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Vol. 44, No. 1

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Hyperreal Film Club Gets Into Real Estate Nomadic film nonprofit opens its new cinema and hangout space

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Winners 2024 Fest attendees and critics have chosen the best spicy elixirs

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup Historic hotels, hummingbirds, and highways

Austin Horror Film Festival Announces First Titles Local filmmakers, familiar faces at celebration of screams

Parker Woodland Channels Sinéad O’Connor in Music Video for “Stranger” Pop-punk trio goes simple to illustrate complex emotions

NEWS

In Austin’s Most Conservative District, Will the City’s Sole Republican Council Member Keep Her Seat?

Dem challenger hopeful Kamala Harris momentum will turn tide

by Austin Sanders

Man Awaiting Murder Trial for Six Years Wants Hays County to Make Up Its Mind

Devonte Amerson spent five years in jail with no conviction

by Brant Bingamon

United Flight Attendants Authorize a Strike Negotiations stalled over pay for last-minute overtime

Austin Elders: Meet Glen Castlebury, Former Statesman Capitol Bureau Chief Running on coffee, nicotine, and news

In Austin’s Most Conservative District, Will the City’s Sole Republican Council Member Keep Her Seat? Dem challenger hopeful Kamala Harris momentum will turn tide

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Man Awaiting Murder Trial for Six Years Wants Hays County to Make Up Its Mind Devonte Amerson spent five years in jail with no conviction

FOOD

The Psychology of Why We’re Drawn to Spicy Food and Other Dalliances With Pain

The spice must flow

by Melanie Haupt

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Judges

Meet the arbiters of taste for the 2024 competition

The 2024 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival 52 photos by Zeke Barbaro

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Winners 2024 Fest attendees and critics have chosen the best spicy elixirs

The Psychology of Why We’re Drawn to Spicy Food and Other Dalliances With Pain The spice must flow

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Judges Meet the arbiters of taste for the 2024 competition

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival FAQs Where to go, how to vote, how much it costs, and more

MUSIC

Album Review: Parker Woodland’s There’s No Such Thing as Time

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Parker Woodland feels fine.

by Abby Johnston

Hot Sauce Fest, Bat Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Mitski, Childish Gambino, Lucinda Williams, and others worth hearing

Album Review: Parker Woodland’s There’s No Such Thing as Time It’s the end of the world as we know it. Parker Woodland feels fine.

Hot Sauce Fest, Bat Fest, and More Crucial Concerts Mitski, Childish Gambino, Lucinda Williams, and others worth hearing

Parker Woodland Channels Sinéad O’Connor in Music Video for “Stranger” Pop-punk trio goes simple to illustrate complex emotions

The Austin Chronicle Presents Free Press Forever With the Black Angels 20 photos by David Brendan Hall and Zeke Barbaro

Hey, Look! It’s the Crucial Concerts for This Week. Cooling temperatures mean no reasons not to go out and see some music

SCREENS

Hyperreal Film Club Gets Into Real Estate

Nomadic film nonprofit opens its new cinema and hangout space

by Richard Whittaker

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Hyperreal Film Club Gets Into Real Estate Nomadic film nonprofit opens its new cinema and hangout space

Austin Horror Film Festival Announces First Titles Local filmmakers, familiar faces at celebration of screams

Fantastic Fest Announces Five Secret Screenings ... But What Are They? Guess the titles and you could win a badge for next year's fest

One in a Crowd: “Neuro” Rooster Teeth alum Wes Ellis needs crowdfunding for his sci-fi short

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

ARTS & CULTURE

Visual Arts Review: “My Eyes Are Starving for Beauty”

A feast of fearless art with Anthony Sonnenberg

by Cat McCarrey

Visual Arts Review: “My Eyes Are Starving for Beauty”

A feast of fearless art with Anthony Sonnenberg

by Cat McCarrey

Visual Arts Review: “My Eyes Are Starving for Beauty” A feast of fearless art with Anthony Sonnenberg

Event Celebrates New Austin Poet Laureate Program KB Brookins and Amanda Johnston on what it means to be a poetry city

Humane Properly: Nonprofit Uses Comedy to Celebrate Milestone Anniversary Laughter has the power to heal, is Dawa for the soul

Theatre Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre’s Cats Cozy musical comfort in a purrfect classic

COLUMNS

The Austin Chronic: I Bought Weed From an Instagram Ad

Just doing some field testing here

by Kevin Curtin

The Off Beat: Beo Lerman’s Queer Werewolf Rom-Com

Women and queer creative showcase the Front Festival returns Labor Day weekend

by Carys Anderson

Qmmunity: What’s in a Name

On choosing a name and choice in general

by James Scott

Day Trips: The Boot House and Cowboy Hat House, Huntsville

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

by Gerald E. McLeod