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Volume 43, Number 1
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Lawmakers Promised a "Bread-and-Butter" Session. They Served a Repressive Agenda Instead.
Here are just a few laws taking effect Sept. 1
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Headlines / Quote of the Week
First Layoffs in Texas Tribune History Raise Questions About Future of Texas News
Still unclear why criminal justice coverage was first to go
BY LINA FISHER
Hays County Jail Officers Are the Most Violent in the State, Data Shows
They record more incidents per 1,000 inmates than any Texas jail
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Gas and Coal Outages Behind ERCOT’s Constant Calls for Conservation
And no progress on energy efficiency programs
BY LINA FISHER
Rethink35 Is Suing TxDOT Over I-35 Expansion With Broad Community Support
TxDOT vs. basically everyone in Austin
BY LINA FISHER
Incurable Virus Still Spreading Among Dogs in Austin’s Overcrowded Shelter
“We are still not in a position to adequately separate dogs.”
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Feedback From the Chronicle’s Prison Heat Series
Pleading for prisoners’ lives
BY CHRONICLE STAFF
food
Uyghur Skewers Meet the American Dream at Camino Alamo BBQ
Smoke on the West Campus sidewalk
BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ
Restaurant Review: Veracruz Fonda & Bar
Local favorite takes flight in Mueller
BY ROD MACHEN
Texas French Bread’s Secret Garden, Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s Partial Departure, MASS Gallery’s New Food Trailer, the Diner Bar’s Austin Family Kitchen, and More, More, 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 August 31, 2023
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Lesly Reynaga Seeks Mariachi's Modern Moment With Valerosa
Austin singer outfits Mexican folklórico with Linda Ronstadt's pop heft
BY NAYELI PORTILLO
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Slow Pulse EP release, Austin Afrobeats Fest, Border Kindness Benefit, and more recommended shows
BY JULIAN TOWERS, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KEVIN CURTIN, MICHAEL TOLAND, DEREK UDENSI AND ELIZABETH BRAATEN
Review: A Giant Dog, Bite
Glam rockers’ sixth album traverses an ambitious space-age hero’s tale
BY LAIKEN NEUMANN
Review: Holy Wave, Five of Cups
Sixth long-player’s pastoral urban schmear soundtracks millennial Austin
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Review: Never, No Guarantee
Fivepiece strings listless ennui into post-punk fixtures on debut EP
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
GalaxyCon and the Pros of Cons During a Strike
Touring fan convention comes to Austin with surprising star power
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
History of the psychedelic collective that vibed through pre-millennial indie rock
The Good Mother
Searing drama set at the dawn of the fentanyl crisis
arts & culture
The War on the Walls in Yuliya Lanina's Mother/Land
The UT professor processes the personal impact of the Ukrainian invasion in her new multimedia installation
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Five Live and Legendary Austin Performances This Month
Local stages shake with terror, delight, and motion this September
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Caught
Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play
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: A Watched Pot …
The Austin Chronicle is turning 42, and we're launching a cannabis column to celebrate
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: The Gay Place Rides Again
Original Chron legend Kate X Messer talks "Qmmunity"/"The Gay Place" origins
BY JAMES SCOTT
The Austin Chronic: Kevin Curtin Tries Out THCA
Living legally in loophole land
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Day Trips: Murphy’s Steakhouse, Winchester
Step back in time at the former general store
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Paris in the Fall
We’re pretty much all getting tooled by some algorithm or another
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 1-7
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Austin FC in Danger of Stalling Out in Final Stretch of Season
Head coach Josh Wolff: “We’ve lost momentum”
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
