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The Gravity of Sound
The Bubble’s new studio stands as Mark Genfan’s swan song
Cuisine From Spain, Salt From Iceland, Whiskey From Scotland
This past week, the best things came in a sequence of three
Rodney Reed Clemency Filing Cites Fourth New Witness
Former prison mate says Fennell confessed crime in 2010
Austin Film Festival Review: “Last Week at Ed’s”
A touching farewell to a neighborhood institution
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Texas Republicans in Search of [GOP] Voters
The RPT doesn’t spend ALL its energies purging likely Dems
Austin Film Festival Review: The Truth
Shoplifters director’s bilingual experiment is a tepid success
Austin Film Festival Review: Yellow Rose
Austin-made drama sings an immigrant song
Bianca Del Rio Targets Austin in It’s Jester Joke
Nothing’s off-limits in her comedy tour, at Moody Theatre Nov. 7
To The Lighthouse With Director Robert Eggers
On superstition, isolation, and trained seagulls
Austin Film Festival Review: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It’s Over”
CW comedy cast and crew bid West Covina adieu in short doc
Upstairs, Downstairs: The Visual Metaphors of Parasite
Bong Joon-ho talks stairs, smells, and Psycho
Austin Film Festival Review: Scandalous
The true story behind The National Enquirer‘s smear machine
Formula 1 Live Music Schedule 2019
From local acts to international superstars, F1 has a sound for you
TV Show Prompts Mayor Adler to Name Oct. 29 United Tacos of America Day
Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece rank brisket taco amongst the nation’s best
Texas Book Festival 2019: Truth Worth Telling: A Conversation With Journalist Scott Pelley
Newsman Scott Pelley had words of advice about media in the modern age
Texas Book Festival 2019: On Second Look: Writing About Home From New Perspectives
Oscar Cásares and De’Shawn Charles Winslow keep it all in the family
Food Industry Field Day to Raise Awareness for Mental Health
HEARD fundraises for support groups in Republic Park on Oct. 28
Texas Book Festival 2019: Dave Campbell’s Favorite Texas College Football Stories
The longtime sportswriter still recalls all those great games
Texas Book Festival 2019: Finding Their Power
Two authors mine the past for tales of queer sisterhood
Texas Book Festival 2019: My Story Is More Than the Struggle
Mitchell Jackson and Jaquira Diaz get under the skin of memoir
Texas Book Festival 2019: All by Myself: Loneliness in Fiction
Kristen Arnett & Kevin Huizenga weigh in on frustration and isolation
theSkimm Founders Explain Why They’re Betting on Millennial Women
Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg want you to “live smarter”
Watch: Van Mary’s Long Road to New Mexico
Debut video glimpses impact of Texas’ restrictive abortion laws
Texas Book Festival 2019: They’re Playing My Song
Andrea Lawlor and Karen Tongson on music’s doorway to self-discovery
Texas Book Festival 2019: Embracing the Journey
Anika Fajardo and Tembi Locke travel far to find what’s near
Texas Book Festival 2019: On the Topic of Mothers
Saeed Jones, Michele Filgate, & Angie Cruz grapple with a mother’s love
Texas Book Festival 2019: Modern Royalty in Romance
Casey McQuiston and Jasmine Guillory reign over rom-coms
#ATXLDC: And on the Sixth Day, There Was More Public Input
Familiar hopes, fears shared at Planning Commission hearing
Attica Locke on Solving Crime on Highway 59
Heaven, My Home author talks her East Texas roots and the blues
Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire
This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: Texas Book Festival Picks
Team Faires previews the literary event of the year
Hannah Hart Brings Her Newest Book to Austin
The My Drunk Kitchen star wants to help you celebrate daily
Five Queer-Centric Horror Films to Watch This Halloween
Putting the “queen” back into your scream queen needs
Megan Rapinoe Comes to Austin to Talk Equal Rights
The soccer star wowed at the Texas Conference for Women
Texas Book Festival 2019: Who Belongs?
Authors explore what it means to be an American outsider
The Lighthouse
The latest from The Witch director finds madness in isolation
Promare
DayGlo anime explosion makes firefighters cool and kinetic
Jojo Rabbit
Anti-hate satire in the ruins of the Reich finds heart and humor in the chaos
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho heats up South Korea’s cold class war
The Current War – Director’s Cut
The birth of the modern age in a battle of industrialists
Black and Blue
Corrupt cop drama feels awkwardly dated
Greener Grass
Something weird in suburbia (again) but this is no Blue Velvet ripoff
Pain and Glory
Almodóvar’s latest classic is a self-portrait by a great, aging artist
Portals
SF anthology brings in genre heavy hitters but still whiffs
Day Trips: Rick Pratt School of Wooden Boat Building, Port Aransas
Just add water at boat-building school
Quote of the Week
“He could have recanted privately. He instead chose lies, deceit, dishonor, and ruin.” Empower Texans’ Michael Quinn Sullivan, after Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced he wouldn’t seek reelection following the release of a damaging audio recording of a secret conversation between the two men
The Texas Book Festival’s Read Warriors
Book lovers charge the Texas State Capitol this weekend
Soccer Watch
The Texas Longhorns host their last home games of the regular season this weekend, against Iowa State at 7pm tonight, Thu., Oct. 24, and league-leading and 13th-ranked Texas Tech on Sun., Oct. 27, at 1pm – senior day, saying farewell to five seniors including longtime starter Emma Jett, Atu Mshana, who has played all but…
The Highs and Lows of Houston Life in Lot: Stories
Bryan Washington depicts residents with warmth and discernment as they live, fight, work, and love in a city that can be both a home and a challenge
Tim O’Brien’s Love Letter to His Sons
In Dad’s Maybe Book, the author of Going After Cacciato is going after fatherhood
New Janis Joplin Biography Favors Love Over Sensationalism
Author Holly George-Warren shows the love in Janis: Her Life and Music
Penfold Theatre’s Ghost Quartet
Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love
Qmmunity: Lez Get Spooky
Plus commemorating Intersex Awareness Day and Halloween vibes
Zach Theatre’s Dracula
Strong performances and Broadway-level design fill this entertaining version of the Bram Stoker vampire tale
Director Trey Edward Shults Returns to Themes of the Family With Waves
The Krisha creator screens his latest at the Austin Film Festival
Tapestry Dance Company’s Austintatious (Too)
This revival of a 2002 production paid tribute to the spirit of the city but also showed how the troupe embodies its best qualities
The Luv Doc: Fast and Furious
Tornadoes are a dime a dozen in Oklahoma
2020 Texas Democrat Target List
Eyeballing the districts where Texas Dems can make headway in flipping the House
Documentary Cowboys Shows That Some Are Still Out on the Range
If you thought cross-country cattle drives were the stuff of legend, this Austin Film Festival showing will make you think again
19 Years On, Anti-Death Penalty March Sees Progress
Yet time is running out for Ruben Gutierrez, Rodney Reed
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to a recent Oxford University Press-published study, more than 1,000 new mammal species have been described globally during the last dozen years. Before writing the famous Western novel Shane, author Jack Schaefer had never been west of his native Cleveland. Xi Jinping is not a “president.” He is the general secretary of the Central…
Joaquin Castro Bill to Protect Sanctuary Seekers
HR 4539 would rescind deportation orders for three Austinites currently in refuge in local churches
A Room Full of Nothing Is a Farewell Note to Austin’s Art Scene
Breaking up in the apocalypse at the Austin Film Festival
After Much Shouting, Riverside Deal Gets Done
City Council gives final zoning approval for “Domain on Riverside” project
Texas Dems Set Their Eyes on the 2020 Prize
Their goal: Flip the state House of Representatives
Now Streaming in Austin: Attack of the Pod People!
Austin film podcasting community comes offline for one night
Good News and Bad News for Neighbors of Austin Community Landfill
County and operator at odds over expansion
Headlines
Zombie Petitions: In the latest episode of Austin’s gratuitous petitioning, anti-zombie cemetery gadfly Sharon Blythe (and unnamed others) have formed the “Our Town Austin” PAC to petition recalls of Mayor Steve Adler and five City Council members (those not up for 2020 reelection). The PAC’s website cites transparency, property taxes, and the Land Development Code,…
City Council Ready to Move on From Camping Ban
“Council made a decision, and it’s time for us to move past the divisiveness in the community”
Public Notice: The Planning Stages
Land Use Commissioners, public swing into action on the LDC
Louisiana SCOTUS Case Déjà Vu for Texas Abortion Providers
Conservative 5th Circuit ignores Whole Woman’s precedent
A Cookbook a Day Keeps the Munchies at Bay
Texas Book Festival showcases seven food books from around the world
Austin’s Land Development Code Schedule Takes Shape
Council could take a first-reading vote in December
The Austin Cookbook Explores Iconic Local Dishes
Colorful pages exude Austin’s culinary vibe
Travis County D.A. Moore and Her First Assistant Hire Top-Tier Help
Infamous defense attorney will represent the defendants in rape survivor’s defamation suit
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 24, 2019
Faster Than Sound: Unearthing Daniel Johnston’s If
Producer Brian Beattie has an unreleased Daniel Johnston album ready, but can’t make amends with the late cult singer’s management
Point Austin: The Stakes at 4700 Riverside
City Council’s third and final vote last week on the 4700 Riverside redevelopment approved the project but likely hasn’t ended the debate. The vote was divided 6-3-1, with abstainer Alison Alter (who previously voted no) saying explicitly that a few virulent opponents had poisoned the discussion. The public testimony and Council discussion were also split,…
Pain, Pathos, and Prescience: The Work of Agnieszka Holland
AFS and Austin Polish Film Festival celebrate the Polish pioneer
Chronicle Endorsements for the November 5 Election
In advance of the Nov. 5 election, the Chronicle editorial board offers the following endorsements. Find more information about the election – including polling locations, voter ID requirements, and more on what’s on the ballot – at the Chronicle’s Elections hub. State Constitutional Amendments (Propositions 1-10) We have long opposed the legislative practice of substituting…
