AFS Cinema
John Anderson / Design by Zeke Barbaro
Volume 42, Number 12
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Cap Metro Wants Its Pre-Pandemic Groove Back
Everything’s in flux with new ridership, new leadership, new routes
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Austin at Large: Tale of Two Cities
Mayor’s race: Hook ’em along I-35, sic ’em along MoPac
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: The Zilker Master Plan Is Back
And so is the Community Advancement Network report
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Tesla Gigafactory to be Investigated for Labor Standards Violations
Workers Defense Project calls out wage theft, unsafe conditions
BY LINA FISHER
Sunset Commission Approves Final Recommendations
Increased transparency, some accountability for environment agency
BY LINA FISHER
Police Contract Talks: Hurry Up, or Wait?
Cronk wants APA labor deal before new Council arrives in January
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
ACA Open Enrollment: More Options as Dec. 15 Deadline Nears
Prosper Centers have already helped more than 1,000 get insurance
BY ABE ASHER
Autonomous Vehicles Seek Traction in Austin
Hands off the wheel
BY BENTON GRAHAM
As the Interim Superintendent Departs, AISD’s New Board Gets a Running Start
Anthony Mays leaves Austin for Houston
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Self-Described Racist Loses Pflugerville Teaching Job After Video Goes Viral
PfISD teacher pfools around, pfinds out
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
food
A Tale of Three Sisters
Lessons from Indigenous agriculture
BY A. RICHMOND
Suerte’s Patio Opens, Thanksgiving Gobbles Hard, Otoko Brands a Sake, Nido and Industry Get All Brunchy, Aviary Collabs Supercharge Sunday Nights, and More
All the news 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 17, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Faster Than Sound: Former Spider House Cafe Has Reopened as Tweedy's
Run by the patio experts behind Kinda Tropical and Hotel Vegas
BY RACHEL RASCOE
What the Broken Spoke's Historic Designation Could Mean for Music Venue Preservation
Honky-tonk could join sites eyed for city venue investments
BY CHAD SWIATECKI
What We’re Listening to This Week
Adrian Quesada, Old Fire, Norman Ba$e, and more local releases
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, JULIAN TOWERS, MARS SALAZAR, DEREK UDENSI AND RACHEL RASCOE
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Ruthie Foster, Booker T. Jones, Kate Kortum, Hyd, and more local shows worth braving the chill
BY DOUG FREEMAN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KEVIN CURTIN, MICHAEL TOLAND, DEREK UDENSI AND JULIAN TOWERS
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Noah Segan Is Dad and Loving It in Blood Relatives
The actor and filmmaker on Judaism, vampires, and cool cars
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Taking a Bite Out of The Menu
Director Mark Mylod and producer Betsy Koch discuss their new culinary satire
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Birdman director seems painfully aware of his own pretensions
Bones and All
Chalamet and Russell glisten with blood and love in this cannibal road trip
Drishyam 2
Sequel to the 2015 murder-thriller
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
A thrilling and touching version of the children's classic from the master fabulist
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Latest version of the D.H. Lawrence novel of sex and class
Meet Me in the Bathroom
NYC millennial music doc is as rambling as the city
The Menu
Restaurant satire cuts into class and the culinary arts
She Said
The journalistic investigation of Harvey Weinstein gets the rage but not the tension
Spirited
Dickens' A Christmas Carol gets flipped
Un Couple
Nathalie Boutefeu in a solo performance as Tolstoy's wife
arts & culture
Preserving the Future of the Texas Memorial Museum
After years of neglect and underfunding, Austin’s only natural history museum reconsiders its role
BY CLAIRE STEVENS
Review: Austin Shakespeare’s Sense and Sensibility
Putting the pedal to the metal bolsters Jane Austen's classic work
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
We Have an Issue: Where the Wild Things Are
What's going on at Texas Memorial Museum?
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Scorpio Season
For the Qmmunity editor's birthday, have an extra helping of queer events with yer slice of b-day cake
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Legendary Alpacas of Texas, Maypearl
Charming camelids welcome you to a peaceful farm getaway
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Little Lawyers
You deserve a lifetime of hushed reverence
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, November 18-24
BY ROB BREZSNY
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Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
World Cup Watch: And So It Begins ...
The World Cup kicks off in what organizers promise won't be the Fyre Festival of sporting events
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
