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Jana Birchum
Volume 40, Number 47
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza
No funding? No resources? No problem.
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Austin at Large: Location, Location, Dislocation
Decent housing for all Austinites "where it's needed." Where might that be?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Masks Are Back!
Plus: a November vote on pot decriminalization?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Can Rodney Reed Be Freed?
New testimony rivets court as 1996 murder case reopens
BY BRANT BINGAMON
District Attorney Drops Assault Case Against APD Officer
D.A. Office's internal review of Gentry case uncovers previously undisclosed exculpatory evidence
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Pro-Cop Group Submits Signatures for High-Priced Staffing Plan
Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
COVID Stage 4 “Imminent” as Delta Variant Looms
Austin Public Health reports troubling increases in new cases and hospitalizations
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Dems Dig In for a Long Stay in D.C.
Quorum-breakers hone message, try to dodge COVID
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Safer Legal Abortion? Not in This State!
The Texas Legislature's special session aims to trample even further on Texans' constitutional right to legal health care
BY MARY TUMA
food
Trudy’s Celebrates Local Women, Emmer & Rye Preps Canje, Texas (Sort of) Gets Milk Bar, and More
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 July 22, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Writers on Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez as He Leaves His Post
The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him
BY KEVIN CURTIN
You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory
Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Faster Than Sound: Raoul Hernandez, Not Like Everybody Else
Outgoing Chronicle Music editor on 27 years of pure emotion
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more
BY KEVIN CURTIN, MICHAEL TOLAND, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, RACHEL RASCOE, DOUG FREEMAN AND TIM STEGALL
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
The Team Behind the Dean of Texas Songwriters
Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield explore artistic collaboration in Without Getting Killed or Caught
BY CODY SONG
New Di$count $inema Series Revs Up at Blue Starlite
Jon Moritsugu heads to Terminal USA
BY TIM STEGALL
Film Reviews
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Back to the puzzles in this teen-friendly Saw-alike
Fear and Loathing in Aspen
When Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff ...
How It Ends
Star-studded apocalyptic indie comedy is just too many vignettes
Joe Bell
Earnest true story of a father's guilt and contrition over his gay son's death
Settlers
Dusty space colonizer drama ponders the end of two worlds
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Rematch on the animated court as LeBron joins Team Looney Tunes
Val
A voice lost, a voice remains in this biography of the Tombstone star
The Wishmas Tree
Australian animated adventure puts possums in peril
Without Getting Killed or Caught
The troubled life and haunted love of Guy Clark, the Dean of Texas songwriters
arts & culture
After 43 Years, Women & Their Work Lands a Permanent Address
The Austin arts organization had to search for two years, but it finally founded a home of its own
BY ROBERT FAIRES
"Reweave: 2021" at the Elisabet Ney Museum
With her exhibition, artist Jade Walker entwines viewers in the future of the planet
BY ROBERT FAIRES
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: And Now for Some Good News
In this week's issue, an optimistic story about Camp Esperanza and a heartfelt sendoff to retiring Music Editor Raoul Hernandez
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Administrative Bureaucracies Make for a Not So Warm Welcome
On the anniversary of her first year in town, a new resident reflects on what's complicated her time here
BY SARA COLLINS
Qmmunity: Hot Politics, Hot Nights
The feeling’s right with Theydies Night, Dyke Season dance party, and more queer events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Frida Kahlo Oasis, San Antonio
Re-creation of the artist's home transports visitors to Mexico
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: An Alpha Male Jock Type Guy
Saying someone lives in Houston is irresponsibly nonspecific
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 23-29
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Where Should the Verde Add Help?
The transfer window offers an opportunity to plug holes in the roster
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
