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Austin at Large: The Pleasure Is Not Ours, Sir
If GOP bad boys like Chip Roy dislike Austin so much, why not just leave us alone?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Oaks, Highways, and No Pickleball?
A potpourri of upcoming happenings
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Looking for Solutions for Residents Feeling Extreme Heat
UT-Austin partners with city, community orgs to mitigate local "heat island" effect
BY LINA FISHER
Record-Breaking Murder Count, Still a Low Murder Rate. Huh!
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND AUSTIN SANDERS
Caldwell County Landfill Opens After Years of Dispute
Neighbor: "This landfill should not be where it's sitting"
BY LINA FISHER
Here's Where You Draw The Line: City, State Redistricting Hearings
Both ICRC and Texas House face the public Sept. 18
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Live From (Your Laptop on) Congress Avenue, It's #TribFest2021!
The virtual Texas Tribune Festival kicks off on Sept. 20
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Feds Escalate Legal Intervention Over SB 8
Biden's DOJ sues, files emergency motion to block Texas abortion ban
BY MARY TUMA
food
Sweet Ritual Weathers the Pandemic With More Products, More Sustainability
Living the ice cream dream
BY ALEXANDRA DETMAR
31st Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners
The people and critics have chosen the best of the fest
Super Coffee Invades, Still Austin Celebrates, Trudy's Brings the THC, Bird Bird Almost, 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 September 16, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Dubbo Flipped a Dime into Rising Rap Career
North Austin rapper goes from trappin in the streets to national touring
BY DEREK UDENSI
Kacey Musgraves interprets heartbreak as chaotic, glamorous fever dream with star-crossed
One-time Austinite takes control of her own story in film debut
BY ABBY JOHNSTON
Review: Heartless Bastards A Beautiful Life
Erika Wennerstrom's extraordinary personal and artistic journey reaches a new pinnacle
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week
Future Museums, Charley Crockett, Merciful Heavens, Frederico7, Eric Unusual, and Bob Schneider
BY KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, MICHAEL TOLAND, RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND TIM STEGALL
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Chris Conde and Third Root, Bully, Robert Ellis, Lil Baby and Lil Durk, Molly Burch, and Pulkingham Layne
BY CLARA WANG, CARYS ANDERSON, DOUG FREEMAN, MORGAN-TAYLOR THOMAS, ABBY JOHNSTON AND MICHAEL TOLAND
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Getting Real Weird at Fantastic Fest
Two gems from the Weird Wednesday archive connect the genre fest to the Alamo Drafthouse's history
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Blue Bayou
Ambitious drama explores heavy themes of fractured families and deportation
Copshop
Suspend disbelief for this splendid symphony of blood and bullets
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Formulaic biopic captures subject's glow without critique
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
True story of police killing comes to visceral, dreadful life
Lady of the Manor
Unconventional comedy pairs a stoner with a straitlaced 1800s spirit
Last Night in Rozzie
Childhood trauma bubbles to the surface as a man helps a friend with a dying wish
Malignant
Homage to giallo is fun, but is it good?
The Nowhere Inn
Layered St. Vincent mockumentary warps reality and opens a window to artist's heart
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Nic Cage and Sion Sono craziness is not the sum of its parts
Queenpins
Extreme-couponing caper offers laughs but little personality
arts & culture
Meghan Shogan Carves a Career Path Through Solid Rock
With hammer, chisels, and steel brushes in hand, the Austin artist is on a trajectory in stone
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
"Daniel Johnston: I Live My Broken Dreams" Tells the Story of an Artist
The first-ever museum exhibition of Daniel Johnston's work digs deep into the man, the myths
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
Opinion: Bring Back East Avenue – Downtown Is No Place for a 20-lane Death Machine
The case for running freeways around cities, rather than through them
BY CHRIS RILEY
Opinion: Oak Hill Road Plan Is Taxpayer Abuse
The argument against TxDOT's plan for a freeway flyover at the intersection of U.S. 290 and Texas 71
BY CAROL CESPEDES AND STEPHEN BEERS
Qmmunity: Whoa. The Matrix Is Back!
Remembering the message behind the blockbuster as a new Wachowskis opus appears on the horizon
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Big Ike, Denison
Giant bust of DDE welcomes visitors to his birthplace
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Space Limitations
This is super readable!
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 17-23
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Tough Decisions After Latest Damning Loss
The fans show up even when the team doesn't
BY ERIC GOODMAN
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