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The Off Beat

Nané Day Revisited

Soulful funk-rock band, with special guests, plays Empire April 7

Fri., April 5, 2024

KB Brookins’ Second Freedom House

“Freedom House: An Exhibition” heads to Prizer Arts and Letters

Fri., April 5, 2024

South by South Protest Official fest flooded with grassroots organizing and anti-SX showcases

The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse Trying on four local personifications of fest success

Armadillo World Headquarters Plots Austin FC Partnership The Dillo lives!

Porcelain Infuses Noise Rock with “Realistic Ambition” Intense quartet launches self-titled debut on Feb. 16

Crosstalk: Zach Bryan Taps Matthew McConaughey for Sagebrush-Shot Music Video Plus Mike & the Moonpies’ new name and a UT professor’s MLK docuseries

TODAY'S EVENTS

Loose of Earth Book Launch

First Light Books

Emperor X, KindKeith, Middle Mass at The Coral Snake

Kathy Griffin
at Paramount Theatre

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

The Verde Report

As Wins Rack Up, Emiliano Rigoni Is Becoming Austin FC’s Forgotten Man

The club’s second-highest-paid player has struggled to contribute

Fri., April 12, 2024

Wolff In or Wolff Out? The Answer: It’s Complicated

Austin FC gets its first win of the 2024 season, but the pitchforks are still out for Austin FC’s head coach

Fri., April 5, 2024

Austin FC Needs Copa Tejas Now More Than Ever It’s been six months without a win. Can ATXFC reverse their luck against FC Dallas?

Relax, Austin FC’s First Month Isn’t as Bad as It Looks “It’s not like we’re behind the curve. We’re right there.”

James Ruth Is Bringing Austin FC’s Blueprint to the NFL Club’s first head of marketing talks about building a brand

Scoring Goals the Focus as Austin FC Returns Home El Tree looks for redemption in Saturday’s face-off with St. Louis City

(Over)reacting to Austin FC’s Lackluster Season Opener ... and what to look for in Seattle on Saturday

The Austin Chronic

Former Ag Commissioner Candidate Susan Hays Is Building a Hempcrete House

It’s the first privately owned residence in Austin made of the eco-friendly material

Fri., April 12, 2024

Cheech and Chong and Toking with a Troll

Stoner icons materialize for surprise C-boy’s appearance

Fri., March 29, 2024

Notorious Lawyer Adam Reposa Gets Raided For Running an Illegal Dispensary “I want to go to prison,” he claims, but no charges have been filed

New to the Texas Medical Market: RSO Products and Delicious Chocolate Texas Original expands with full-spectrum edibles

How Worried Should Cannabis Users Be Over Paxton Suing Austin? A Q&A with Congressman Greg Casar

I Interviewed My Dad About Marijuana The Family (Smoke) Circle

SXSW Is High on Psychedelics, as Cannabis Programming Wanes Conference programming manager Adam Wode explains why South by Southwest is turning on to psychoactive substances

We Have an Issue

We Have an issue : Everything You Need to Know About The Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin Awards When to vote, why to vote, and how to campaign

A Note From the Associate Publisher

Yup, Something’s Different The story behind our new print redesign

Diving Into a High-Stakes Election Year Contemplating a March primary, a November election, and the Austin Music Poll Ballot – vote now!

Merry Chronmas! Enjoy Our Little Reindeer Games! Special games issue to keep you entertained over the holidays

Opinion

Opinion: Incarcerated Women in Texas Need to Be Heard A writer in her eighth year of solitary confinement laments widespread neglect of the experiences of women in prison

Opinion: In Praise of Bed Rotting A busy college student makes the case for why spending a day in bed is good for your mental health

Opinion: We Need a Ceasefire Now Anti-Palestinian violence is not “on the other side of the globe.” It’s here in Austin, too.

Opinion: Let’s Encourage Austin Restaurants to Switch to Reusables, Away From Single-Use Items Austin Reuse Coalition and Plastic Reduction Project want your help rating Austin restaurants’ commitment to reducing plastic use

Opinion: Dear Israel: I’m Stuck in the Middle With You My parents taught me that the existence of Israel is essential. My children taught me that support for their violently racist policies is fascistic. There’s a middle position, even if it sometimes feels contradictory.

Day Trips

Tonkawa Falls City Park, Crawford

Historic waterfall is still a prime swimming hole

Fri., April 12, 2024

Livin’ on the Edge in Rocksprings

Discover the charms of a unique border town

Fri., April 5, 2024

The Big Thicket National Preserve, Kountze One of the first preserves turns 50 against all odds

Under-the-Radar Barbecue Joints Worth the Drive Make a side trip to these notable meat-makers

Lost Maples State Natural Area This heavily wooded canyon is a remote treasure

Pecan Grove Store, Fredericksburg Belly up to the bar for a Dino Burger

Schoenstatt Shrine, Lamar Texas coast shrine is a replica of a German chapel

Qmmunity

The Tea on Trivia

As their second anniversary approaches, the minds behind Queer Trivia reflect

Fri., April 12, 2024

Want to Go to There

A 2000s-era sitcom rewatch stirs up thoughts on queer media

Fri., April 5, 2024

Be Fur Real Chatting with local trans pet play titleholders in Austin kink community

I Yam Who I Yam Editor James contemplates what constitutes part of a trans identity and complains about blood draws.

The Thrift Store We Adore Top Drawer Thrift gets their second wind in new North Loop location opening Friday

Self Care by Southwest Is taking care of yourself the latest development in human technologies?

Serving Real Realness AI art has no place in the queer community, plus queer Austin updates

The Luv Doc

Settling

Who do you want? Mr. Wrong or Mr. Reliable?

Fri., April 12, 2024

Be Patient

What next? People with “Baby on Board” stickers?

Fri., April 5, 2024

What Grindr Is Not It’s the singular artistic achievement of the Eighties band Escape

AI Casanova Maybe you’re not the Cyrano de Bergerac that reeled them in

Single Women With Grocery Dogs Flying a nondescript gray flag and trolling through shallow waters

Smells Like Gold Bond Wear something extra sexy ... with a plunging neckline

The Love Doc: Office Cuck Maybe “Remember Fellatio!” will become the new Texas battle cry

The Common Law

Renting and emotional support animals? Renting and emotional support animals?

Can I adopt my stepdaughter? Can I adopt my stepdaughter?

Legal lemonade: Do my kids need a permit for their lemonade stand? Legal lemonade: Do my kids need a permit for their lemonade stand?

Moving my mailbox – do I have to? Moving my mailbox – do I have to?

Neighborhood parking battles Neighborhood parking battles

Smarty Pants

April 12, 2024 By his own admission, Ronald Reagan could play the folk song/cowboy classic “Red River Valley” on harmonica. When Looney...

April 5, 2024 According to LendingTree, the most popular car among American DUI offenders is BMW. The CIA has a podcast called...

March 29, 2024 The Irish language has at least 20 words for “hole.” More than 97% of U.S.-grown cotton is GMO. And...

March 22, 2024 Before it was called Manhattan, the island was designated by the Lenape tribe as the place where they got...

March 15, 2024 Syphilis was nearly eliminated in the U.S. about 20 years ago, but rose by 74%, to 177,000 cases, between...

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