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Review: Eighth Grade

Modern middle school life has never been captured better

TODAY'S EVENTS

Brooklyn Duo

Bates Recital Hall

Reinventing Power: America's Renewable Energy Boom at Alamo Drafthouse Mueller

Ume, Otis the Destroyer, Glaze [outside] at Mohawk

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, Christy Hays jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, Christy Hays jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, Christy Hays jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

PHOTO GALLERIES

Austin Chronicle Five-8 Brew Tour

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The 28th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Sunday, August 26, 2018, 11AM - 5PM at Fiesta Gardens

The 28th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Sunday, August 26, 2018, 11AM - 5PM at Fiesta Gardens

The 28th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Sunday, August 26, 2018, 11AM - 5PM at Fiesta Gardens

CURRENT ISSUE

July 20, 2018
Vol. 37, No. 47

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Fetal Burial Trial Ends with Unanswered Questions Judge Ezra voices concern over women's access to health care under SB 8

Tyler Childers’ Universal Sound High lonesome and dark-hollered grit

Crime Month: Down Those Mean Streams Nordic noir and other criminal pleasures worth streaming

MASS Gallery Moving Gallery leaving 507 Calles Saturday, selling art to fund move

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JuiceLand Employee Harassed by Right-Wing Comedian Social media post sets off in-store confrontation

Ponty Bone (1939-2018) They didn’t call the accordionist Mr. South Austin for nothing

Drunk on a Train Four friends bar crawl their way down the Capital Metro Red Line

Jawbreaker, Last Band on the Titanic Saving lives decades on

From the Banks of Sandy Creek A material plant moves in?

Steven Saylor's The Throne of Caesar Caesar's murder gets a fresh coat of paint in this mystery of ancient Rome

Quote of the Week: Tom Nuckols How would you like to be sued by Ken Paxton?

Day Trips: Utopia French chef decorates her ultimate treehouses in Utopia

NEWS

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

by Mary Tuma

Beside the Point: Referendum, Texas

Let's vote on ... something, anything, and all of the time

by Chase Hoffberger

Fetal Burial Trial Ends with Unanswered Questions Judge Ezra voices concern over women's access to health care under SB 8

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

Death Watch: Chris Young Executed Last-ditch effort to challenge Board of Pardons and Paroles falls short

The Army’s Future Is in Austin Futures Command to set up shop in our fair city

Fetal Burial Law Considered in Court Five-day trial challenges state's latest anti-choice law

FOOD

On the Trail of the Local Snail

Austin, in one way or another, has it escargot-ing on

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Restaurant Review: Hank's

Windsor Park's latest dining destination is hit or miss

by Melanie Haupt

On the Trail of the Local Snail Austin, in one way or another, has it escargot-ing on

Restaurant Review: Hank's Windsor Park's latest dining destination is hit or miss

Food Events
Featured eats for the week

Another Rosé to the Rescue
Another Rosé to the Rescue

Celebrate Bastille Day in Austin Parlez-vous français?

MUSIC

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

by Doug Freeman

Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music

Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day

by Kevin Curtin

Tyler Childers’ Universal Sound High lonesome and dark-hollered grit

Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

Essential Hays Six-Pack

SCREENS

Contrast Film Festival Pushes Boundaries, Defies Gender

New film festival presents America: The Remix

by Sarah Marloff

Latest Film Reviews

Eighth Grade, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, The Equalizer 2, Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town, The King, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, and Unfriended: Dark Web

SHOWTIMES >

Crime Month: Down Those Mean Streams Nordic noir and other criminal pleasures worth streaming

Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce Gets "Provocative and Political!" Getting explicit and merciless in The Misandrists

Where in the World Is Bunny Lake? Otto Preminger’s masterful abduction thriller still shocks and intrigues

Contrast Film Festival Pushes Boundaries, Defies Gender New film festival presents America: The Remix

One in a Crowd Austin filmmakers need your crowdfunding help

ARTS & CULTURE

Hunting the Golden State Killer in I'll Be Gone in the Dark

How Michelle McNamara tracked a killer before her untimely death

by Jonelle Seitz

Albert Race Sample Relives Texas Prison Life in Racehoss

Surviving 17 years on a prison farm

by Elizabeth Banicki

Crime Month: Down Those Mean Streams Nordic noir and other criminal pleasures worth streaming

MASS Gallery Moving Gallery leaving 507 Calles Saturday, selling art to fund move

Draw for Fun Offers Inclusive and Welcoming Space for Artists Robin Borre strives to make art accessible to all

Austin’s Gender Unbound Spotlights Trans and Intersex Creators The multi-disciplinary arts fest seeks community support to expand

Review: 2018 Austin Chamber Music Festival How the Attacca Quartet, Emerson Quartet, and invoke played