Moana Review: The Same Wave Rolls Back Around
Latest Disney live-action remake just traces over the lines of the superior original
Houston Rockers ORION 224 Grow Up and Into Their Sound
Indie-pop quartet headlines Austin for the first time this Saturday at the Far Out Lounge
Austin Animation Phenomenon RWBY Returns for Volume 10
Rooster Teeth-created series enters new era under Viz Media
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Why Are Republicans Suddenly for Ibogaine?
After decades of stereotyping psychedelic substances, GOP members are championing the alternative medicine
South Austinites Worry About Planned Homeless Navigation Center
Neighbors want to keep the facility from offering basic necessities like food and showers
14 Years After DACA’s Inception, Dreamers Are Facing Renewal Delays, Job Loss, Deportation
While the program’s future in Texas lingers in a district court
The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: June 25 – July 1
Supreme Court blocks Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship, the future of KUT remains unknown, and more of the week’s headlines
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Music
proun Creates a Nostalgic Tempest on Maybe Luck
Indie rock trio tiptoes and explodes on quiet-loud debut
Don Cento Launches His New Project With Halfway to Mellowtown
Jazz/Americana veteran flaunts casual expertise in trio Cento Threeo
Arts + Culture
Medium Is the Message
Rosie Clements and Peter McRury warp hyperreal documentation in “Surface Tension”
What the Austin Chronicle Staff Is Reading This Summer
A peek into the pages we’re most excited about
Screens
A Night of Nobelity With the Pipkins
Filmmakers-turned-philanthropists Christy and Turk Pipkin take their education nonprofit into the future
Maddie’s Secret Review: Obnoxious Comedy May Leave You a Little Sick
John Early’s spoof of the 1980s movie-of-the-week genre is self-indulgent and ill-considered
Revealing Maddie’s Secret With Writer/Director John Early
The first-time filmmaker on his inspirations and typing through the tears
Food
Learning to Pivot: New Documentary Looks at Austin Restaurants During COVID
First-time filmmaker David Liu examines what life in lockdown tells us about eating out
Weekend Wine: Tablas Creek’s Patelin de Tablas Rouge
Paso Robles bottle delivers Old World quality from the New World
Restaurant François Is Expensive, Indulgent, and Frustratingly Easy to Love
Austin’s splashy French newcomer is the crush I tried to get over
ColumnS
Tim Stegall Details Punk’s Rise in Anarchy in the Studio
Longtime Chronicle contributor pens punk history
Qmmunity: Ding-Ding-Ding
Ringing the alarm for upcoming auditions, queer Austin film screenings outside of Austin, and fundraising
Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Honor our nation’s 250th anniversary by attending a small-town festival or concert
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