Moody Center
E.W. Beard
Volume 44, Number 9
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features
The Austin Chronicle’s Annual Halloween Mask: Heeeeeeeeeere’s Kenny!
How to assemble your Ken Paxton mask
BY CHRONICLE STAFF
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
City Council, Police Association OK Five-Year, $218 Million Labor Contract
Hard financial decisions ahead for Council members
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Some Low-Income Austinites Will Get Free Solar Panels Through $30 Million Investment
City Council approves allocation to Solar for All program
BY EDEN SHAMY
City Invests Over $100 Million in New Public Safety HQ
South Austin campus will house APD, fire, and EMS
BY ABE ASHER
In Round Rock, Vandals Target Candidate Signs
Round Rock ISD continues to look out for far-right candidates
BY BRANT BINGAMON
City to Expand Homelessness Assistance Program After Successful Pilot
HEART program presents an alternative to police intervention
BY EDEN SHAMY
food
Restaurant Review: Bird Dog Pit BBQ
Burnet Road barbecue joint serves staple menu items with heavy smoke flavor
BY TAYLOR TOBIN
music
Drop Nineteens Ride Shoegaze Serendipity Into Levitation Fest
After 30 years, the fivepiece returns to the scene for a genre fan’s dream
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Levitation, a Cumbia Halloween, Jazz Hall of Fame, and More Crucial Concerts
From spooky to undead and beyond, these are the shows to see
BY CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KAHRON SPEARMAN, MICHAEL TOLAND, DOUG FREEMAN, ABBY JOHNSTON, GENEVIEVE WOOD, KAT MCNEVINS AND JAY TRACHTENBERG
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Absolution
An aging gangster (Liam Neeson) can’t quite quit the biz
Emilia Perez
A drug cartel boss transitions in ambitious operetta
Here
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in a generational drama
Hitpig
Animated film about a globe-trotting bounty hunter pig
Memoir of a Snail
Australian stop-motion drama will draw you out of your shell
arts & culture
Dance Review: Ventana Ballet’s UNDEAD: Haunted House of Dances
Ventana makes ballet accessible with an exhilarating Halloween production
BY CAT MCCARREY
Food & Wine Fest, Día de los Muertos, Celtic Fest, and More Recommended Events
Wake the dead, toss some cabers, and much more
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, KIMBERLEY JONES, CARYS ANDERSON AND CAT MCCARREY
A Dictator, a Weird Wednesday, and an Election in This Week's Events
We're not stressed about the week ahead at all!
BY JAMES SCOTT, KIMBERLEY JONES, JAMES RENOVITCH, CAT MCCARREY AND LINA FISHER
columns
Opinion: Formula 1: An Environmentalist’s Guilty Pleasure
A student tries to reconcile her passion for F1 and environmentalism
BY JULIA RUIZ
Austin Chronic: Hemp Cup Spotlights Dank Weed and a Thriving Scene
And Austin grower Errganix takes top prize
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Qmmunity: ASHwell Rounds Up Funds at Their HoeDown
Giddy-up girlie with this “anti-gala gayla”
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Meow Wolf, Houston
The crazy universe of Meow Wolf has landed in Space City and it’s wild
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Too Much Closeness
Or how to develop resting bitch face
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, November 1-7
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Austin FC Determined to “Look Forward” Under New Coach Nico Estévez
That means absolutely no talk about the past, or even the immediate present
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
