing back hope and joy after the Tree of Life massacre
BY MARC SAVLOV
Upstairs, Downstairs: The Metaphors of Parasite
Bong Joon-ho on his obsession with stairs, Psycho, and how we eat
BY JENNY NULF
Now Streaming in Austin: "Maude"
Anna Margaret Hollyman has an identity crisis in this SXSW short
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Arctic Dogs
Animated antics on the frozen tundra
Badland
Hunting down Confederate war criminals. Seems fine by us.
Countdown
It's like Ring, but with an app instead of a ghost in a well
Harriet
Overdue biopic of the fearless anti-slavery hero loses sight of reality
Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton leads a stylish, meandering trip around a corrupt 1950s NYC
Terminator: Dark Fate
Sarah Connor and the T-800 remain the best components of SF franchise
arts & culture
Rudy Ramirez's FuturX Festival Puts Latinx Performance Center Stage
The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins
BY TREY GUTIERREZ
Arts Reviews
TILT Performance Group's Pandora: Life Outside the Box
This world premiere of Allen Robertson's musical releases kindness and joy into the world
"Lone Star Wild" at Davis Gallery
In this Tex-centric group show, so many creatures great and small, perfectly captured on every wall
columns
Qmmunity: Support Trans Youth
Plus Halloween wins and Poo Poo Platter (birthday) parties
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Color Factory, Houston
Interactive pop-up exhibit turns art into experience
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Constant Correction
You can surely do better than 20/20
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
