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Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election
Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?
“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”
BY BRANT BINGAMON AND MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin at Large: Right Back Where We Started
Texas will do little. Austin will do more. America will validate us. What happens next?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Trying to Get Swimmers’ Ears
Plus parks, public safety, naked gardening, and more...
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
God Don’t Like Ugly: Austin Faith Leaders Unite to Smite Prop B
But big money’s rolling in to back camping ban campaign
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Election Ticker: It’s a Long, Long While From May to November ...
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND LINA FISHER
Lege Finds Even More Funds for Anti-Choice Grifters
Alternatives to Abortion program gets $100M in House budget
BY MARY TUMA
Young People Power Texas Climate Plan
House Democrats package 41 bills to protect the environment
BY LINA FISHER
Community First! Expansion to Create 1,400 Additional Homes for Austin's Formerly Homeless Neighbors
A neighborhood to call home
BY BETH SULLIVAN
For Trans Texans, One Bill Forward, Two Bills Back
Texas has filed the most anti-LGBTQIA bills in the nation this year
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Round Rock High Schoolers Spark Learning During the Pandemic
BY BENTON GRAHAM
food
Austin Restaurants and Seafood Suppliers Work Toward Sustainability
Staying afloat with Minamoto Foods' SeaChange program
BY VERONICA MEEWES
L’Oca d’Oro Reopens, ACC Bristol-Joseph Scholarships Activate, Chocolate In General FTW, and Small Mercies Everywhere …
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of April 29, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Denny Freeman, the Graceful Guitarist Who Made Everyone Sound Better, Has Died
Masterful player had a foundational presence on Austin music
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million
Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DEREK UDENSI, CARYS ANDERSON, TIM STEGALL AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Sparxs Studio Is Turning Cinema Into a Single Mom's Game
Founder and CEO Samenta Bruington doesn't take no for an answer
BY SELOME HAILU
ATX Film News
Austin at the Oscars, and cinemas move towards reopening
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
Japanese anime blockbuster screams into the nightmare void
Four Good Days
Bland rehab drama is more wasted than its characters
In Silico
Study of the attempt to replicate a human brain overthinks everything
Limbo
Immigration dramedy shipwrecks Syrian migrants in Scotland
Mortal Kombat
Blood knives! Fatalities! GORO!
The Outside Story
After a year trapped inside, a welcome comedic reminder of life in fresh air
The Resort
Idiotic haunted hotel horror can't be heard, isn't worth seeing
Separation
Dolls and evil, dolls and evil ...
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
How one TV neighborhood became our shared classroom
Triumph
High school wrestling drama is admirable for giving athletes with disabilities a platform
The Virtuoso
Murder for hire and betrayal for fun
Walking With Herb
Bagger Vance, but with more evangelical stuff
arts & culture
Amy Gentry Is All the Rage in Her Third Novel, Bad Habits
The Austin author talks anger, solidarity, and grad school villainy
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Austin Opera Races Back Into Live Performance With Tosca at Circuit of the Americas
The company brings grand opera to the Grand Prix with an outdoor staging of Puccini's powerhouse
BY ROBERT FAIRES
In Buda, Mini-Golf and War Memorial Are Ingeniously Paired
A veteran's story inspires across generations at the Memorial Miniature Golf and World War II Museum
BY ALI MONTAG
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Don’t Forget to Vote on Saturday
A weird election, but an important one, too
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Texas' Anti-LGBTQIA Bills Are Cruelty Aimed at My Transgender Patients
A physician caring for transgender patients and the sister of a transgender man explains how discriminatory policies impact lifelong health
BY ALIZA NORWOOD
Qmmunity: Treat Your Fine Queer Self With This Week's Qmmunity Events
Mask up for Austin Black Pride’s Pose watch party, drag brunch at the Iron Bear, and more
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: The Riverside Dreamer, Mission
Rolling on the Rio Grande
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Unmasked and Undangerous
Nothing is more dangerous than a control freak who has just figured out the situation is beyond their control.
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 30 - May 6
BY ROB BREZSNY
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The Verde Report: The Only Game in Town
BY ERIC GOODMAN
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