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Ethan Hawke Takes the Role of Guest Editor

The writer/director of Blaze collaborates with the Chronicle on a special issue dedicated to all things Blaze Foley

TODAY'S EVENTS

Dimension Gallery: Black Rainbow

Dimension Gallery

Sonic Transmissions presents Kuzu, Soft Healer, Dane Rousay Duo, DJ Gerard Cosloy at The Sahara Lounge

Metropolis
at The North Door

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Laura Morrison Files for Mayor

November campaign officially begins: “We’re ready to win”

Laura Morrison Files for Mayor

November campaign officially begins: “We’re ready to win”

Laura Morrison Files for Mayor

November campaign officially begins: “We’re ready to win”

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

PHOTO GALLERIES

Austin Pride Parade and Parties

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ICYMI: Ski Shores Cafe

"Big cheeseburgers and good french fries"

ICYMI: Ski Shores Cafe

"Big cheeseburgers and good french fries"

ICYMI: Ski Shores Cafe

"Big cheeseburgers and good french fries"

CURRENT ISSUE

Aug. 17, 2018
Vol. 37, No. 51

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THE LATEST

Morrison Files for Mayor November campaign officially begins: “We’re ready to win”

Other Worlds Austin Boards Battlestar Galactica Festival honors legendary TV director Alan Levi

A Match Made in Habanero Heaven A couple's Hot Sauce Festival love story

What's Cooking With Skate Kitchen? Hanging with the crew behind the true-life skateboard drama

Where to See Blaze This Weekend Filmmaker Ethan Hawke and actor Ben Dickey will be in attendance

THE MOST

VIEWED

SHARED

COMMENTED

Why Are Some of Austin's Smartest Restaurants Heading Toward Dripping Springs? The Switch, Pieous, and the League look west

Fear the Walking Dead Casts Its Shadow Over Austin The AMC spin-off smash brings the dead to Texas

Review: Restaurant Review: Home Slice Pizza – North Loop The classic local hot spot serves up its New York-style slices on North Loop

How Austin's Queer Community Supports Its Own How Austin's LGBTQ community supports each other

Why Are Some of Austin's Smartest Restaurants Heading Toward Dripping Springs? The Switch, Pieous, and the League look west

Fear the Walking Dead Casts Its Shadow Over Austin The AMC spin-off smash brings the dead to Texas

Home Slice Pizza's New Location as Great as the Original The classic local hot spot serves up its New York-style slices on North Loop

NEWS

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation

Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

by Ethan Hawke

Point Austin: What You Say, and How You Say It

Ballot language argument is a snapshot of polarized Austin politics

by Michael King

Morrison Files for Mayor November campaign officially begins: “We’re ready to win”

Quote of the Week: Steve Adler The mayor is glad to be getting a soccer team

The Champion of Camelback? Jonathan Coon pursues a complex project near the Pennybacker Bridge

Latino Civil Rights Group Cuts Ties With Southwest Key UnidosUS cuts East Austin nonprofit out of funding and affiliate benefits

Equity Office Complaint Spurs Racial Tension One probe may spark another

FOOD

ICYMI: Ski Shores Cafe

“Big cheeseburgers and good french fries”

by Jessi Cape

A Match Made in Habanero Heaven

A couple's Hot Sauce Festival love story

by Vivie Behrens

ICYMI: Ski Shores Cafe “Big cheeseburgers and good french fries”

A Match Made in Habanero Heaven A couple's Hot Sauce Festival love story

Late Night Bar Meals at 15 Local Spots These local midnight snacks are the real deal

Austin’s Best Summer Salads
Reduce the sweat; increase the greens

Austin Restaurant Weeks Raises Money for Central Texas Food Bank For the next few weeks, eat your way around town for a good cause

MUSIC

Playback: This Is Not Traditional

Tim Kerr and Jerry Hagins remain unconventional in Up Around the Sun, plus an update on World Class Capital Group

by Kevin Curtin

ELO Times Out

Synth-pop perfectionists turn to stone

by Raoul Hernandez

ELO Times Out
Synth-pop perfectionists turn to stone

Rapper Mama Duke Queers Up Austin's Hip-Hop Scene With weekly performances and a new EP, nothing's stopping Kori Duke

Last Week in Live Music: Erasure, BLXPLTN, Tear Dungeon, and More 36 photos by David Brendan Hall

The Time I Ruined a Marriage Proposal Walker Lukens turns my misdeed into a Song Confessional

SCREENS

Blowing the Dust Off Punk Record Collections

Jason Blackmore explores punk musicians' record collections in Records Collecting Dust II

by Tim Stegall

Latest Film Reviews

Blaze, Alpha, Crazy Rich Asians, McQueen, Minding the Gap, The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, Skate Kitchen, and The Third Murder

SHOWTIMES >

Blowing the Dust Off Punk Record Collections Jason Blackmore explores punk musicians' record collections in Records Collecting Dust II

What's Cooking With Skate Kitchen? Hanging with the crew behind the true-life skateboard drama

Where to See Blaze This Weekend Filmmaker Ethan Hawke and actor Ben Dickey will be in attendance

What's Fantastic at Fantasia Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

The Titmouse That Roared Chris Prynoski on Venture Bros., tech, and more

ARTS & CULTURE

Snapshot: Pride Austin Parade

There's no raining on this parade

by David Brendan Hall

Ground Floor Theatre's There and Back

This new play by Raul Garza lets us spend a lifetime with an immigrant and all the decisions she makes

by Robert Faires

UT Austin’s Gender and Sexuality Center Takes Care of Young Adults Queer students find sanctuary and support at the GSC

Texas Book Festival’s Literary Libations Events Start This Week Cocktails and books go together like poetry and pickle backs

Nicole Eisenman Receives Booth/FLAG Art Prize NYC artist is the first recipient of the $200,000 award

Review: "Young Latinx Artists 23" This year's group show at Mexic-Arte shows the border as scar

#bossbabesATX Announces Lineup for Babes Fest 2018 Celebrating women-identifying and nonbinary artists