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A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

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

Blaze Premiere at Violet Crown Cinema

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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

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

Table of Contents

E-EDITION
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Going back two decades

AD INDEX
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THE LATEST

Texas PodAcalypse Takes the Show on the Road Podcast mini-tour hits Rio Rita August 25

Ben Steinbauer Commits Some Pink Collar Crimes Winnebago Man director on his new CBS true crime show

Share Some Punch in Austin
It’s already spiked!

Weekend Wine
Superb French Wine Companies

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend A rock & roll revival?! Here's our weekend music picks.

THE MOST

VIEWED

SHARED

COMMENTED

Council Approves Deal for Soccer at McKalla Place Members vote 7-4 in favor of Precourt plan

ELO Times Out Synth-pop perfectionists turn to stone

AISD: Respect for All Who Can Pay School district to rent Performing Arts Center to anti-LGBTQ church

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

Council Approves Deal for Soccer at McKalla Place Members vote 7-4 in favor of Precourt plan

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together

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

Share Some Punch in Austin

It’s already spiked!

by R.T. Frank

Weekend Wine
Superb French Wine Companies

Food Events
Featured eats for the week

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

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

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

A rock & roll revival?! Here's our weekend music picks.

by The Music Staff

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

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 >

Ben Steinbauer Commits Some Pink Collar Crimes Winnebago Man director on his new CBS true crime show

Blaze Premiere at Violet Crown Cinema 11 photos by John Anderson

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

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

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