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Zeke Barbaro
Volume 41, Number 1
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
features
The Austin Chronicle 40oz Anniversary Issue
The Austin Chronicle at “40”
Introduction by Publisher Nick Barbaro
BY NICK BARBARO
All in the Family
Bonded for life
BY KIMBERLEY JONES, S. EMERSON MOFFAT, ADA CALHOUN AND WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The Work Matters
A look back at some of our most impactful reporting
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON, MICHAEL KING, DAN SOLOMON, AMY SMITH, ERICA C. BARNETT AND JIM SHAHIN
From the Music Desk
On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music
BY MICHAEL HALL, TIM STEGALL, DOUG FREEMAN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND LEE NICHOLS
The Reporting Life
Oh, the places you'll go
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER, KEVIN CURTIN, RICHARD WHITTAKER, ERIC PUGA, KATHLEEN MAHER AND ROBERT FAIRES
This Job Will Change Your Life
Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle
BY JESSE SUBLETT, MICHAEL VENTURA, MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN, GERALD E. MCLEOD, SHAWN BADGLEY, KACI BEELER, JESSI CAPE AND JOE O'CONNELL
PHOTOS: Historic Austin Businesses Sign the Chronicle's 40th Birthday Card
Iconic local marquees wish this alt weekly well
news
Two APD Officers Indicted for Murder in 2019 Shooting of Mauris DeSilva
Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin at Large: Days Seem Harder and Meaner
Mayor Steve Adler put it best this week: “We’re tired and we’ve had enough”
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: What Have They Done to Our Park?
What's left of Waterloo can't even be called a park
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council Gets Briefed on Controversial I-35 Expansion Plans
Let the road rage commence
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
New COVID Safety Rules for Special Events
Negative COVID tests, other measures now required for city-permitted events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
After Initial Pushback, APD Quietly Adapts to Arrest Review
New policy will likely reduce the number of people arrested for small amounts of controlled substances
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Confusion Continues in Police Academy Reboot
Efforts to revise the curriculum taught at the Austin police academy proceed in turmoil
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Six-Week Abortion Ban Leads List of Bad New Texas Laws
Parade of horribles comes courtesy of the 87th Texas Legislature
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Death Watch: Laying on Hands, Praying Out Loud
Another death row inmate sues Texas for preventing his free exercise of religion
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
Veracruz All Natural's in L.A., Jack Allen's in Our Hearts, Otoko's Got Kaieki-Ryori, Austin Food + Wine Festival Releases Tickets, 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 September 2, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Misery Business: The Cathartic and Unexpectedly Joyful Trend of Emo DJ Nights in Austin
Welcome to the Black Parade
BY CHAD SWIATECKI
We Asked Writers to Review Bands They’d Never Seen Before at Hot Summer Nights
Going into the unknown with TV's Daniel, xBValentine, Holy Death Trio, Frederico7, and Los Kurados
BY KEVIN CURTIN, RACHEL RASCOE, DAVID BRENDAN HALL AND RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week
Abhi the Nomad, Animals on TV, Susannah Joffe, Nané, and more recommended tunes
BY KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, MORGAN-TAYLOR THOMAS, TIM STEGALL AND CLARA WANG
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Paul Cauthen, Bun B, Diplo, Vrywvy, and more recommended shows
BY ABBY JOHNSTON, MICHAEL TOLAND, CLARA WANG, RACHEL RASCOE, CHRISTINA GARCIA AND MICHAEL TOLAND
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
Screens
Film Reviews
The Alpinist
Climbing doc has trouble keeping up with its enigmatic subject
The Lost Leonardo
High intrigue and big money in the murky world of high art
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Marvel's master of kung fu makes a convoluted cosmic splash
Un Rescate de Huevitos
The eggs are back for their fourth animated adventure
We Need to Do Something
The terror is coming from inside and outside the house
Wild Indian
Searing and brutal tale of two Indigenous men bound by bloodshed
Yakuza Princess
Brazilian-set Japanese revenger could be weirder and bloodier
arts & culture
Penfold Theatre Gives Live Readings of Radio Plays in the Ransom Center Archives
The company has dusted off radio adaptations of Shakespeare, Fitzgerald, and Thackeray for the 21st century to hear – live
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 KAT MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Here’s to 40 More
It's The Austin Chronicle's 40th anniversary issue
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Memories of Queers Past
Plus, QTBIPOC dance party Fuego turns up the heat and more queer events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Four Favorites
Looking back at decades of "Day Trips" for the Chronicle's 40th
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Little Dahoo Dores
We have to make space in our hearts for the paste-eaters like Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 3-9
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
School mask mandate – what’s the current state of the law?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Consistency Eludes Austin FC as Expansion Season Pressure Mounts
The Verde suffer team's biggest defensive meltdown to date
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
