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Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, Austin Choirs Seek Community Through Virtual Worship
Music remains an integral part of most religions, so what happens when the choir can’t meet?
We Regret to Inform You Central Texans May Now Add “West Nile Virus” to the Worry Jar
Another reason to stay inside this summer
Linklater’s Lunar Latest Coming to Netflix
Apollo 10 1/2 to be animated by Austin’s Minnow Mountain
Black-Owned Clothing and Accessories Shops in Austin
Support local minority-owned businesses and look good doing it
Dart Bowl Closes Permanently This Friday
Iconic local lanes unspared by coronavirus consequences
Checking In: Worm Suicide Blacks Out
Punks put out a 23-years-in-the-making LP in a pandemic
Travis County Results for the Primary Run-off and Special Election
Local voters make a statement in D.A. race and others
Early Voting Results for the Primary Run-off and Special Election
José Garza takes sizable lead in D.A. race & more Travis Co. numbers
AISD Announces Start of School Year Will Be Online
First three weeks will have no in-class instruction
The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Is Turning 30, and We Want to Hear Your Stories
Share your memories from three decades of face-melting heat
Tune In to Throwback Virtual Reading Sessions for Vintage TV Live
Scooby Doo, where are you? Online, in this new Vortex series
Now Streaming in Austin: Hell on Wheels
Join us tonight for a live tweet of the Roller Derby doc
Everything You Need to Know to Vote Today
Polls close at 7pm
Now Streaming in Austin: Recorded by Arizal
Rooster Teeth’s new show takes the animated vlog into the future
Proposed City Budget Cuts Police Funding by $8.1 Million
Decrease falls far short of $100 million activists called for
Live-Tweet Hell on Wheels With Us
The astonishing true story of the birth of Roller Derby
Food News Buffet
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Mobley Readies Enthralling Multimedia Pandemic Collaboration A Home Unfamiliar
Collaborative visual album (dis)connects 30 musicians & filmmakers
Wild New Board Game Sculpts Itself Up a Kickstarter Win
Who dares to crush your clay, citizen?
Checking In: Kydd Jones Focuses
MC bounces back by hiring out
A Permanent Vacation in Palm Springs With Max Barbakow
A time loop movie influenced by everything but Groundhog Day
Relic
Senility and the supernatural in this nerve-wracking Australian horror
Palm Springs
Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti do more than just rehash Groundhog Day
First Cow
Kelly Reichardt’s latest historical amble finds literal sweetness in the mire
The Beach House
Terror rises like a tide in this unnerving lo-fi cosmic horror
Homewrecker
Cringe-inducing and clunky intergenerational black comedy
The Outpost
Afghan war drama about one of the bloodiest battles
We Are Little Zombies
Wildly inventive Japanese musical comedy-drama finds the joy in nihilism
Food News Buffet
Yes, citizen, the local landscape of dining and drinking continues its rolling boil of uncertainty here in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic, and we can only hope that, however you’re choosing to interact with the food service community, you’re tipping as big as you can. In happier news, the Austin-based nonprofit BakingForGood.org has joined…
Camp Cleanups Prove Challenging for Those Without Homes
Sweeping away lives
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 10-16
COVID-19 CODE RED: Austin Moves Into Crisis Mode
Austin Public Health: “We are in a very dangerous situation in Texas”
What Are the “Next Normals” for Scooters in Austin
The pandemic takes on personal mobility
Austin At Large: Voices In Our (Old) Heads
OK Boomers, do you now regret pushing for 10-1? Where do you think it went wrong?
Looking at the Hard-to-Handicap Race for a Texas Senate Seat
Who will take Kirk Watson’s Texas Senate District 14 seat?
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of July 9, 2020
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Brace for Impact: As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to surge, Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on July 2 making face coverings in public mandatory in Texas. Locally, Austin Convention Center is being prepared as a field hospital and will open July 20. APH Expands Testing: In order to better serve communities who…
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
Advice on Ballot by Mail Voting
Got questions about the joint run-off and special election? The Travis County Clerk’s Office has answers.
Day Trips: Matagorda Beach
A seashore with social distancing
We Have an Issue: Meet the Interns
COVID may have robbed our summer interns of the hands-on experience of putting out a paper, but they’re making the most out of their virtual internship
Tales From Early Voting and More Before the July 14 Election
Last-minute jostling before election day
The Luv Doc: Attitude is Everything
The fundamentally trite platitude at the crux of eternal recurrence
The Other Four Candidates for Senate District 14
More and merry candidates join the fun
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The current N95 mask was invented by Dr. Peter Tsai, a Taiwanese American. Twenty-five percent of all hazelnuts end up in jars of Nutella. Évariste Galois (1811-1832), one of history’s greatest mathematicians, helped lay the foundation for abstract algebra. He was killed in a duel at age 20 over a woman, but because of his…
Soccer Watch
Rodney Redes Becomes Austin FC’s First Signing
Netflix’s Home Game Catches Austin Roller Derby on the Track
TXRD rolls onto the unconventional sports show
Austin Bike Shops Face Uphill Climb
With unprecedented demand for new inventory, parts, and repairs throughout quarantine, local bicycle shops struggle to keep up
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re playing
Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – an Excerpt
In this chapter from her book, Erica C. Barnett describes the point when her life became a shrinking circle
Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund
Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke
Qmmunity: Today in Queer Austin History
How a little-known legal case may have shaped the LGBTQIA movement
Chronicle Readers Choose Conans as Their Favorite Pizza in Austin
Local deep-dish pizza institution takes prize as top Pie Fighter
Opinion: A Crisis of Leadership in the D.A.’s Office
The women behind the sexual assault class action litigation are still waiting for meaningful change
Local Couple Provides Red Beans and Rice to a Hungry Community
Maris Clegg and Chris Cubas offer some community nourishment
“Marianne Levy: Grimm Re-Articulated” at the Dougherty Arts Center
This exhibition of ceramic sculptures recasts fairy tales with animals who are more human than the people in the originals
APD Finally Agrees to Cease Low-Level Pot Busts
We just said no …
Found in Translation: Hirokazu Kore-eda Explores The Truth
Oscar nominee on adapting his Japanese script for France
Chronicle Endorsements
July 14 Primary Run-off Election and Senate District 14 Special Election
July 2020 Election Info
Early Voting June 29 – July 10
