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May 13, 2022
Vol. 41, No. 37

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Panic Fest 2022: Woodland Grey Fear in the forest in this subtle psychological horror

Sheriff Hits Pause on Magistration Pilot After Nine Days, Saying She Needs Help $500K program would provide counsel to indigent arrestees

Audrey Diwan Recounts a History of Abortion in Happening The French director explains why these stories are important

William Basinski Proves a Rock Star of Experimental Sound Texan auditory stud beguiles Elysium prior to lunar eclipse

Vio-Lence Erupts at Matinee Reunited Bay Area pioneers induce only grinning thrash

NEWS

May 7 Elections Give Validation to Austin's Values

A taste of Austin politics in the suburbs

by Mike Clark-Madison

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 24 Democratic Run-Offs

From Congress to land commissioner, here are our picks

by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Sheriff Hits Pause on Magistration Pilot After Nine Days, Saying She Needs Help $500K program would provide counsel to indigent arrestees

What’s to Become of Austin’s Unofficial Gay District? A development plan would maintain Oilcan Harry's but displace two other gay-friendly bars

Leander Votes to Keep Itself Connected to Cap Metro Bus service, shuttle service, and MetroRail, oh my!

May 24 Primary Run-Off Elections Early Voting May 16-20; Election Day Tue., May 24

Public Notice: Working Hard for the Money City offers temp jobs and green job training … and lifeguarding

FOOD

A Brief Guide to the Yard in South Austin

Encountering the true ATX spirit in our bustling modern metrop

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food and Food-Adjacent AAPI Month Events

Get out and celebrate Asian American and Pacific Island culture

by Ellen Daly

In the Yard: Texas Saké Co. Our state’s only sake company is as well-polished as its rice

In the Yard: Spokesman Coffee Premium coffee and craft brews on tap = hangout heaven

In the Yard: Austin Winery Pretty much surpassing all your grape expectations

A Brief Guide to the Yard in South Austin Encountering the true ATX spirit in our bustling modern metrop

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of May 12, 2022

MUSIC

The Far Out Is Having a Moment

Scrappy South Austin venue is building a major presence in the city’s live music ecosystem

by Chad Swiatecki

Patti Smith and Bikini Kill in One Weekend

Lighting strikes twice in Austin, and Pleasure Venom opens

by Rachel Rascoe

Oblivion Access 2022 84 photos by David Brendan Hall and John Anderson

William Basinski Proves a Rock Star of Experimental Sound Texan auditory stud beguiles Elysium prior to lunar eclipse

Vio-Lence Erupts at Matinee Reunited Bay Area pioneers induce only grinning thrash

Mellow Harshers HTRK Offer an Oddly Satisfying Stab in the Heart at Oblivion Access For the love of “hate rock”

Sun Up to Sun Down: Thou Crushed Double-Shift at Oblivion Access A great, lumbering beast from the bayou treads into Valhalla

SCREENS

One in a Crowd: Torched

New documentary about Austin's pro Ultimate Frisbee team crowdfunding now

by James Scott

Latest Film Reviews

Happening, The Automat, Charlotte, Hit the Road, Monstrous, and Oasis Knebworth 1996

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Panic Fest 2022: Woodland Grey Fear in the forest in this subtle psychological horror

Audrey Diwan Recounts a History of Abortion in Happening The French director explains why these stories are important

The Fans Behind the Mask: Inside the World of The F13th Fan Film Mixtape AGFA archivist Joseph Ziemba explores the world of discount Voorhees

How to Escape the Field With Shane West The Gotham star heads to the cornfields for new thriller

One in a Crowd: Torched New documentary about Austin's pro Ultimate Frisbee team crowdfunding now

ARTS & CULTURE

Five Things to Head Off the Hex on Friday the 13th

Shake off the curse of this mini-Halloween

by Richard Whittaker

Review: Austin Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Less-than-magical production salvaged by a night of unexpected spontaneity

by Bob Abelman

Austin Gay Men’s Chorus Sings for Gen Z and Queer Community Concert looks to keep Austin young and queer’d

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Now is the Summer of our discontent after this flat jukebox

Inside Season 3 of Barry at Moontower Just for Laughs The cast spill the beans on Bill Hader's darkest secret

Shimmy Around the Globe as the Jigglewatts Celebrate World Burlesque Day Austin's sinsational artists join the international festivities

Moontower Review: Deon Cole Black-ish star delivered the set the audience wanted

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Lubbock Tornado Memorial, Lubbock

Monument commemorates havoc wreaked by two twisters in 1970

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Party On, Queers

Jon-Erik Garcia, aka the Glitoris, talks about his own TuezGayz story, plus more queer events

by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Not Your Gig

Boundaries, motherf*ckers. Boundaries.

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants