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Volume 42, Number 47
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
After Shootings, Chases, and a Gun Drawn on a Child, Austin Wants DPS Out. Gov. Abbott Won't Allow It
Easy come, uneasy go
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Headlines / Quote of the Week
With Breakneck Development in Williamson County, Native Plant Rescue Teams Step In
Pocketful of posies
BY EMILY ENGELBART
Five Texas Families Sue State Over Ban on Health Care for Trans Youth
ACLU says C U in court
BY DEX WESLEY PARRA
Watch for Poison Ivy-Eradicating Goats on the Hike-and-Bike Trail
Four-hooved heroes nosh on the invasive plant
BY AMELIA NONEMACHER
Is Solar the Answer to Decreasing Austin’s Reliance on ERCOT?
Runnin' on sunshine
BY LINA FISHER
Even Republicans Agree: Schools Are Underfunded
But are vouchers more important?
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Interim City Manager Quietly Unveils Budget Proposal
In it: raises, more police funding, and restructuring
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Member Seeks to Make Homeownership More Attainable With Smaller Lot Sizes
Can Council meet the missing middle?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Austin’s Essential Frozen Cocktails
Because sometimes you gotta think beyond the margarita
BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ
Five Austin Hotel Pool Happy Hours to Cool Your Heels
Because it's always 5 o'clock somewhere
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Comfort Food Views, Inn Cahoots Debuts, Fresh Tequila Cues, Dosas On the Loose, and More as Our Long Hot Summer Continues
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 July 20, 2023
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Hot Summer Questions for JaRon Marshall + the Collective, Felt Out, and Jane Leo
The free, Chron-curated lineup pops up Saturday at the 13th Floor
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Crosstalk: Good Looks Lose Tour Van in Serious Car Crash, And More Music News
KOKEFEST abruptly canceled, and Lucy 93.3 switched to Latin pop
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Kerrville Folk Festival Launches Hip Younger Sister Fest, Welcome Home
Broadening the scope of folk with Laraaji, Adrianne Lenker, and more
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Review: Shinyribs, Transit Damage
Kevin Russell boomerangs back on supple, sultry full-band disc
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Review: Being Dead, When Horses Would Run
Debut LP uses fairy tales as a heartfelt, irreverent rock escape
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Review: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Sticks and Stones
Self-produced eighth LP swings looser and more comfortably
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
AFS Cinema Celebrates Producer and PR Expert Carolyn Pfeiffer’s Extraordinary History
The art of being there
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Barbie
The doll that changed the world faces the world she changed in this fizzy meta-comedy
Blue Jean
The closeted life of a lesbian in 1980s Britain resonates with modern homophobia
Cobweb
There's something in the walls of this perfect summer nightmare
The League
The history of the Negro Baseball League as the history of America
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan's roaring, terrifying, and carnal tale of the father of the atom bomb
Peter Case: A Million Miles Away
The complicated present of a one-time future of rock & roll
Theater Camp
"Let's put the show on in the barn" mockumentary
arts & culture
Austin Writer ire’ne lara silva Plans Her Year as Texas State Poet Laureate
Looking at the legacy of the honor
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Five Dark Events to Beat the Heat
Nighttime distractions that flip off the sun
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Review: Wise Guy Theater Co.’s Dead. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the End
Theater becomes theatre as Fallout comedy club experiments with drama
BY BOB ABELMAN
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: This Is Fine?
In this week's issue, fun ways to grapple with the ongoing heat... and more sobering thoughts on the state we're in
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Now Is Not the Time to Loosen Child Labor Regulations – Especially in Dangerous Industries
Child labor laws are trending in the wrong direction and we are putting children's health and development at risk. Now is the time to advocate for legislative changes at the state and national levels.
BY HOPE FERDOWSIAN
Qmmunity: Sporty Spice
Wherever you fall on the sporty spectrum, Austin's queer scene has a place for you
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Meow Wolf, Grapevine
Santa Fe-based art collective opens mind-bending Texas outpost
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Personal Problem
The Luv Doc is no Emily Post
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 21-27
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Mexican Teams (and Messi?) Await Austin FC in First-Ever Leagues Cup
MLS and Liga MX embark on a four-week-long tournament starting Friday
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
