Illustration by Jason Stout
Volume 36, Number 51
ON THE COVER:
news
Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Charlottesville resistance an inspiration here and everywhere
BY MICHAEL KING
Darkness at midday, bright lights at night
BY NICK BARBARO
Where to find them, for as long as they're still standing
The state rep chimes in on the special session
NAKED CITY
Abandoning deferred action would impact 234,000 Texans
BY MARY TUMA
Crackpot demagogue has ideas about the Nazis in Charlottesville
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Roosevelt Weeks takes over on Sept. 11
BY MICHAEL KING
Upstart rideshare company hires Joe Deshotel
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
The timeline is heating up
BY SARAH MARLOFF
$93.4 million for transportation, $91.5 million for parks
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Agenda features budget, the future of AE, and a whole lotta housing
BY MICHAEL KING
At an impasse yet again over collective bargaining
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Judge rules Doggett and Farenthold’s districts unconstitutional
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
HB 214 bars private, state-offered, and ACA abortion coverage
BY MARY TUMA
With three months left to file, Democrats … don't seem eager to sign up
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Religious extremists against comprehensive sex ed and Welcoming Schools program
BY SARAH MARLOFF
97% of district schools reach state targets for accountability
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
For one, he's got a fragile shell
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
2017 AUSTIN CHRONICLE HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL
Welcome to the 27th annual Hot Sauce Festival
BY BRANDON WATSON
The devil is in the details
This year’s distinguished panel of judges includes …
Scenes from the 2016 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
The backstory on this power couple
BY SIERRA DIAZ
Get ready for the heat with local sauces
BY EMILY BEYDA
music
Discotecas outnumber Anglo record shops
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Summer Jams Clearance Sale, Part 2
Tell the Devil I'm Getting There as Fast as I Can
Thirteen
Until My Voice Goes Out
Morning Light
World in Between
Strange Seconds
Kneel to the Witches
Doom Side of the Moon
Death Comes With Silence
Premiere: A Collection of Originals
Introducing Altin Sencalar
Peacemakers
Rooster Nudes
Wine to Water – The "Water to Wine" Outtakes
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong
Corpus Callosum
The Trailer Sessions
The Spindletop Blues
Let's Do This Thing!
The Doubles
Rebel Heart
screens
Local director Ric Roman Waugh offers a brutal look at the penal system
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Can you handle the suburban hellscape of Blonde Death?
BY ZACK CARLSON
Advertising Director Cassidy Frazier lets The Son, Deadwood, and Peaky Blinders speak for themselves
Film Reviews
A man searches for truth in nostalgia
A crime caper goes horribly movie
I will always love you
Hashtag: #thisisyourlife
A different kind of heist film from the Ocean's 11 director
The metamorphosis of the prison system
arts & culture
Actress Bernadette Nason takes tales of a year in Libya and brews a potent memoir
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
In Adina L. Ruskin's play, AJRT offers an intimate look at how memories shape us
Director Brent Baldwin and his chorus made this work of pure uplift – rousing to sing, delightful to hear – a joy to experience
At a time when Hispanic identity is ever more complex, the artists in “YLA 22” seem pretty sure of their own
columns
If "alt-left" means "anti-Nazi," count us in
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Celebrating Pride Week amidst stupidity and hate
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Looking for America’s coolest summer pie at bakeries and restaurants around the area
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Who gets the cat and the flat-screen?
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY JEN SORENSEN
BY LANCE MYERS
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW