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Summer Fun 2014
Summer Fun Guide
Attractions, Gear hubs, Instruction outlets, and general Resources to let you make your own waves
Fun in the Sun
Planning your summer early? Check out our roundup of the season's big events.
Swell!
Surf Texas: It's not a question, it's an invitation. Just ask Kenny Braun.
BY KATE X MESSER
Surfer Girl
Local wakesurf phenom Raleigh Hager acclimates to life at the top of the podium
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Slippery Slope
To water-park jefe, Schlitterbahn's Jeff Henry, salvage equals whimsy not whim
BY KATE X MESSER
news
'Chronicle' Endorsements
Fighting Sexual Assault
Amid growing national momentum, UT-Austin takes steps to protect incoming students
BY JESSICA LUTHER
Point Austin: Campaign Summer Fun
On the road to 10-1, race begins to take shape
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Water Talk Bubbles Forth
Exploring the unknown future of Austin's water supply
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Fire, Flood, and Men on Horseback
Contentious issues fill this week's slate
BY MICHAEL KING
Poor Planning
Planning Commission has painful meeting
BY NICK BARBARO
Committee Finds Grounds For Hall Impeachment
Regent accused of Bill Powers witch hunt
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Ex-APD Detective Indicted in Shooting
Kleinert released on personal bond
BY BRANDON WATSON
Except for Eanes, Area School Bonds Win Big
Low turnout election sandwiched between primaries
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Primary Run-Offs: Tea Party vs. Old Guard
Establishment gains traction toward election
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Davis: Abbott Failed to Police CPRIT
Senator accuses attorney general of turning a blind eye
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper
Robert Bryce book-signing at BookPeople
BY NICK BARBARO
'Orange' Author: Kids Don't Belong Behind Bars
Memoirist talks about prison reform during recent visit
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
Look out – the 'yummies' are coming!
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
All in the Family
Three Austin restaurants serve up special Sunday dinners
BY RACHEL FEIT
SUMMER FUN 2014
Food-O-File
Local gelato maker heads to the finals, delicious tacos at Pachanga, and to-go orders at Sway
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
When the Clock Strikes 12
Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen
BY MARGARET MOSER
Playback: Margaret Moser Retires
'Chronicle' Senior Music writer Margaret Moser retires after 33 years on the beat
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Megafauna
Maximalist
Brainclub Vol. II
Brainclub Vol. II
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
Our Year
Doug Strahan
Cool Black Dreams, Late Night Schemes
Greyhounds
Accumulator
Full Service
Carousel
Machine Don't Lie
Nobody Panic
Amy Atchley
Where You Go
screens
SUMMER FUN 2014
A Tall Drink of Water
Stars we love at the Paramount Summer Classic Film series
Texas 'Forev'
Austin expats make good on the festival circuit with their debut indie comedy
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Drive, He Said
A conversation with 'Locke'-smith Steven Knight
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Film Reviews
The German Doctor
This Argentinian film uses the country’s dark history as a haven for escaped Nazi war criminals as fodder for this atmospheric tale.
God's Pocket
Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his last performances, heads up a terrific ensemble cast for this offbeat drama adapted from a Pete Dexter novel.
Godzilla
These monsters have more audience appeal than their human co-stars – which is good and bad.
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Animated Dorothy goes back to Oz for further adventures.
Locke
In this bravura movie, Tom Hardy plays a man who tries to mend the unraveling threads of his life while behind the wheel of a car for 85 minutes.
Million Dollar Arm
Jon Hamm stars in this story of a sports agent who hits on the idea of turning Indian cricket bowlers into talented baseball stars.
Mom's Night Out
The moms take a girls' night out and leave the kids home with their hapless dads. Chaos reigns.
arts & culture
SUMMER FUN 2014
Far Away, From Home
Local authors' summer lit-aways to distant places
Barton Springs Underwater
Photographer Martha Grenon dives deep into Austin's beloved swimming hole
BY ROBERT FAIRES
SUMMER FUN 2014
Summer Fun: The Classic Beach Read
Recommendations for the ideal read when you're camped out in the sand
BY ROBERT FAIRES
WEST 2014: Ink Tank
Artists host a yard sale of their work, offer soothing tunes from a vending machine
BY SETH ORION SCHWAIGER
Arts Reviews
Antony and Cleopatra
Poor Shadows of Elysium boils this powerful Shakespearean tragedy down to its essential elements
The Sleeping Beauty
This classic's technical challenges were cause for concern, but Ballet Austin's staging boasted wonders as well
The Snow Queen
Michael Cunningham
columns
Letters at 3AM: The Nameless Moon, Etc.
Ventura unpacks his folders full of sentences without homes, and other remnants excised from this and that
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
The Good Eye: Swimming While Fat
Does this swimsuit make me look fat? I hope so.
BY AMY GENTRY
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Student rockets scream across the sky at Willow City
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place: Cheer Up, Goth
Austin's gay summer is off to a bright and sunny start: It's World Goth Day
The Luv Doc: Scoring Chicks
What woman doesn’t love to go shoe shopping?
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
