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Austin's Next Shot at Ending Homelessness
Thanks to an infusion of philanthropic cash, the city and its iTeam embark on a new effort
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Point Austin: The Circus Returns to Town
Final-day filings bump up the list of wannabe Council candidates
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: The Battle Is Joined
Land use policy will define the November Council election
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Sarah Eckhardt
The optics of local governance
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Paid Sick Leave on Pause
Successful effort by right-wing group, attorney general, stunts city ordinance
BY MARY TUMA
County May Contest Tax-Exempt Status of Soccer Stadium
It's the tax, man
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Southwest Key & Their Contracts
County votes to continue contract with nonprofit, city to deliberate on Aug. 30
BY MARY TUMA
Lewis Conway’s Complex Candidacy
Eligibility questions, vague accusations plague Council candidate's early campaign
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Who's on the City's November 2018 Ballot?
Monday filing deadline yields complete list of candidates
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Ballot Lawsuits Simmer at Supreme Court
Ellen Troxclair, Texas Public Policy Foundation file briefs supporting audit and CodeNEXT petitioners
BY MICHAEL KING
The Doctors in Van Boven's Corner
Baylor Scott & White disputes amicus submission in Van Boven hospital litigation
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: Reasons for Optimism
A manageable agenda? Heard that one before.
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
The City Needs Gravediggers, Too
PARD's long, hot summer with interment services
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Third-Party Police Oversight?
You're kidding.
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Crime Lab Chronicles
City memo updates on troubled DNA lab's progress
BY SARAH MARLOFF
food
2018 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
Welcome to the 28th Annual Hot Sauce Festival
The heat is on
BY JESSI CAPE
2018 Hot Sauce Contest & Festival Facts
Everything you need to know
Celebrity Judges
This year’s distinguished panel of judges includes ...
A Taste of What's to Come
Scenes from the 2017 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
A Different Kind of Taco
Baja-style tacos are Rosarito’s specialty, and Austin’s obsession
BY AARON TEEL
Finding the Perfect Hot Sauce Is an Art Form
A pepper for every palate
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Food Events
music
Playback: White Denim Breaks Free
White Denim’s new LP Performance signals a new era of emancipation for Austin’s prog rockers, and Como Las Movies rides a nuevo wave
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
White Denim
Performance
Freedonia
Freedonia
Slomo Drags
Deacon Bruise
Sungod
Wave Refraction
Raquel Bell
Swandala
Kev Bev
Love Lemonade
the Stan Laurels
Maybe
Paper Moon Shiners
Illusions of Composure
Ben Millburn
Sunglass Moustache
Justin Stewart
Renaissance
Oliver Rajamani
Flamenco India
Blynd Birds
Find Your Conscience, Baby
Exhalants
Exhalants
Super Thief
Eating Alone in My Car
Madi Meeks
For You
Pocket Sounds
You Are Not Alone
Joe Ely
Full Circle: The Lubbock Tapes
Zach Varner
Blues in the Nude
Nervous Exits
Get Out
screens
Need to Flip a Car or Burn a Building Down? Call EB3 Effects.
How brothers Everett and Craig Byrom went from building maintenance to making movies
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Andrew Bujalski Explores Breastaurant Culture in Support the Girls
Hot wings and rules of engagement
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
A.X.L
A boy and his electronic dog
Beautifully Broken
Christian drama about fatherhood and faith
Blue Iguana
Trans-Atlantic diamond heist flick wth additional hijinks
40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie
Behind the Music for a band you've never heard of
Good Manners
A Brazilian werewolf tale that takes a while to bite
The Happytime Murders
Puppet comedy crime caper is less Feebles, more just feeble
Mile 22
Wahlberg and company get bloody as a CIA black ops team
Papillon
New adaptation of Henri Charrière's autobiographical novel of life on Devil's Island
Puzzle
The pretty pieces don't all fit in this jigsaw-solving drama
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
The life and times of the Golden Age of Cinema's favorite pimp
Support the Girls
The hidden rules of life in Andrew Bujalksi's breastaurant comedy
arts & culture
The Past, Present, and FuturX of Latinx Performance in Austin
The current surge of Latinx theatre and dance in Austin speaks to both tradition and pioneering new directions
BY ROXANNE SCHROEDER-ARCE
Snapshot: The Secret Behind Sazón’s Award-Winning Hot Sauce
It’s all about balance, baby
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Austin Scottish Rite Theater's Wit
In this production, people are there for one another and no one has to face the end alone
"Crit Group 2018" at grayDUCK Gallery
The body of work by artists in the Contemporary Austin's current critique group often engages the body in some way
Lenka Clayton: The Distance I Can Be From My Son at the Blanton
In a series of amusing videos, the artist sheds light on the judgment calls parents make while balancing their children's safety and autonomy
columns
Gay Place
The Flash Collective calls on the queer community to help create public art
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Monument Inn Restaurant
Houston area eatery overlooks the busy ship channel
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Freedom
A Tinder date that went really well
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
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