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Secret Origins: Austin’s Comic Creators
For Free Comic Book Day, we head into the studios and writing rooms of our local sequential art talents
Felt Out Follows Their Shape-Shifting Pop Intuition
A rename and shared chemistry propel the Austin duo’s new album
Does Fogo de Chao Have the Best Premium Dry-Aged Beef Downtown?
Not to mention, mmmmm, that amazing Market Table of theirs
Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup
News and events from Corpus Christi to Fort Davis
Two More Restaurants Are Coming to Mueller
Hopdoddy and Honest Mary’s join the dining roster
Food & Wine Recognizes Austin, Duck Camp Brings the Free Crawfish, Texas French Bread Loafs You So Much, Lick Ice Cream Delights with New Flavors, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Eight Austin Chefs Are Competing In the American Lamb Jam
Will any of our culinary warriors rise triumphant from the fray?
Four Austin Chefs Champion the Texas Food & Wine Alliance with Off the Menu Supper Club
Richter & Czyszczon & Sawicki & Fojtasek stoke a live fire
Jo’s Coffee Opens on Menchaca and Stassney
Get a free cup of cold brew or drip coffee May 8
Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival Hangs On to Unmistakably Tejano Traditions
From buzzworthy family band Baraja de Oro to local mainstay Los Pinkys
War-on-Drugs Style Bill Won’t Help Fentanyl Crisis, Advocates Say
Meanwhile, a fentanyl test strip bill has stalled
Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Tribute Convenes Keith Richards, Snoop Dogg, Norah Jones, and More at the Hollywood Bowl
Two-night song extravaganza pulled stars from across generations
The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023
Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return
Blues, Funk, and La Bamba: Antone’s Austin Blues Festival Returns to Waterloo Park
Home of the Blues revives its genre mosh nearly a quarter-century later
Rigoni, Driussi End Goal Drought but Austin FC Still Winless in Six
Wolff: “Ties at home are tough, but progress was made”
Nine Essential Albums From Willie Nelson’s 90 Years
Wishing the Texas outlaw icon a Willie nice birthday
Watch This: Robert Earl Keen’s Road Retirement Makes Way for Brian Beken’s Solo Debut “The Weekend”
Former South Austin Jug Band/MilkDrive fiddler preps new rock LP
Weekend Wine: Becker’s Provençal Rosé
A versatile, food-friendly rosé to welcome spring
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
40th anniversary re-release for the closing chapter of the original trilogy
Sisu
Gruesome guffaws in this Nazi-smashing Finnish action-comedy
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Biography of the architect of rock & roll is built on shaky foundations
Wild Life
Biography of the millionaires saving millions of acres of mountains
Polite Society
British Indian action-comedy revels in a sisterly bond
Sick of Myself
Norwegian satire keeps the audience a safe distance from a narcissist
Cherry
Quirky, wry, and touching abortion dramedy puts character ahead of politics
Minnesota Mean
Latest Roller Derby doc sticks to the old playbook
The Best Man
Lundgren and Wilson wasted in shoddy action flick
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic is just as perfectly poignant as the book
Big George Foreman
Biopic about the greatest boxing comeback story ever
The Luv Doc: Elon’s Boring Phallus
When people say the word “subway” in Texas, they’re usually not talking about underground mass transportation
Review: Trouble in the Streets
Local “electro tribe” trio Trouble in the Streets ascends from earthly rebels to astral amusants with Satisfy Saturn. Much like its celestial nomenclature, the debut full-length pulses, gleams, and shimmers. Dynamic singer/producer duo Nnedi Agbaroji and Andy Leonard, anchored by drummer Kenny Schwartz, craft 12 cosmic fusions of world, hip-hop, R&B, and rock, emulating TSA…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The Roman emperor known as Caligula was actually named Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Caligula was a nickname meaning “little boots.” In 1961, Peter Falk was the first actor ever nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year. In 1962, he was nominated for both awards again. Soy sauce originated about 2,200…
Review: Portrayal of Guilt
The bottomless expanse of the eternally damned is an awfully vast zone of activity for one band to claim. But this Austin threepiece tells no lies with the title of their fourth full-length. Devil Music is singular enough to cut through the howling wail of various tortured souls and tingle the singed tip of Satan’s…
Mr. Pimento Makes Sweet, Hot, “Fiyah” Jamaican Food
Homestyle mac & cheese and jerk chicken made with love
How a Small Town Has Fared as a Microchip Factory Brings in Billions
Has Taylor, TX, become Boomtown, TX?
Masa y Más Brings More Tacos to South Lamar
The folks behind Hopdoddy deliver goodness from south of the border
The Sound of an Enigma in Sonarius: The Mysteries of M
Austin-based TV creator Peter Mattei turns to audio drama for his new Audible series
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of April 27, 2023
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Child Farm: An administrator in Austin reprimanded a third-grade teacher this week and the list of concerns went viral, including the line, “We’ve noticed an intentional attempt at teaching your students about their legal and constitutional rights.” Teacher Sophie (@soph4president on TikTok) asks, “Why is that a concern?” The Newsman’s Squire: Tucker Carlson lost his…
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
Public Notice: Bashing Austin Policy
From the Capitol to the Waterfront, via Wall Street
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids’ activities, and more
Bill of the Week: Red State vs. Blue Cities
Texas House passes broad restrictions on local regulations
Day Trips: Mural Alley, Alpine
Mural Alley in Alpine has grown to encompass just about the whole town. There are well over 40 of the outdoor wall paintings and the number keeps growing. The oversized images range from the whimsical to the historic, with West Texas landscapes making up the majority. A number of the murals are in the alley…
APD Says DPS Is Doing Great, but Are They?
DPS won’t tell us where they’re patrolling or who they’re arresting
Opinion: Proposition A … and A and A and A: The Case for Reforming How We Label Ballot Measures
Opinion: It’s time for us to do something revolutionary – go through the whole alphabet before starting over again at A
Who Knows How Much Police Supporters Are Spending on This Election
Justice advocates are increasing their spending as we near election day
Qmmunity: Quntry & Western
DJ Boi Orbison lassos queer country nostalgia with Neon Rainbows
Hardly Anybody Has Voted on Police Oversight So Far
See early voting numbers so far
Navigating Puberty, Talking to God, and Bringing Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to the Screen
Edge of Seventeen director, Kelly Fremon Craig, on adapting Judy Blume’s YA classic
Pro Sports Leagues Violate Players’ Due Process Rights, UT Study Finds
And they have recommendations to make it right
The Verde Report: Austin FC Needs Better From Captain Sebastián Driussi
Let’s establish something. Austin FC has been terrible lately. Not opinion. Not spin. Fact. No goals scored in nearly four full games, no wins in the last five. Last weekend against then-winless LA Galaxy, the Verde and Black were just what the doctor ordered for Chicharito and company, who sailed to a comfortable, confidence-boosting 2-0…
Austin Tries to Address Wage Theft, Texas Tries to Make It Harder
Is your boss stealing from you?
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Dinosaur Jr. at Lakeline Park, Los Texmaniacs in Sunset Valley, and more recommended shows
Death Watch: Lies on the Stand and an Execution Delayed
The state won’t kill Ivan Cantu this month after all
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 28 – May 4
Review: Murs x Wiardon
A collaborative EP between the former member of California underground rap collective Living Legends and the gangster-spitting Eastside talent will elicit a Stone Cold Steve Austin-sized “WHAT!?” from many, but seeds were planted years ago when the two first met in 2015. The occasion? Local Wiardon, then 12 years old, directly messaged Murs on Instagram…
The Blanton Bake-Off Returns, Good Food Foundation Taps Austin Winners, Here Comes the Texas Wine Auction, Lucky Robot Hypes the Tuna, Oseyo Gets Streety with Anju Banju on Thursdays, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Review: Austin Playhouse’s Indecent
Passionate tribute to a landmark lesbian kiss is a warning from history
Bill That Would Likely Require Another Vote on Project Connect Moves Ahead
Acquiescing to a revote
Chronicle Endorsements for Austin’s Propositions A and B
May 6 General and Special Elections
What You Need to Know to Vote in Austin’s May General Election
Early Voting April 24-May 2
