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In Austin’s Most Conservative District, Will the City’s Sole Republican Council Member Keep Her Seat?
Dem challenger hopeful Kamala Harris momentum will turn tide
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Man Awaiting Murder Trial for Six Years Wants Hays County to Make Up Its Mind
Devonte Amerson spent five years in jail with no conviction
BY BRANT BINGAMON
United Flight Attendants Authorize a Strike
Negotiations stalled over pay for last-minute overtime
BY LINA FISHER
Judge Rules That City, APD Have “Unlawfully” Maintained Secret Police File
City must do away with the “G file” or appeal ruling
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Elders: Meet Glen Castlebury, Former Statesman Capitol Bureau Chief
Running on coffee, nicotine, and news
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
food
2024 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
The Psychology of Why We’re Drawn to Spicy Food and Other Dalliances With Pain
The spice must flow
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Judges
Meet the arbiters of taste for the 2024 competition
Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival FAQs
Where to go, how to vote, how much it costs, and more
Tickets and Info
Everything you need to know about the 2024 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
music
Album Review: Parker Woodland’s There’s No Such Thing as Time
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Parker Woodland feels fine.
BY ABBY JOHNSTON
Hot Sauce Fest, Bat Fest, and More Crucial Concerts
Mitski, Childish Gambino, Lucinda Williams, and others worth hearing
BY CY WHITE, CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, RACHEL RASCOE, JAMES SCOTT, JAMES RENOVITCH, MICHAEL TOLAND, CHRISTINA GARCIA AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel is a wasted opportunity
The Front Room
Warped A24 drama about an old lady terrorizing her daughter-in-law
His Three Daughters
Estranged sisters gather at their father's deathbed
The Paragon
Micro budget New Zealand psychic warfare urban fantasy
Red Rooms
Disturbing courtroom drama with a sickening psychological twist
arts & culture
Visual Arts Review: “My Eyes Are Starving for Beauty”
A feast of fearless art with Anthony Sonnenberg
BY CAT MCCARREY
Event Celebrates New Austin Poet Laureate Program
KB Brookins and Amanda Johnston on what it means to be a poetry city
BY CY WHITE
ArmadilloCon, Art, a Hot Sauce Hootenanny, and More Recommended Events
Get out and get spicy this weekend
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, BRANT BINGAMON, RICHARD WHITTAKER, JAMES RENOVITCH, CAT MCCARREY, LINA FISHER, CARYS ANDERSON, KIMBERLEY JONES AND RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Line Dancin', Terminatin', and Writin' in This Week's Recommended Events
Lots to do, and it's not even the weekend
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, GENEVIEVE WOOD, CAT MCCARREY, LINA FISHER AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
columns
The Austin Chronic: I Bought Weed From an Instagram Ad
Just doing some field testing here
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Qmmunity: What’s in a Name
On choosing a name and choice in general
BY JAMES SCOTT
Opinion: Paralysis and Inadequate Analysis as Austin Drags Its Feet to Implement CAFA
City and county’s failure to change their arrest and arraignment procedures waste resources and make Austin less safe
BY AMANDA MARZULLO
Day Trips: The Boot House and Cowboy Hat House, Huntsville
One man’s trash is another man’s home in Huntsville
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Wallerin’
One of the most cringe moments in recent history
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 6-12
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
All things hunting
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: “Poor Performances” Spell Doom for Austin FC, Josh Wolff in Crushing Loss
Playoff odds shrink after fall to Vancouver
BY ERIC GOODMAN
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