Volume 33, Number 38
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features
Attractions, Gear hubs, Instruction outlets, and general Resources to let you make your own waves
Planning your summer early? Check out our roundup of the season's big events.
Surf Texas: It's not a question, it's an invitation. Just ask Kenny Braun.
BY KATE X MESSER
Local wakesurf phenom Raleigh Hager acclimates to life at the top of the podium
BY SARAH MARLOFF
To water-park jefe, Schlitterbahn's Jeff Henry, salvage equals whimsy not whim
BY KATE X MESSER
news
Amid growing national momentum, UT-Austin takes steps to protect incoming students
BY JESSICA LUTHER
On the road to 10-1, race begins to take shape
BY MICHAEL KING
Exploring the unknown future of Austin's water supply
BY AMY SMITH
Contentious issues fill this week's slate
BY MICHAEL KING
Planning Commission has painful meeting
BY NICK BARBARO
Regent accused of Bill Powers witch hunt
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Kleinert released on personal bond
BY BRANDON WATSON
Low turnout election sandwiched between primaries
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Establishment gains traction toward election
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Senator accuses attorney general of turning a blind eye
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Robert Bryce book-signing at BookPeople
BY NICK BARBARO
Memoirist talks about prison reform during recent visit
BY AMY SMITH
Look out – the 'yummies' are coming!
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Three Austin restaurants serve up special Sunday dinners
BY RACHEL FEIT
SUMMER FUN 2014
Pleasant Storage Room fuels summer fun with rum
BY GRACIE SALEM
Local gelato maker heads to the finals, delicious tacos at Pachanga, and to-go orders at Sway
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen
BY MARGARET MOSER
'Chronicle' Senior Music writer Margaret Moser retires after 33 years on the beat
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Maximalist
Brainclub Vol. II
Our Year
Cool Black Dreams, Late Night Schemes
Accumulator
Carousel
Nobody Panic
Where You Go
screens
SUMMER FUN 2014
Stars we love at the Paramount Summer Classic Film series
Austin expats make good on the festival circuit with their debut indie comedy
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
A conversation with 'Locke'-smith Steven Knight
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Film Reviews
This Argentinian film uses the country’s dark history as a haven for escaped Nazi war criminals as fodder for this atmospheric tale.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his last performances, heads up a terrific ensemble cast for this offbeat drama adapted from a Pete Dexter novel.
These monsters have more audience appeal than their human co-stars – which is good and bad.
Animated Dorothy goes back to Oz for further adventures.
In this bravura movie, Tom Hardy plays a man who tries to mend the unraveling threads of his life while behind the wheel of a car for 85 minutes.
Jon Hamm stars in this story of a sports agent who hits on the idea of turning Indian cricket bowlers into talented baseball stars.
The moms take a girls' night out and leave the kids home with their hapless dads. Chaos reigns.
arts & culture
SUMMER FUN 2014
Local authors' summer lit-aways to distant places
Photographer Martha Grenon dives deep into Austin's beloved swimming hole
BY ROBERT FAIRES
SUMMER FUN 2014
Recommendations for the ideal read when you're camped out in the sand
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Artists host a yard sale of their work, offer soothing tunes from a vending machine
BY SETH ORION SCHWAIGER
Arts Reviews
Poor Shadows of Elysium boils this powerful Shakespearean tragedy down to its essential elements
This classic's technical challenges were cause for concern, but Ballet Austin's staging boasted wonders as well
columns
Ventura unpacks his folders full of sentences without homes, and other remnants excised from this and that
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Does this swimsuit make me look fat? I hope so.
BY AMY GENTRY
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Student rockets scream across the sky at Willow City
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Austin's gay summer is off to a bright and sunny start: It's World Goth Day
What woman doesn’t love to go shoe shopping?
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY JEN SORENSEN