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As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed’s Life
Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate
Southside Market & Barbeque to Open First Austin Location
Texas’ oldest barbecue joint opens its new location November 24
Cheer Up Charlies Owners Take Over Rio Rita
Tamara Hoover and Maggie Lea plan to re-open the East Austin bar by 2020
How To Ice-Pick a Pie for Thanksgiving
We were asked, so now we’re telling
Kelsey Wilson’s Sir Woman Debuts Third Solo Single
Wild Child singer continues solo excursions with “Speak”
Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain
Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender
A Successful Fifth Year for Austin International Drag Festival
Inclusivity, respect, and fabulousness are the rules of AIDF
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25)
December 2-13, Madrid, Spain This 25th annual international summit on climate change has had a rocky start; last year, initial host country Brazil withdrew its offer to host the conference, then replacement host country Chile did the same in October of this year. Spain will now play host to 12 days of talks addressing the…
A Proposal in Our Pages. The Crossword to Be Exact.
Here’s the down and across of the plan. But did it work?
Austin’s Black Pumas Land a Best New Artist Grammy Nomination
They’re peers with Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X & Lizzo in marquee category
Mohawk Pulls Plug Mid Ghostemane Show
Opener’s altercation with security prompts shutdown and APD response
AISD Board Votes to Close Four Austin Elementary Schools
Despite public outcry, Brooke, Pease, Sims, and Metz all to shutter
Austin Film Society Announces Opening of New Creative Media Center
Former National Guard armory will provide sound stage, office space
BREAKING: Rodney Reed Granted Stay of Execution
Citing new evidence, CCA remands case to Bastrop trial court
This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: The Rodney Reed Case
Can new evidence and a flood of support stop Reed’s execution?
Council OK’s Motel Purchase to Help Homeless
Also on the dais: parks, trains, trails, diapers
Moontower Comedy 2020: The First Wave
Fest taps Middleditch & Schwartz, Nikki Glaser as headliners
Diversidad Sin Fronteras, PJ Raval Unite Over Trans Rights
Call Her Ganda screening hopes to highlight trans migrants
Renée Zellweger Is Coming to AFS Cinema
Actress will host special screening of Judy
Better Days
Bullying leads to murder in this Chinese high school drama
The Turkey Bowl
Small-town hijinks over a football game rescheduled by 20 years
Everything for All Reasons
Who the fuck is Terry Allen, and why don’t you know already?
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Indian history lesson is loose with facts and light on drama
Frankie
Family drama is far less fun than a walk in the woods
Ford v Ferrari
Enduring male bonding cuts through racetrack noise and paddock politics
American Dharma
Steve Bannon dissected by the great Errol Morris
The Report
Recounting of U.S. torture program investigation is dry as Senate testimony
Charlie’s Angels
Gen Z get their wings in Elizabeth Banks’ Angels continuation
Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer
The shocking history of America’s sleaziest tabloid
Rooster Teeth Raises $1.2 Million for Dell Children’s
Extra Life fundraiser blasts through million dollar goal
Public Notice: ___ Commission Wraps Up
PC confirms its new, “no planning” job description
The Common Law
Short-Term Rentals (STRs) – recent questions
Beer Brawl in the “Cleanest Little City in Texas”
In the home of Shiner Bock beer, Karbach Brewing Co. rents out billboards to announce “there’s a new Bock in Shiner”
Qmmunity: Trans Day of Remembrance
Plus events for Trans Week of Resilience, Drag Fest returns for year five, and more
Rodney Reed’s Appeals: Key Players
Ignored witnesses, “irrelevant” evidence, and more from two decades of appeals
A Painter’s Guide to East Austin Studio Tour 2019
Five artists you don’t want to miss on this year’s EAST
The Family of Rodney Reed Keeps His Story Alive
At rallies and in media appearances, Sandra and Rodrick Reed are the public face of the cause
Notable Events at East Austin Studio Tour 2019
Parties, performances, and portraits you’ll want to know about in this year’s EAST
Sexual Assault Survivor Files for Temporary Restraining Order Against Moore, Montford
Emily Borchardt, one of the eight plaintiffs in an ongoing sexual assault class-action lawsuit against local law enforcement, and who separately hit Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore and her First Assistant Mindy Montford with a defamation suit in September, filed a restraining order request last Friday, Nov. 8, in an effort to “temporarily restrain”…
People, Not the Place, Make This Festival a Utopia
UtopiaFest’s triumvirate of land, music, and people takes shape
Meet Accomplice, the Austin Startup Paving the Way Toward an Immersive Future
Striving for a world with no more boring experiences
City to Investigate Alleged Racism, Homophobia in APD’s Top Ranks
APA President says he’s “horrified” by the allegations
Faster Than Sound – Sex Bomb to Sister Ray: Recapping Levitation’s Second Downtown Go-Round
Scenes from Austin’s marquee independent music fest
Pease Parents Aim to Change the School Changes
Parents, students, and community members who want Austin ISD to slow down or stop its School Changes 2019 process rallied on Nov. 6, as calls for the board of trustees to intervene have intensified. Students sang at Pease Elementary, and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, offered her own praise of the school, which has fiercely…
Council Counters “Camp Abbott” With Plan to Convert a South Austin Motel Into a Low-Barrier Shelter
At its meeting today (Nov. 14), City Council will likely set aside $8 million to purchase the Rodeway Inn motel at Oltorf and I-35 to repurpose as an 87-bed low-barrier shelter offering both temporary bridge housing and long-term supportive housing to those seeking to exit homelessness. This plan supersedes Council’s action in June to purchase…
Capital T Theatre’s It Is Magic
This captivating staging of Mickle Maher’s comedy debates theatre’s enchantments where Macbeth meets “The Three Little Pigs”
Anti-Choice Grifter’s Mischief Costs Texas Taxpayers $1.6M
State asks for its money back after Round Rock-based anti-abortion group fritters away women’s health funds
Austin Firefighters Association Takes On Travis County D.A.
UPDATE: Margaret Moore responds to videos alleging mishandling of sexual assault cases
UT Department of Theatre & Dance’s Spring Awakening
This staging of the hit musical blends the old and new, petticoats and punk, with a power and seductiveness that enraptures
Now Streaming in Austin: “Stop”
Austin short film portrays the terror of racial profiling
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 14, 2019
Seven Drinks: (on the Absurdity of Being Human) and Instructions for Their Service by Ty Harvey
Longtime Austin bartender serves up some serious rituals of imbibing
Day Trips: Ellis Motel, Round Top
Take a load off at Round Top lounge
The Luv Doc: Your Poop Is the Shit!
It’s not the end of the world
Soccer Watch
The Texas Longhorns revive an old rivalry Friday evening in College Station, facing the Texas A&M Aggies for the first time in eight years, in the first round of the NCAA tournament… The St. Edward’s men and women both advanced to this weekend’s Lone Star Conference tournament final fours, with first-round wins Tuesday, Nov. 12……
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Prince Charles had his 1969 Aston Martin DB6 Volante converted to run on a mix of 85% ethanol alcohol and 15% gasoline. The ethanol comes from surplus English white wine mixed with excess whey from the English cheesemaking industry. There is no such thing as an “Elephant Graveyard”; that idea was popularized in MGM’s Tarzan…
Searching for New Heights at Film Fests Reel Rock 14 and Reel Plastic
Two rock-climbing film fest come to Austin
Top 20 Austin Breweries
Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings
Quote of the Week
“This is not about the law; this is about our choice to destroy lives.” – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, questioning the Trump White House’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program protecting DREAMers, during Tuesday’s oral arguments at the court.
Austin at Large: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
Big dumb mud puddles of racism, right there beneath our feet
Headlines
Garza Declines Reelect: District 2 Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza will not seek reelection to City Council in 2020, further igniting rumors that she will run for Travis County Attorney instead. In a statement, Garza said she wanted to give other candidates time to build a campaign for her seat, and told…
“Fleeing Voters” Delay Travis County Count
Clerk reports 15 boxes required re-scanning for confirmation
