Zeke Barbaro
Volume 44, Number 7
ON THE COVER:
news
Mayor, City Council, propositions, and more endorsements from our editorial board
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Oversight director says incident was “addressed”
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Stepping into a future where food is a human right
BY EDEN SHAMY
G file allows for the secrecy because commander resigned
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Will curriculum changes constrain how teachers teach?
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
Drinks Issue 2024
Welcome to Top of the Hops IX
BY ERIC PUGA
How the local-but-expanding manufacturer is kicking the can up a notch
BY HASINA SHAH
Local bartenders talk about crafting seasonal spirits
BY TAYLOR TOBIN
Two service industry veterans join the women-owned beverage company swell
BY JESSI CAPE
You’ll feel right at home at this family-owned operation in Bastrop County
BY JESSI CAPE
music
Coming-of-age rap project emphatically delivers an underrepresented perspective
BY DEREK UDENSI
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
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
A painter with struggles with whether to reconcile with his estranged father, a recovering addict
Michael Keaton is a suddenly single father to young kids who has to ask his adult daughter (Mila Kunis) for help
Two students and aspiring manga artists bond over their shared creative dreams
Naomi Scott stars as a pop singer terrorized by the same curse that wreaked havoc in the 2022 franchise starter
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star in a love story that's out of order, but eternal
arts & culture
Touring production dances into hearts ... and around any issues
BY CAT MCCARREY
Not just another Austin faery tale
BY JAMES SCOTT
Your weekend is spoken for
BY JAMES SCOTT, KIMBERLEY JONES, DEREK UDENSI, AMBER WILLIAMS, JAMES RENOVITCH, RICHARD WHITTAKER, CAT MCCARREY AND LINA FISHER
Get out and get weird
BY JAMES SCOTT, RICHARD WHITTAKER, EDEN SHAMY, DEREK UDENSI, LINA FISHER, JAMES RENOVITCH, KIMBERLEY JONES AND CAT MCCARREY
columns
Texas Hill Country candidate Sally Duval wants you to vote for freedom and logic
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Slip into this restaurant and drinking hub for an al fresco dining experience
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
And they say broadcast TV is dead
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Director Cupcake talks putting on an all-drag production of Rocky Horror Picture Show
BY JAMES SCOTT
Your weekly horoscope, October 18-24
BY ROB BREZSNY
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Formula 1, SEC football, and Simone Biles draw focus from ATXFC ahead of last match of the season
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY RYAN HENNESSEE