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ALBUM REVIEW: Big Bill’s topical new LP slashes the end times with art-punk fervor. www.austinchronicle.com/music/record...
The Sick Myth of America Isn’t Funny Anymore • The Austin Chronicle
Two major moves followed the release of Big Bill’s expansive 2024 LP Strawberry Seed: singer Eric Braden from Austin to Philly, and Donald Trump from Mar-a-Lago back into the White House. The former a...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
ALBUM REVIEW: Big Bill’s topical new LP slashes the end times with art-punk fervor. www.austinchronicle.com/music/record...
From the files of Mr. Smarty Pants: The Japanese word for “fig” is “ichijiku,” which means “no flower fruit.” That’s because the flower blooms inside the fruit.
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
From the files of Mr. Smarty Pants: The Japanese word for “fig” is “ichijiku,” which means “no flower fruit.” That’s because the flower blooms inside the fruit.
DAY TRIPS: Horseshoe Bay Lighthouse stands at the end of a peninsula stretching into the eastern end of Lake LBJ outside of Marble Falls.
Day Trips: Horseshoe Bay Lighthouse, Horseshoe Bay • The Austin Chronicle
Horseshoe Bay Lighthouse stands at the end of a peninsula stretching into the eastern end of Lake LBJ outside of Marble Falls. The square rock tower looks like a misshapen rocket more than a classic l...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
DAY TRIPS: Horseshoe Bay Lighthouse stands at the end of a peninsula stretching into the eastern end of Lake LBJ outside of Marble Falls.
In this week's comics, the Trump administration discusses the recent elections in a very sensible manner.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
In this week's comics, the Trump administration discusses the recent elections in a very sensible manner.
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MOVIE REVIEW: Ira Sachs illuminates the poetry in the prosaic in an experimental two-hander starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall.
Peter Hujar’s Day Review: Being Alive • The Austin Chronicle
In his first feature since 2023’s electric pas de trois Passages, Ira Sachs enlists Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall in a most curious experiment that somehow avoids coming off like a gimmick.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
MOVIE REVIEW: Ira Sachs illuminates the poetry in the prosaic in an experimental two-hander starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall.
Nico Osier queers line dance lessons across Austin into places of joy, community, and more.
Get Your Line Dance Country Fried • The Austin Chronicle
For many Americans, the term “line dance” calls to mind uncles in 10-gallons turning their Tecovas to “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” or even an awkward scuffle around the high school gym when P.E. class gets...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Nico Osier queers line dance lessons across Austin into places of joy, community, and more.
Bestselling author Travis Baldree serves up cozy fantasy and connection with Brigands & Breadknives.
Travis Baldree Serves Up Cozy Fantasy & Connection • The Austin Chronicle
Author Travis Baldree’s coming back to Texas, and he’s bringing the latest installment of his bestselling cozy fantasy series with him. After enchanting crowds with 2022 debut novel Legends & Lattes a...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Bestselling author Travis Baldree serves up cozy fantasy and connection with Brigands & Breadknives.
Sunny’s Backyard announces sudden closure and farewell show. After five years the beloved dive says goodbye Nov. 22.
Sunny’s Backyard Announces Sudden Closure and Farewell Show • The Austin Chronicle
Sunny’s Backyard, the casual neighborhood hangout and live music spot on East Seventh, is shutting its doors after five years of “drinks, food, music, laughs, cries, stories, games, weddings, and much...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sunny’s Backyard announces sudden closure and farewell show. After five years the beloved dive says goodbye Nov. 22.
With Prop Q’s defeat, an era of austerity begins.
With Prop Q’s Defeat, an Era of Austerity Begins • The Austin Chronicle
“I don’t think the voters appreciate how deep the cuts are going to have to be,” Austin City Council Member Mike Siegel told the Chronicle last week as Prop Q, the ballot measure to increase property ...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
With Prop Q’s defeat, an era of austerity begins.
We take a first look at Paprika ATX where local taquero Margarito Pérez is nourishing bodies and souls.
First Look: Paprika ATX • The Austin Chronicle
“I’m trying to carve out a space for the young folks like myself because there’s so many of us here,” Margarito Pérez declares loftily. Paprika, his critically acclaimed “taqueria pa la gente,” recent...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We take a first look at Paprika ATX where local taquero Margarito Pérez is nourishing bodies and souls.
MOVIE REVIEW: Nicolas Cage stars as Joseph in this tale torn partially from the biblical Apocrypha.
The Carpenter’s Son Review: The Passion of the Teenage Christ • The Austin Chronicle
Conventional wisdom says that there are Old Testament Christians and New Testament Christians, but this oversimplification leaves out the third and most entertaining segment of the faithful: the Apocr...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
MOVIE REVIEW: Nicolas Cage stars as Joseph in this tale torn partially from the biblical Apocrypha.
New waves and Blue Moons in Richard Linklater’s latest era.
New Waves and Blue Moons in Richard Linklater’s Latest Era • The Austin Chronicle
It’s rare for a filmmaker to have two films out at the same time, especially one of the prestige of Richard Linklater, and especially two that took him so far out of his literal comfort zone. Both Blu...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New waves and Blue Moons in Richard Linklater’s latest era.
MOVIE REVIEW: Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright gets political in this adaptation of The Running Man.
The Running Man Review: Glen Powell’s Victory Lap • The Austin Chronicle
It’s no coincidence that two of this year’s angriest and most nakedly political movies are adapted from the Bachman books – stories published by Stephen King under a nom de plume because they were see...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
MOVIE REVIEW: Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright gets political in this adaptation of The Running Man.
For this week's Qmmunity column, a short but sentimental birthday column from editor James.
Happy Birthday Column • The Austin Chronicle
Hello readers! This is my annual birthday column, which I write just in case anyone has birthday compliments for me burning a hole in their pockets. Usually I have a whole gimmick like trans movie rec...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For this week's Qmmunity column, a short but sentimental birthday column from editor James.
Nico Osier queers line dance lessons across Austin into places of joy, community, and more. www.austinchronicle.com/arts/get-you...
Get Your Line Dance Country Fried • The Austin Chronicle
For many Americans, the term “line dance” calls to mind uncles in 10-gallons turning their Tecovas to “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” or even an awkward scuffle around the high school gym when P.E. class gets...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Nico Osier queers line dance lessons across Austin into places of joy, community, and more. www.austinchronicle.com/arts/get-you...
Paper cuts and pearls decorate local drag artist Louisianna Purchase’s new art show.
Paper Cuts & Pearls Decorate Louisianna Purchase's New Art Show • The Austin Chronicle
Drag artist Louisianna Purchase carries a specific elegant yet emotional style to every project she takes on, whether that’s her live drag shows around Austin or their music video and photography coll...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Paper cuts and pearls decorate local drag artist Louisianna Purchase’s new art show.
Shutdown circles the drain, Council revises budget, Mile Zero Trailhead opens, and more of the week’s headlines.
The Week’s Biggest News in Brief • The Austin Chronicle
Shutdown Circles the Drain: On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now the longest in history. Despite Democratic senators’ insistence they would not ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Shutdown circles the drain, Council revises budget, Mile Zero Trailhead opens, and more of the week’s headlines.
AISD looks toward final decisions on closures, turnaround plans, and more less than two weeks before state deadline. www.austinchronicle.com/news/aisd-lo...
AISD Looks Toward Final Decisions on Closures and Turnaround Plans • The Austin Chronicle
Public comment was full at the Austin ISD Board of Trustees meeting two days after the district announced that they’re not closing Palm, Maplewood, and Bryker Woods elementaries next school year, and ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
AISD looks toward final decisions on closures, turnaround plans, and more less than two weeks before state deadline. www.austinchronicle.com/news/aisd-lo...
A consistent issue with the Austin Food & Wine Festival showed up again this year. It needs more food.
The Austin Food & Wine Festival Needs More Food • The Austin Chronicle
I’ll begin by saying that the Austin Food & Wine Festival does a lot of things right. The Auditorium Shores location offers enough space to fit the crowds with relative ease, the organizers effectivel...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A consistent issue with the Austin Food & Wine Festival showed up again this year. It needs more food.
Schlubs save the day in crime caper The Unexpecteds from writer/director Alejandro Montoya Marín.
Schlubs Save the Day in Crime Caper The Unexpecteds • The Austin Chronicle
Alejandro Montoya Marín has a word for the protagonists of his new action-comedy, The Unexpecteds. It’s not heroes or hardmen or ass-kickers. It’s schlubs, and he means that in the nicest way possible...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Schlubs save the day in crime caper The Unexpecteds from writer/director Alejandro Montoya Marín.
DIY Texas writer Scott Semegran proves the doubters wrong – again – with Starman After Midnight audiobook.
Scott Semegran Goes Back to His Indie Roots • The Austin Chronicle
Scott Semegran was a military brat who spent half his childhood in San Antonio before moving to Austin in 1989 to earn an English degree from UT. Then he started reading the writers that weren’t on hi...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
DIY Texas writer Scott Semegran proves the doubters wrong – again – with Starman After Midnight audiobook.
Sarah Eckhardt wants to do “big things.” We talk to the state senator on why she has hope running for the U.S. House in a red district.
Sarah Eckhardt Wants to Do “Big Things” • The Austin Chronicle
Three of Austin’s best-known political leaders are taking on huge challenges in next year’s election – David vs. Goliath scenarios. Rep. Gina Hinojosa is running for governor against Greg Abbott, the ...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Sarah Eckhardt wants to do “big things.” We talk to the state senator on why she has hope running for the U.S. House in a red district.
Austin filmmaker Brock Harris revives the code of the outlaw in Cottonmouth.
Austin Filmmaker Brock Harris Revives the Code of the Outlaw in Cottonmouth • The Austin Chronicle
You can tell a lot about a filmmaker by what Westerns they like, and you can tell what kind of Western that Austin-based filmmaker Brock Harris was going to make by the same measure. “I love Once Upon a Time in the West,” he said, “Definitely the Sergio Leones. Fistful of Dollars, The Good, The […]
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November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Austin filmmaker Brock Harris revives the code of the outlaw in Cottonmouth.
SXSW 2026 welcomes All-American Rejects, international up-and-comers, and more in its first music lineup announcement.
SXSW 2026 Welcomes All-American Rejects, International Up-and-Comers • The Austin Chronicle
The first wave of 100 artists to test the reorganized waters of South by Southwest 2026 has been announced. Film, tech, and music festival programming will run concurrently this year at clubhouses acr...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SXSW 2026 welcomes All-American Rejects, international up-and-comers, and more in its first music lineup announcement.
Exciting flavors and huge portions at Cambodian food truck Blue Apsara.
Exciting Flavors and Huge Portions at Blue Apsara • The Austin Chronicle
As a South Austin resident, I’m always eager to welcome a new addition to the area’s Asian food scene. I had the chance to do exactly that at Blue Apsara, a fantastic Cambodian food truck currently pa...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Exciting flavors and huge portions at Cambodian food truck Blue Apsara.