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OUTside In
It’s time for an LGBTQ check-in
Slipknot Devastates COTA
Iowa’s malevolent sons blaze and burn
Infinite Monkey Theorem Winery Opens in October
Colorado-based urban winery coming to South Austin
Can She Take the Heat?
Culinary pros discuss gender inequities
Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court to Take Up HB 2
Providers want ASC and admit privileges rules gone
VonTrey Clark Charged with Capital Murder
Former APD officer formally accused in killing of Samantha Dean
HAAM Sampler
Health Alliance for Austin Musicians benefit day donations
DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part One
Four documentaries examine four film legacies
South Central Waterfront Initiative Wants You
To view plans and provide feedback for proposed designs
Austin Film Fest: Brian Helgeland Honored, More Panelists Announced
Annual fest spotlighting writers teases out a few more names
Texas Craft Brewers Festival Releases Beer List
Annual event showcases state’s thriving beer scene
Out of Bounds 2015: Squirrel Buddies
Nothing nuts about this improv duo; “Buddies” says it all
Staff Stands Up
Ott memo to Council says city staff feels “under attack”
Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants
Newcomers and established names get AFS boost
Rocky Horror Reissue – A Wild & Untamed Thing
A red vinyl adios to summer in Tim Curry’s lipstick
Fantastic Arcade Announces Second Wave of Games
Tournaments, parties, and more interactive strangeness
Blue Bell Is Back
Initial four flavors distributed locally
News Roundup: Confederates, Cookies, and Cream
Statues taken down, Blue Bell returns, all is well
Weird City Hip-Hop Canceled
Local festival’s second year is scratched out
Food-o-File: Weekend Lagniappe
A little extra Austin food news
Another Day, Another Hearing
City Council listens and chats on budget
Drafthouse Hosts Abominable Dr. Phibes Feast
Victoria Price touring with film and new edition of cookbook
Wizard World Announces Mike Tyson
Iron Mike to headline annual pop culture gathering
Austin’s Out Of Bounds Comedy Festival Has No Bounds In Stock
The annual juggernaut of performative hijinks returns to the ATX
What She Does Isn’t Secret
Punk rock doc godmother Penelope Spheeris speaks
David Pulkingham’s Little Pearl
CD release happens Saturday at Strange Brew, 7pm
Celesbians Take Pride
Girls With Flair! bring Camila Grey and Kate Moennig to Pride
Shout OUT: Jim Brunzell
These are the people in our gayborhood: Cinema Savvy Ally
Sinister 2
Round 2 for this supernatural horror franchise
Mistress America
Greta Gerwig borrows from Holly Golightly in Noah Baumbach’s new comedy
Film Review: Digging for Fire
Joe Swanberg’s latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes
Phantom
Hindi political thriller
Uppi 2
Kannada psychological thriller
We Are Your Friends
A wan Saturday Night Fever wannabe about four millennials
War Room
Christian melodrama likens prayer to war against the devil
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Bold coming-of-age story is told from the girl’s POV
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
Animated film is based on Gibran’s iconic book of prose poems
Turbo Kid
This irreverent throwback is a loving homage to kids’ adventure pictures
Gay Place: Austin’s Gay Days
We’ve got all the Pride info and sneak peeks into a very gay fall season.
Building Austin
As the city grows, is it being cavalier about the well-being of the laborers who are assembling Austin’s new face?
City Files Challenge Lawsuit Against TCAD
Claims current property appraisal system is unconstitutional
Some Like It Hot
25th Hot Sauce Festival brings the crowds
Council: The Public Weighs In
Budget priorities continue to be debated
OUTside In
Ceci Gratias “Extremely happy.” What is the word for a person who remains hopeful in spite of overwhelming odds? To describe Ceci Gratias as simply an optimist is to miss one of her fundamental character features, that her joy is informed by countless years of working this community from one end to the other –…
Food-o-File
The art of the deal
UT Prepares for Campus Carry
UT president announces a working group
OUTside In
Maggie Lea For some, SCOTUS’ marriage equality decision has brought on a wave of ambivalence. Having recognized it as a step forward in the long fight for “equality,” Maggie Lea, co-owner and booking manager of Cheer Up Charlies and the producer of Cinema East, can’t help wondering if she should be a bit more excited.…
Playback: HAAM Payback
Austin music says thanks for saving our butt, HAAM
APD Detective at the Center of Two Legal Battles
Brenda Bermudez has filed a sexual harassment complaint with APD, but she’s also accused of sexual harassment. Another suit claims her negligence led to a teen’s suicide.
OUTside In
Morgan Robyn Collado When the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage comes up, Morgan Robyn Collado rolls her eyes and says, “As far as I’m concerned, mainstream white gays and lesbians are as much my enemy as straight people are.” Such statements from Collado, who identifies herself via her Tumblr as “a lower middle-class,…
Hot August Nights
Fire and ice for summer commiseration
School Finance on Trial
Hearing only expected to last a short two and a half hours
OUTside In
Jim Fouratt Someone asked us, before the “Queer Art and HIV/AIDS” panel at this past year’s OUTsider Fest, who Jim Fouratt is. Our response: “Jim Fouratt is many things to many people.” How else to sum up a man who has had more lives than most people we know? “I provoke, and I’m provocative,” says…
Hot August Nights: Hot
“Fire,” The Crazy World of Arthur Brown In 1968 England, blokes called Arthur Brown played cricket on Sunday. They didn’t proclaim “I am the God of Hellfire” with a burning crown on their head. Pre-Alice Cooper, pre-Marilyn Manson theatrics, plus a massive orchestral psychedelia summoned by Vincent Crane’s roaring Hammond organ, set Europe alight and…
STR Debate Unresolved
Ordinance is updated, but issues remain
25th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners
Individual Category Red Sauce 1st Place: Diana Martinez 2nd Place: Jennifer Boulware 3rd Place: Cameron Ruse Honorable Mention: Bud Spaar, Leigh Schmidt, Tony Lopez, Ray Martinez, Anders Dowd Green Sauce 1st Place: The Solano Twins 2nd Place: Bud Spaar 3rd Place: Chris Cooper Honorable Mention: Doraelia Brackin, Kevin McAuliffe, Bella Kirchner, Ray Martinez, Tyler Ruse,…
OUTside In
Dino Foxx He rocks the gowns, glitter, and sequins with a full, lush manly beard. This self-professed “glam bear” performs monthly at Fat Bottom Cabaret’s popular Midnight Menagerie shows in Austin. Dino Foxx is confident in his 6’3″ without heels. But even a girl with a size advantage can feel vulnerable sometimes. Burlesque shows draw…
Hot August Nights: Cold
Ice Cream Your favorite summertime treat also serves as a muse far and wide. • The Dynamics’ “Ice Cream Song” spent seven weeks on the R&B charts in 1969 and remains the only “hit” the Motor City vocal quartet scored. “If loving you is ice cream, oh, I could be the ice cream man.” •…
Bag Ban Aftereffects
Environmental advocates call for change in single-use bag ordinance
Gone to the Dogs
Bob Byington on his latest Austin comedy, 7 Chinese Brothers
Hot August Nights: Hot/Cold
“Fire and Rain,” James Taylor The 1970 hit that birthed a singer-songwriter explosion in its wake, the No. 3 chart hit from second LP Sweet Baby James remains stark, forlorn. Taylor’s reaction to the suicide of childhood friend Suzanne Schnerr, plus drug addiction and the breakup of his band the Flying Machine inform basically biblical…
MACC Gets Parkland Status
Special-called Council meeting hashes out an agreement between MACC and developer
Bun Belly
Inconsistency mars Airport Blvd. newcomer
Tender Rough Rough Tender
Groundswell turns up the heat in its developmental staging of Sarah Saltwick’s new play
Poll Shows GOP Voters Want Paxton Out
Conservative group behind poll asking Republicans if Paxton should resign
The Luv Doc: Drunk Booty Call
Wherein the Luv Doc tries to explain a dine-and-dash scenario
Forever Plaid
Austin Theatre Project’s staging of the popular musical hits all the right notes
Micro-Unit Housing Planned for Eastside
A new affordable housing development plan sees positive reception from neighborhood group
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
LBJ liked Fresca. He didn’t like the color purple. Radiohead used to go by the name On a Friday. In the United States, we spend $11 billion a year on air conditioning. A 2014 study at Arizona State University showed that waste heat from air conditioner units increased outside temperatures by nearly two degrees Fahrenheit.…
“The Only Knowledge Worth Possessing”
Personal narratives stand at the heart of this exhibit by artists in the Contemporary Austin’s Crit Group program
Katrina Survivors Reflect 10 Years Later
Jamar Jefferson and Donna Bonner are just two of many who relocated to Austin
Day Trips: Sun Studio, Memphis, Tenn.
Birthplace of rock & roll still all right, mama
The Hightower Report
Proud “partners” corporatize our parks
Austin’s Public-Access Glory Days
When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV
Soccer Watch
Ka-Boom! UT-Austin senior goalkeeper Abby Smith made ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays on Sunday, when she scored on a 90-yard punt to give the UT Longhorns a 1-0 win over Miami in their season opener. Amazingly, Smith also scored the Longhorns’ first goal of the season last year – that one on a 45-yard free…
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City Council meets today (Aug. 27) officially at 11am (9-11am scheduled for Austin Energy Committee of the Whole), with a bit of regular business but primarily the second public hearing on the budget, to be followed by first steps in winnowing proposed budget amendments. See “Council: The Public Weighs In,” Aug. 28, 2015. MACC a…
Dancing in the Dark
Texas noir Two Step cuts a bloody rug
Quote of the Week
“I’m a reporter. My job is to ask questions. What’s ‘totally out of line’ is to eject a reporter from a press conference for asking questions.” – Univision anchor Jorge Ramos’ response to being physically removed from a Donald Trump press conference in Iowa
Eating Out With Kids
Austin’s food boom may not be for everyone
Documenting Disaster
Alive in Truth: The New Orleans Disaster Oral History & Memory Project
Point Austin: Unmet Needs
As Council wrangles the budget, groups push for more funding to breach inequalities
Ebony Stewart’s Hunger
Spoken-word artist Ebony Stewart enters a new stage with her solo show Hunger
Q&A With Scott Crow
Anarchist and community organizer co-founded Common Ground Collective
Public Notice: A Tale of Two PUDs
It’s not too soon to aim for green space
