Cover Story
How to Assemble Your Armed White Male Mask
The new face of terror, no ammo necessary
All-Weather LCD Soundsytem
Consecutive nights united by one continuous party
Austin Film Festival Review: Ruin Me
Less meta, more manic in this scary sleepover
Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 3-5
That number again is: Five. Yes, five arty things.
Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup
Highland Games, Wurstfest, and more
Adler Pulls Frank Rodriguez Nomination
Aide won’t serve on Charter Review Commission
Tillie Walden: Talking Comics
“If it was torture, I’d’ve given up by now.”
Tom Gauld at the Texas Book Festival?
Yes! Yes! The man himself! Signing! Chatting! Breathing!
Greg Abbott’s New Whiff
Governor says some nice things about Austin, for once
SAFE Cares
Nonprofit announces program for young survivors of sex trafficking
La Zona Rosa Building Rebranded as LZR
Bygone music destination reopening as event space
Austin Asian American Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
The four-day festival drops 11 feature films and even more shorts
Lake|Flato’s Impact on Austin
The firm behind the new library has changed our city’s look
EMS Contract Expires With No Deal
Last-ditch effort to negotiate new terms collapsed on Monday
EAST Austin Studio Tour Run-Down
Everything you need to know to navigate EAST
Austin Film Festival Review: Mansfield 66/67
Did sexess spoil Jayne Mansfield, or was it … Satan?
Halloween Is Serious Business
Behind the gates at Scream Hollow and the House of Torment
Other Worlds Goes Into The Black Hole
Disney cult fave for SF fest, plus final lineup
Say Whit?
Sailor Poon spin-off premieres new track, “My Bee”
Review: What Unites Us
Dan Rather’s reflections on patriotism just may give you hope
DVDanger: Halloween Picks, Part I
Low-budget horrors for the scary season
My Friend Coffin Joe
Brazilian iconoclast unleashed at Death By Fest
Philanthropy and Craft Beer at Saturday’s Fest
Ticket proceeds from Bloody Good Beer Fest benefit We Are Blood
A Queer Book Club for Comic Lovers
Austin Books & Comics makes space for queer fans and queer lit
How to Kill a Sacred Deer
Barry Keoghan on good, evil, and Colin Farrell’s beard
Your Weekend in Film
Some closer inspection required
AFF Interview: Here We Are
Director David Bellarosa on Austin as the velvet coffin
Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Spider House Co-Owner
From Facebook post to public statement …
78/52
An effusive doc on the shower scene from Psycho
Mr. Roosevelt
A comedian returns to Austin to care for her sick cat and confront her past
Tragedy Girls
Serial killer high-school girls in the social media age
Goodbye Christopher Robin
The story of A.A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh
Ex Libris: New York Public Library
An intimate look inside the venerable institution
Halloween Pussy Trap Kill Kill
Halloween hijinks with Dave Mustaine
Geostorm
It’s not just a storm, it’s a …
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
Another installment of Madea’s spooky stories
The Snowman
Jo Nesbø’s crime series hits the big screen
All I See Is You
A blind woman who regains her sight starts to see things differently
Thank You for Your Service
American soldiers return from Iraq and try to readjust to civilian life
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The director of The Lobster returns with another salvo
Lawsuit Filed Against Central Health
Argument over use of medical funding will continue in court
Don Swaynos on New Short Film “Don’t Ever Change”
Austin filmmaker serves up gore and giggles
“2017 Texas Biennial”
The breadth of Texas viewpoints and artistic variety is evident in this year’s statewide survey of contemporary art
Peruvian-Inspired Food Bus Serves Killa Brunch
East Airport eatery Killa Wasi elevates casual dining
Day Trips: Old Alton Bridge, Denton
Goatman’s Bridge is a reminder of the cowardly Klansmen’s dastardly deed
Quote of the Week: Joe Straus
The House Speaker is out after this term. Here’s doubting he goes quietly.
Texas Platters
Torrential fuzz and hot-lightning riffs storm opener “Lost Cause,” a fitting kick-start for Austin rock brigade Black Pistol Fire on Deadbeat Graffiti. Since the release of Hush or Howl three years ago, the Canadian-bred duo have found their dirty garage blues on multiple mainstream platforms, including Sons of Anarchy, Madden 15, and Ted 2. Following…
Soccer Watch
The Texas Longhorns got their fifth overtime win of the season, 1-0 at Baylor, and are now up to eighth-ranked in the nation. They host 22nd-ranked Oklahoma State in the season finale this Friday, Oct. 27. It’s your last chance to see the best football team UT has had in a decade… The St. Edward’s…
What’cha Watchin’?
Real life is hardcore enough. Music Editor Raoul Hernandez finds sweet escapism in streaming kinder, gentler TV.
Texas Platters
Having signed with renowned producer/artist Danger Mouse’s 30th Century label, Palo Duro – Austin singer-songwriter Michael J. Winningham, formerly of the indie rock band Gold Beach – understandably indulges in a cinematic, tightly and cleanly produced, and (mostly) hook-heavy debut LP heavily evocative of contemporary Arcade Fire. The achy, love-drenched Ryou Cannon not only checks…
Save East Austin Schools PAC vs. Facts
How did something so wrong get into the League of Women Voters’ voting guide?
Texas Platters
Bass solos are all well and good, but why listen to an album’s worth of unaccompanied thrums without the band dynamics that make the grooves come alive? Happily, Hong Kong Cab, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten’s fourth solo bass album, is a different breed. Unconcerned with unadorned rhythm, the Norway-born/Austin-based jazz maverick uses his instruments as paintbrushes,…
Van Boven vs. the Texas Medical Board
TMB delays exoneration of Lakeway doctor
Texas Platters
Sparse online offerings of both the recorded and social varieties, locals Glue remain an underground institution renowned for hectic, high-energy live performances. The strategy is working, having propelled the fourpiece on a Central American tour last year and a European jaunt this summer following the release of S/T MLP. The fuzzy, manic capture proves that…
Council: More Strategery … and Books!
There’s no regular City Council meeting today, Oct. 26 (the next is Nov. 2), although council members certainly can’t go that long without getting together. Today’s session, gaveling in early at 9am, is a special-called meeting at an unusual venue (the Aviation Planning and Engineering Auditorium, out at the airport: 2716 Spirit of Texas Dr.),…
Keeping Up With the Satans
For Halloween, one South Austin yard becomes an infernal delight
Texas Platters
Nonconforming percussionist Thor Harris and his idiophone sidekicks don’t so much unleash The Subversive Nature of Kindness as leave the back door open and let it escape. Less frenetic and more melodic than last year’s Thor & Friends, its successor puts as much emphasis on violin and wind-driven instruments as on the bongs and clinks…
APA, City Agree to Terms on New Contract
Union membership, City Council to consider agreement over next two months
The Luv Doc: What Happens Next Is AMAZING!
No, it probably isn’t
Texas Platters
Seven years after meeting at a toy shop, multi-instrumentalist Matt Puckett (Mother Falcon) and rapper/singer Adam Protextor have created a playful, Eighties pop-influenced squall of an album in American Neon. Not shunting serious messaging, the locals conjure a unique work where songs subtly grow just as you believe you’ve gotten the gist. Standout “These Drugs”…
Headlines
No regular Council meeting this week, but a special-called session today, Oct. 26, intended to continue the “Strategic Plan” first designed at retreat meetings in January. See “Council: More Strategery … and Books!,” Oct. 27. Speaker Joe Straus will not run for re-election, ending a decade as one of the “big three” of Texas politics.…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
In 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run for U.S. president. “El Burrito Sabanero” (“The Little Donkey From the Savannah”) is a popular villancico (similar to a Christmas carol). Beppo the Super-Monkey may have looked like an Earth monkey, but he was really a lab animal from the planet Krypton that belonged to…
Texas Platters
David Ramirez’s past albums wrung out a farsighted loneliness, running down the road with a squint toward the horizon while unsuccessfully shaking off what’s been left behind. 2012’s Apologies put him on the map locally, showcasing a powerful voice and perceptive pen. 2015’s Fables notched another step forward, a heftier sound backing his nostalgic regret,…
Point Austin: A Turning Point?
Flake, Corker, and Straus … does the new GOP have room for decency?
Checking Out Austin’s New Central Library
Yes, the city’s “Library of the Future” still has books, but this 21st century facility is about so much more
Gay Place
Seriously, who doesn’t love Halloween?
Texas Platters
When the debut LP from Austin institution the LeRoi Brothers tumbled forth in 1983, it proved both a revelation and an inspiration for what was to come. Even so, none of the roots rock acts that followed in their wake had the young, loud, and snotty attitude or garage punk overdrive. Blame it in large…
Public Notice: Trick or Treat!
Scary times for CodeNEXT
Bondology
How does one schedule a bond? Very carefully, and with a lot of advance planning.
Early Voting
Oct. 23 – Nov. 3
The Brain Behind Ambient Trio Dallas Acid
Exploring the oscillators, envelope generators, and filters that create the band’s pastoral, spacey sound
Beto O’Rourke’s Punk Rock Politics
Can the congressman from El Paso really take a Senate seat from Ted Cruz?
Austin Film Festival Picks
Local flavor and Texas ties
CodeNEXT Version 2: The Final Countdown
Marathon land use commission meeting precipitates close of public comment period
Playback: Death by David Vincent
Hanging with Morbid Angel singer-turned-country outlaw David Vincent and other dark tales of the live music capital
Federally Sanctioned Sexual Assault?
Civil rights loophole at the heart of court reporter’s case
TILT Performance Group’s Zombie Prom
This musical is kitschy Halloween fun but with something to say about being different
What Did Happen to Ruth Bettis?
1982 slaying remains unsolved
Death By Festival Brings the Horror and Metal for a Good Cause
13 hours of ghoulish cinematic creations
Ballet Austin’s Not Afraid of the Dark
The glow-in-the-dark visions of this earnest, sweet ballet will excite and inspire the youngsters who see it
Death Watch: Areli Escobar
Court of Criminal Appeals orders re-examination of 2009 case
Dawnna Dukes’ Charges Dropped
13 felonies gone, two misdemeanors resolved
During Austin Visit, A.G. Jeff Sessions Rehashes Immigration Myths
Activists protest Sessions and the DOJ’s “racist” agenda
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Our endorsements on local bond packages and state constitutional amendments
