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Volume 42, Number 28
Issue Supplement
Players' Guide to SXSW 2023
ON THE COVER:
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BY Kimberley Jones
features
Players' Guide to SXSW 2023
Where Have All the Crypto Bros Gone?
Molly White, Web3's most visible skeptic, is busy debunking myths about tech before the next bubble
BY TOM CHEREDAR
Kate the Chemist Says, "Anybody Can Be a Scientist"
Kate the Chemist is on a mission to take over the world
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
Famed Austin Chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph and the Future of Food
Joins the SXSW party and talk about how we'll eat
BY ROD MACHEN
Deepak Chopra and the New Psych Revolution
The neuro-expert on how the latest research could change how we think about psychedelics
BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ
Austin-Based Brane Audio Is Changing the Laws of Physics in Speaker Tech
All about that bass
BY JOE GROSS
news
Austin Scientists Focus on Helping AI Do Good
Weighing the pros, cons, and concerns of humanity's future overlords
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Austin at Large: The Train Can’t Be Too Late
It’s going to be sad, so sad, when Mayor Pete’s money comes if Austin’s not ready
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Land Use Reforms on Hold?
Whose fault is that?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
The Women Left Behind When Salvation Army’s Downtown Shelter Shutters
With no beds for single women, where will they go?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
New Bill Would Give Most Texans 12 Weeks Parental Paid Leave
In the words of Cardi B: I got a baby. I need some money. I need cheese for my egg.
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Lawsuit Threatens Council’s Modest Progress on Housing Crisis
Same group that blocked land code rewrite in 2020 is back
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Local Immigration Advocacy Groups Aim to Blunt Right-Wing Proposals at the Lege
Border splurge still splurging
BY BENTON GRAHAM
The Women Nearly Killed by Texas’ Abortion Ban
Fighting for our lives
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Austin Hackers Group Gets Recognition From Global Body
The room where it hackens
BY DEX WESLEY PARRA
Freedom to Boycott Israel, Buy Property Top Priorities at Texas Muslim Capitol Day
Rallyers father in first year Texas has two Muslim lawmakers in Lege
BY LEENA ALALI
Council Preview: Planning to Plan Transit Station Areas
First step? Calibrating housing access on Project Connect routes
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Players' Guide to SXSW 2023
Downtown Austin Restaurant Recommendations
Good places to eat in the middle of all the hubbub, bub
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER AND MELANIE HAUPT
Restaurant Review: Este
There's a lot to like at Fermín Nuñez's new seafood restaurant
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Shortwave Food Truck Tunes the Dial to American-Style Grub
It's no amateur truck at Radio Coffee & Beer
BY DEVEN WILSON
Flyrite Turns Seven, Fil N’ Viet Approaches Two, H-E-B Quests for the Best, the Van Zandt Brings In Ledesma, Those Garrisons Garner Multigold, and More, More, 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 March 9, 2023
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Players' Guide to SXSW 2023
Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music
Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival
BY THE MUSIC STAFF
SXSW Music Spotlight: 9m88
Taiwanese jazzy balladeer hopes to shake up the Mandopop market
BY CLARA WANG
SXSW Music Spotlight: Be Your Own Pet
Singer Jemina Pearl talks reunion and reclamation of her teenage self
BY NAYELI PORTILLO
SXSW Music Spotlight: Blondshell
Stormy rock songwriter time-capsules twentysomething angst
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
SXSW Music Spotlight: Hermanos Gutiérrez
Two guys from Switzerland venture spaghetti Western instrumentals
BY AUSTIN POWELL
SXSW Music Spotlight: Indigo De Souza
Indie rock liberator finds "incredible clarity" on upcoming third LP
BY JULIAN TOWERS
SXSW Music Spotlight: Steam Down
London mastermind Ahnansé discusses the jazz collective's global inspo
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
SXSW Music Spotlight: Sweet Pill
Rising Philadelphia emocore quintet unpacks latest Where the Heart Is
BY KRISS CONKLIN
SXSW Music Spotlight: Tangerine Dream
Everlasting German circuit breakers continue founder's "constant flow"
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest
The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week
BY THE MUSIC STAFF
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Players' Guide to SXSW 2023
Reinventing the Fantasy Movie With SXSW Opening Night's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Writers/directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein on dungeons, dragons, and heists
BY MATTHEW MONAGLE
Crimes of Passion and Desperation in Love & Death
In HBO Max's Love & Death, director Lesli Linka Glatter and star Patrick Fugit revisit one of Texas' most infamous murders
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Lady Bird Johnson Documentary Reveals the Legendary First Lady's Wonk Side
SXSW's The Lady Bird Diaries goes beyond beautification
BY LINA FISHER
SXSW Documentary Exhumes a Personal History Folk Icon and Activist Joan Baez
The Diamonds & Rust of Joan Baez I Am a Noise
BY DOUG FREEMAN
The Queen of More Than Disco in Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Director Brooklyn Sudano looks beyond the mirrorball at the woman she called Mother
BY CHRISTINA GARCIA
Representation in the Toy Aisle in Black Barbie: A Documentary
Lagueria Davis' SXSW selection recounts how her Aunt Beulah changed dolls forever
BY JENNY NULF
BlackBerry Retro-Engineers the Rise and Fall of the Original Smartphone
Matt Johnson's tells the tale of a very Canadian tech crunch
BY JULIAN TOWERS
SXSW Doc Rewinds the Truly Horrible The Star Wars Holiday Special
Wookies go Vaudeville in A Disturbance in the Force
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Life, Loss, and William Shatner
In You Can Call Me Bill, documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe examines the philosophy of the man who keeps boldly going
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Thomas Kinkade Was the World's Biggest Selling Painter. Art for Everybody Asks Why.
Shedding light on the superstar of schmaltz
BY JOSH KUPECKI
The Lighter Side of Freezing Your Eggs in Scrambled
SXSW alum Leah McKendrick's finds a fertile topic for comedy
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Supernatural Horror Brooklyn 45 Wrestles With Good People Committing Terrible Sins
Ted Geoghegan conjures the ghosts of World War II
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Short & Sweet: “When You Left Me on That Boulevard”
Austin filmmaker Kayla Abuda Galang brings her Sundance-winning short film home
BY DEX WESLEY PARRA
Film Reviews
Champions
Bobby Farrelly's sports comedy's only offense is being offensively agreeable
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village
Bolting episodes of the anime smash together does not a movie make
The Quiet Girl
Irish tale of a lost girl finding hope will break and mend your heart
Saturday Afternoon
Single-take thriller as terrorists takes hostages in a Dhaka cafe
Scream VI
The meta-horror franchise gets less meta, more brutal
Unwelcome
Goblins roam the Irish countryside in this folk horror
arts & culture
Players' Guide to SXSW 2023
Queer South By Proficiency Check
Save time in choosing what LGBTQ to catch, and roll the dice with Qmmunity's recommendations
BY JAMES SCOTT
Myth and Tech Merge for the SXSW Art Program
Technology becomes the new enchantment in Mixanthropy
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Getting Sweaty With this Year's SXSW Comedy Keynote, Impressionist James Adomian
The pervert's guide to Slavoj Žižek
BY ROD MACHEN
Free Stuff to Do at South by Southwest
No badge, no wristband, no problem
BY JOELLE DIPAOLO
Review: Austin Playhouse's Nightbird
Timely treatise on the space between Black America's past, present, and future
BY BOB ABELMAN
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Chaotic Good
SXSW is an absolute beast, but our special pullout issue is here to help you navigate it
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: South by So Gay
Squeeze all the juice from these fruity events, both SXSW-adjacent and beyond
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Battleship Texas, Galveston
Historic ship wows Gulf Coast visitors
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Spending Time With a Model
It's not uncommon for people to develop relationships with chatbots or other AI
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 10-16
BY ROB BREZSNY
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Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Trouble in Paradise: Austin FC Humbled By Haitian Club in Champions League Opener
B-squad belly flops, loses 3-0 to Violette AC
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
