Illustration by Jason Stout
Volume 39, Number 9
ON THE COVER:
features
The Texas governor (dis)graces the Chronicle’s annual Halloween mask cover
news
How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?
BY MICHAEL KING
And then, someday, we'll make serious policy about our venues
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Never a dull moment on the Land Development Code front
BY NICK BARBARO
NAKED CITY
At town hall reps reinforced the need to flip the House in 2020
BY SARAH MARLOFF
His execution is set for Nov. 20
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Service providers tell Abbott: You're not helping
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Familiar hopes, fears shared at Planning Commission hearing
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Marginalized students will see greater representation in gender identity, same-sex relationships lessons
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
What you need to know before voting on Nov. 5
BY MICHAEL KING
If a stay is not granted, Hall will be the fifth Texas inmate put to death this fall
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
Food industry support groups encourage healthier lifestyles for restaurant workers
BY LINA FISHER
Austin’s growing neighbor to the north gets cookin’ for real
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 31, 2019
music
Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time
BY DOUG FREEMAN
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
The 14th fest focuses on the media's responsibility and the perspectives of women
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Bringing back hope and joy after the Tree of Life massacre
BY MARC SAVLOV
Bong Joon-ho on his obsession with stairs, Psycho, and how we eat
BY JENNY NULF
Anna Margaret Hollyman has an identity crisis in this SXSW short
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Animated antics on the frozen tundra
Hunting down Confederate war criminals. Seems fine by us.
It's like Ring, but with an app instead of a ghost in a well
Overdue biopic of the fearless anti-slavery hero loses sight of reality
Edward Norton leads a stylish, meandering trip around a corrupt 1950s NYC
Sarah Connor and the T-800 remain the best components of SF franchise
arts & culture
The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins
BY TREY GUTIERREZ
Arts Reviews
This world premiere of Allen Robertson's musical releases kindness and joy into the world
In this Tex-centric group show, so many creatures great and small, perfectly captured on every wall
columns
Plus Halloween wins and Poo Poo Platter (birthday) parties
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Interactive pop-up exhibit turns art into experience
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
You can surely do better than 20/20
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY JEN SORENSEN
BY TOM TOMORROW