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The Off Beat

Abhi the Nomad’s Final Bow

Before an indefinite musical hiatus, rapper plays Parish one last time, Sept. 20

Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

Carrie Rodriguez’s Next Laboratorio Taps Gina Chavez and Felix Contreras

Long-running Latin music showcase returns Sept. 15

Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

Girls (and Gays) to the Front Women and queer creative showcase the Front Festival returns Labor Day weekend

promqueen’s Dark Fairytale Women and queer creative showcase the Front Festival returns Labor Day weekend

Music Commission Passes Recommendation to Support Texas Music Museum Commish suggests Council direct $850,000 in aid to Eastside gallery

Austinites Still Love Non-Austinite Elliott Smith Annual SIMS benefit show marks songwriter’s 55th birthday

Overflowing With Artifacts, the Texas Music Museum Asks City for Storage Space, Preservation Funding Eastside gallery memorializes Black and brown musicians

TODAY'S EVENTS

Gilmore Girls Trivia

Captain Quackenbush's

The Third Man
at AFS Cinema

Civics & Cheese!
at Antonelli's Cheese, 1100 S. Lamar Blvd. #1130

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

The Verde Report

If Austin FC Misses the Playoffs, Then What?

Anticipating changes in the roster

Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

“Poor Performances” Spell Doom for Austin FC, Josh Wolff in Crushing Loss

Playoff odds shrink after fall to Vancouver

Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Austin FC Finally Looks Like a Complete Team ... Only Seven Months Late Too little, too late? Or right on time?

Austin FC Faces Difficult Path to Playoffs Goal The margin for error is razor-thin

Austin FC’s Big Wins Could Be a Sign of More Good to Come Outlook is promising

Austin FC Earns Impropable Wins Over Mexican Giants Pumas, Monterrey in Leagues Cup The Verde and Black advance to Round of 16

Nightmare Leagues Cup Draw Exactly What Austin FC Needed Worst-case scenario? A three-week break to train. Best case? The biggest victory in club history.

The Austin Chronic

I Bought Weed From an Instagram Ad

Just doing some field testing here

Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Your Dreams Die With Marijuana

Plus, Lockhart wants to loosen up and Olympians want to get high

Fri., Aug. 23, 2024

KOOP’s Sunday Reggae Lives On With Roots Train After a quarter-century run, Jamaican Gold’s Art Baker passes the torch to Selector Dale

The Taste of Texas Hemp Cup Wants You to Get Them High “It’s incredible to watch these farmers and the genetics get better every year”

On Joint Rolling, Wonderment, and Turning 40 “Am I feeling anything yet?”

Mobile Head Shop the Glassmith Puts Down Roots The Glassmith graduates to brick-and-mortar

The Many Crusades of Adam Reposa Months after being raided, lawyer continues to taunt the courts, the cops, and Ken Paxton

We Have an Issue

Introducing Free Press Forever Associate Publisher Cassidy Frazier talks about the importance of donor-supported journalism and our new live music series

Chronicle Earns Six AAN Nominations Finalists announced in reporting, design, marketing categories

We Have an Issue : Everything You Need to Know About The Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin Awards When to vote, why to vote, and how to campaign

A Note From the Associate Publisher

Yup, Something’s Different The story behind our new print redesign

Opinion

Opinion: Paralysis and Inadequate Analysis as Austin Drags Its Feet to Implement CAFA City and county’s failure to change their arrest and arraignment procedures waste resources and make Austin less safe

Opinion: With Lake Travis Still Under 50% Capacity, It Is Time to Rethink Our Lawns Switching to sustainable landscaping practices can have a big impact

Opinion: Teens Beware! The Dangers of TikTok Are Geopolitical. A high schooler makes the case for logging off

Opinion: With Elections Looming, Texas Should Expand the Right to Vote The laws that deny voting rights to people due to a felony conviction have no place in modern America

Opinion: Put Some Respect on Pickleball Why the fastest-growing sport in the country isn’t just a game for senior citizens

Day Trips

Desert Door Distillery, Driftwood

Discover the world of sotol at this Driftwood distillery

Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

The Boot House and Cowboy Hat House, Huntsville

One man’s trash is another man’s home in Huntsville

Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

T.V. Munson Home, Denison Munson pioneered viticulture in Texas and saved the French wine industry

Blackwell School National Historic Site, Marfa Texas’ newest national park honors the Mexican American community of Marfa

Holy Smoke BBQ, Huntsville The legendary eatery is still smokin'

Praha Picnic, Praha Take a day off to enjoy a country fair for the whole family

Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary, Silsbee Visit an East Texas rare plant museum

Qmmunity

Two Drag Performers Talk Moving to Austin From San Marcos

Beau Elliot and Kino Kino come to town but don't forget their roots

Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

What’s in a Name

On choosing a name and choice in general

Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Queer Events for the Week Still dreaming up a better column for this week, so here’s a buncha cool events instead

Codename the Calendar The QT Calendar Austin gives Qmmunity the details on presenting events for the queer community

Too Hot to Handle Summertime scorchers mean more time indoors to overthink our queer lives

Pride All Week Long Austin Pride’s parade and festival is just the tip of a very gay iceberg

People Read This? Editor James reflects on the fact that people actually read what he writes

The Luv Doc

Dogs & Toddlers

They’re off the chain – both figuratively and literally

Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

Wallerin’

One of the most cringe moments in recent history

Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

Hardick’s Sick Roasts Some sort of puppy-strangling ogre

Rich Cousins Maybe hyper-successful is just not how you’re built

Locker Room Cellphone Etiquette It doesn’t exist – nor should it

Criss-Cross Applesauce Ignorance is no excuse for inflexibility

Only 13 Teenagers are mean in a way that can be scarring to even adults

The Common Law

All things hunting All things hunting

Smart water meter installation Smart water meter installation

Options for cost-effective legal help in central texas? Options for cost-effective legal help in central texas?

Where’s the line between peaceful protests and criminal conduct? Where’s the line between peaceful protests and criminal conduct?

Renting and emotional support animals? Renting and emotional support animals?

Smarty Pants

September 13, 2024 In the UK, if you own or manage a pub or inn, then you’re a publican. The world’s oldest...

September 6, 2024 Kamala Harris took her Mexican cousin to see a Bad Religion concert in 2001. According to a survey conducted...

August 30, 2024 The Mohawk word for computer roughly translates to “it brings things up.” The average American writes just one check...

August 23, 2024 Recent research says the biggest sea scorpions near Australia in prehistoric times were capable of crossing oceans. David Lee...

August 16, 2024 One of the first personal checks ever written was in 11th century Basra (now in Iraq). United Kingdom postage...

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