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Volume 37, Number 38
features
SUMMER FUN 2018
Undressed: Seven Austin Shops to Keep You Fashionable This Summer
Shed some layers while still staying fashionable
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Unwind: Six Ways to De-Stress This Summer in Austin
Beer yoga, craft projects, and the perfect foot rub make our list
BY CLARA WANG
Untether From the Ground for These Seven High-Flying Summer Activities
If trapeze, parkour, and hammock camping all sound too athletic, you can always opt for a rooftop pool
BY CLARA WANG
Unglue Your Kids From the TV for These Family-Friendly Summer Activities
Ten things to see and do around Austin, no screens required
BY MAE HAMILTON
news
Chronicle Endorsements
Recommendations for the run-off
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Point Austin: Purging the Commissioners
If you can't win the argument, blow up the process
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: East Side Story
Somewhere a place for us?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Dana DeBeauvoir
Voter turn out is ... well, down
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
More Sinclair in Austin?
Right-wing behemoth might be taking over Fox 7
BY MARY TUMA
Help on the Way in Fight for Sick Pay
Workers Defense Project intervenes against anti-ordinance effort
BY MARY TUMA
Warming to CodeNEXT?
Chamber of Commerce's poll reflects improving views of zoning rewrite
BY MICHAEL KING
Van Boven Still Trying to Clear His Name
Appeals to HHS clearinghouse to overrule TMB
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: Knocked Down and Drug Out
City Council, on into the 12th round
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
CodeNEXT: Conditions for Commissions
Planning, Zoning & Platting get last licks in before recommendations go to Council
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Texas Targets DACA
Are Texas and Trump colluding to end DACA?
BY MARY TUMA
Young Immigrants Fed Abortion Lies
Nation's detainees receive abortion advice from Texas' erroneous "A Woman's Right to Know" booklet
BY MARY TUMA
Teachers Union to AISD Board President: Resign
Pace vacates presidency, won't resign from board
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Swing Sets and Champagne Rooms?
Adult cabaret going up across the street from Daffodil Apartments
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Soccer Sites
Precourt unveils McKalla Plan
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Inka Chicken's O.G. Peruvian Fare
The South American cuisine is having a moment in Austin's scene
BY EMILY BEYDA
Uncommon Odds at Oddwood Ales
Cherrywood brewery helps polish up Austin's beer scene
BY ERIC PUGA
Food Events
music
Unplugged: Lowering the Volume of the Live Music Capital
Ley Line, Aaron Stephens, Team Goodtimes, Uncle Pie Hole, and more grounded sounds
BY ISABELLA CASTRO-COTA, CLARA WANG, TIM STEGALL, DAN GENTILE, THOMAS FAWCETT, LIBBY WEBSTER AND DOUG FREEMAN
Playback – Austin’s Darlin’: Toni Price
Quintessential Austin song stylist takes up residency at Little Darlin’
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount
The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema
BY CHRONICLE STAFF
Unleashing the Summer Blockbusters
Your cinematic calendar for the must-see big releases
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Uncovering the Next Generation
Austin Youth Film Festival puts the focus on young movie minds
BY TINU THOMAS
Film Reviews
Anything
True love overcomes convention in this stylish, earnest romance.
Book Club
Life, love, laughter, and literature for a classic quartet of actresses
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Portrait of the artist as a young man is more a portrait of NYC.
Breaking In
Getting locked out of your house without keys has never been more dangerous
Deadpool 2
The uncanny merc with a mouth returns with paternal instincts
The House of Tomorrow
Punk coming-of-age tale is a little too sweet for its own good.
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
The pope, in his own words, through the lens of Wim Wenders
arts & culture
Unscripted: Sexy Future Space Lady
What says summer fun more than out-of-this-world lovin' with a Sexy Future Space Lady? Especially improvised!
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: O. Henry Pun-Off
The air was thick with groans at last weekend’s celebration of wordplay
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
American Berserk Theatre's Killer Girls
When the killer girls of this timely satire strike back at abusive bros, revenge is sweet, smart, and hilarious
Jarrott Productions' Seminar
Theresa Rebeck's play abounds in contradictions and irony, and this staging embraces them all – for the good and bad
WEST Pop-Up at the Neill-Cochran House Museum
For the West Austin Studio Tour, 15 artists show their work in this historic Austin home to varying and delightful effect
columns
Oops!
Gay Place
UNdeniably queer, summer
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Coupland Inn and Dance Hall
Something’s new at the old dance hall and eatery
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Surreptitious Grope
Not exactly the Kama Sutra of hugs
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
