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Chronicle Endorsements
Recommendations for mayor, Council, school and college districts, bonds, and propositions
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Point Austin: This Most Important Election
How and why the Chronicle takes endorsements seriously
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: False Binary Choices
Finding middle ground in Austin politics
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Ted Gordon
AISD Trustee Ted Gordon on school funding
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Finding Funds for School Mental Health
Foundations help save 16 campus-based clinics
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City Ready to Wrangle Scooters
Permanent "dockless mobility" rules ready for public comment
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Where’s the Fire, Chief?
City announces finalists to succeed Rhoda Mae Kerr
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Dusterhoft Claims Defamation
APD officer sues KLBJ host and guests
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
For "Active" Seniors Only
Affordable housing without transit? Council faces challenge.
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council Poised to Bless Camelback
With commission and neighborhood support, the lakeside Camelback PUD appears headed for approval
BY MICHAEL KING
Fours on the Floor
Handicapping the next Council's coalitions on land use
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
MLS in Austin: Someday, Someway
It won't be the Crew, but there will be an Austin FC, league suggests
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Follow the Money ... to the Polls
Election funds flow to and from candidates and PACs
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Death Watch: Rockwell Schizophrenic or Faker?
One execution stayed, another set for Oct. 24
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Survivors Hit Back at City, County in Court
Plaintiffs hit back at motions to dismiss in sexual assault class-action suit
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Election Ticker: Early Voting Begins Monday
Victory for voting rights, political parties (the fun kind), the latest endorsements
BY MICHAEL KING
Zavala Families Facing the Future
As Austin ISD modernizes one Eastside campus, others remain fearful
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Heidi Group Heave-Hoed
State finally kicks incompetent anti-choice health provider to the curb
BY MARY TUMA
food
Living Off the Land With Local Leaf
Eric Knight and Stacy Coplin turn Central Texas foliage into yaupon tea
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Austin Chefs on What "Locally Sourced" Means to Them
Small gardens have big impact on flavor
BY R.T. FRANK
The Dish: Relish the Comfort of Hibachi Scallops at Sushi Japon
Newly remodeled Japanese steakhouse delivers entertainment and big flavor
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Boz Scaggs Doesn't Mean to Be Argumentative
The Texan parses blues, R&B, and rock & roll ahead of two Austin shows
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback: Agent of Change Returns
New hope and typical bureaucracy precede Council vote on sound dispute resolution
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL LIVE SHOTS ENCORE
Paul McCartney
Listen to what the man said
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Lil Wayne
NOLA rapper brings the uproar
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Vince Staples
Cali rapper gets the mainstream woke
BY CLARA WANG
Rhye
The future of R&B is androgynous
BY DAN GENTILE
screens
UT Grad Brings Politics Back to the Multiplex With The Oath
Producer Ray Mansfield and star/first-time filmmaker Ike Barinholtz on their timely satire
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
No More Cartoon Villains
Dismantling insulting stereotypes with the Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival
BY JULIAN DEBERRY
Film Reviews
Big Kill
Low-budget Western rides high in the saddle
An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
This year's weirdest, most delightful rom-com
The Guilty
Single-location thriller travels deep into a killer mystery
Halloween
The night he came home again (for the first time)
The Oath
Promise you'll see this hilarious and timely political satire
Studio 54
The rise, fall, and legacy of NYC's most famous nightclub
arts & culture
Edward Carey's Portrait of Madame Tussaud in Little
The Austin author both writes about and illustrates the grand, strange life of the waxworks queen
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Snapshot: ACL Artists Pick Their Favorite Paul McCartney Songs
Because you either like the Beatles, or you haven't listened to enough of the Beatles
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Theatre Synesthesia's The Fault
In Katie Bender's play, an American family tries to save itself from being shaken apart
"Ed Ruscha: Archaeology and Romance" at the Ransom Center
This evocative excavation into the artist's process of creating art and making books reveals the work of art is the completed book itself
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
This bittersweet novel charts a wrongful conviction's effect on a young couple
columns
Qmmunity
Modern-day cultural fads
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Altstadt Brewery
German-style brewery’s tasting room opens outside Fredericksburg
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Very Passionate Boyfriend
Find someone whose baseline is not assaulting you
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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