Jana Birchum
Volume 40, Number 47
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
No funding? No resources? No problem.
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Decent housing for all Austinites "where it's needed." Where might that be?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Plus: a November vote on pot decriminalization?
BY NICK BARBARO
New testimony rivets court as 1996 murder case reopens
BY BRANT BINGAMON
D.A. Office's internal review of Gentry case uncovers previously undisclosed exculpatory evidence
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Public Health reports troubling increases in new cases and hospitalizations
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Quorum-breakers hone message, try to dodge COVID
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
The Texas Legislature's special session aims to trample even further on Texans' constitutional right to legal health care
BY MARY TUMA
food
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of July 22, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Outgoing Chronicle Music editor on 27 years of pure emotion
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more
BY KEVIN CURTIN, MICHAEL TOLAND, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, RACHEL RASCOE, DOUG FREEMAN AND TIM STEGALL
BY GREG STITT
screens
Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield explore artistic collaboration in Without Getting Killed or Caught
BY CODY SONG
Jon Moritsugu heads to Terminal USA
BY TIM STEGALL
Film Reviews
Back to the puzzles in this teen-friendly Saw-alike
When Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff ...
Star-studded apocalyptic indie comedy is just too many vignettes
Earnest true story of a father's guilt and contrition over his gay son's death
Dusty space colonizer drama ponders the end of two worlds
Rematch on the animated court as LeBron joins Team Looney Tunes
A voice lost, a voice remains in this biography of the Tombstone star
Australian animated adventure puts possums in peril
The troubled life and haunted love of Guy Clark, the Dean of Texas songwriters
arts & culture
The Austin arts organization had to search for two years, but it finally founded a home of its own
BY ROBERT FAIRES
With her exhibition, artist Jade Walker entwines viewers in the future of the planet
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
In this week's issue, an optimistic story about Camp Esperanza and a heartfelt sendoff to retiring Music Editor Raoul Hernandez
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
On the anniversary of her first year in town, a new resident reflects on what's complicated her time here
BY SARA COLLINS
The feeling’s right with Theydies Night, Dyke Season dance party, and more queer events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Re-creation of the artist's home transports visitors to Mexico
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Saying someone lives in Houston is irresponsibly nonspecific
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Your weekly horoscope, July 23-29
BY ROB BREZSNY
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The transfer window offers an opportunity to plug holes in the roster
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY JEN SORENSEN