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Volume 42, Number 10

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news

Chronicle Endorsements for 2022 Travis County Elections

Our picks for state and local races

BY THE 'CHRONICLE' NEWS STAFF

Has Round Rock ISD Hit Rock Bottom?

Maybe not yet

BY BRANT BINGAMON

Austin at Large: Reading the Palm District

A new plan-of-plans puts the spotlight on Downtown’s hard, rough eastern edges

BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good, v.2

Has Austin lost its groove? A surprising answer.

BY NICK BARBARO

Headlines / Quote of the Week

Low Turnout, the Fight for Voting Rights, and More Election News

Keep marching on

BY THE NEWS STAFF

Hays D.A. Candidate Scrubs Suspected Coup Planner From His Timeline

Nothing to see here!

BY JORDAN BUCKLEY

Council Steams Ahead With “Renters’ Rights Agenda”

Plus, council takes on Colony Park and city-owned property

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

Cap Metro Taps Refugee Population for Employment

Bus driver shortage and Austin’s newest residents both aided

BY BENTON GRAHAM

On Compatibility, Staff Tells Adler, Thanks, but No Thanks

Previously drafted Land Development Code changes were better, they say

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

Little Hope for Expanding Texas Medicaid in the Coming Year

Open enrollment begins

BY ABE ASHER

Death Watch: Sane Enough to Die?

Schizophrenic prisoner scheduled to die next week

BY BRANT BINGAMON

food

The Perfect Rolled Salad (No, Not That Kind)

Spring rolls that always pack a big punch

BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ

Previewing the Austin Food & Wine Festival

Our recommendations for whom to see and what to taste

BY MELANIE HAUPT

R.I.P. to DK Lee; Welcome Back to Austin Cider Week; Falling for Local Foods and Loro; Festivals and Fantasies, Free Pancakes for Voters, and More

All the food that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week

Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 3, 2022

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

music

Finally Punk, All-Girl Aughts Act, Talks Austin Reunion Shows

Unbanned, pioneering punks play Swass Nite Wednesday

BY GENEVIEVE WOOD

Memorable Moments From Levitation's Halloweekend

Standout sets from the four-day Austin fest

BY KRISS CONKLIN, CHRISTINA GARCIA, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, LAIKEN NEUMANN, MARS SALAZAR AND JULIAN TOWERS

Megz Kelli On Her New Orleans-Set Directorial Debut "little trumpet"

Magna Carda and BLK ODYSSY collaborate on short film score

BY KRISS CONKLIN

Crosstalk: Plains Brings Out Hoyt Van Tanner, DIA on Día Centers Live Music Funds, and Black Pumas' Eric Burton Teases His "Own Work"

Austin music news headlines of the week

BY RACHEL RASCOE AND CHRISTINA GARCIA

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

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

Live Music in Austin

BY DEREK UDENSI

screens

Five Musical Movie Moments at Sound Unseen

The sonic cinema celebration returns to Austin

BY ANNIE FLORES

The Social and Personal Turbulence of Armageddon Time

James Gray explores his own flawed youth in this autobiographical coming-of-age film

BY TRACE SAUVEUR

Film Reviews

Aftersun

Poignant final holiday sums up a beautifully captured father-daughter relationship

Armageddon Time

James Gray's note-perfect depiction of moral failings in Eighties NYC

Causeway

Jennifer Lawrence returns in a moving portrait of a damaged woman

Good Night Oppy

Mars rover documentary concentrates too much on the inner life of machines

One Piece Film: Red

The Straw Hat pirates are back in an all-new musical adventure

The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile

Intimate portrait of Country's unfairly scorned queen

Run Sweetheart Run

Supernatural #MeToo thriller never hits a reliable pace

Soft & Quiet

Insidious racism becomes a rabid nightmare

Something in the Dirt

Benson and Moorhead's pandemic whimsy takes on the perils of conspiracy theory

Till

Oddly glossy version of the quest for justice for Emmett Till
arts & culture

TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL 2022

Talkin’ Chicken With Jacques Pépin at the Texas Book Festival

The revered culinarian's latest book showcases paintings and stories of poultry and more

BY MELANIE HAUPT

As Both Writer and Editor, David Levithan Is at the Heart of the Explosion of Queer YA Literature

Young stories, queer voices at the Texas Book Festival

BY JAMES SCOTT

Austin Author Gabino Iglesias Talks Spiders and Assassins

The horror writer guides you through the darkness at the Texas Book Festival

BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON

The Gathering Storm: Robert Draper on the Post-Reality GOP

NYT writer and former Austinite sees a dark future in his new book, Weapons of Mass Delusion

BY JAY TRACHTENBERG

Five Readings With Chronicle Writers at the Texas Book Festival 2022

Catch up with the Chron's editorial team in conversation with authors at this year's celebration of literature

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Chicago

Hello, suckers!

BY BOB ABELMAN

Arts Events

Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

Community Events

Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more

BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS

columns

Qmmunity: Qristian Qurl Autumn

The season for perfectly sensational LGBTQ (aka PSL) events is here, queer, and loving it

BY JAMES SCOTT

Day Trips: San Pedro Creek Culture Park, San Antonio

Art installations blend with nature at an Alamo City creek

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

The Luv Doc: A Smokin’ Hot Cowgirlfriend

The progressive concept of bodily autonomy seems to have taken a tenacious hold on the local female populace

BY THE LUV DOC

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 4-10

BY ROB BREZSNY

The Common Law

Legitimate poll watcher or voting intimidation – where’s the line?

BY LUKE ELLIS

Feedback

Letters to the editor, published daily
sports

The Verde Report: Austin FC Gave the City a Season To Be Proud of in 2022

The club managed to exceed every reasonable expectation for how its sophomore season would go

BY ERIC GOODMAN

comics

Eyebeam

BY SAM HURT

This Modern World

BY TOM TOMORROW

Peppermint Tears

BY RYAN HENNESSEE

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