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Austin’s Oktoberfest Gets the Royal Treatment
Partying with the prince, per tradition, at Koko’s Bavarian Biergarten
Eat Your Heart Out: A Three-Day Meal Plan for ACL Eats 2022
Paramore, Lil Nas X, and SZA aren’t the only acts to watch for
Halloween 2022
Some of us live for spooky season and make the most of it starting as early as possible. If that’s you, scroll this page for all the can’t-miss fall fests, haunted houses, costume parties, witchy markets, pumpkin patches, and more to celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos (Oct. 31 & Nov. 1). Check out…
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
Longtime SXSW Film & TV Festival Head, Indie Film Icon Janet Pierson Transitions to New Role
Pierson’s deputy, Claudette Godfrey, assumes leadership
Mexican American Cultural Center Prepares for Phase 2 of Its Long-Term Renovations
Staff members prepare to move out as MACC gets a facelift
Fantastic Fest Review: The Antares Paradox
Single-location sci-fi thriller stays in shallow end
Must-Try Austin Tacos
Where to satiate your taco cravings around town
Baby Greens Is Closing
Kale and well-met to ATX’s only fast-food drive-thru salad joint
National Taco Day’s on Tuesday This Year
Which is why Oct. 4 is filled with goodies for you
ACL Fest 2022
Oct. 7-9 & Oct. 14-16 Zilker Park aclfestival.com
Fantastic Fest Review: Missing
Depressed dad seeks serial killer in low-impact Japanese thriller
Fantastic Fest Review: Nightsiren
Tereza Nvotová’s bewitching horror makes her one to watch
With Little on the Line, Austin FC Closes Road Schedule With Loss to Vancouver Whitecaps
ATX will finish season second in Western Conference
Fantastic Fest Review: Final Cut
French remake of beloved Japanese movie-making comedy adds a little
The Greatest Kaiju Return to Guzu With Strange Beasts VII
Wall-to-wall Godzilla in the new show, opening tonight
Triangle of Sadness Star Dolly De Leon Sails into Fantastic Fest
Award-season hopeful is putting Filipino cinema on the map
Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup
The weather’s ideal to learn about Bob Dylan or see hot air balloons
How To Get To and From ACL Music Festival
Shuttles, bikes, rideshares, scooters, and sometimes just your feet
Smile
Cunning studio horror about a curse that grins you to death
Vesper
Enthralling eco-fable rewrites Snow White as a young Galileo
The Good House
Sigourney Weaver drags this addiction drama out of comfortable numbness
Bros
Uproarious gay rom-com isn’t just a straight rom-com in a different hat
God’s Creatures
Stillness and violence in this startling tale of an Irish fishing community
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
It’s 2022, and someone thought we need a pro-Vietnam War comedy
Day Trips: Rooftop Bars, San Antonio
Catch a bird’s-eye view of the Alamo City
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of September 29, 2022
Opinion: How Los Verdes Helped Me Find a Community in the Sport I Love
Austin FC supporters group embodies “Y’all Means All” motto
What We’re Listening To: Mobley
Cry Havoc! (Last Gang Records)
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
What We’re Listening To: Moody Bank$
FEELING COLORS
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids’ activities, and more
What Makes German Beer Unique?
Pilsners and lagers and helles, oh my! And can I eat them?
Austin at Large – Texas: Still Broken, Still Sad
Abbott stays one step ahead of the mob amid Lone Star and Uvalde fallout
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 30 – October 6
Talking Terror and Trauma in New Horror Smile
Director Parker Finn and star Sosie Bacon Smile, and the world screams with them
Headlines / Quote of the Week
God Save the Senator: Sen. Ted Cruz broke from his party in a Senate Rules Committee decision this week, voting against the bipartisan Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, which is designed to prevent another Jan. 6-style insurrection. It would also bar Cruz from singlehandedly objecting to presidential election results. Both parties’ Senate…
Qmmunity: Revenge of the Homoscopes
Once more with feeling: It’s your Austin queer events horoscope!
Five Bizarro Films at Fantastic Fest @Home
The strangest and most fearless of the streaming selection at this year’s Fantastic Fest
Public Notice: Mobility for All
Three visions for our transportation future
The Verde Report: U.S. National Team Limping Toward Qatar World Cup
With Major League Soccer on international break and the 2022 FIFA World Cup just around the corner, The Verde Report comes to you as the Red White & Blue Report this week. Stay tuned to The Austin Chronicle through the winter for coverage and analysis of the World Cup you won’t get anywhere else. Hey,…
Election Ticker: Southwest Council Races Illuminate Dual Political Divides
Things get partisan in this week’s election news
Council Takes on HealthSouth, Statesman PUD, and More
Council Preview: Is HealthSouth ready to roll?
The Luv Doc: No Questions, Just Answers
Two is plenty, thank you
Capital Metro’s Zero-Emission Buses Pass First Tests
Austin slowly rocks down to electric avenues
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Ten countries in the world have more sheep than people. New Zealand has 7.7 sheep per person. MC Hammer is an ordained minister and wedding officiant. The word “cockamamie” originally meant a paper strip with an image that could be transferred to the skin when moistened. Cockamamie is now more closely associated with “cock-and-bull story”…
Death Watch: Conveyor Belt to Lethal Injection Keeps Rolling
Ramirez will be prayed over as he dies
Crosstalk: Metal Record Label Relocates to Austin, and the Latest at Moody Center
Austin music news headlines of the week
In the Wake of COVID Seton Nurses Unionize
The new union wants reasonable shifts, cost-of-living wage adjustments
Faster Than Sound: A Belated Introduction From Your Incoming Music Editor
Music columnist graduates to Music editor after four years
Oh, This $20 Electric Bill Hike?
It’s on top of the other one
Electronic Destination Kingdom Nightclub Rises Again
Dance music venue reopens off Red River after abrupt 2018 shutter
We Have an Issue: Signs of the Season Changing
Anticipating Oktoberfest, our Halloween costume contest, and the midterm election
Review: Different Stages’ Shining City
As with all Conor McPherson plays, the Devil is in the details
Oops!
In “Election Ticker: They Ban, We Plan” (News, September 23), the article incorrectly stated that Celia Israel spoke at the UT Students for Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood Texas Votes panel; she planned to be on the panel but did not attend due to day-of miscommunication, per her campaign. The Chronicle regrets the error.
Five Perfect Scenes at Austin Sketch Fest
Because the best comedy always has a story to it
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A BLK REVOLUTION, Channel Tres, Smashing Pumpkins, the Austin Record Convention, and more local music related shows worth seeing
TribFest Recap: Can Texas Plan Properly for Droughts and Floods to Come?
Are we “thinking as preciously about water as we can”?
TribFest Recap: Red and Blue Teams Find Common Ground Before the 88th
Six points of agreement as the new Legislature coalesces
TribFest Recap: Liz Cheney Chooses To Go Out the Hard Way
Scion of power learns the limits of 21st century politics
TribFest: Oil Terminal Protest Interrupts Buttigieg’s Q&A (But He Doesn’t Mind)
Transport secretary: “I hear you” about Gulf Coast project
