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features
The Austin Chronicle's Annual Halloween Mask: The Anti-Masker
Find out how to transform into death incarnate with our mask instructions
news
Chronicle Endorsements for the November General Election
Our picks for the local, state, and national races you'll see on your ballot
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Election Ticker: Are We There Yet?
The latest – and last! – news from the campaign trail before Election Day
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Austin at Large: The Big Engine That Must
Proposition A is wobbling around the final curve. We can’t let it derail.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Hancock Golf Park, Take 3
The plot thickens, or thins, or something ...
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Housing Casts Shadows on Council's Preelection Agenda
The home stretch
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
ICE Targeted Immigrants in Sanctuary With Hefty Fines, Emails Show
Documents show Trump administration surveilled and targeted outspoken immigrants
BY MARY TUMA
A Guide to the Panels Working to Change APD
Safety in numbers
BY AUSTIN SANDERS AND BETH SULLIVAN
Superintendent Says AISD Will Honor Staff Health Accommodations Through End of Year
Online or in person? AISD readies for "all of the above"
BY BETH SULLIVAN
You Don't Have to Break the Law to Get Watched by ARIC
Anarchy in the ATX
BY JOHN ANDERSON
UT Research Reinforces Anti-Racism at Austin Water
Making equity flow
BY LINA FISHER
food
Swoop House’s Hospitality Honcho Has All the Luck
Stephen Shallcross carries on with Happy Foods and De Nada and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Voter Rewards Continue, Arlo Grey Returns, Treaty Oak Distilling Expands BBQ Team, and What the Hell Is Going On in Boise?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 29, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Faster Than Sound: Fat Tony Tales
Houston rapper plays sole release show in Austin
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Jerry Jeff Walker Brought the Magic
"Mr. Bojangles" author catalyzes the Seventies progressive country movement.
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Billy Joe Shaver Gets His Wings
Country songwriting sage (1939-2020) reunites with beloved son Eddy
BY KEVIN CURTIN
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, GREG STITT, ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND TIM STEGALL
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Asleep at the Wheel and ACL Celebrate a Half Century of History
New KLRU retrospective wrangles two Austin icons
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Summoning Hell in Attack of the Demons
Austin artist Eric Power casts a cardgore spell
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Attack of the Demons
Animated horror creates a new genre: cardgore!
Belly of the Beast
Shocking and timely documentary exposes forced hysterectomies in California prisons
Come Play
Monster living within your phone doesn't deserve your screentime
The Donut King
The bittersweet tale of the man behind L.A.’s favorite treat
Madre
Spanish drama explore the devastating mysteries of loss
One Vote
From Alaska to Kentucky, the clear importance of voting
Spell
Appalachian hoodoo horror flips the switch on hillbilly cinema
arts & culture
YA Novelist Elizabeth Acevedo Has No Room for Hopelessness
How the author of Clap When You Land and keynote speaker at the 2020 Texas Teen Book Festival writes toward the positive
BY SARA HUTCHINSON
Blue Lapis Light's Beyond the Clouds
This aerial dance company's production brought its dancers down to earth but still lifted us up
BY ROBERT FAIRES
SAGE Studio Artist Rick Fleming Bags His Biggest Exposure Yet With Joe Biden Portrait
The local artist’s tote bag is now on sale in the Biden campaign store
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Photographer Randal Ford Captures Some Good Dogs
Local artist finds the soul of show dogs and mutts alike
BY NAOMI BRADY
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
Opinion: Let Go of Identity Politics and Vote
Turning Texas blue won't turn it into California
BY ANNA NEAR
Qmmunity: Between a Rock and a Homophobic Place
Plus, Joterias' and Poo Poo Platter's spooky digital drag to chill you and thrill you
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Día de los Muertos, San Antonio
San Antonio celebrates Day of the Dead
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Real A-Hole
Nobody likes getting walked on – unless maybe it's a middle aged man with back problems
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, October 30 - November 5
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch: Footgolf!
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
