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On Leaving Dove Springs
A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change
BY SAM ANDERSON-RAMOS
Point Austin: All Aboard for November
The players have arrived, now for the programs
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Final Column
Do not stand at my grave and weep – I'm just heading off into the unknown
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
The Road to 10-1: 78 Candidates!
So many candidates, so little time
BY MICHAEL KING
D3: Ethics Charge Filed Against Almanza
The infighting among candidates in the crowded District 3 City Council race continues
BY MARY TUMA
Candidate Filings for AISD, ACC Seats
A last-minute deluge of candidates
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What's Next for Rosewood?
The transformation of Rosewood Courts is the centerpiece of a larger neighborhood plan
BY KATIE PEARL HALLORAN
Council: Still a Road Show
Council is deep in budget deliberations
BY MICHAEL KING
Documenting the Undocumented
Will Austin issue its own official ID card?
BY TONY CANTÚ
Obamacare: Deadline Looms for Immigration Status
Health insurance consumers must send in paperwork or risk losing their coverage
BY AMY KAMP
Meet the Anti-Abortion 'Wordsmith' Defending HB 2
Did a state consultant act unethically during this month's HB 2 trial?
BY MARY TUMA
Perry's Aggressive Defense
Perry stands behind his veto
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
The lesson from Ferguson, Mo.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
2014 AUSTIN CHRONICLE HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL
The Heat Is on
'The Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival
BY BRANDON WATSON
Contest & Festival Facts
Celebrity Judges
This year's distinguished panel of judges includes ...
Cooking Tent Demos
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Cock of the Walk
Sriracha ain't just about rooster sauce
BY MICK VANN
Star Power
Stellar Gourmet's otherworldly hot sauces
BY ANNA TOON
Culture Club
Full Quiver's Lone Star probiotics
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
Austin's food scene expands ... and contracts
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Aug. 21-26
music
Orange Is the New Weird
ATX indie-rock guitar god alert! The Young frontman Hans Zimmerman.
BY NEPH BASEDOW
Playback: DaveTV's Cable Access Comeback
DaveTV returns to cable access!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Brian Eno & Karl Hyde
High Life
Goatwhore
Constricting Rage of the Merciless
Pallbearer
Foundations of Burden
screens
Making Trouble Look Good
How Kurt Volk got to be Robert Rodriguez's go-to poster designer
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Forty Weeks of Hungry Todd Rungy
Hungry Todd Rungy has a few ideas on what to eat while you're watching his new web series on YouTube
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Back in Business
The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar reopens
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Film Reviews
The Dog
Dog Day Afternoon is a film about a wildly true bank robbery; as conveyed by John Wojtowicz in this doc, the story gets even nuttier when told from the horse's mouth.
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Forget it, Jake; it's Sin City.
If I Stay
A mixture of hollow heartache and honest feelings mark this teen drama that stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a cello prodigy caught in medical limbo between life and death.
'"Island of Lemurs: Madagascar"'
If you've joined the recent lemur craze, then this IMAX nature short is for you.
Let's Be Cops
Friends pose as cops are are mistaken for the real thing; episodic hijinks ensue.
Mardaani
In this Hindi film, a female cop tangles with a human-trafficking ring.
Rich Hill
The turbulent lives of three boys living in an impoverished Midwestern town are observed through the camera's gentle lens.
Singham Returns
Bollywood action sequel.
What If
In this romantic comedy, men and women sort out the differences between love and friendship.
When the Game Stands Tall
It's all teamwork to the impediment of characterization in this sports drama based the 151-game winning streak of high school football coach Bob Ladouceur.
arts & culture
'The Hundred-Year House'
Author Rebecca Makkai teases the real and the unreal in this 'Austin Chronicle' Book Club selection
BY AMY GENTRY
'Detroit'
Lisa D'Amour's acclaimed play finally lands in Austin, courtesy of Capital T
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
In the Company of Cats and Dogs
The Blanton has created a fun exhibition that reveals our evolving relationship to these fur babies
We Play Chekhov: Two Short Stories on Stage
Breaking String's two-course meal of Chekhov tales proves both meaty and effervescent
The Creation
Texas Choral Consort's performance of Haydn's masterwork reawakened one's sense of life in all its immense variety
columns
Letters at 3AM: Connectivity/Vulnerability: Part 2
The boundaries of everything are wavering and disappearing
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
The Good Eye: In Praise of Aunts
On aunthood, from a loving neice
BY AMY GENTRY
Gay Place
Do you know BoyMonroe?
Day Trips
San Antonio's Cured restaurant brings local ingredients to the table
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Your Public Scent
The Luv Doc finally recommends moderation
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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