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Volume 42, Number 8
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Chronicle Endorsements for 2022 Travis County Elections
Our picks for state and local races
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Austin at Large: The Most Serious Time of the Year
Somewhere along the way, we learned that in political matters, people trust us
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: The Ghosts of Austin’s Future
Two different City Councils; four different land use results
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Council Uses Its (Public) Power to Soften Austin Energy Rate Hike
Utility says it needs to recover $104 million in excess costs
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Election Ticker: Money, Mayors, and Musgraves
Cash, beer, and Beto rule everything around us
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Funding for Domestic Violence Hotline Could Double
A hotline to cool tempers
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
All-Woman Western Swing Trio Tells Texas Republicans It’s OK to Vote for Beto
O sister, where art thou?
BY JEN HAMILTON HERNANDEZ
food
Restaurant Review: Maie Day
Michael Fojtasek’s new South Congress chophouse turns up the fun … and the volume
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Little Ola’s Biscuits Free for a Year, Baldinucci’s Pizza for Lunch and Dinner, The Nido Is Open for Real, Dali’s Naked Feast for Surrealism’s Sake, Plenty of Booze for Toasting, 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 October 20, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend Two
Standout sets from round two at Zilker Park
BY KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, LAIKEN NEUMANN, NAYELI PORTILLO AND DEREK UDENSI
The Jesus and Mary Chain's Jim Reid Talks Rock Cycles and Roky Erickson Ahead of Levitation Return
For "anybody that wants to make a bit of a strange noise"
BY CHAD SWIATECKI
Crosstalk: Spoon Awarded by UT Comm School, DJ Shani Debuts KUTX Show, and White Denim's Radio Milk Closes
Austin music news headlines of the week
BY RACHEL RASCOE AND CHRISTINA GARCIA
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
The Deer, Otoboke Beaver, Nikki Lane, BLK ODYSSY, and more recommended live shows
BY CHRISTINA GARCIA, KRISS CONKLIN, KEVIN CURTIN, MICHAEL TOLAND, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, JULIAN TOWERS AND DEREK UDENSI
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL 2022
Austin Film Festival Selection The Other Fellow Looks at Life Being Named James Bond
The names are Bond. James Bond.
BY ROD MACHEN
The Austin Film Festival Brings the Terror of Motherhood in Nanny
New Voice Award winner Nikyatu Jusu looks at horror with a Black woman's gaze
BY JENNY NULF
Five Marquee Movies at Austin Film Festival 2022
Headliners and Oscar contenders at this year's AFF
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Scary Movie Comes Back From the Grave
Austin's 1991 indie horror rises again
BY MATTHEW MONAGLE
Film Reviews
Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook strips away his signature violence for a tender, tragic love story
Eternal Spring
China's religious oppression explored through the art of Daxiong
Halloween Ends
Jamie Lee Curtis stars in her umpteenth face-off with a retirement-age Michael Myers
My Policeman
Harry Styles' celebrity overshadows this bloodless period drama
Slash/Back
Smart Canadian horror sets Indigenous teens against alien invaders
Ticket to Paradise
Clooney and Roberts join the year of the rom-com with a by-the-numbers effort
TÁR
Cate Blanchett proves herself a maestro in this furious and brilliant musical drama
arts & culture
A Season for Scaring at Phantom Fest
With Phantom Fest, Adam Sweeney wants Austin to become Halloween Town
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre’s Cabaret
A risky and risqué staging opens the company's season of stalwart productions
BY BOB ABELMAN
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: The Game’s Afoot
Austin FC advances in the MLS Cup Playoffs, and our endorsements signal the approach of the midterms
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: A Real Scream
Brigitte Bandit envisions an Elvira movie marathon as a drag show. Plus: What's your favorite scary movie?
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Killough Massacre Monument, Jacksonville
Monument memorializes a sad event in East Texas history
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Raging Alcoholic
The kind of memory that burns brightly for all eternity
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, October 21-27
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: MVP or Not, Sebastián Driussi Is Something Better for Austin FC
Wolff: “When it’s crunch time, the guy delivers”
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
