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A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza
No funding? No resources? No problem.
“Let Dusty Sing One!” ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill (1949-2021) and the Pursuit of the Perfect Note
Legendary Texas bassist died in his sleep Tuesday night
Fat City’s at Yard Bar, Chicken Salad Shoppe Embiggens, Try Hard Succeeds, and There’s Austin Oysters for Everyone
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Gary Clark Jr. Spotlights Familial Austin Talent in Blues On the Green’s Return
“Everybody is listening to the guitar man”… and his friends
Janie Cowan’s Fascinating Musical Journey Finds Her Playing Alongside Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom
Checking in on the one-time Austin bass standout
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WE EAT BECAUSE WE ARE ALIVE. In the multiple lifetimes we’ve lived since our last First Plates issue hit stands in June 2019, that sentiment – a truth borrowed from the inimitable Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor – is now more apparent than ever. That issue’s introduction ended with my suggestion that we frequent mom-and-pop shops and open…
From Georgetown to Austin, a March to Defend Democracy
Barber, O’Rourke hosting 27-mile trek to force action on voting rights
Austin Identifies Top Seven Candidates for Next Police Chief
APD Interim Chief Joseph Chacon among those on the shortlist
aGLIFF Goes to Hollywood for Boulevard!
Plus Madeleine Olnek is this year’s aGLIFF Legend
Weekend Wine: Rock ‘n’ Roll Merlot
Merlot is cool again!
Austin Reenters Stage 4 of COVID-19 Precautions
Fully vaccinated residents should mask up, urge health officials
The Wishmas Tree
Australian animated adventure puts possums in peril
Fear and Loathing in Aspen
When Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff …
Settlers
Dusty space colonizer drama ponders the end of two worlds
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Back to the puzzles in this teen-friendly Saw-alike
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Rematch on the animated court as LeBron joins Team Looney Tunes
How It Ends
Star-studded apocalyptic indie comedy is just too many vignettes
Without Getting Killed or Caught
The troubled life and haunted love of Guy Clark, the Dean of Texas songwriters
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A voice lost, a voice remains in this biography of the Tombstone star
Joe Bell
Earnest true story of a father’s guilt and contrition over his gay son’s death
Writers on Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez as He Leaves His Post
The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him
Austin at Large: Location, Location, Dislocation
Decent housing for all Austinites “where it’s needed.” Where might that be?
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Back on the Dais: City Council meets today, July 22, at City Hall for its first in-person meeting in more than a year. Council will hold a public hearing for comment on the city’s fiscal year 2021-22 proposed budget; catch it online at austintexas.gov/atxn beginning at 4pm. A Dangerous Threshold: Austin Public Health warned that…
“Reweave: 2021” at the Elisabet Ney Museum
With her exhibition, artist Jade Walker entwines viewers in the future of the planet
The Team Behind the Dean of Texas Songwriters
Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield explore artistic collaboration in Without Getting Killed or Caught
You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory
Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.
New Di$count $inema Series Revs Up at Blue Starlite
Jon Moritsugu heads to Terminal USA
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of July 22, 2021
COVID Stage 4 “Imminent” as Delta Variant Looms
Austin Public Health reports troubling increases in new cases and hospitalizations
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 23-29
Dems Dig In for a Long Stay in D.C.
Quorum-breakers hone message, try to dodge COVID
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
Can Rodney Reed Be Freed?
New testimony rivets court as 1996 murder case reopens
The Verde Report: Where Should the Verde Add Help?
The transfer window offers an opportunity to plug holes in the roster
District Attorney Drops Assault Case Against APD Officer
D.A. Office’s internal review of Gentry case uncovers previously undisclosed exculpatory evidence
Day Trips: Frida Kahlo Oasis, San Antonio
Re-creation of the artist’s home transports visitors to Mexico
Safer Legal Abortion? Not in This State!
The Texas Legislature’s special session aims to trample even further on Texans’ constitutional right to legal health care
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Before inventing the telegraph and Morse code, Samuel Morse was a portrait painter. He was also a founder of the National Academy of Design. When he was 20 years old, in 1876, Sigmund Freud wrote his first article but failed to get it published. It was about the sexual organs of eels. “Fata Morgana” is…
Pro-Cop Group Submits Signatures for High-Priced Staffing Plan
Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot
Opinion: Administrative Bureaucracies Make for a Not So Warm Welcome
On the anniversary of her first year in town, a new resident reflects on what’s complicated her time here
We Have an Issue: And Now for Some Good News
In this week’s issue, an optimistic story about Camp Esperanza and a heartfelt sendoff to retiring Music Editor Raoul Hernandez
The Luv Doc: An Alpha Male Jock Type Guy
Saying someone lives in Houston is irresponsibly nonspecific
Qmmunity: Hot Politics, Hot Nights
The feeling’s right with Theydies Night, Dyke Season dance party, and more queer events
After 43 Years, Women & Their Work Lands a Permanent Address
The Austin arts organization had to search for two years, but it finally founded a home of its own
Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more
Faster Than Sound: Raoul Hernandez, Not Like Everybody Else
Outgoing Chronicle Music editor on 27 years of pure emotion
Public Notice: Masks Are Back!
Plus: a November vote on pot decriminalization?
Trudy’s Celebrates Local Women, Emmer & Rye Preps Canje, Texas (Sort of) Gets Milk Bar, and More
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