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Meet the Women of Austin R&B
Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists
Fantastic Fest Review: 1%
Australian biker drama outruns Sons of Anarchy comparisons
Monk Parker’s Sad Clown
“Gaudy Frame” video contemplates imaginary romance
“Repro Power” Takes Proactive Path in Reproductive Justice Fight
Groups to lobby City Council, Commissioners Court
Fantastic Fest Review: The Endless
Spring team head on a familiar but reinvented roadtrip
Arcade Fire Plays to the Hardcores
Polarizing new album can’t stem Canadians’ catharsis
Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 28-Oct. 1
The Austin Chronicle – proudly exacerbating your FOMO since 1981!
Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films
VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out
Fantastic Fest Interview: Applecart
Into the woods with the media satire horror flick
2017 Texas Biennial: Putting It Together
Leslie Moody Castro on reviving the show after four years
Seun Kuti Is Black Change
Afrobeat scion sieges Mohawk on Thursday
Harry Knowles Accused of Sexual Harassment
Film blogger announces he’s stepping away from Ain’t It Cool News
Do You Trust Them to Testify?
Celebrating four years of joy and terror and vulnerability
Wife Stories
Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito on life as a comedy couple
Sour Duck Market Previews Pastries at Benefit Bake Sale
Proceeds support Jabo’s Garden at Zilker Elementary
Anti-Choice Group Hit With State, Criminal Complaints
Heidi Group accused of misappropriating taxpayer funds, more
Tom Hanks Joins 2017 Texas Book Festival
Oscar-winning actor will promote his book Uncommon Type
Car2Go 2 Go All Benz
Say goodbye to the Smart cars
The Crack Pipes’ Beautiful Protest
Track premiere from the ATX blues punks’ vinyl reissue
Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film
Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards
Ransom Center Lands Ondaatje Archive
Author of The English Patient sends papers to UT
Travis County to Comply With All ICE Detainers After 5th Circuit Ruling
Panel nixes lower court block on immigrant detention rule
Fantastic Fest Review: Cold Hell
Austrian thriller features kickass heroine
Uncomfortably Happily: Yeah, You Know What That’s Like
New graphic novel from D&Q nails the modern creative life
Fantastic Fest Review: The Cured
Grief, guilt, and terrorism explored in Irish zombie drama
Fantastic Fest Review: Wheelman
Frank Grillo drives through the night
Fantastic Fest Review: My Friend Dahmer
Portrait of the serial killer as a young man
A New Era for the Austin Music Awards
Voting process expands as show moves to February and off SXSW
Other Worlds Austin Adds Beyond Skyline
Companion to 2010 surprise success headlines first wave
The Chronicle Interviews Al Franken
Minnesota’s junior senator stops in for a brief chat
Harvey Hurricane Concert Rallies
Can’t Mess With Texas benefit beams Lone Stars and all-stars
Fantastic Fest Review: Thelma
Grappling with faith, sexuality, and powers in Norway
Fantastic Fest Review: Thoroughbreds
Parlor games turn bloody in dark comedy
Fantastic Fest Interview: Haunters: The Art of the Scare
Director Jon Schnitzer talks Halloween haunts and the new extreme
Day Trips & Beyond: D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico
D.H. Lawrence’s banned art finds a home in Taos hotel
American Assassin
The bestselling series hits the screen
Mother!
Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
The bloody spy series returns
California Typewriter
An ode to the analog
The LEGO Ninjago Movie
The LEGO law of diminishing returns
Brad’s Status
Ben Stiller shines in this character study
Trophy
Doc on big game hunters and conservation
Last Rampage
True story about a bloody prison break
Elizabeth Blue
A disturbed woman grapples with love
Fantastic Fest 2017 Preview
The show must go on
Austin: City of Petitions
New Linda Curtis-fronted PAC has agendas for days
Staying Healthy to Stay in School
National nonprofit Communities in Schools looks at the role of food in education
Super Dark Times
Fantastic Fest 2017 preview
Anna and the Apocalypse
Fantastic Fest 2017 preview
Putting Together the Downtown Puzzle
A closer look at Mayor Adler’s proposals to solve (and pay for) Downtown conundrums
Rabbit
Fantastic Fest 2017 preview
Council: Yes, We Have a Budget
Members approve $3.9 billion budget for next fiscal year
Different Strokes for Different Folks
DIY Hump! Film Festival is back to flick your switch
The Trouble at Fantastic Fest
Devin Faraci’s rehiring and subsequent resignation casts shadow over film fest
Downtown Puzzle: Convention Epi-Center
Is expanding the Convention Center a smart investment?
What’cha Watchin’?
Staff writer Richard Whittaker revisits favorite Fantastic Fest films now streaming
Imagine Austin With CodeNEXT
Draft two brings big changes, more questions
Downtown Puzzle: Waller Creek’s Chain of Parks
What’s happened already with the ambitious park and trail project, and what might happen next
What Future for Dawnna Dukes?
D.A. to hold fire on felony charges, but Dukes not out of the woods
County Judge Sarah Eckhardt on Greg Abbott’s Texas Hammer
“Local control had been a darling of the state for years, and now it has become the enemy”
Downtown Puzzle: HOT History
Projects under consideration for the historic preservation “funding bucket”
Headlines
No Regular City Council meeting this week, following last week’s adoption of the FY 2018 budget. The next regular meeting is Sept. 28, featuring consideration of Mayor Steve Adler’s “Downtown Puzzle” proposal and 99 other Items. See “Council: Yes, We Have a Budget,” Sept. 22. CodeNEXT Discussions Continue: Draft two was rolled out Sept. 15,…
Downtown Puzzle: ARCH Support
Can the mayor’s plan generate millions for homeless services and permanent housing?
Slow Going at Vision Zero?
Traffic fatalities have not gone down like one would have hoped
Ground Floor Theatre’s Long Comeback
With Gibberish Mostly, Lisa Scheps’ company makes its long-awaited return to the stage scene
Downtown Puzzle: Live on Red River
Mayor’s plan envisions a brighter future for Downtown clubs
(Bill) Manno Are Pigs
Austin Center for Events program manager dinged for improper conduct around female co-workers
Seen / Soon Sept. 22
Being dazzled by Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles on Austin Museum Day and adventuring with the Theorists at Zilker
Downtown Puzzle: Dell Seton’s Innovation Station
Goodbye to Brackenridge, hello to …?
Greg Abbott’s New Wrecking Crew
The governor’s got a whole new office staff
Report From the Toronto International Film Festival
Pass the popcorn (and the awards)
The Hidden Room Theatre’s Henry IV
Beth Burns’ latest foray into Shakespeare will school you on how to present plays penned by the Bard
Point Austin: As the Budget Goes, So Goes Council
Turf battles over uncommitted funds may prefigure 2018
The Luv Doc: Swinging for the Fences
There is no glory in Wichita
Paper Chairs’ Catalina de Erauso
Elizabeth Doss’ latest plays with history in a way that serves its feminist hero, and it’s also a comedy that knows its stuff
Sixth Street Murder Remains Unsolved
Police on lookout for video showing Sunday morning attacker leaving the scene
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 14,000 people, including 3,200 children, have been killed in all-terrain vehicle crashes since safety officials began keeping track in the Eighties. Want to buy what seems to be a rare 18th century Scotch? Scientists can use carbon dating to determine if it’s authentic or fake.…
Recspec Gallery’s “The Eyes Have It”
The gallery’s inaugural show fills the room with eyes, both good and evil, as well as visual riddles and calisthenics
FY 2018 Budget to Help Rape Survivors
City will provide one-time $50,000 allocation to train therapists
Gay Place
What makes Austin so queer-friendly?
Day Trips: Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, N.M.
New Mexican artist collective turns an old bowling alley into a modern fun house
Public Notice: Now’s the Hard Part
CodeNEXT 2.0: still more harm than good?
Tapping the Texas Craft Brewers Festival
Eric Puga answers your burning questions about the local beer fest
Soccer Watch
It would’ve seemed highly unlikely when the season began a few weeks ago, but as things stand right now, the UT Longhorns may be hosting the biggest game of the Big 12 season this Sunday, when fifth-ranked West Virginia comes to Mike Myers Stadium for a 1pm kickoff. The Mountaineers, an NCAA semifinalist last year,…
Quote of the Week: Fred Lewis
Community Not Commodity is having a hard time with the new code
