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Luna Luna Moves From Dallas Origins to Riverside Headquarters to ACL Fest Debut
Indie-pop quartet makes “Commitment” to very-much-online Latinx audiences
Tiny Dive Bar Indian Roller to Close
Far South Austin’s boutique roadhouse calls it quits
Five Texas Wines That Wow
And a few more oenophilic facts and findings for you
Other Worlds Film Fest Returns For Ninth and Final Festival
Sci-fi festival releases first wave of films
Booze You Can Use: A Few Choice Local Views
Sufficient Texas tipples to topple any tedium
Take a Walk on the Wild Cider
Some local ciders and meads to honey up the apple of your eye
Adrian Quesada Talks Collaborative 20-Person Austin City Limits Taping and Fest Performance
“A pretty massive undertaking in a span of a few days”
Hyde Park Bar & Grill Is All Forked Up, NADC Burger Smashes Those Idle Hands, Industry Is Off the 86 Board, Marufuku Ramen Noodles Its Way to Mueller, and (How D’ya Like It?) More, More, More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Music-Themed Film Fest Sound Unseen Announces Round Three in Austin
With a Waterloo Records doc and Magna Carda-scored short
Austin’s Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked
It’s Top of the Hops VII!
Pavement’s Cross-Generational Arrival to Austin City Limits Taping
What a career, career, career, career, career it’s been
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Voyage of the Rock Aliens 1984, PG, 97 min. Directed by James Fargo, Starring Pia Zadora, Craig Sheffer, Tom Nolan. Aliens roam the galaxy in search of rock ‘n roll.
The Most Memorable Moments of Sunday’s ACL Fest
Spoon, Buffalo Nichols, and Paramore’s devotional nostalgia
Fallout From DWI Crash Follows Hays County Commissioner
Walt Smith’s got one more week to breathe easy
East Texan Kacey Musgraves Leads Cosmic Kiss-Off at ACL Fest
This writer sure wouldn’t want to be her ex-husband
Refereeing Blunders Pour Cold Water on Austin FC Season Finale
Verde face Real Salt Lake in Sunday playoff match at Q2
The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest
Adrian Quesada, Big Boi, and painting the town P!nk
Lil Nas X Perfects Storybook Whimsy and the Art of Self-Creation at ACL Fest
Pop star pulls off performance art in Austin debut
The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest
Cassandra Jenkins, Billy Strings, and SZA on a lighthouse
The Chicks Take on Their “Bad Reputation” at ACL Fest
Politically weighted Zilker debut ends free and unfettered
Austin Fermentation Festival Brings in the Funk
Local farmer’s markets break it down this month
First-Ever Lucktoberfest Reduces Planned 10-Day Festival to 3 Days
“Due to the uncertainty of the touring market right now”
Hyperreal Film Club Brings a Gender-Bending Classic to the Grounds of the Elisabet Ney Museum
Local film social club teams up to screen Orlando
Terrifier 2
More gore as the indie horror smash gets an even grislier sequel
Piggy
Spanish teen slasher subverts the tropes with a new kind of protagonist
Dos Estaciones
Tequila shortage inspires naturalistic Mexican drama
Don’t Look at the Demon
Malaysia-set horror film employs skill and style to scare
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Where’s the beating heart in this beloved children’s book adaptation?
Film Review: Amsterdam
David O. Russell’s madcap murder-mystery is a misfire
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
ACL Interview: Live Wire Genesis Owusu Talks New Band and Unboxable Sound
“In America, I have to sort of reset and do everything again”
South Terminal Saga: City Says Sorry, That Flight’s Departed
The city responds to a federal lawsuit
The Common Law
Dangerous, aggressive dogs
ACL Interview: Party-Making Cimafunk Details Influences, from James Brown to Chano Pozo
“Cuban music is a lot more than they think”
Via 313 Union Effort Stymied by Busting Tactics
Via 313 has hired an HR consultant to stop unionization
Review: Zach Theatre’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Theatrical elements combine for a “perfect goddamn story”
ACL Interview: Robert Glasper Brings Buoyant Manifesto Black Radio III to Zilker
Grammy-studded Houstonian discusses third jazz installment
Police Oversight Chief Makes Her Leave Permanent
Farah Muscadin has officially resigned
The Luv Doc: Flip Dictum
Wherein the Luv Doc engages in some easy moralizing
Seven Essential ACL Fest 2022 Recommendations
Heavyweight hand-picks from the Chronicle Music team
Opinion: Sex Ed Is Not the Enemy – It’s Mental Health Care
We can help our communities lead happier, healthier, and more productive lives by increasing access to reproductive health resources
Seven Lone Star-Launched Recommendations at ACL Fest 2022
Sources of Texas Heat from the Chron Music team
Qmmunity: Memoria Queer-us
October is LGBTQ History Month, so honor the past by making the most of the gay present
Austin at Large: Democracy by Other Means
Contemplating our resistance as Ken Paxton wears out everybody’s welcome
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Cheese contains morphinelike compounds called casomorphins. If you find that once you begin eating cheese you want more and more, you are hooked. The band UB40’s name is the slang term for the form used in the UK to apply for unemployment benefits (Unemployment Benefit Form 40). The 1857 inaugural ball for President James Buchanan…
Public Notice: Drunkenness, Affordability, and the Big Lie
Walt Smith. OMG. I know I led with him two weeks ago, but the hits just keep on coming. This week it’s the release of the Texas Department of Transportation accident report from his April 28, 2021, DWI crash, showing that what he dismisses as a minor traffic accident in fact involved running a red…
What It Means to Be Funniest Person in Austin
Tyler Groce’s victory in the returning comedy contest shows Austin’s comedy scene is thriving and diversifying
Headlines / Quote of the Week
At ACL No One Can Hear You Scream: Zilker Park and nearby streets will be closed as Austin City Limits Weekend One kicks off this coming weekend. Attendees can shuttle or use public transportation. You’ll Never Go in the Water Again: It’s been a busy week for Elon Musk. Musk’s tunneling company Gapped Bass, an…
Day Trips: Shorty’s Place, Port Aransas
Historic Port A venue is changing places
The Verde Report: Credit Where It’s Due
Playoff-bound Austin FC put together the season it needed in 2022
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, Kady Rain, More Eaze, Pusha T, and more non-ACL shows
Five Arts Events Beyond (but Near) ACL Fest
Who says we can’t be the other-than-live-music capital of the world, too?
Park Chan-wook Lets Love Speak Softly in Decision to Leave
Telling a love story without the “I love you”
Why AISD Wants and Needs a $2.4 Billion Bond Program
Equity is not cheap
Book Bans Take Center Stage in Leander ISD
Most seats are up for grabs
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, October 7-13
Election Ticker: The Ups and Downs of Watson’s Ad and More
Look at the first ad of the mayoral campaign and more
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 6, 2022
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californian Genius or Affront to ACL-goers?
Writers go pro/con on RHCP’s third ACL Fest in a decade
HealthSouth Redevelopment Gets Green Light
Finally, a tentative agreement to build affordable housing in its place
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids’ activities, and more
ACL Interview: The Chicks’ Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer Talk Social Media, Hometown Feelings, and Plans for a Multigenerational Zilker Debut
“It’s always fun, but nerve-racking, to be back in Texas”
Closings and Openings, Hirings and Aspirings, Wining and Dining and Economic Undermining in Austin’s Food Industry
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Ken Paxton’s Lawyers Keep Flubbing, but He Might Not Appear Anyway
Leaving the state for an abortion is on the line
