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Winter Is Coming! Embrace the Cold as Night King Greg Abbott.
The Texas governor (dis)graces the Chronicle’s annual Halloween mask cover
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Nov. 16-17 & Nov. 23-24, 2019 east.bigmedium.org Austin’s annual (and free!) autumn art marathon kicks open the doors to almost 500 studios, galleries, and exhibition spaces on the east side of I-35. It’s a great way to stretch your legs (walking or biking is encouraged) and an even better way to build your art appreciation…
Questions Abound as New Campground, Shelter Plans Announced
Helping address homelessness, or delaying real solutions?
Atelier Dojo Launches Full-Time Art Academy
The Austin powerhouse of figurative art goes deep
Levitation Interview: Stefanie Mannaerts of Belgium Haymakers Brutus
Bashes like Bonham, wails like Plant
Levitation Interview: Lingua Ignota
Kristin Hayter on academia, catholicism & the complexity of violence
“Fleeing Voters” Delay Travis County Count
Clerk reports 15 boxes required re-scanning for confirmation
2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners
Five shows share top honors with four awards each
Bobby Moore Will Not Be Executed
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has commuted his sentence
ATX TV Fest Scores Parenthood Reunion for 2020
Justified, LA Confidential, Oz also join schedule
Austin & Travis County 2019 Election Results
FINAL: Both city props fail; Expo Center wins
Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown Brings His Children’s Book To Austin
Father and son mantra creates empowering, inclusive story
APD Unveils New Interview Rooms For Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
The next step in improving sexual assault investigations in Austin?
Report: Austin Leads State in Reproductive Freedom
But best-in-Texas ranking highlights what still needs to be done
Hard Luck Lounge Is Closing
A wellspring of songwriting talent and cheap beer exits the Eastside
Austin Film Festival Review: DC Noir
George Pelecanos gives us glimpses of Washington crime and life
AFSCME Local Fires Up for 2020 Campaigns
Nina Turner, Greg Casar, MJ Hegar headline VOTE event
HAAM Enrollment Rolls On
It’s not too late to sign up and get premium assistance
Austin ISD Delays Its Plans to Close Eight Schools
Four others remain on list as “conversations” continue
Building a Monster: How Gabriel Luna Became the New Terminator
Austin actor on creating “the Ted Bundy of Terminators”
Austin Film Festival Review: Into the Dark: Pilgrim
Blumhouse/Hulu stage a historical home invasion holiday
Austin Film Festival Review: The Obituary of Tunde Johnson
A recurrence not at Owl Creek Bridge, again and again
This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: What Austin Is Doing to Combat Global Warming
Plus a look at an innovative program helping combat veterans via song
Hong Kong Wigs Take On Open-Carry Gun Nuts in New Single
Proceeds going to Everytown For Gun Safety
Austin Book Arts Center: PUSH Print! Party at the Central Library
This annual fundraiser features what they call “a book arts rock star”
Austin Designer Spotlighted In UK Fashion App’s Texas Campaign
Shop Troy Gomez’s otherworldly aesthetic on Depop
Prop B Campaigns Exchange Charges of Being “Republican”
As election day nears both sides of the debate trade barbs
Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup
From Día de los Muertos celebrations to holiday lights in November
Countdown
It’s like Ring, but with an app instead of a ghost in a well
Harriet
Overdue biopic of the fearless anti-slavery hero loses sight of reality
Terminator: Dark Fate
Sarah Connor and the T-800 remain the best components of SF franchise
Arctic Dogs
Animated antics on the frozen tundra
Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton leads a stylish, meandering trip around a corrupt 1950s NYC
Badland
Hunting down Confederate war criminals. Seems fine by us.
TxDOT to Begin Clearing Encampments Under Highways
Service providers tell Abbott: You’re not helping
Meeting the City’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets In Three Charts
Are we there yet?
AISD Board Unanimously Approves Expansive Sex Ed Curriculum
Marginalized students will see greater representation in gender identity, same-sex relationships lessons
Faster Than Sound: Falling Into Levitation
With a new autumn time slot, Levitation finds footing as a Downtown “gaggle of bands,” Angel Olsen chimes in on new album All Mirrors, and more music events
Humor and Compassion at the Austin Jewish Film Festival
Bringing back hope and joy after the Tree of Life massacre
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 31, 2019
Day Trips: Color Factory, Houston
Interactive pop-up exhibit turns art into experience
The Luv Doc: Constant Correction
You can surely do better than 20/20
Soccer Watch
It took a nine-round penalty shootout for top-seeded Phoenix Rising to end the Austin Bold FC’s inaugural season Saturday – a tough way to go out after a back-and-forth 120 minutes of regulation and overtime. The Bold won their first-ever playoff game Wednesday, beating LA Galaxy II 2-0… The Texas Longhorns lost their home finale…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Composer Frederic Chopin, scientist/inventor/philanthropist Alfred Nobel, and children’s story writer Hans Christian Andersen were very scared of being buried alive. Andersen always kept a sign around whenever he slept, which said he wasn’t really dead, he just looked that way, but was really sleeping. The fear of being buried alive is called “taphophobia.” As a…
Upstairs, Downstairs: The Metaphors of Parasite
Bong Joon-ho on his obsession with stairs, Psycho, and how we eat
Qmmunity: Support Trans Youth
Plus Halloween wins and Poo Poo Platter (birthday) parties
Now Streaming in Austin: “Maude”
Anna Margaret Hollyman has an identity crisis in this SXSW short
Quote of the Week
“A fifth-grade education may include transforming a polynomial, but never should it include transforming a penis into a vagina.” Former Austin City Council member and current Lege candidate Don Zimmerman, one of many creepy pests who scared children but utterly failed to change Austin ISD trustees’ minds about the new sex education curriculum. See “AISD…
Austin at Large: Drop Your Ballot Like It’s HOT
And then, someday, we’ll make serious policy about our venues
Texas LGBTQ Caucus Looking for Change
At town hall reps reinforced the need to flip the House in 2020
Austin Polish Film Festival Breaks New Ground and Keeps Up With Tradition
The 14th fest focuses on the media’s responsibility and the perspectives of women
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Location, Location … A relatively light, 54-Item City Council agenda today (Oct. 31), but there will likely be some Halloween shenanigans, authorization of bond issuance for three affordable housing projects (Districts 1 and 4), and some potential gated community fuss over a zoning case near River Place. Aging Gracefully: Meals on Wheels is officially offering…
Five Good Places to Eat in Pflugerville? Easily.
Austin’s growing neighbor to the north gets cookin’ for real
Police Group Announces Support for Further Investigation Into Rodney Reed Case
His execution is set for Nov. 20
Rudy Ramirez’s FuturX Festival Puts Latinx Performance Center Stage
The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins
Election Ticker: Down to the Wire
What you need to know before voting on Nov. 5
Rebooting Kitchen Culture With a Novel Concept: Sober Living
Food industry support groups encourage healthier lifestyles for restaurant workers
TILT Performance Group’s Pandora: Life Outside the Box
This world premiere of Allen Robertson’s musical releases kindness and joy into the world
City Accused of Killing Contracts in Retaliation for Prop B Support
City spokesperson denies political retribution against Austin Independent Business Alliance in ongoing convention center drama
SongwritingWith:Soldiers Helps Write the War After the War
Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time
“Lone Star Wild” at Davis Gallery
In this Tex-centric group show, so many creatures great and small, perfectly captured on every wall
Death Watch: Is “Broken” Justen Hall Competent to Be Executed?
If a stay is not granted, Hall will be the fifth Texas inmate put to death this fall
Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability
How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?
Public Notice: The Beat(ing) Goes On
Never a dull moment on the Land Development Code front
#ATXLDC: And on the Sixth Day, There Was More Public Input
Familiar hopes, fears shared at Planning Commission hearing
