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The 30th Anniversary of the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Goes Virtual
Hot sauce and silver linings
Fantasia Review: Lapsis
The gig economy savaged in this SF warning about modern capital
Schatzi’s Montez Williams Killed in Oklahoma City Flooding
Guitarist remembered for musical talent and magnetic personality
St. Elmo and Zilker Breweries Collab on Hard Seltzer
Slush Fun for everyone (over 21)
Austin’s Top Culinary Nonprofit Announces Statewide Expansion
Grants/virtual events support local food in four major cities
Bao’d Up Co-Founders Talk Mulan and the Special Appeal of Bao
Celebrate the live-action release with a family movie meal
Fantasia Review: The Block Island Sound
Aquatic horror reaches – and grabs – the stars
Fantasia Review: The Dark and the Wicked
Gone to Texas, gone to Hell in this occult horror
Fantasia Review: Detention
Taiwanese video game adaptation is a tale of political redemption
Fantasia Review: Monster Seafood Wars
C’mon, who hasn’t wondered what Godzilla tastes like?
Fantasia Review: The Columnist
Doomscrolling turns deadly in this Twitter troll satire
Fantasia Review: For the Sake of Vicious
Merciless revenger’s tragedy never blanches from violence
Yasmine Anderson’s BFF Lasagna Recipe
Meal and music with a friend (from a safe distance)
Pueblo Viejo’s New Location, Bishop Cidercade’s Austin Debut, Pinballz Japanese Whiskey, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Checking In: Eimaral Sol Emancipates
“The only option is to survive. This is my life. This is my purpose”
I Luv Video Closing
World’s largest video rental store shuts up shop after 36 years
Gender Unbound Returns for Year Five With Virtual Showcase
Monthlong 3D exhibit, livestreams spotlight trans, intersex artists
Checking In: Peelander-Z Commander (Yellow) Champions Austin Spirit
Japanese punk-n-painter power source beams in
AFS Announces 2020 Feature Grant Recipients
Special new fund will help those hit by SXSW cancellation
Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same
Concert doc filmed during the Houses of the Holy tour
From Austin To Canada: The Virtual Film Fest Experience
Local filmmakers on having world premieres at Fantasia
Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal
“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”
Hot Sauce Festival Winners 2020
The judges have spoken (and scorched their palates)
Watch the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival From Home
Local bands, cooking demos, & the winners of this year’s competition
The Wrestler Rises Again in You Cannot Kill David Arquette
The actor’s return to the ring in search of wrestling respect
Selling Pre-Packaged Foods Could Qualify Some Austin Bars to Reopen as Restaurants
“Creative things will happen” as Austin remains in Stage 3 phase
Council Recap: Too Little Affordable Housing, or Too Much?
Two Southeast projects divide dais; APD’s state grants OK’d
Day Trips & Beyond: September Travel Updates
Go the social distance
QueerTowne Celebrates Milestone Virtual Show Tonight
Why settle for quarantine when you can “Queerantine,” baby?
Bring the Soul: The Movie
BTS back on the stage
The Eight Hundred
Chinese retelling of the bloody battle for Shanghai
Fatima
Faith-based movie is better made and more frustrating than most
Get Duked!
Gloriously idiotic horror-comedy pits Scottish youth against aristocratic killers
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Herzog on Chatwin becomes Herzog exposed
House of Cardin
Biodoc of the fashion innovator is only sew-sew
Mr. Soul!
Putting spotlight on the TV host who brought Black celebrities into white homes
The New Mutants
The last of the X-Men finally get to the screen
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Dickens’ hero gets a lively and innovative new interpretation
Feels Good, Man
The tragic story of Pepe the Frog
Austin at Large: Truth and Reconciliation
“Reimagining” public safety will involve more than just technocratic change
Three Hours and 1,342 Families at the Central Texas Food Bank
Volunteering during a pandemic
Public Notice: No Help for Public Schools
Why the PPP only works for charters
Hot Sauce: Your Lifestyle Is the Target
What does your favorite condiment reveal about who you are?
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Breathing Easier … On Tuesday, Aug. 25, Austin dropped to Stage 3 of Austin Public Health’s COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines for the first time since mid-June. Officials based the decision on key indicators such as new hospital admissions and positivity rate trending “in the right direction” but urged the community to continue taking safety precautions, including…
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 28 – September 3
2020 Hot Sauce Festival Judges
Meet the tastemakers for this year’s competition
Austin Artist Brings Gamera to Vibrant Life in a New Box Set
Matt Frank builds the perfect monster
30 Years of Hot Sauce Festival Creates Many Memories
Reminisce with event staff, judges, and fans during this year’s break from the heat
Exploring the Life and Death of Jennifer Cave in True Crime Podcast The Orange Tree
Former UT students Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler find a history of murder on campus
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 27, 2020
2020’s Hot Sauce Festival Music Acts
Get sweaty in the privacy of your home with these performers
The Luv Doc: Outside of Austin
The Luv Doc is not going to throw Lampasas under the bus
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
ArmadilloCon 42 Blasts Off Into Cyberspace
Even on Planet COVID, the long-running Texas fan convention keeps celebrating science fiction and fantasy
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Painting eyes on cow butts scares off predators. Tomatoes arrived in China around the late 16th century, but it took more than 300 years for Chinese cooks to view them as edible. The U.S. has two ways to measure a foot, that differ by 0.12672 inches. Most people use the international standard established in 1959,…
Day Trips: Save the World Brewery, Marble Falls
A six-pack to-go for a good cause
Council Gets Surprised by APD’s New State Grants
Refund the police?
Hot Sauce Festival FAQ
Everything you need to know to keep it saucy
Faster Than Sound: Austin Record Stores Hang On, Together
Online and curbside pivots support an altered Record Store Day for Austin vinyl emporiums this Saturday.
’Horns Return; COVID to Follow?
The University of Texas community braces for impact as the fall semester gets underway
Cuantos Tacos Celebrates One Year of Mexico City-Style Street Tacos
Suadero y secret salsa
Local Activists Call Out Police and Find Themselves Flagged as Threats
Doesn’t take much to get on the watchlist
A Look at the City Council Races for Districts 2, 4, & 7
As Garza moves on, Pool and Casar seek to stay put
Nixta Taqueria Slings Lacto-Fermented Hot Sauce
With bonus natural wine recos for Austin’s sweltering season
ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science
Police are learning lessons in fear
Four Open Seats, and Many Demands for Change at AISD
School board shakeup
The Many Worlds of Author Marshall Ryan Maresca
The Austin-based maestro of Maradaine writes and sells at a steady and impressive pace
Soccer Watch
A New Face in Town Austin FC has signed their first-ever designated player: 26-year-old Paraguayan forward Cecilio Domínguez, will join via transfer from one of Argentina’s “Big Five” clubs, Independiente. He joins countryman Rodney Redes, Austin FC’s first signing in July. He’ll be on loan, perhaps in Liga MX, for the remainder of 2020 before…
Retailers Fighting Ban on Smokable Hemp
Plaintiffs argue Texas Department of State Health Services overstepped with consumable hemp prohibition
Opinion: The Importance of Feeling Heard
How do we motivate people to vote? By showing them their elected leaders are listening.
New Drive-In Cinemas Lighting Up Austin
The movies you want to see with the social distancing you demand
Community Court Finds New Home at Terrazas Library
Temporary move allows greater number of people experiencing homelessness to access walk-in services per day
Jonathan Terrell, Too Rock & Roll for Country, Too Country for Rock & Roll
The inward-facing cowboy trims the fat and lets his second solo LP dictate itself
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
The Hot Sauce Fest, a Love & Lightstream, and more sounds to check
Jonathan Terrell Album Review
Westward
Qmmunity: Now That’s Real Magic
Guest columnist James Scott on why you can’t separate art from its problematic artist
TABC-Thwarting Shenanigans, Smokin’ Beauty’s Vietnamese Brisket, Lenoir’s Sunday Suppers, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Waterloo Counseling Center Will Become a Program of Texas Health Action Alongside Kind Clinic
THA announces vision to combine sexual and behavioral health services
