Candidate Filing in the March 2024 Primary Election Closes
Here’s a look at some of the interesting 2024 races
Point Austin: Ken Paxton’s Top 10 Follies This Year
How was Ken’s year? Just impeachy.
Supreme Court to Hear Case Determining Access to Abortion Drug
Mifepristone will remain available for now
JuiceLand Expands, Wax Myrtle’s Prepares to Close, the Museum of Ice Cream Goes Pink, Oseyo Debuts a Fantastic Brunch, Garbo’s Welcomes Santa Claus, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
APD Officer Christopher Taylor Will Face Trial in September for One of Two Murder Cases
Taylor accused of murder in Ramos, DeSilva cases
Tesla Recalls Nearly All Vehicles Due to Autopilot Failures
Tesla disagrees with feds’ analysis of glitches
For Some Countries, Slow Fossil Fuel Phaseout Already Has Life-and-Death Stakes
A Fiji climate activist explains “1.5 to stay alive”
First Look: Not a Damn Chance Burger
Turns out … it’s pretty damn good
Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, and Alvvays Lead the Austin Psych Fest 2024 Lineup
The relaunched fest returns to the Far Out Lounge April 26-28
The Artificial Eye: Oren Soffer on Filming The Creator
Behind the camera of Gareth Edward’s revolutionary sci fi blockbuster
After Almost Six Years in Jail, Devonte Amerson Has Been Released
Murder suspect met by family and supporters
Review: Alchemy Theatre’s A Christmas Memory
Truman Capote’s childhood reminiscences are a poignant present
Review: Ground Floor Theatre’s Jack & Aiden
Queer musical gets to the intimate, sexy heart of a relationship
COP28: Climate Migration Is Coming. Is Texas Prepared?
Extreme heat, weather, drought will cause displacement
There’s No Turning Back the Clock on Climate
Activist John Umphress reflects on “baby steps” at COP28
Despite Cancer, Florence Ponziano’s Selfless Caregiving Continues This Christmas
This year’s holiday party is at her house
Woman Granted Permission for Legal Abortion Flees State After Texas Supreme Court Halts Ruling
Her pregnancy could render her infertile if continued
A New Women’s Pro Volleyball League Is Launching in Austin in 2024
Austin is one of six markets tapped for LOVB league
COP28: A Mission Worker’s Perspective on How the Global Climate Debate Marginalizes Indigenous People
Jed Koball on not repeating history’s mistakes
COP28: “It Feels Like Disneyland for Climate Enthusiasts”
UT prof Michael Webber on his first time at COP
What Is Civil Society’s Role at COP28?
On influence outside of the negotiating table
After Long Day of Testimony, Council Votes to End Single-Family Zoning
New rules will allow three homes on every lot
Maestro
Truly moving biopic of musical leviathan Leonard Bernstein
Poor Things
Emma Stone thrills in this Frankenstein-inspired satire of self-actualization
The Boy and the Heron
Miyazaki’s gorgeous but oddly obtuse return to animation
The Luv Doc: Dark Days
A full glass of water? Who has time for that?
5th Circuit Court Hears Case Against “Incomprehensible” Book Ban
Law makes booksellers deem books “sexually explicit” with vague standards
Gift Guide: The Movie of the Book
Five page-turners for the film fan in your life who wants the whole story
Death Watch: As Execution Falls Out of Favor Nationwide, Texas Accelerates
State continues to execute priests and the intellectually disabled
Opinion: No Home Sweet HOME for Austin’s Black and Latino Communities
A member of the Planning Commission argues that Austin’s proposed new land use plan would result in another major forced relocation of Austin’s Latino community and its dwindling Black community
A Gift Guide for the Austin Music Fan in Your Life
Try a Nineties Austin oral history, Willie birthday LP, or BLK ODYSSY ashtray
Qmmunity: Stop, Drop, and Shop
Qmmunity advises on what local places are best for gay gift shopping this year
Me Nd Adam’s Keep Austin Cheer’d and More Crucial Concerts This Week
Get in the holiday spirit with Spaceflight Records or Spiritualized
Gift Guide: Tabletop Gaming From Austin
Rolling the dice on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is just one way to kill some time over the holidays
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of December 7, 2023
With Playoff Selection, Texas Is Back to College Football’s Elite Status
No. 3 seed Longhorns meet No. 2 seed Washington in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day
We Have an Issue: “Free Wrapping Paper Since 1981”
Last year we festooned our annual Gift Guide Issue with a grackle-in-a-Santa-hat pattern for readers to repurpose as wrapping paper. It was such a hit, we’ve done it again: This year, Art Director Zeke Barbaro has combined two quintessentially Austin somethings – bats and tacos – for a design that is at once charming and…
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
Review: Broadway in Austin’s My Fair Lady
Sharp-tongued classic musical still needs to fix its modern ending
The Austin Chronic: Meet the Stoner Who Puts Plants Onstage at Concerts
Zak Peters and Play to the Plants bring greenery to Austin music
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids’ activities, and more
Review: “The Dog Show”
Hiromi Stringer curates a fictitious, dog-obsessed museum in her current solo show
From Revolution to Entertainment in We Are Fugazi From Washington, D.C.
Chronicle writer Joe Gross goes documentarian for the hardcore pioneers
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, December 8-14
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Nurses on Strike Nurses at Ascension Seton had their second-ever one-day strike Wednesday. And again, Ascension informed them they’d be locked out for an additional three days after the strike. Unionized nurses, who say shortages in basic supplies have made their jobs even harder, planned a bake sale Saturday to buy basics. Can Kate Cox…
The Common Law
Neighborhood parking battles
Foodie Field Trips and More Edible Experiences to Gift This Season
Austin Chronicle Gift Guide 2023
State Health Care Agency Urging 55-Hour Christmas-Themed Work Weeks
The request is an effort to address Medicaid and SNAP backlogs
Food-Adjacent Gifts for Drinking, Cooking, and Entertaining
Stylish textiles, cutting boards, Austin bar guide, and more
How ERCOT and the City Are Preparing for the Next Winter Storm
Mayor: “We should anticipate that we will have a big weather event”
A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies
For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate
Gift This: Iconic Austin Wearable Merch
These bars and restaurants keep Austinites well fed, well quaffed, and well dressed
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Spermaceti refers to the waxen oil found in sperm whale heads. An excellent lubricant, General Motors used it as transmission oil until the 1970s. Sally Snowman will retire on Dec. 31, 2023, making her the last of the lighthouse keepers in the United States. UK’s North Hertfordshire Museum recently reclassified Roman Emperor Elagabalus as transgender.…
Texas State Professors’ New Book Recontextualizes Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird”
To explore “how Black musicians sang the Beatles into being”
Day Trips: Buffalo Bayou Cistern, Houston
Cistern Illuminated sends a tsunami of light through the former underground drinking water reservoir
Soup to Nuts for the Holidays
Let’s note right up front that these gift ideas don’t comprise “everything from soup to nuts.” No, it’s just the soup and the nuts: two locally sourced options for each of those nutritious and popular foodstuffs. You like soup and nuts: Imagine the joy your loved ones will feel when receiving either one of them…
NADC Burger Goes Brick-and-Mortar, Birdie’s Reprises Bistro Remy, Luminaire Gets Spanish with Wines, the Oyster Is (Part of) épicerie’s World, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Authors of Police Oversight Act Sue City for Failing to Fully Implement Ordinance
Suit names interim police chief and city manager as defendants
