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Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less
The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town
Alamo Drafthouse Announces Special Stephen King Season
Hail to the King, baby!
Checking in With Beto and Castro’s Post-Debate Presidential Chances
¿Cómo se dice “do your homework” en español?
Local Leaders “Encouraged” By SCOTUS Citizenship Question Ruling
Question jeopardized federal funds that flow to Texas
Qwell Hosts Design Competition for LGBTQ Community Hub
Idea generation has begun for pop-up qmmunity center Austin Outpost
District Court Candidates Announce Dem Primary Candidacies
Here come the judges …
Antone’s Anniversary: Bernard Purdie Drum Clinic
Aretha Franklin bandleader rocks Home of the Blues Saturday
Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors
Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal
David Giancola Puts the Pedal to the Metal With Axcellerator
Director leaves tragedy behind and embraces the B-movie
Houston Company Buys Texas Monthly
Enterprise Products LLC buys mag from equity firm Genesis Park
Rep. Jonathan Stickland’s Not Running Again and You Can Thank the Lord
Curtains down for the notoriously belligerent legislator, aka Sticky
Local Restaurants Celebrate Negroni Week
Where to score deals on this ideal hot weather aperitif
Austin Drag Brunch Roundup
When two great things – brunch and drag – come together.
Maggie Rogers Invigorates Austin City Limits
Singer’s fiery taping precedes October ATX sell-outs
Austin Monitor Publisher Merges With Glasshouse Policy
New venture hoping to expand journalism, research, public policy
Cyclists Take to the Track for Bike Night at Circuit of the Americas
Event lets pedal-powering people go where bicycles rarely tread
Float Fest Cancelled
Construction delays, caused by rainfall, thwart music & tubing
Council Recap: Too Late to Turn Back Time
New taxes for lakeside homes, operators for Butler Pitch and Putt
Council Bites the Bullet, Helps the Homeless
Decriminalization advocates prevail, new shelter deal OK’d
Abbott to Send 1,000 National Guard Troops to Texas Border
Slams Congress as “reprobates” for failing border security
Celeste Quesada Retires From the Austin Music Awards
Creative director led the metamorphosis of the AMAs
Pavarotti
Ron Howard’s documentary shows the great tenor in all his humanity
Funan
French animation gives translucent life to a family history of surviving the Khmer Rouge
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
A taste of Eighties-style buddy-cop action-comedy hits all the right faces
This One’s for the Ladies
Documentary following Newark’s Nasty Boyz is only skin deep
Papi Chulo
A heartwarming story of the messiness of friendship between the unlikeliest of pals
Toy Story 4
Fourth verse, first as the first, second, third as the adventures of Woody and Buzz continue
Echo in the Canyon
History of the Laurel Canyon folk-rock scene gets lost in its own winding paths
Ghost Light
The curse of Macbeth is given effervescent life
Point Austin: “The Time to Act Is Now”
Lloyd Doggett on the need to begin impeachment proceedings
An Evening With Chlane at ColdTowne Theater
In a light, enjoyable sketch show, comic couple Chloe and Lane Ingram show the cost to intimacy with just one person over others
An Intro to Our Beto-meter and Castro-meter
We’ll be checking in with Texas’ presidential candidates to see if their star is on the rise or fall
Rub a Duck at Blue Genie
These are the kinds of movements that will make everyone moist
A Life Reconstructed in Noir Classic The Killers
A death in New Jersey
Various Possibilities for the Future of I-35
So many options, but only one (or none) can be our new highway
Day Trips: Big Bend Fossil Discovery Center
Discover Big Bend National Park’s fossilized past at new center
Photos From Before I-35 and During Highway Construction
Back when Austin was cool
Qmmunity: Let the Haters Eat Cake
Plus, beer that gives back, storytelling for Stonewall, and more LGBTQ events
AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020
Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 20, 2019
A Year After Austin’s Passage of the Freedom Cities Policies, Activists Urge APD to Do Better
Organizations applaud headway made, but say there’s more work to be done
Perfectly Barked Barbecue and Unlimited Hush Puppies at the Switch
The restaurant just off Highway 290 also serves up phenomenal peach cobbler
Previewing the knockout bracket
Round of 16 matchups now set; U.S. to play Monday
Black Pumas Album Review
Black Pumas (ATO)
Council Plows Through Marathon Agenda
They’ve got 191 Items to go before decamping for summer break
Faster Than Sound: School’s Out for Dayglow
Nineteen-year-old Sloan Struble leaves UT for the bedroom-pop big leagues, while two new area record stores make their debuts
Austin Film News: From A(nimation) to Z(ombies)
Production updates from around town and just beyond city limits
Now Streaming in Austin: Flay
Austin horror escapes the courts and creeps onto VOD
The Luv Doc: Pause the Game
The Luv Doc loves a good metaphor
Quote of the Week
“So I was handing out bibles yesterday, that’s a bullshit lie. Get your facts straight. There’s a thing called defamation of character. You need to retract that statement and make it right.” – Cedar Park Council Member Rodney T. Robinson, chiding the Chronicle on Facebook after we reported that one of his colleagues – not…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The creators of Google Maps Satellite view almost didn’t call the feature “Satellite” because its images were aerial shots taken from airplanes and not from satellites. The feature was almost called “Bird Mode.” The bead arrangement on Apple’s emoji for an abacus is incorrect. No such bead arrangement has ever occurred on an abacus. The…
Headlines
Texas City Bans Abortion: While the Texas Legislature didn’t succeed in outlawing abortion, five white men in East Texas did the job for them. The Waskom City Council declared the area, home to 2,000, a “sanctuary city for the unborn” last week in defiance of Roe v. Wade, and will likely face a lawsuit soon.…
No Pride Flags Flying in Williamson County
WilCo commissioners deny request to fly both LGBTQ and POW flags at county buildings
Austin’s Food and Ag Lab: Keeping Your Meals Safe
Local ACC-backed start-up fights the good fight for food safety and more
Trump’s Mass Deportation Threat: Austin Responds
Mayor Adler: “We will take steps to mobilize community partners and resources”
Black Pumas Bring Down the Hammer Behind Powerhouse Singer Eric Burton
The frontman might not admit it, but he’s a professional
City Speeds Up Rape Kit Review
New contracts will expedite the process to clear rape kit backlog
The Satire’s Still Timely in Gilbert & Sullivan Austin’s Iolanthe
And the topsy-turvy team’s show delivers a fanciful fairy tale, to boot
Austin Playhouse’s The Book of Will
Playwright Lauren Gunderson shows how the Bard’s works came to be collected in a story of devotion and loss
The Toll Anti-Choice Laws Have on Real Lives
UT researcher interviewed 603 women about the barriers facing abortion care in Texas
Austin-Travis County EMS Saves Real Lives on First Responders Live
Why are local emergency medical services on Fox’s popular TV show?
East Austin Planned Parenthood Safe … For Now
New state law shouldn’t impact East Seventh clinic
A Roe v. Wade Conversation With Wendy Davis and the Attorneys Who Argued the Landmark Case
Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee on abortion rights today
