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Coming Out of the Ashes
After Election 2020, it’s not right, but it’s OK
Austin Jewish Film Festival: Bukra Fil Mish-Mish
The tragic story of a lost chapter of animation history
RT Extra Life Lives!
Tune in for the Rooster Teeth fundraiser for Dell Children’s
The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem
EXT. RURAL MAINE, POST-COLLAPSE: 3 old pals, one nuclear-powered car
Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds
Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest
Democracy is Saved, Salt & Time Patties Up, Chicken Salad Rules, and Here Comes Another Broken Egg
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
A Ghanian American scientist makes findings about herself
Checking In: Brannen Temple Stays Hyper Vigilant
“These are strange times with heightened social unrest”
Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020
It’s time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings
Texas Book Festival 2020: Meet the Whiting Award Winners in Poetry
Three emerging literary stars on disturbing the peace
Texas Book Festival 2020: Mychal Denzel Smith and Isaac J. Bailey in Conversation
The two authors discuss Black Americans and life post-America
Checking In: The Still is Still Moving to Oliver Rajamani
ATX’s Romani Lone Star makes another auto doc, My Mind
Shipwrecked: La Belle the Ship That Changed History
Shipwrecked: La Belle the Ship That Changed History 2014, NR, 26 min. Directed by Joseph Cortina, Starring Ian Anderson, Chris Beavers, Thomas K. Belgrey. Experience the story of the shipwrecked La Belle, a ship in French explorer La Salle’s 1684 North American colonial expedition, as seen through the eyes of young Pierre Talon, a real-life…
“The Star of Destiny”
“The Star of Destiny” 2020, NR, 16 min. Learn about historic events from Texas history as they come to life through sets, special lighting, and amazing sound effects in this 16-minute multisensory film.
Tumble 22 Brings the Chickens and the Heat to Lake Austin Boulevard
Former Magnolia Cafe waiter noms his way through meat and memories
Future Museum Salvages Un-CAN-ny Performance
How a canceled show (or three) birthed Damo’s Dream tape
18 is for Life at the Austin Jewish Film Festival
Fest returns online and at the drive-in
Under the Skin: Brandon Cronenberg on Possessor Uncut
Behind the flesh of the bodyswap hitman horror
Whiskey A-Go-Go for Your Weekend and Beyond
Three Local Distillers Offer a Variety of Liquid Relaxations
Day Trips & Beyond: November Travel Roundup
Port A’s Harvey recovery, Millican’s pecan pie, and fall travel news
Nemegata Pieces Together “El Rompecabezas”
Video premiere debuts cinematic visions of Leyenda del Dorado
The Informer
Joel Kinnaman heads undercover in the most deadly jail
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Christmas is months away, but the first Christmas film is here
Call Me Brother
Austin-made incest comedy is more Dogtooth than American Pie
The Dark and the Wicked
Gone to Hell, gone to Texas in this intergenerational horror
Kindred
Gaslighting horror adds racial tension to class dynamics
True to the Game 2
Trust us, you’d be better off playing tiddlywinks
The Antidote
New documentary examines the necessity of simple acts of kindness
18 to Party
Gen X coming-of-ager is an unfocused but endearing debut
City Hall
Frederick Wiseman’s epic dive into Boston politics is your new West Wing
Let Him Go
Superman’s parents get caught up in a Western noir
Action U.S.A.
Action! From the U.S.A.! Like the title says! (Screams) Do you want aaaaaction?
Recon
Under fire and torn apart by mistrust in World War II
Jungleland
Underground boxing drama pits brother against brother
FuturX Has a Labyrinth of Latinx Performance You Won’t Want to Exit
Director and festival founder Rudy Ramirez has assembled exceptional artists into a maze of new and avant-garde Latinx performance
Voters Opt for Status Quo in Statewide Races
Bluenami proves illusory in Texas stalemate
Revealing America’s Classroom Fetish in FX’s A Teacher
Hannah Fidell uncovers an abuse of trust
Westside City Council Races Go to Polarized Run-Offs
Districts 6 and 10 head to another race
Faster Than Sound: Damn, Kathy Valentine Can Write!
Go-Go’s local Kathy Valentine reflects on her memoir at three Austin fall events
Vanessa Fuentes Mounts a Surprising Landslide in District 2
Meanwhile Pool and Casar hold their seats at Council
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 5, 2020
With Unrest a Possibility, Has APD Learned Its Lessons?
Law and disorder
Austin Freshmen Survive in Unflipped House as the County Sees a Dem Landslide
The blueberry abides (barely)
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
Face-to-Face Teaching Resumes at AISD Even as COVID-19 Cases Mount
It’s back-to-school week (take 3)
Austin’s Props A & B Score Easy Victories
The big engine that did
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, November 6-12
Day Trips: Geronimo the Longhorn, George West
Stuffed longhorn graces the courthouse lawn
AISD Trustee Election Sees Highest Turnout Ever
Zapata, Foster to join board; two races set for run-off
The Common Law
My neighbor takes “Keep Austin Weird” to the next level
Soccer Watch
Sunday is MLS Decision Day, but like everyone else these days, the league has had to make some adjustments to get here. Two more games were called off last Sunday due to COVID-19 outbreaks, and with a number of teams now unable to fit in enough makeup games, the league announced that the final standings…
Oops!
In “UT Research Reinforces Anti-Racism at Austin Water” (News, Oct. 30), the story incorrectly stated the Office of Sustainability’s Climate Equity Plan is currently open for public comment; public comment closed in September. In “Housing Casts Shadows on Preelection Agenda” (News. Oct. 30), the story misidentified developer 360 Degrees as Drenner Group. The Drenner Group…
Qmmunity: Hello From the Other Side
Plus, Queerbomb launches its Queer History Series
The Sword and the Shield Shows Malcolm X and MLK Were More Alike Than Different
Dr. Peniel E. Joseph’s book argues that the civil rights leaders are two sides of the same revolutionary coin
November 2020 General Election Results
State numbers are accurate as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2:52pm, and reflect 94% (5,809 of 6,162) of polling locations reported. Travis County numbers reflect 100% of precincts reporting. All results are unofficial and rounded to the nearest decimal. Asterisk denotes incumbent. (Travis County vote / Statewide vote, if applicable) U.S. President, Senate, House President Donald J.…
Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years
Entrepreneurial farmers navigate state regulations and unsteady market, but still sees a bright future
Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey
In her book, Natasha Trethewey is a daughter who returns to her mother’s crime scene to reclaim herself
My Gear: Exhalants Max Out
Austin punk trio celebrates its Atonement with a very loud gear spread
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
Kevin Kwan offers another gloriously satirical and sharp sociological take on the insular lives of the untouchably rich
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
We Have an Issue: Welp.
Trying to wrap our heads around the election
Music at the Movies With Sound Unseen
Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival becomes a virtual tale of two cities
Top Tracks for Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival
Band histories and soaring romances at the streaming fest
A Musician’s Ultimate Nightmare in Sound of Metal
In a silent way: Darius Marder on his new film about a drummer going deaf
The Luv Doc: A Motivated Electorate
The last vicious lunge of the cornered rat of white American hegemony
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Is It … Over? As the Chronicle goes to press, Joe Biden stopped short of declaring victory in a Delaware address but said it was “clear” he would reach the 270 electoral votes needed to become the 46th U.S. president – and as of this writing, if every state’s current results hold up as the…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Seasonal leaf color change in the fall is officially called “leaf senescence.” As chlorophyll breaks down, carotenoids are formed. Charles Douglass (1910-2003) invented the TV laugh track – technically, a machine called a “laff box.” Recording TV shows before live audiences fell out of fashion in the 1960s, and the laff box was used to…
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
