An ugly ending clouds a mostly positive season for Austin FC. @goodman.bsky.social assesses the ups and downs of Nico Estévez’s first year as head coach.

From the files of Mr. Smarty Pants: In 1907, William Willett, the great-great-grandfather of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, proposed Daylight Saving Time in Great Britain.

DAY TRIPS: How a village in Bastrop County became named for a football legend from Indiana.

In this week's comics, Tom Tomorrow tests Speaker Mike Johnson's knowledge on a few topics. Read all the funnies: austinchronicle.com/comics

MOVIE REVIEW: Ninth film in the Predator series borrows from buddy comedies.

Poet Amanda Johnston’s anthology Praisesong for the People gives Texans their flowers.

Coming to this weekend's Texas Book Festival, Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter introduces a vampire he can believe in.

For the next two weekends, the Austin Studio Tour welcomes you to the playground with new leadership and new opportunities for more artists.

As part of our Texas Book Festival preview we talk to Texas Monthly writer Skip Hollandsworth about the cases that puzzle us all.

Texans approve all 17 state constitutional amendments. Here's the good, the bad, and where Travis County broke from the herd.

In this week's Qmmunity column our LGBTQ columnist breaks an egg on himself.

Metafictional debut from Michener graduate Maria Reva explores the Ukrainian war and the future of fiction.

As part of our Texas Book Festival preview we spotlight new offerings that celebrate legends of LGBTQIA resistance.

Wilco songwriter Jeff Tweedy talks addiction and family bands ahead of Nov. 12 show at the Paramount.

Texas Book Festival celebrates three decades of diverse literary programming.

Red River Cultural District announces new monthly concert series Why Not Wednesdays.

In this week's news wrap-up: Dems’ big wins, Texas food banks hurting, and rising anxiety over a Musk robot army.

Austin voters emphatically reject Prop Q. Council members admit they have work to do to regain trust.

AISD makes last minute changes to school closure and zoning plan. Ten schools will still close, but boundary changes will wait another year.

UT alum Bryan Bertino delivers a box of nightmares in his new film, Vicious.

New version of seminal Austin horror film brings a lost Throbbing Gristle soundtrack to light.

Cheer Up Charlies leaves deal with Pride Holdings Group as the bar owners rescind proposed sale.

Two THC-infused recipes for your canna-cookbook, because weed’s not just for brownies anymore.

Big Thief infinitely innovates on their latest LP Double Infinity. We talk with the band's guitarist, Buck Meek, before tomorrow's show at Moody Amphitheater.

Local author Jess Hagemann writes Marie Antoinette into an Austin sex cult in her gruesome, ambitious, and meticulously written new novel.

Austin Fashion Week spotlights survival, empowerment, and healing on the runway.

New Zealand indie rockers the Beths tackle the ups and downs of mental health on their new LP. We talk with Elizabeth Stokes ahead of tonight's show at Emo's.

Anime and AI lead the expanded lineup at SXSW 2026 with more than 250 new panels added to March fest.

AISD releases its new consolidation plan with the same schools on the chopping block.

Tomorrow is election day! Prop Q and several constitutional amendments are on the Austin ballot. Here are our endorsements.

ALBUM REVIEW: Indie rocker Gus Baldwin swaggers and reflects on his self-titled album.

MOVIE REVIEW: Stitch Head is a charming, kid-friendly riff on Frankenstein that has its heart in the right place.

ALBUM REVIEW: Intense highs and lows color experimental jazz quartet Atlas Maior’s latest offering.

Texas Women’s Basketball fans are louder than ever ahead of tonight's season opener.

Austin FC’s first trip to MLS Cup Playoffs since 2022 is short and decidedly not sweet.

Austin Energy makes historic investment in battery storage with a new contract providing 100 megawatts of increased reliability.

Students organize as UT continues to drag its feet on Trump’s compact.

From the files of Mr. Smarty Pants: Winnie-the-Pooh is banned in China because political activists have compared the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, to the beloved fictional teddy bear.

DAY TRIPS: Things go bump in the night in New Braunfels’ historic Faust Hotel.

In this week's comics, Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have a totally normal conversation. Read all the funnies: austinchronicle.com/comics

Austin FC’s All-Star Brad Stuver talks about community service and his off-the-pitch studies.

Start the holiday season with a festival of films, beer, or sausage. Our roundup of statewide events has something for every adventurer.

Behold the horrors the Texas Legislature has inflicted on its own citizens in this year’s Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask cover.

Today is the last day of early voting! Prop Q and several constitutional amendments are on the Austin ballot. Here are our endorsements.

MOVIE REVIEW: Richard Linklater captures a giddy revolution on the set of a French cinematic masterpiece in Nouvelle Vague.

Filmmaker Todd Rohal returns to Austin to blow up the boundaries of decency with old friends.

Food pantries mobilize to fill hunger gap, a profoundly dry fall prompts burn ban, and more headlines from the past week.

Music, life, and business partners Jane Ellen Bryant and Daniel Leo try out new characters on new Jane Leo LP Creature of Destruction.

Austin FC falls to LAFC in tight game 1 of playoff series. Game 2 convenes Sunday at Q2 Stadium.

Austinites try to wrap their heads around the controversial Prop Q as competing calculations dominate the debate over the proposed property tax increase.