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Drinking Local: A Cocktail’s Footprint
Where in the world are these cocktail ingredients from?
Recommended Live Music for the Weekend
Not going to Float Fest? Stay dry with these show picks.
MASS Gallery Moving
Gallery leaving 507 Calles Saturday, selling art to fund move
Draw for Fun Offers Inclusive and Welcoming Space for Artists
Robin Borre strives to make art accessible to all
Don’t Worry, Gus Van Sant Won’t Get Far on Foot
Oscar-nominated director talks his new cartooning biopic
A Resolution for Lawrence Parrish
Man shot by APD officers gets one charge dropped, pleas out on two others
Black Panther Scribe Evan Narcisse Joins Gen:LOCK Writing Team
Journalist turned comic writer part of Rooster Teeth’s new show
Austin’s Gender Unbound Spotlights Trans and Intersex Creators
The multi-disciplinary arts fest seeks community support to expand
Water Parks, Swimming Holes, and More Options to Keep You Cool
Beat the heat with these H2Options
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Contrast Film Festival runs Friday, July 20 – Sunday, July 22. Expect a multidisciplinary fest focused on fringe creators and spotlighting queen and women filmmakers.
Review: 2018 Austin Chamber Music Festival
How the Attacca Quartet, Emerson Quartet, and invoke played
Steve Parker Wins 2018 Tito’s Prize
Big Medium selects composer/sound artist for $15,000 award
Somos Semillas Presents RAICES With $6,000 To Reunite Families
The fundraiser strengthened community bonds and inspired attendees
July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 3
A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 16-22
Austin Will Vote on CodeNEXT Petition in November
Ruling forces quasi-referendum on land use rewrite
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Brings Back Suspiria
Landmark horror gets the soundtrack it deserves
Iron & Wine Comes Full Circle
Beam also hosts Sorcerer at the Paramount tonight!
Cracking Open The Devil’s Doorway
Horror director Aislinn Clarke on Ireland’s dirty secret
Jawbreaker, Last Band on the Titanic
Saving lives decades on
Weekend Wine
Another Rosé to the Rescue
Austin Artist Pio Pulido Passes
Mexic-Arte Museum co-founder was a fixture in the local arts community
Celebrate Bastille Day in Austin
Parlez-vous français?
Ponty Bone (1939-2018)
They didn’t call the accordionist Mr. South Austin for nothing
Recommended Live Music for the Weekend
Some selections to help you cool down as summer heats up
The Drinks Issue: Guide to Getting Home Safely
Put somebody else in the driver’s seat with these transpo options
JuiceLand Employee Harassed by Right-Wing Comedian
Social media post sets off in-store confrontation
Filmworker
Leon Vitali, Kubrick’s right-hand man, forever in the maestro’s shadow
Boundaries
Take a pleasant road trip with Christopher Plummer up the PCH
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Drac packs some serious SPF sunscreen when the Goth-ish animation goes aquatic
Leave No Trace
Into the woods in this moving family drama
Skyscraper
The Rock’s take on The Towering Inferno is a damp squib
Hitler’s Hollywood
The Third Reich’s cinematic propaganda machine exposed
Gay Place
Drink ’til it helps
Point Austin: Of Frogs and Children
Do what you can to defend imprisoned refugees
Guide to Central Texas Breweries
Our comprehensive list of places to grab a craft beer in and around Austin
Steven Saylor’s The Throne of Caesar
Caesar’s murder gets a fresh coat of paint in this mystery of ancient Rome
City on Montopolis Negro School: Ours, Through Eminent Domain
City must agree to terms with Austin Stowell
Luv Doc: Breadwinning
There’s a pretty good chance that the robot uprising is probably just around the corner
The Austin Chronicle Five-8 Brew Tour
Something’s brewing in North Austin
Headlines
The Dove Springs Rec. Center will close for 12 months of renovations. Find info on which summer programs will be moved to where at austintexas.gov/dovesprings. Council Campaign Counter: There’s another entry in the District 9 City Council race, as high school teacher Linda O’Neal filed a campaign treasurer appointment last week. O’Neal joins civil engineer…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
A 2016 Georgetown Law report found that half of all American adults are recorded in police facial recognition databases. The databases are made up of “overwhelmingly … non-criminal entities” and are built on state driver’s licenses, passports, and visa applications. One colony of 200,000 subterranean termites can consume 12 pounds of wood per year. In…
How the Reich Manipulated Pop Culture in Hitler’s Hollywood
The power of propaganda
Death Watch: Faith in Executions
Religious beliefs barred a potential juror from Christopher Young’s trial. Did that cause his sentencing?
On Assignment
That’s right: That’s me, in repose, in a quasi-infinity pool overlooking the Pacific Ocean off Playa Estacahuite, Mexico, population 168. With me is a 475-milliliter can of Victoria beer and a pool float that depicts a fiftysomething American man catching a sunburn to match mine. Curtis Mayfield was on the speakerbox. There were butterflies galore.…
Day Trips: Utopia
French chef decorates her ultimate treehouses in Utopia
World Cup Watch
The finals edition
40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking
A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global
What’cha Watchin’?
Intern Charlie Neddo makes their recommendations for performances by trans actors
Playback: Love Us or Hiatus
Rare gigs and soft breakups from Iron Age and US Weekly
Shoal Creek Trail on Track
Conservancy releases draft plan for public comment
July 4 Murder, or Self-Defense?
What happened before Jason Roche shot Devonte Ortiz?
Everybody Into Mabel Davis Pool
East Austin swimming hole back in business
Drunk on a Train
Four friends bar crawl their way down the Capital Metro Red Line
County Construction: Brackenridge Hospital, Courthouse
Big plans for big buildings
Sherry Thomas Is Our Lady of Crime Solving
The game’s afoot in a very different way in the Lady Sherlock series by Austinite Sherry Thomas
TSTEM Coalition Steps in at Mendez
A plan to save a school
From the Banks of Sandy Creek
A material plant moves in?
Snapshot: King Bee Lounge
Mezcal and the meaning of life
Planning Commission Carousel
Nuckols, White both to resign
Moms Describe Anguish in Letters From Inside the Hutto Detention Facility
Reuniting isn’t easy
Five Films About Our Favorite Bartenders
To those that serve, we salute you
Troxclair Won’t Seek Re-election for City Council
No incumbent will run in District 8
Annals of Law and Order
Court of Criminal Appeals expands use of “circumstantial evidence”
July Is Crime Month
All month, we’re exploring the wrong side of the law in books, TV, podcasts, and more
Quote of the Week: Tom Nuckols
How would you like to be sued by Ken Paxton?
“Jonathan Muzacz: Stained Slabs” at the Butridge
With his solo show, the artist revs up the gallery by bringing in the street in eye-catching style
Public Notice: “Gerrymandering Is Not a Game”
“… except when it is”
“…of Warp and Weft” at Davis Gallery
Using wood and cheesecloth, Caprice Pierucci and Charles Heppner’s mutation of form and fiber is beautiful even as it is foreboding
Bastrop Sheriff Targets Latino Neighborhood
Faith group calls for meeting
