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The Austin Chronicle’s Battle of the Briskets
Get to know these 30 top contenders and cast a vote for your favorite
World Cup: Day 1
Today’s results, plus a look ahead at tomorrow
Groups File Expansive Suit to Challenge Dozens of Abortion Restrictions
Lawsuit filed Thursday in Austin federal court
Bart Layton on Secrets, Lies, and American Animals
How the documentarian turned true crime tropes on their heads
Austin Beer for the World Cup
Let your favorite local brew determine who you’ll bet on to win
Vincent Harding Enters District 1 Race
Outgoing Dem party chair will vie for outgoing CM Ora Houston’s seat
CM Ora Houston Will Not Seek Re-election
District 1 rep vows to remain “an active, inclusive, and civil voice”
Martin Luecke’s “Campaign to Save Humanity”
Independent eyes Congressional District 25
Austin Restaurant Folks Spruce Up the San Marcos Dining Scene
Float the river and then dine at Industry this summer
Sam’s Bar-B-Que Is Open, For Now
E. 12th Street barbecue spot needs support to stay open
Waterloo Music Fest Drops Full Lineup
Oteil Burbridge, Leftover Salmon weave into jam scene tapestry
The Hidden Room Theatre Is Working With a Presidential Assassin
Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, we reckon you’ll really enjoy the show
ATX TV Fest: Felicity Reunion
Team Felicity reconnects 20 years after cult WB show’s debut
The Young Mothers’ Jazz Oppression
Free all-stars break down onerous systems
David Israel Won’t Be Commodified
Stream the Austin songwriter’s lament of reality TV love
How TV Talks About Abortion
Showrunners wonder why shows avoid stories about a common experience
You Puts a New Lens on Toxic Masculinity
Lifetime screens pilot of its newest stalker drama
Central Market’s Well-Bladed Cindy Haenel: Cutting Herself Free
The popular chef-instructor will be moving on by year’s end
Crashing Into High Maintenance at the ATX Television Festival
Two comedies take double billing, but nothing beats the socks!
Thirtysomething Reunites Thirtysomething Years Later
Cast and crew celebrate the groundbreaking precursor to peak TV’s best
Better Call Saul to ATX Television Fest
Vince Gilligan and Bob Odenkirk get into flashback mode
Queen Sugar Sweetens Up ATX Television
Q&A with showrunner and cast delves into creating on-set diversity
ATX TV Fest Panel: Awkward & Amusing: A Look at Contemporary British Comedies
TV veteran Ben Farrell explains how the UK comedy sausage gets made
Queerphobic Rhetoric Disrupts ATX TV Fest Panel
One man’s repeated hate speech left attendees conflicted
David Gordon Green’s Halloween Trailer
First real look at the Austin director’s horror classic sequel
Big Money, But Who Pays? The Cost of Emerging TV Studios
TV budgets get bigger, but so do network and streamer demands
ATX TV Fest Gives Fans a Glimpse at Castle Rock
Q&A with creators confirms: this show will make you uncomfortable
Weekend Wine
June 9 – Celebrate National Rosé Day
Every Day is Rosé Day!
But on June 9th it’s official!
Council to Vote on Manley for APD Chief
CM Cronk taps interim chief for permanent spot
I Tried Death Wish Coffee and Lived
Dangerous levels of caffeine and self-confidence ensued
Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend
Just, ah, watch out for those big ol’ motorbikes, mmmkay?
ATX Television Festival: Sharp Objects World Premiere
New Gillian Flynn adaptation opens 2018 fest
World Cup Cocktails
A drink for each of the 32 teams in the tournament
To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor
A deeply personal examination of 2013’s landmark Supreme Court gay marriage case.
Mountain
Scenes from the edge of the world in this meditative documentary
Action Point
Johnny Knoxville takes one for the team (again)
Hereditary
Toni Collette’s burning inferno of a performance illuminates this extraordinary horror
Hotel Artemis
A bleak but stylish future, where only criminals can afford healthcare
Ocean’s 8
Sandra Bullock is the other Ocean sibling in this all-female revamp of the heist franchise
Sun June Record Review
Years (Keeled Scales)
Texas Supreme Court Affirms Ruling to Name Death Drugs
State will appeal decision
Bob Schneider Ages Gracefully on Blood and Bones
New LP finds emotional resonance in personal experience
Vinyl Bin: Vinylmnky
Vinyl subscription service courts exclusivity junkies
La Fenice’s Cthulhu Beach Party
This commedia spoof mashes up surfside love and Lovecraft for an incredibly fun romp
Implementing the Mobility Bond and Corridor Construction Program, if You Can Wait for It
Going to take a long, long time
Bob Schneider Record Review
Blood and Bones (Shockorama)
Performa / Dance’s Artist and Muse
Performa / Dance’s program of four pensive and sensitive works explored physical and emotional distress and pain in great depth
CodeNEXT Comes to Council
Members begin deliberations on zoning rewrite
The Luv Doc: Coming Correct
It’s a wonder Jesus didn’t crucify himself
“Michael Anthony García: Continental Divide” at St. Edward’s
Layered photographs and images of empty garments across Austin allude to spaces of equality and disruption
Abortion Gag Rule Could Jeopardize Local Care
More than 6,000 Austinites rely on Title X funds
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
“Sprang” is the past-tense “spring,” but according to author Bryan Garner, some use it for the past tense of “sprain,” as in “I sprang my ankle.” While being chauffeured from Austin to College Station, the third time he ran for president in 1984, George McGovern ate a Hunger Buster at the Dairy Queen in Caldwell,…
Day Trips: Toilet Seat Art Museum, San Antonio
Hundreds of commode covers become canvases for 97-year-old artist
Snapshot: Give Bees a Chance Dinner at Emmer & Rye
Good food for a great cause
Roaming the Corridors
1) Guadalupe From 18th Street to 29th Street, and 24th Street from Guadalupe to Lamar The Drag has garnered the most attention, with the car crowd howling about a proposal to scrap two traffic lanes to make way for dedicated bus lanes, and urbanists barking when that idea got shelved. What is happening is a…
The Ransom Center’s “Vaudeville!”
This exhibition reveals how the history of that entertainment form is really the history of the U.S.
Council: Put on Your Hard Hats
City Council, staff get to work
Gay Place
Is it hot in here or is it us?
Sudden Death for McKalla Place?
It’s June. Expect a soccer showdown.
Playback: CodeNEXT and the Austin Music Scene
How might the update of Austin’s land development code affect the musical landscape?
One in a Crowd
Austin filmmakers need your crowdfunding help
World Cup Watch
Your guide to the 2018 World Cup
Merging the Travis Attorneys?
D.A. Moore and C.A. Escamilla networking a possible consolidation
Quote of the Week: Steve Adler
The mayor sets the tone for CodeNEXT talks
What Home for This Home Depot?
Abandoned St. Johns site inching closer to redevelopment
Point Austin: Suffer the Little Children
Is Southwest Key providing child care at the border, or collaboration?
Kat Candler Moves to TV With Queen Sugar
OWN’s breakout hit comes to ATX Television Festival
Headlines
Council, meet CodeNEXT There’s no regular City Council meeting this week. Members tackled CodeNEXT on Tuesday, and will return to their ever-expanding agenda next Thursday, June 14. For more on Tuesday’s meeting, see “CodeNEXT Comes to Council,” June 8. Homestead of the Undead: Among the matters Council expects to address is that recurrent vampire, the…
Cameron Esposito Asks Us to Take My Wife
Happily streaming ever after at the ATX Television Festival
Advocacy Groups: Stop Separating Families at Border
Groups file emergency request to reunite immigrant families
David X. Cohen Brings Futurama Back to the Future
ATX Television Festival brings some of the cult show’s voice actors together for a table read
SCOTUS Rules Jane Doe Abortion Case “Moot”
Undocumented minor had procedure done in October
Sun June’s Regret Pop
The quintet rewrites the classic tapestry of an “Austin sound”
Moravec, Woog Announce Texas Justice Initiative
Texas justice, now tracked
New Life for Seaholm Power Plant?
Site concepts are here … again
