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Where'd You Go Bernadette Red Carpet at AFS Cinema

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Aug. 16, 2019
Vol. 38, No. 51

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THE LATEST

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

Texas Lit Lives at Waterloo Records The tall tales of Ray Wylie Hubbard and Rodney Crowell

Cable Access Hero “DaveTV” Exits ATX Prewitt brought the club to your couch for three decades

Emmet Hunker Has a Gay Agenda Queer comedy to open minds, push boundaries, and create space

This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: Mike Clark-Madison on the City Budget and Rock Photographer Martha Grenon Why you should care about how the city spends your money

NEWS

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Watching the Races

Yes, it’s early – but Austin voters can start boning up now

by Michael King

This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: Mike Clark-Madison on the City Budget and Rock Photographer Martha Grenon Why you should care about how the city spends your money

Fallout Continues Over Leander Library's Drag Story Hour Leander City Council to deliberate over policies, background checks

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Protest 16 photos by John Anderson

CMs Plan To Support Abortion Funds Garza, Casar plan support for $100K in abortion assistance

PHAM PAC Pushes Back on Hotel Occupancy Tax Plan Community groups unite to oppose Prop B

FOOD

Envisioning a More Flavorful Future With Emmer & Rye’s Fermentation Program

Chef Alfred Francese becomes a self-made flavor scientist

by Alexandra Detmar

Bake a Wish Celebrates 10 Years of Gifting Birthday Cakes

The volunteer-run organization delivers messages of care and community

by Jessika Roth

Envisioning a More Flavorful Future With Emmer & Rye’s Fermentation Program Chef Alfred Francese becomes a self-made flavor scientist

Bake a Wish Celebrates 10 Years of Gifting Birthday Cakes The volunteer-run organization delivers messages of care and community

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 15, 2019

Aberfeldy: National Honey Bee Scotch Drink Scotch whiskey all night long and try to help the bees

17 of the Best Ice Cream Shops in Austin From East Austin to Downtown, here are our favorite cold, creamy treats

MUSIC

Faster Than Sound: Eimaral Sol’s Journey to RAS Day

Local neo-soul singer Eimaral Sol puts her spiritual spin on the all-women-led RAS Day lineup, City Council approves Red River improvements, Blakchyl leads her East Austin tour, and cult song funny man Dick Price passes

by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Lit Lives at Waterloo Records

The tall tales of Ray Wylie Hubbard and Rodney Crowell

by Reid Jowers

Cable Access Hero “DaveTV” Exits ATX Prewitt brought the club to your couch for three decades

Sabbath Crow
Carrion Highway Weird Sun

Reckless Kelly
Bulletproof Live

Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men + Dana Tall, Dark, & Handsome

Doyle Bramhall II
Welcome (Deluxe Edition)

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Causing Trouble as We Smiled: A Dusty Story Playwright Timothy Braun remembers the canine companion who changed his life

Community Organizer Heidi Sloan Announces Candidacy for TX-25 Joins Dem primary race in Austin-to-Fort Worth district

17 of the Best Ice Cream Shops in Austin From East Austin to Downtown, here are our favorite cold, creamy treats

Council Members To Back Abortion Support Budget Measure Garza, Casar plan support for $100K in abortion assistance

SCREENS

Richard Linklater Constructs a Frustrated Architect in Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett's character is the opposite of Frank Lloyd Wright, but no less complicated

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Where’d You Go, Bernadette, The Angry Birds Movie 2, Blinded by the Light, Charlie Says, David Crosby: Remember My Name, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Good Boys, The Kitchen, Luce, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

SHOWTIMES >

Cable Access Hero “DaveTV” Exits ATX Prewitt brought the club to your couch for three decades

Where'd You Go Bernadette Red Carpet at AFS Cinema 13 photos by David Brendan Hall

Other Worlds Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Time After Time Fest to honor Nicholas Meyer, director of the beloved chrono-romance

To Know Joe Lansdale Is to Love Joe Lansdale All Hail the Popcorn King trails the writer of the purple rage

One in a Crowd: Kind of Blue Upcoming Linklater-produced politics documentary Kind of Blue shows Texas' true diversity

ARTS & CULTURE

Causing Trouble as We Smiled: A Dusty Story

Playwright Timothy Braun remembers the canine companion who changed his life

by Timothy Braun

Last Act Theatre's Seven

In this documentary play, seven women from around the world tell stories that are tragically familiar

by Robert Faires

Emmet Hunker Has a Gay Agenda Queer comedy to open minds, push boundaries, and create space

Summer of Pride Reading List Standout new(ish) books for Stonewall's 50th anniversary

Stick-and-Poke Tattoos and the Intimacy of Discomfort Getting stuck with artist Lauren Dunkin (aka Dopetoast)

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

Crime Month: Criminal This comics series is made for and best enjoyed in the dark

COLUMNS

Day Trips: The Science Mill

Brain-powered fun

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Queers Who Inspire Us

Plus trans-centric theatre, queer comedy, and the return of aGLIFF

by Sarah Marloff

Luv Doc: The Up / Down

A good excuse is never something that comes out of a funky armpit

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants