The Champs Are Coming: U.S. Women’s National Team to Open Q2 Stadium
USWNT vs. Nigeria christens brand-new stadium on June 16
AFS Cinema Will Reopen This Summer With The Next Picture Show
Fundraiser aims for $150,000 to get us all back to the movies
Two Snacks, Sweet and Savory
They’re gluten-free and ready to elevate your nomming pleasure
Down Here at the Paw’n Shop: Dog Tales From Sublime’s Time in Austin, 25 Years Ago
Memories of Lou Dog and Toby in the studio
Texas House Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban
SB 8 allows anyone the right to sue a provider
The Table Ed Ward Built
Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history
Booze To-Go Is Here To Stay, APL’s Cookbook Reopens, Pinthouse Goes Large, Fancy Greek Noms In the Littlefield, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Day Trips & Beyond: May Travel Roundup
Flowers, birds, and more to spy on spring road trips
Miami’s Fun Wine Is Launching In Texas
Just when you thought there was no cure for the ennui of oenophilia
RECAP: Austin FC Blanks Minnesota United for Second Straight Road Win
Fagundez goal enough as ATXFC relies on defense to knock off the Loons
May 1 Special Election Results: First Five Win, Last Three Lose
$1 million buys camping ban; strong-mayor couldn’t be weaker
May 1 Special Election Early Voting Results Are In
Big lead for Prop B, even bigger deficit for Prop F
Powerhouse and Netflix Drop Castlevania Season 4 Trailer
Drac’s back as the blood-soaked horror animation returns
Local Legal Leaders Come Out Swinging Against Anti-Abortion Bills
Proposals let literally anyone drag providers into court
Finally, COVID Relief Funds Coming to Austin Schools
$155 million to AISD, $11.2 billion statewide clear TEA logjam
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
How one TV neighborhood became our shared classroom
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
Japanese anime blockbuster screams into the nightmare void
Mortal Kombat
Blood knives! Fatalities! GORO!
Separation
Dolls and evil, dolls and evil …
Limbo
Immigration dramedy shipwrecks Syrian migrants in Scotland
Triumph
High school wrestling drama is admirable for giving athletes with disabilities a platform
Four Good Days
Bland rehab drama is more wasted than its characters
The Outside Story
After a year trapped inside, a welcome comedic reminder of life in fresh air
The Resort
Idiotic haunted hotel horror can’t be heard, isn’t worth seeing
Walking With Herb
Bagger Vance, but with more evangelical stuff
The Virtuoso
Murder for hire and betrayal for fun
In Silico
Study of the attempt to replicate a human brain overthinks everything
Opinion: Texas’ Anti-LGBTQIA Bills Are Cruelty Aimed at My Transgender Patients
A physician caring for transgender patients and the sister of a transgender man explains how discriminatory policies impact lifelong health
Qmmunity: Treat Your Fine Queer Self With This Week’s Qmmunity Events
Mask up for Austin Black Pride’s Pose watch party, drag brunch at the Iron Bear, and more
Round Rock High Schoolers Spark Learning During the Pandemic
For many 14- and 15-year-olds, 2020 was a weird year to start high school. The awkward searches around a cafeteria for a table of friends, the awe of stepping through the school’s front doors for the first time, or run-ins with impossibly large human beings known as seniors all ceased to exist. Instead, many students…
Community First! Expansion to Create 1,400 Additional Homes for Austin’s Formerly Homeless Neighbors
A neighborhood to call home
Amy Gentry Is All the Rage in Her Third Novel, Bad Habits
The Austin author talks anger, solidarity, and grad school villainy
The Forces Within the (Task) Force: The Working Groups
The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force included 17 community members representing organizations that have been active in police and justice reform, as well as five members of the city’s management team (who abstained from voting on recommendations). To dive deeper into the issues and bring in more perspectives and expertise, the task force created nine…
In Buda, Mini-Golf and War Memorial Are Ingeniously Paired
A veteran’s story inspires across generations at the Memorial Miniature Golf and World War II Museum
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
Austin Restaurants and Seafood Suppliers Work Toward Sustainability
Staying afloat with Minamoto Foods’ SeaChange program
For Trans Texans, One Bill Forward, Two Bills Back
Texas has filed the most anti-LGBTQIA bills in the nation this year
Sparxs Studio Is Turning Cinema Into a Single Mom’s Game
Founder and CEO Samenta Bruington doesn’t take no for an answer
Austin at Large: Right Back Where We Started
Texas will do little. Austin will do more. America will validate us. What happens next?
Austin Opera Races Back Into Live Performance With Tosca at Circuit of the Americas
The company brings grand opera to the Grand Prix with an outdoor staging of Puccini’s powerhouse
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Election Day Now: Cast your vote on eight city propositions this Saturday, May 1, anywhere you see a “Vote Here/Vote Aquí” sign, between 7am and 7pm. Read the latest on the local races in this week’s News section, as well as online at our elections page (austinchronicle.com/elections). Need help making up your mind? Check out…
Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million
Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won’t return until 2022
Public Notice: Trying to Get Swimmers’ Ears
Plus parks, public safety, naked gardening, and more…
Day Trips: The Riverside Dreamer, Mission
Rolling on the Rio Grande
The Verde Report: The Only Game in Town
When the assembled crowd of 7,897 exited Dick’s Sporting Goods Park outside Denver Saturday night, roughly 7,697 of it did so mildly disappointed. They had just witnessed their hometown Colorado Rapids get picked apart by Major League Soccer newbies Austin FC in a blitzkrieg of a second half to lose 3-1 in the second game…
The Luv Doc: Unmasked and Undangerous
Nothing is more dangerous than a control freak who has just figured out the situation is beyond their control.
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of April 29, 2021
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
After recent police reforms in Newark, N.J., police didn’t fire a single shot in 2020. The last remaining cotton gin in Burton, Texas, has been converted to the Texas Cotton Gin Museum. The gin ceased operations in 1974. The word in Yiddish for cannabis is “kanoplye,” and in Hebrew it’s “kaneh bosem.” Some historians believe…
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
ATX Film News
Austin at the Oscars, and cinemas move towards reopening
The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?
“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”
Election Ticker: It’s a Long, Long While From May to November …
Since Austin voters in 2012 approved moving Council races to the same November ballots as state and federal elections, there’s only been one special election held in May (Texas’ other uniform election date) before now: the 2016 effort by Uber and Lyft to overturn Council’s ride-hailing regulations, on which the companies spent more than $10…
We Have an Issue: Don’t Forget to Vote on Saturday
A weird election, but an important one, too
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 30 – May 6
Young People Power Texas Climate Plan
House Democrats package 41 bills to protect the environment
L’Oca d’Oro Reopens, ACC Bristol-Joseph Scholarships Activate, Chocolate In General FTW, and Small Mercies Everywhere …
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
God Don’t Like Ugly: Austin Faith Leaders Unite to Smite Prop B
But big money’s rolling in to back camping ban campaign
Denny Freeman, the Graceful Guitarist Who Made Everyone Sound Better, Has Died
Masterful player had a foundational presence on Austin music
Lege Finds Even More Funds for Anti-Choice Grifters
Alternatives to Abortion program gets $100M in House budget
Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election
Our picks for the eight propositions you’ll see on your ballot
May 2021 Special Election
Early Voting April 19-27 • E-Day May 1
