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Vol. 43, No. 4

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City Must Give Secret Police Records to the Chronicle, Texas A.G.’s Office Says City’s “G File” no longer exists

APD Takes Three Hours to Respond to Head-On Crash During the wait, APD handled vandalism, car chase

Hai Hospitality’s Uchibā Opening in Downtown Austin Izakaya-inspired concept now taking reservations

Feeble Austin FC Escapes With Draw Against Red Bulls Wolff: “Really, really proud of the effort”

City Council Could Finally Compel City to Implement Police Oversight Law Resolution would tell city to stop dragging feet

NEWS

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

by Brant Bingamon

We Sorted Through 150 TribFest Events. These Five Stood Out.

Free events Saturday

by Maya Avery

City Must Give Secret Police Records to the Chronicle, Texas A.G.’s Office Says City’s “G File” no longer exists

APD Takes Three Hours to Respond to Head-On Crash During the wait, APD handled vandalism, car chase

City Council Could Finally Compel City to Implement Police Oversight Law Resolution would tell city to stop dragging feet

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse It’s Brigitte, bitch

Teen Files “Rogue Prosecutor” Lawsuit Against Hays Co. Prosecutor It’s likely the first suit of its kind in Texas

FOOD

Restaurant Review: Ramen Del Barrio

In North Austin, Mexico meets the Land of the Rising Sun

by Rod Machen

First Look: Cuantas Hamburguesas

Celebrated taquero Cuantos Tacos branches into the smash burger space

by Haris Qureshi

Hai Hospitality’s Uchibā Opening in Downtown Austin Izakaya-inspired concept now taking reservations

First Look: Cuantas Hamburguesas Celebrated taquero Cuantos Tacos branches into the smash burger space

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of September 21, 2023

Restaurant Review: Ramen Del Barrio In North Austin, Mexico meets the Land of the Rising Sun

Birdie’s Is Food & Wine’s Restaurant of the Year, Aviator Is Offering Free Pizza, El Alma’s Getting a Second Location, Radio Coffee & Beer Is Giving Away Topo Chico Mocktails, There’s Meewes News at Kitty Cohen’s, and More All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

MUSIC

10 Years On, KUTX Celebrates Staying Fresh

Hip-hop, local talent help to upend public radio assumptions

by Genevieve Wood

Review: Nanci Griffith, Working in Corners & Various Artists, More Than a Whisper – Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith

On the 45th anniversary of her debut album the artist gets the reissue and tribute treatment

by Doug Freeman

Review: Ben Buck, Back Burner ’97 Latest album encapsulates mounting frustration with Austin rap's progression

Review: DAIISTAR, Good Time (Fuzz Club) Quartet's debut fleshes out counterculture ethos with shoegaze lilts and industrial guitars

10 Years On, KUTX Celebrates Staying Fresh Hip-hop, local talent help to upend public radio assumptions

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week Aubrey Hays, Rod Gator, and the Bright Light Social Hour headline our recommended shows

Review: Nanci Griffith, Working in Corners & Various Artists, More Than a Whisper – Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith On the 45th anniversary of her debut album the artist gets the reissue and tribute treatment

SCREENS

Joe Lynch Is Bringing Sexy Back With Suitable Flesh

Fantastic Fest veteran gets carnal and cosmic in this H.P. Lovecraft adaptation

by Richard Whittaker

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Five Fantastic Fest Flicks From the American Genre Film Archive AGFA Creative Director Joseph A. Ziemba goes bugnuts with this year’s restorations

Joe Lynch Is Bringing Sexy Back With Suitable Flesh Fantastic Fest veteran gets carnal and cosmic in this H.P. Lovecraft adaptation

Austin Film Festival to Celebrate Lost's Damon Lindelof With Outstanding TV Writer Award Fall fest also adds All of Us Strangers, The Holdovers

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants $110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

A Shaggy Dog Tale in Norwegian Mindbender Good Boy Writer/director Viljar Bøe explains life inside a dog costume

ARTS & CULTURE

Review: Zach Theatre's Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone

A masterful tribute to the father of the Great American Songbook

by Jay Trachtenberg

Review: Zach Theatre's Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone

A masterful tribute to the father of the Great American Songbook

by Jay Trachtenberg

It's Official: Dylan Carlino Is the Funniest Person in Austin Dominating newcomers prove the city is a comedy magnet

Review: Alchemy Theatre's Pipeline Weak choices undermine the hard-hitting angst that drives this play

Review: Deaf Austin Theatre's The Laramie Project Enhanced American Sign Language adds depth, dimension to "testimony's ambitious sister"

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup Full author roster revealed for November fest

Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The Sound of Music It may be paint-by-number, but this production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Buffalo Soldiers Memorial, San Angelo

Black enlisted soldiers get their own memorial this summer

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Making It Ourselves

Examples of queer creativity abound in Austin, Texas

by James Scott

The Luv Doc: A Sick Person

One of our freedoms is the freedom to be obstinately modest

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants