Oct. 18, 2024

Zeke Barbaro

Volume 44, Number 7

ON THE COVER:
news

Endorsements for the November 2024 General Election

Mayor, City Council, propositions, and more endorsements from our editorial board

BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD

Headlines / Quote of the Week

Investigator of Complaints Against Police Calls Complainant “Protester Dirtbag”

Oversight director says incident was “addressed”

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

City Council Adopts First Ever Food Plan

Stepping into a future where food is a human right

BY EDEN SHAMY

Investigation Into APD Commander Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Civilian Employee Is Locked Away in Confidential File

G file allows for the secrecy because commander resigned

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

AISD Trustees Tense Over New Literacy Approach

Will curriculum changes constrain how teachers teach?

BY BRANT BINGAMON

food

Drinks Issue 2024

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

BY ERIC PUGA

Inside the Warehouse at Austin Printing Company Canworks

How the local-but-expanding manufacturer is kicking the can up a notch

BY HASINA SHAH

Austin’s Halloween Cocktails Deserve to Be Taken Seriously

Local bartenders talk about crafting seasonal spirits

BY TAYLOR TOBIN

St. Cecilia Soda Company Pays Sparkling (Water) Tribute to Austin’s Music Scene

Two service industry veterans join the women-owned beverage company swell

BY JESSI CAPE

At McDade’s Rising Sun Vineyard, Grapes Are Growing and Vino Is Flowing

You’ll feel right at home at this family-owned operation in Bastrop County

BY JESSI CAPE

music

Record Review: Locuust x YoursTruuly’s Apparent Incoherence

Coming-of-age rap project emphatically delivers an underrepresented perspective

BY DEREK UDENSI

Ravyn Lenae, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music with a little help from these recommendations

BY DEREK UDENSI, CARYS ANDERSON, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, JAMES SCOTT, TIM STEGALL AND KAHRON SPEARMAN

Live Music in Austin

BY DEREK UDENSI

Screens

Film Reviews

Exhibiting Forgiveness

A painter with struggles with whether to reconcile with his estranged father, a recovering addict

Goodrich

Michael Keaton is a suddenly single father to young kids who has to ask his adult daughter (Mila Kunis) for help

Look Back

Two students and aspiring manga artists bond over their shared creative dreams

Smile 2

Naomi Scott stars as a pop singer terrorized by the same curse that wreaked havoc in the 2022 franchise starter

We Live in Time

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star in a love story that's out of order, but eternal
arts & culture

Theatre Review: MJ the Musical

Touring production dances into hearts ... and around any issues

BY CAT MCCARREY

Fantasy Tavern the Tiny Minotaur Raises Funds for Expansion

Not just another Austin faery tale

BY JAMES SCOTT

Record Store Day, Formula 1, Dyke March, and More Event Recommendations

Your weekend is spoken for

BY JAMES SCOTT, KIMBERLEY JONES, DEREK UDENSI, AMBER WILLIAMS, JAMES RENOVITCH, RICHARD WHITTAKER, CAT MCCARREY AND LINA FISHER

Oddities, Psychos, Unprofessionals, and More Weekday Events

Get out and get weird

BY JAMES SCOTT, RICHARD WHITTAKER, EDEN SHAMY, DEREK UDENSI, LINA FISHER, JAMES RENOVITCH, KIMBERLEY JONES AND CAT MCCARREY

columns

The Austin Chronic: A Chat With the State Rep Candidate Who Ripped a Bong in Her Campaign Ad

Texas Hill Country candidate Sally Duval wants you to vote for freedom and logic

BY KEVIN CURTIN

Day Trips: The Sip Yard, Port Aransas

Slip into this restaurant and drinking hub for an al fresco dining experience

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

The Luv Doc: Your Boyfriend’s Tracker Fetish

And they say broadcast TV is dead

BY THE LUV DOC

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

Qmmunity: Rocky Horror at Harry’s

Director Cupcake talks putting on an all-drag production of Rocky Horror Picture Show

BY JAMES SCOTT

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 18-24

BY ROB BREZSNY

Feedback

Letters to the editor, published daily
sports

The Verde Report: Austin FC an Afterthought Ahead of City’s “Biggest Weekend Ever”

Formula 1, SEC football, and Simone Biles draw focus from ATXFC ahead of last match of the season

BY ERIC GOODMAN

comics

Eyebeam

BY SAM HURT

This Modern World

BY TOM TOMORROW

Peppermint Tears

BY RYAN HENNESSEE

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