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Texas’ Rickety Health Care System Heads for a Fiscal Cliff
As D.C. dollars dry up, millions of uninsured Texans see no signs of improvement
Five Posh Options for Your Favorite Liquor Cabinet
You do, after all, deserve the best
Making the Flowers Bloom in Encanto
Austinite Jay Jackson talks about Disney’s latest animated blossom
Delicious Tamales, Local Foods, Cask Strength Bourbon, Texas Fine Wine, and Something New South of the River
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
IV, III, II, I… Contact! The Latest in the Williams Country Music Dynasty is Keeping Things Warm in Some Very Long Shadows
Coleman Williams talks moving forward with an open mind
The Sensual Kitchen: Julie Cohen Explores How Julia Child Changed Cuisine
RBG documentarian celebrates the chef in Julia
Johannes Roberts Says Welcome to Raccoon City (Hope You Survive the Experience)
How the latest Resident Evil film goes back to basics
Wait, Where Do We Get Local Foods?
Next year, the obvious answer will be Second Street
The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Over Austin – in Second Ever Local Concert
…with sympathy for the parking lot
Parquet Court’ing Catastrophe
Brooklyn Indie stalwarts bring divisive, funky new album to Austin
Election Watch: Who’s Running?
LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio
Council Recap: New 4 U In 2022, It’s VMU2
City Hall dives into reworking its housing bonus programs
Trans Awareness Week: Honoring Transmasc History, Sexuality With Xavier Schipani
Artist creates “visual language for the transmasculine body”
The Power of the Dog
Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Why we write: the creative processes of the author as a human being
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The next generation of spook-scarers makes this resurrection fun
India Sweets and Spices
Insights into the Indian immigrant experience can’t save this insipid rom-com
She Paradise
Coming-of-age story in Trinidad’s soca scene
Bruised
Halle Berry aims to hit hard in this MMA drama
tick, tick… Boom!
Andrew Garfield is why you’d watch this Rent writer biopic
The Luv Doc: Doomsday Scenarios
The guy exactly no woman wants to date
Free Thanksgiving Meals and Food Pantries This Holiday Season
Where to find Turkey dinners, volunteer opportunities, and more ways to help
Five Things That Make Perfect Luggage-Sized Gifts From the Austin Studio Tour
Cool stuff that’s small enough to wrap
Mixed-Income, Mixed-Use Travis Flats Open in North Loop
County-backed development combines offices with affordable housing
Opinion: Surviving Whole in a Broken System
Caregiver violence is a form of abuse that affects thousands of Texans with disabilities. And yet, there is a constant need for more caregivers.
AISD Falls Far Short of Enrollment Goals
Though downward trend slows, district facing budget crunch
The Verde Report: So What Happens Now?
Austin FC’s season comes to a close but TVR stays on the beat
Newly Announced University of Austin Struggles to Make the Grade
School sheds founding board members, reports seven-figure donations
Faster Than Sound: Aftereffects of Astroworld
Austin promoters ScoreMore fall under scrutiny after deadly concert
We Have an Issue: Talking Health Care, and Taking Care of the Trans Community
Why are so many Texans uninsured?
The Best a Band Can Get: The Story of Pussy Gillette
A scene veteran and a bass beginner coin the best band name in Austin – and the music’s good, too
Qmmunity: A Week of Trans Remembrance and Awareness
Recognizing those we’ve lost and those we love in the transgender community
How Carnitas El Güero Got So Good at Its Namesake Dish
What started with takeout orders in a gas station has become a small empire
Are You Local? Crit Group Reunion Redefines What it Means to be an Austin Artist
Two-part retrospective exhibition brings local creatives together, and to the main gallery
Thanksgiving Dining
Pickup and delivery options
Austin’s Conspiracy Culture Exposed in The Pizzagate Massacre
John Valley embraces the horror community with his trip into Austin’s dirty little secret
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Swallow the Sun, Benny the Butcher, Every Time I Die, Buck Meek, and more recommended shows
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, November 19-25
Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s My Season With the Astros, Expos, and Phillies
One man’s sports obsession becomes a charming one-act exploration into mediocrity
Alejandro Escovedo Album Review
La Cruzada (Yep Roc)
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 18, 2021
Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band Album Review
Music Is Dead (Castle Face Records)
Arts Events
Art galleries, live performances, and more
Council and Advocates Balk at New Municipal Court Security Force
Would a proposed a stand-alone City Marshal Office be unmarshaled?
Austin at Large: The Front Lines of Democracy
As voting’s become a battlefield, Dana DeBeauvoir has stood up for all of our rights
Community Events
Volunteer opportunities, fitness classes, and more
Report Critiques COVID-19 Response in Local Jails
Study reveals “a messy patchwork” of approaches to pandemic
Public Notice: Home for the Holidays
The Chronicle office: we’re (almost) back!
Day Trips: Fulton Fishing Pier, Rockport/Fulton
Popular angling spot reopens after Hurricane Harvey damage
Enviro Groups Oppose Plans for Violet Crown Venue
20,000-seat venue would sit amidst Barton Creek preserve
Headlines / Quote of the Week
The week’s biggest news, in brief
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The Earth has a second moon called Kamo’oalewa. It measures 164 feet across. In Australia and Great Britain, the preferred term for a Speedo is “budgy smuggler” (also spelled “budgie smuggler”). Before the Salem witch trials, about 80 people were accused of practicing witchcraft throughout New England from 1647 to 1663. The trials, which took…
District Attorney Unveils Multipart Strategy to Curb Gun Violence
Instruments of peace
It’s Mac & Cheese Festival Time, Jester King Goes BBQ, Tso Expands, Smash Hearts the Service Industry, Eberly Does Brunch, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
