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Chef Charles Zhuo Innovates the Menu at Apt 115
Cooking small, cooking fierce
The Top 10 Austin News Stories of 2022
From worse to bad
Damien Chazelle and the Fall of Silent Hollywood in Babylon
The director talks falling stars and the great studio inversion of 1927
Get Ready: Winter Weather on its Way
UPDATE: City to open cold weather shelters
Fogo de Chão Reopens This Weekend, Ember Kitchen Is Opening Soon, Ezov Is Opening Later, Batch Is Open Now, and Would You Believe We Have a Sweet Array of NYE Recommendations for You, O Holiday-Harried Citizen?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Austin FC Announces 2023 MLS Regular Season Schedule
34-match schedule commences Feb. 25
Austin Cop Who Killed Mike Ramos Denied Qualified Immunity
Judge’s order allows case against officer, city to proceed
Super Soldier, Super Spy: Eugenio Mira on García!
The Spanish filmmaker unpacks the inherent fascism of the superhero
Taking a Tour of Freedom House
Poet KB Brookins talks their new full-length book Freedom House
Finding Little America in Austin
Series co-creator Lee Eisenberg on bringing the Apple show to the ATX
You and a Friend Could Go to Every Resound Show Next Year for $500
Austin bookers’ Sorted Pass joins growing number of ticket bundles
Weekend Wine: Sparkling Wines for the Holidays
This week: the lower priced versions
Bad Axe
Extraordinary documentary inside one family’s fight to survive COVID, the lockdown, and racism
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
A stunning portrait of the life of activist Nan Goldin
Avatar: The Way of Water
James Cameron goes deep, emotionally and aquatically, in his sci-fi epic
The Mean One
Bootleg Grinch turns the Seussian tale into a slasher
Austin’s New True Congressman
Former Austin City Council Member Greg Casar Wins
Day Trips: Top 10 Events in 2022
Cap’n Day Trips reflects on a year of adventure
Rail Transit: Also Expensive!
The Austin Transit Partnership announces Project Connect pricier than predicted
The Luv Doc’s Top 10 Things You Need to Find Love in Austin
I don’t like it. It just is. Recognize.
Fentanyl ODs Spur Health Crisis
The Travis County Commissioners Court declares opioid epidemic a crisis
Top 10 Quotes of the Week
1) “This happened on our watch in 2022 – an epic backslide of human rights. We can’t go around that, we can’t gloss over it – we have to go through it. And it is going to change us forever.” – Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of Whole Woman’s Health, on the loss of Roe v.…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Glitter is aluminum metalized polyethylene terephthalate. Modern tinsel is typically made from polyvinyl chloride film coated with a metallic finish. At age 90, Ernest Borgnine became the oldest person to receive a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in A Grandpa for Christmas. During a Beatles press conference on Aug. 28, 1966, a reporter asked…
The Quest for Nine Votes on Land Use Code
Council proposes revising Austin’s strict compatibility standards
Headlines
(To the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”)
Top 10 Austin Food News Stories of 2022
Restaurant closures, inflation woes, and cannabis wins
The “Aid and Abet” Abortion Era Begins
Texas’ “trigger law” banning abortion takes effect
Season’s Greetings From Dueling Dickens
Two productions of a seasonal classic raise the spirits, with Zach Theatre’s A Christmas Carol vs. Penfold Theatre’s A Christmas Carol Classic Radiocast
The Best Nontraditional BBQ Sides to Enjoy in Austin
Secret ingredients, inspired cultural mash-ups, and more
Unionization: Everyone’s Doing It
It’s been a lively year for the labor movement in Austin, with multiple organizing successes to its credit. Local Starbucks stores unionized in March, setting off a wave of efforts across different sectors. Workers at Via 313, the popular Detroit-style pizza chain, saw success in creating Restaurant Workers United despite union-busting tactics by management, including…
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of December 15, 2022
The Best Things That Happened in Austin Beer This Year
Pregaming Austin FC at Hopsquad, Austin Beer Guide’s Lager Jam, Live Oak Rauchfest, and seven more hoppy highlights from 2022
Round Rock ISD Repels Invasion by Worm People
Voters in RRISD soundly reject an attempt by MAGA and QAnon-aligned conservatives
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
Top 10 Halal Lunches in Austin
Fast, diverse, and deeply satisfying
Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2022
1) TÁR With exacting precision this movie demonstrates how great women are subject to some of the same faults and foibles as great men. 2) Bones and All The most compelling and impassioned movie since Queen & Slim about young outsiders on the lam. 3) The Banshees of Inisherin Great writing, acting, and a peculiarly…
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids’ activities, and more
10 Local Eats That Impressed in 2022
Duck! Soup! Dumplings!
Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2022
1) The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh’s tone-perfect mordant comedy about a friendship asunder seeps deep into your bones. 2) TÁR Pride goeth before the fall in this elegantly understated drama set in the cancel culture age, featuring a magnificent Blanchett. 3) Vortex Adulte terrible filmmaker Gaspar Noé unrelentingly charts the anguish of old age…
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, December 16-22
Community Advocates Worry Commercial Interests Dominate Zilker Park Vision Plan
Zilker Park or “Park Zilker”?
Sarah Jane’s Top 10 Films of 2022
1) Bones and All Gorgeous, grotesque, glorious. I didn’t have Chalamet dancing to Kiss on my bingo card. 2) Nope I can’t stop thinking about this picture all these months later. Peele & co., tremendous work. 3) Moonage Daydream Dazzling and dizzying, just stunning. Plus, my kiddo is now obsessed with Bowie. 4) Everything Everywhere…
What We’re Listening to This Week
Christeene, the Bad Lovers, and Churchwood in this week’s worthwhile listens
Iranian Revolution Touches Austin
Woman, life, freedom
Josh Kupecki’s Top10 Films of 2022
1) Decision to Leave Absolutely the most satisfying time I spent in the cinema this year. 2) Crimes of the Future Just one word: plastics. 3) The Innocents Children with psychic powers, one a burgeoning sociopath. A riveting and terrifying experience and, as I see it, likely based on actual events. 4) Vortex Gaspar Noé’s…
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
This week’s recommended shows include mini-fests celebrating rockin’ girls, Latinx talent, and Christmas shopping
The Year’s Best TV (According to Me)
Star Wars gets gritty as The White Lotus flowers again
Matthew Monagle’s Top 10 Films of 2022
1) Watcher Maika Monroe is our greatest scream queen. 2) God’s Country My favorite tragedy of the year. 3) The Northman Wish this was a fall release. Where’s the love? 4) Resurrection Makes Uncut Gems feel like ASMR. 5) RRR The best three hours you’ll spend at the movies this year. 6) The Banshees of…
Qmmunity: Sooo Extra
Qmmunity gathers all of what’s news for youse this week
The Top 10 Films of 2022
Melancholic black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin heads up our critics’ picks
Cops Torpedo Oversight, Maybe Also Their Nice Contract
The Austin Police Association prevails in arbitration
Jenny Nulf’s Top 10 Films of 2022
1) Decision to Leave Devastatingly romantic, Park Chan-wook’s neo-noir is a sublime piece of filmmaking with an ending that will leave you in a puddle of tears. 2) Bones and All A quiet coming-of-age cannibal romance? I was always destined to absolutely adore Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Bones and All. 3) TÁR The movie I…
Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022
Almost 100 albums we loved this year
World Cup Watch: And in the End …
Sixty-two games down, and only two to go, but only one that anyone really cares about. The quarterfinals were marked by two big upsets: Croatia ousted Brazil in PKs, and Morocco shocked Portugal to become the first African semifinalist, and the undisputed fan favorite. But both got squashed in the semifinals, so on Sunday we’ll…
Your Electric Bill Is About to Go Way Up
Council approves new Austin Energy rates, advocates disappointed
Trace Suaveur’s Top 10 Films of 2022
1) TÁR Todd Field’s orchestral conductor drama is staggering – pensive, hilarious, haunting, and confounding all at once. Ending of the year. 2) Nope Jordan Peele’s most assured, textured work to date is a marvelous testament to the wonders and horrors of filmmaking. 3) RRR Most American blockbusters should be ashamed not to aspire to…
Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre
Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate
Top 10 Moments of Austin FC’s 2022 Season
The highs from Verde’s sophomore season
Top Embarrassing Moments of Our Worst Residents
They live here, they give (us hell) here
Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2022
1) Everything Everywhere All at Once Now that’s how you do multiversal storytelling: by spanning all the emotions. 2) Babylon Hooray for Hollywood in all its debauched glory. 3) Avatar: The Way of Water Don’t be ashamed of embracing cinema as spectacle. 4) The Banshees of Inisherin A wonderfully understated spiral into chaos. 5) The…
Turning the Page on the Year in Books
New works by Cormac McCarthy and Sarah Bird make for a memorable year in literature
We Have an Issue: “My God, It’s Full of Stars”
The Top 10s Issue
Police Violence: It’s Expensive!
City Council approves $10 million in settlements
Top 10 Austin Comedy Stories
New fests, new venues, and big returns
Top 10 Austin Nonprofits Working to End Food Insecurity
Because everyone needs and deserves access to food
10 Things to Eat in Austin’s International District
Check out these hidden gems on North Lamar
Austin’s Top 10 Barbacoa Joints
Why settle for Chipotle when you can have the real deal?
Top 10 Noodle Soups in Austin
Wondering where to send noods? Look no further.
10 Places in Austin to Take Your Visitors With Special Diet Needs
Best bets when your party’s got a plethora of dietary preferences
Central Market’s $500 Gingerbread Contest, Le Politique’s Sad Denoument, One Dovetail’s a Pizza and the Other Is a Pommeau, and OMG Watertrade What Kind of Genius Dessert Is That?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Voters Decide Final Three Austin City Council Members
Zo Qadri, Ryan Alter, José Velásquez secure wins
Council Approves New Austin Energy Rates; Advocates Disappointed
Average customer will see bill increase of $9 in March 2023
