Blue Genie Art Bazaar
Illustration by Zeke Barbaro
Volume 38, Number 52
Issue Supplement
Hot Sauce Festival 2019
ON THE COVER:
news
How Much Reform Is Enough in the Travis County District Attorney Race?
Incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore faces challengers from the left
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin At Large: For the Price of a Policeman
The cost of public safety, in different community currencies
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Abbott Appoints Domestic Terrorism Task Force in El Paso's Wake
Thoughts, prayers, committees
BY MICHAEL KING
Judge Chantal Eldridge Under Fire in Rape Case
D.A. seeks judge's recusal in sexual assault case awaiting sentencing
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Former City Council Candidate Runs for U.S. Senate, Nobel Peace Prize
Put that in your dyad and smoke it
BY MICHAEL KING
Residents to Vote for Hotel Occupancy Tax Allocation, Soccer
County, city grapple for hotel dollars
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Members To Back Abortion Support Budget Measure
Garza, Casar plan support for $100K in abortion assistance
BY MARY TUMA
For Council, No Easy Next Steps After Lifting Camping Ban
Austin’s homelessness strategy turns to housing
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Cap Metro Creates New Way to Get to Campus
Streamlining the passage from Downtown to the Drag
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Waller Creek Conservancy Rebrands to Waterloo Greenway
Don't worry, the creek hasn't changed its name
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Austin FC Soccer Stadium Groundbreaking Nears
Major league organization preps to quickly build new stadium
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin ISD Gets Its State Report Card
The district gets a B for performance
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
2019 AUSTIN CHRONICLE HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL
It’s About Much More Than Just Hot Sauce
Welcome to the 29th Annual Hot Sauce Festival
BY JESSI CAPE
2019 Hot Sauce Contest & Festival Facts
Everything you need to know to attend the celebration of spice
Hot Sauce Festival Celebrity Judges
This year’s distinguished panel includes...
For Foodies Looking for Adventure, Local Hot Sauces Keep Getting Hotter
Do you yearn to burn? You have options.
BY JESSI DEVENYNS
Pam Pritchard Serves Up Unpretentious Hospitality at the Tigress Pub
The Tigress of North Loop heads Austin's coziest neighborhood pub
BY LINA FISHER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 22, 2019
music
Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Step Into Their Third Act
Chronicle Hot Sauce headliners look ahead to the next waltz
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Faster Than Sound: Empire Control Room Owners Purchase Longtime Location
Seventh Street venue takes charge of its live music destiny
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
AGLIFF 2019
aGLIFF Goes Behind the Flounce and Bounce of Trixie Mattel
Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts spotlights the Drag Race alum and musician
BY BETH SULLIVAN
aGLIFF Honoree Rose Troche Looks Back at Go Fish
Director remembers her era-defining directorial debut
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Six Documentaries Not to Miss at AGLIFF
From strong voices to strong representation, true stories being told at the LGBTQ+ film festival
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bringing Real-World Trauma to Action Blockbuster Angel Has Fallen
Ric Roman Waugh flies on broken wings
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The More the Merrier Finds Fun in Creative Sleeping Arrangements
Room for one more at AFS Cinema
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
Angel Has Fallen
An unexpected twist in the franchise is all for the better
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
An assassination, a conspiracy, and decades of secrets unlocked in this chilling documentary
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
New sharks, who dis?
Love, Antosha
The fascinating but fleeting life of Anton Yelchin given due reverence
One Child Nation
Inside China’s 36-year war on women’s bodies
Overcomer
God and running in this faith-based drama
Ready or Not
Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy
arts & culture
Improviser Shannon Stott Brings Some Lord of the Rings to Out of Bounds
The Gandalf of improv is all over the comedy festival
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's Ann
This revival of Holland Taylor’s play replaces Ann Richards the Lone Star icon with the everyday Texan who faced challenges head-on
“Shana Hoehn: Hauntings” at Women & Their Work
Vintage hood ornaments are reimagined as sculptures that expose the historically distorted treatment of women’s bodies
columns
Qmmunity: Fangirling Over Austin’s Queer Film Fest
Plus make marriage with p1nkstar and Y2K, and Erica Nix promises no cults
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Spider Mountain Bike Park
Round the mountain at Spider Mountain Bike Park
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: The Man of Your Dreams
Either you care how people are dressed, or you don’t
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
