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Volume 42, Number 10
ON THE COVER:
news
Our picks for state and local races
BY THE 'CHRONICLE' NEWS STAFF
Maybe not yet
BY BRANT BINGAMON
A new plan-of-plans puts the spotlight on Downtown’s hard, rough eastern edges
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Has Austin lost its groove? A surprising answer.
BY NICK BARBARO
Keep marching on
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Nothing to see here!
BY JORDAN BUCKLEY
Plus, council takes on Colony Park and city-owned property
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Bus driver shortage and Austin’s newest residents both aided
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Previously drafted Land Development Code changes were better, they say
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Open enrollment begins
BY ABE ASHER
Schizophrenic prisoner scheduled to die next week
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
Spring rolls that always pack a big punch
BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ
Our recommendations for whom to see and what to taste
BY MELANIE HAUPT
All the food that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 3, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Unbanned, pioneering punks play Swass Nite Wednesday
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Standout sets from the four-day Austin fest
BY KRISS CONKLIN, CHRISTINA GARCIA, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, LAIKEN NEUMANN, MARS SALAZAR AND JULIAN TOWERS
Magna Carda and BLK ODYSSY collaborate on short film score
BY KRISS CONKLIN
Austin music news headlines of the week
BY RACHEL RASCOE AND CHRISTINA GARCIA
Lingua Ignota, Daniel Fears, Mobley, a Doug Sahm celebration, and more worthy local shows
BY KEVIN CURTIN, CHRISTINA GARCIA, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, JULIAN TOWERS, MICHAEL TOLAND AND KRISS CONKLIN
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
The sonic cinema celebration returns to Austin
BY ANNIE FLORES
James Gray explores his own flawed youth in this autobiographical coming-of-age film
BY TRACE SAUVEUR
Film Reviews
Poignant final holiday sums up a beautifully captured father-daughter relationship
James Gray's note-perfect depiction of moral failings in Eighties NYC
Jennifer Lawrence returns in a moving portrait of a damaged woman
Mars rover documentary concentrates too much on the inner life of machines
The Straw Hat pirates are back in an all-new musical adventure
Intimate portrait of Country's unfairly scorned queen
Supernatural #MeToo thriller never hits a reliable pace
Insidious racism becomes a rabid nightmare
Benson and Moorhead's pandemic whimsy takes on the perils of conspiracy theory
Oddly glossy version of the quest for justice for Emmett Till
arts & culture
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL 2022
The revered culinarian's latest book showcases paintings and stories of poultry and more
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Young stories, queer voices at the Texas Book Festival
BY JAMES SCOTT
The horror writer guides you through the darkness at the Texas Book Festival
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
NYT writer and former Austinite sees a dark future in his new book, Weapons of Mass Delusion
BY JAY TRACHTENBERG
Catch up with the Chron's editorial team in conversation with authors at this year's celebration of literature
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Hello, suckers!
BY BOB ABELMAN
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
The season for perfectly sensational LGBTQ (aka PSL) events is here, queer, and loving it
BY JAMES SCOTT
Art installations blend with nature at an Alamo City creek
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The progressive concept of bodily autonomy seems to have taken a tenacious hold on the local female populace
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Your weekly horoscope, November 4-10
BY ROB BREZSNY
Legitimate poll watcher or voting intimidation – where’s the line?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The club managed to exceed every reasonable expectation for how its sophomore season would go
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY RYAN HENNESSEE