Active COVID-19 Cases in Austin Are Spiking Again
If you attended a Halloween party, you should get tested
One in a Crowd: Bipolar
Help crowdfund new Austin doc about music and mental health
Texas Book Festival 2020: Mychal Denzel Smith
A conversation with the author of Stakes Is High
Travis County Early Voting Results for the November 2020 General Election
From the top of the ticket to city and county races
Orbiter Swings by to Watch It Cuts Deep
Catch the streaming Q&A for this relationship chiller
AFF Review: Farewell Amor
Moving drama of an estranged immigrant family looks inwards
Election Day Live Coverage for Travis County
Tracking the local races
It’s Election Day in Austin! Here’s What You Need to Know About Voting Today.
Hey, it’s only the future of democracy on the line, guys
Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Award Winners
Austin-linked films Blinders, Horton Foote win
Delysia’s Golden Chocolate, Texas French Bread’s Wheat, Cinful Sweets on the Food Network, and Mozart’s Lights Up Lake Austin
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Fallout Theatre Hosts Hardass Trivia Tournament of Champions
Comedy competition of cultural arcana comes to Twitch
AFF Review: Death of a Telemarketer
Smooth-talking comedy is charming if suitably glib
AFF Review: The Badger
Smart and incisive thriller shows a different Iran
AFF Review: The Arbors
Twisted tale of a man and his monster
Shock the Vote Invites You to a Shocking Halloween Party
Drive-in double-bill of Halloween treats
Austin’s Reigning Scream Queen Louisianna Purchase Releases First Single “Whip Crack”
Theremin track conjures a “haunted dance floor for glamour ghouls”
Come Play
Monster living within your phone doesn’t deserve your screentime
Spell
Appalachian hoodoo horror flips the switch on hillbilly cinema
Belly of the Beast
Shocking and timely documentary exposes forced hysterectomies in California prisons
Attack of the Demons
Animated horror creates a new genre: cardgore!
Madre
Spanish drama explore the devastating mysteries of loss
The Donut King
The bittersweet tale of the man behind L.A.’s favorite treat
One Vote
From Alaska to Kentucky, the clear importance of voting
AFF Review: The Get Together
Shakey Graves and friends grow apart in this Austin dramedy
A Guide to the Panels Working to Change APD
Safety in numbers
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Record-Breaking Ballots: As we went to press, 486,206 people in Travis County had cast their ballots in the Nov. 3 general election. That breaks the county’s 2016’s presidential election total voter turnout of 477,588, which included early voting and Election Day. Mask Up to GOTV: U.S. District Judge Jason Pulliam has ordered that everyone who…
Day Trips: Día de los Muertos, San Antonio
San Antonio celebrates Day of the Dead
Superintendent Says AISD Will Honor Staff Health Accommodations Through End of Year
Online or in person? AISD readies for “all of the above”
Soccer Watch: Footgolf!
Reserve a spot now for the Austin Soccer Foundation’s fourth annual Footgolf Tournament, coming up next Sunday, Nov. 8. If you haven’t played, it’s a blast – kick a soccer ball around a golf course, into oversized holes – and a sport well-suited for social distancing. And the tournament supports ASF’s work providing scholarships and…
You Don’t Have to Break the Law to Get Watched by ARIC
Anarchy in the ATX
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 29, 2020
Housing Casts Shadows on Council’s Preelection Agenda
The home stretch
UT Research Reinforces Anti-Racism at Austin Water
Making equity flow
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
The Austin Chronicle‘s Annual Halloween Mask: The Anti-Masker
Find out how to transform into death incarnate with our mask instructions
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, October 30 – November 5
Billy Joe Shaver Gets His Wings
Country songwriting sage (1939-2020) reunites with beloved son Eddy
Swoop House’s Hospitality Honcho Has All the Luck
Stephen Shallcross carries on with Happy Foods and De Nada and more
Election Ticker: Are We There Yet?
The latest – and last! – news from the campaign trail before Election Day
YA Novelist Elizabeth Acevedo Has No Room for Hopelessness
How the author of Clap When You Land and keynote speaker at the 2020 Texas Teen Book Festival writes toward the positive
Opinion: Let Go of Identity Politics and Vote
Turning Texas blue won’t turn it into California
Running by Natalia Sylvester
Natalia Sylvester’s YA debut makes the political personal
Austin at Large: The Big Engine That Must
Proposition A is wobbling around the final curve. We can’t let it derail.
Public Notice: Hancock Golf Park, Take 3
The plot thickens, or thins, or something …
Blue Lapis Light’s Beyond the Clouds
This aerial dance company’s production brought its dancers down to earth but still lifted us up
SAGE Studio Artist Rick Fleming Bags His Biggest Exposure Yet With Joe Biden Portrait
The local artist’s tote bag is now on sale in the Biden campaign store
Asleep at the Wheel and ACL Celebrate a Half Century of History
New KLRU retrospective wrangles two Austin icons
Qmmunity: Between a Rock and a Homophobic Place
Plus, Joterias’ and Poo Poo Platter’s spooky digital drag to chill you and thrill you
Faster Than Sound: Fat Tony Tales
Houston rapper plays sole release show in Austin
Photographer Randal Ford Captures Some Good Dogs
Local artist finds the soul of show dogs and mutts alike
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
As Dracula, Bela Lugosi never said the line, “I vant to suck your blood!” Vampire bats use a running gait on the ground to sneak up on cows and suck their blood. Speaking of vampire bats, according to Current Biology, they also form strong friendships and help each other out in times of need whether…
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
The Luv Doc: A Real A-Hole
Nobody likes getting walked on – unless maybe it’s a middle aged man with back problems
ICE Targeted Immigrants in Sanctuary With Hefty Fines, Emails Show
Documents show Trump administration surveilled and targeted outspoken immigrants
Summoning Hell in Attack of the Demons
Austin artist Eric Power casts a cardgore spell
Jerry Jeff Walker Brought the Magic
“Mr. Bojangles” author catalyzes the Seventies progressive country movement.
Voter Rewards Continue, Arlo Grey Returns, Treaty Oak Distilling Expands BBQ Team, and What the Hell Is Going On in Boise?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Travis County Early Voting Information and Locations
Early Voting October 13-30
Answers to Your Questions About Voting by Mail in Travis County
Applying for a Ballot Q: What’s the deadline for applying for a ballot? If I’ve applied for a ballot, when can I expect to receive it? A: For the November election, the last day to request a ballot by mail is Fri., Oct 23 (received at the clerk’s office, not postmarked). Q: I’ve filled out…
Chronicle Endorsements for the November General Election
Our picks for the local, state, and national races you’ll see on your ballot
