Sept. 8, 2023

Zeke Barbaro

Volume 43, Number 2

ON THE COVER:
news

Headlines / Quote of the Week

AISD Offered TEA Deal That Could Lead to Takeover

Reading the TEA leaves

BY BRANT BINGAMON

Where Are Local Shares of the National Opioid Settlement Going?

Directing drug addiction dollars in Austin and Travis County

BY LINA FISHER

Ascension Seton Nurses Confront Managers Who Refuse to Meet With Them

Ascension calls the move "antics"

BY LINA FISHER

Layoffs at County’s Largest Mental Health Provider Approved by Board of Trustees

Nurse describes “sloppy and dysfunctional” leadership

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

food

2023 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

How Austin Hot Sauce Brands Are Solving the Great Sriracha Shortage

Sriracha, the Austin way

BY TAYLOR TOBIN

2023 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Judges

Meet the tastemakers for this year’s competition

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival FAQs

What you need to know to get to and enjoy the fest

Tickets and Info

Everything you need to know about the 2023 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Storing Vintage Wine, Celebrating Italian Style, Cheesing National Queso Day, Tiki-ing Up the Roosevelt, 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 7, 2023

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

music

The Prodigal Producer: Austin’s Malik Baptiste Comes Home

Alchemical rapper returns from L.A. with 24-karat solo tracks

BY KAHRON SPEARMAN

Austin-Based Ten Atoms Signs Regina Spektor and the Breeders in National Expansion

Ryan Matteson discusses his artist management firm's new Chicago office

BY GENEVIEVE WOOD

Crosstalk: EQ Austin Hosts Discussions on Creative Hubs, and More Music News

Global Jazz World Jam relaunches, plus Jimmy Buffett's ATX connection

BY GENEVIEVE WOOD

2023 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

The Tiarras, El Combo Oscuro Soundtrack The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Benefiting the Central Texas Food Bank at Far Out Lounge on Sunday, Sept. 10

BY RACHEL RASCOE

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Tangerine Dream, Eastside Kings Fest, Magic Rockers of Texas, and more recommended shows

BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CARYS ANDERSON, KEVIN CURTIN, CHRISTINA GARCIA, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, ABBY JOHNSTON, ELIZABETH BRAATEN AND DEREK UDENSI

Live Music in Austin

BY DEREK UDENSI

Screens

Film Reviews

The Equalizer 3

Final adventure in the cinematic reboot of the 1980s TV series

Fremont

Eccentric dramedy about an Afghan immigrant who works in a fortune cookie company

My Animal

Poignant addition to the teen wolf movie pack

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

Nia Vardalos’ fossilized sequel to a sequel still has its charms
arts & culture

Five More Gallery Shows to Beat the Heat

Cool visions, cool on the skin

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

Revenge, Deferred in Stephen Mills' Hamlet

Post-pandemic, Stephen Mills brings his career-defining Hamlet back to Ballet Austin

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

Review: Georgetown Palace’s The Sound of Music

It may be paint-by-number, but this production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

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

Qmmunity: Pumpkin Spice Homoscopes

The seasons are changing, so find a new queer event to enjoy!

BY JAMES SCOTT

Day Trips: Patricia Huffman Smith NASA “Remembering Columbia” Museum, Hemphill

East Texas museum remembers the space shuttle disaster that happened 20 years ago

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

The Luv Doc: An Excellent Wingman

An anachronistic ornithological metaphor about gender equality

BY THE LUV DOC

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 8-14

BY ROB BREZSNY

The Common Law

New Texas laws passed in the 2023 legislative session

BY LUKE ELLIS

Feedback

Letters to the editor, published daily
sports

The Verde Report: Austin FC Should Worry Less About What It Deserves

Time is running out to make the playoffs

BY ERIC GOODMAN

comics

Eyebeam

BY SAM HURT

This Modern World

BY TOM TOMORROW

Peppermint Tears

BY RYAN HENNESSEE

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