Oct. 13, 2023

Zeke Barbaro

Volume 43, Number 7

ON THE COVER:
news

Death Row Inmate Preaches to Prisoners Daily. Now the State Plans to Kill Him.

Saving body and soul

BY BRANT BINGAMON

Headlines / Quote of the Week

Special Session Kicks Off With Nazi Accusations and GOP Infighting

Battle of the billionaire-funded Republicans

BY BRANT BINGAMON

Elon Musk's Boring Co. Slapped With More Environmental Violations

We Musk ask you to follow the law

BY LINA FISHER

Travis County Needs to Double Its Emissions Reductions by 2030

No strategy too small for tackling climate change

BY LINA FISHER

The State Education Agency Has Selected Austin’s Babysitters

The monitors are coming. Let’s pay them $125 an hour.

BY BRANT BINGAMON

Austin Chronicle Co-Founder Louis Black Sued for Alleged Harassment, Abuse, and “Sexual Servitude”

Chronicle named co-defendant in suit

BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON

City Will Soon Pay the Price for Shooting of 15-Year-Old Girl

APD misconduct lawsuits have cost the city more than $73 million over 10 years

BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON

food

Drinks Issue 2023

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII

BY ERIC PUGA

Proud Mary Is More Than Just a Pretty Face

Elite coffee with zero attitude

BY TAYLOR TOBIN

Desnudo: The Coffee That Austin Wakes Up For

This little trailer on the Eastside is brewing up big business

BY HANNAH UEBELE

Sightseer Sets Their Sights on Sustainability

Local queer women-owned coffee roaster brings new ideas to the classic coffee system

BY JAMES SCOTT

Four We Adore of Texas Booze That We Choose

Recommended tipples from Garrison Brothers, Milam & Greene, Still Austin, and Desert Door Sotol

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

Thunderbird is Closing, Mr. Black Espresso Martini Fest Is Spiking Your Weekend, the Meteor Lands Its Fourth Year, Picnik Gets Hempy with Free Earlybird, and What’s This About Some Karen?

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 October 12, 2023

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

music

ACL Fest 2023

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

For you to rewind this weekend at Zilker Park

BY KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, LAIKEN NEUMANN, ANGELA LIM AND GENEVIEVE WOOD

ACL Interview: Meet Snõõper, Nashville’s Thrashing “Wiggles of Hardcore”

The propmaking punks bring their “mosh-quito” puppet to ACL Fest

BY KRISS CONKLIN

17 Texas Artists to See at ACL Fest

Lone Star acts to catch at Zilker, from Houston breakout d4vd to Austin’s Die Spitz

BY NAYELI PORTILLO, GENEVIEVE WOOD, DEREK UDENSI, DOUG FREEMAN, ABBY JOHNSTON, KRISS CONKLIN, MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KEVIN CURTIN AND RACHEL RASCOE

alexalone’s Insistent Soundscape and Five More Songs From Austin Artists

Next music picks from Large Brush Collection, Will Johnson, and more

BY CARYS ANDERSON, KEVIN CURTIN, ELIZABETH BRAATEN, DOUG FREEMAN AND GENEVIEVE WOOD

Meat Joy Reunion Shows and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Ways to celebrate the annular eclipse, fundraise for Sarah Brown, and avoid ACL

BY GENEVIEVE WOOD, KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, JULIAN TOWERS AND DEREK UDENSI

Live Music in Austin

BY DEREK UDENSI

screens

Violet Crown Introduces Austin's Newest Horror Host

Join the sisterhood of scares at the Roxy Horror Picture Show

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

Film Reviews

Mister Organ

Tickled director sails into a true-life Cape Fear
arts & culture

Review: Austin Rainbow Theatre’s Sordid Lives

Company’s inaugural production resurrects Del Shores’ queer Texas classic with gusto

BY JAMES SCOTT

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

Opinion: Vouchers’ Ripple Effect – How They Threaten Texas’ Teacher Retirement System

Texas state Rep. Vikki Goodwin makes the case against public school vouchers

BY VIKKI GOODWIN

Qmmunity: Y’alloween Fun

Keep up the tradition of great gay Halloween fun with these queer Austin events

BY JAMES SCOTT

The Austin Chronic: I Can Now Legally Possess Cannabis Oil and Edibles

Meet the newest patient in Texas’ Compassionate Use Program

BY KEVIN CURTIN

Day Trips: Invention Vineyards, Fredericksburg

New winery brings old-world classic wines to south of Fredericksburg

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

The Luv Doc: Pubic Hair on the Soap

There are some things for which ignorance is not a valid excuse

BY THE LUV DOC

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 13-19

BY ROB BREZSNY

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Feedback

Letters to the editor, published daily
sports

Austin FC Head Coach Josh Wolff Is Staying Put

Borrell makes case for coach’s return after disastrous season

BY ERIC GOODMAN

comics

Eyebeam

BY SAM HURT

This Modern World

BY TOM TOMORROW

Jen Sorensen Comics

BY JEN SORENSEN

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