Cover Story
Jimmy LaFave in the Present Tense
Honoring the local musician’s commitment to life
Secret Culturalist Dave Thomas
Pere Ubu/Rocket From the Tombs frontman tag teams ATX
Almuelle’s “The Silent Narrative of Things” Speaks Loud in the Shadows
The acclaimed sculptor brings a dark divinity to Dimension Gallery
Summer Fun 2017
Perfect Playlist: Soundtracking Your Summer Fun We’ve got zero scientific proof to back up our findings, but the Chronicle’s crack team of beer drinkers, party barge divers, and Baywatch watchers all conclude the same: Summer is the best season for making memories, and those memories are even sweeter with a soundtrack. Our Summer Fun issue…
No, Really, Ada Calhoun – What’s It Like Being Married?
The New York journo tells all and, holy matrimony, her words are wise
RTX Gets Twitchy
Rooster Teeth teams with Twitch, Phantogram for convention
Forward to the Past With Future ’38
Director Jamie Greenberg on his fake period piece
Austin, Texas Cities Promise Legal Fight Against SB 4
City Council to vote on SB 4 lawsuit resolution Thursday
Funniest Person in Austin 2017: Enzo Priesnitz
Somebody had to win it, y’know, and this is the guy
Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup
See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat
ChronEvents Picks for the WEST Austin Studio Tour
Tour stops to help you get the most out of WEST
A Starry Night of Brian Wilson
Pet Sounds’ magic act still animates its author
Cornyn Rumored as FBI Chief
State’s senior senator on Trump’s short list to head Bureau
Reporters Roundtable
Michael King talks local politics with the Austin Monitor
Girling’s Dance With Death
Sun and moon light “Fiction” clip
Like Bats Out of Heaven
EarthShare of Texas invites you to enjoy bats, birds, and barbecue
Council: Whatever It Is, I’m Against It
Council blocks vaping, punts AFD overtime, and commissions students
Beware the Spill Zone at BookPeople on Monday
Scott Westerfeld’s newest is part of the Fierce Reads Tour
Suzanna Choffel’s Sliding Doors
Mother’s Day weekend celebrant grooves effervescent
Unleashing the Hounds of Love
Director Ben Young on his serial-killer couple drama
UT Student Launches Queer Journalists Association on Campus
The NLGJA hopes to educate budding writers on LGBTQ issues
Hounds of Love
A deft reimagination of the serial-killer genre
The Wall
Two American soldiers face off with an Iraqi sniper
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
The Once and Future King gets a reboot
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
The man who would be kingmaker
Obit
The obit writers of The New York Times are profiled.
Buster’s Mal Heart
Conspiracy thriller as metaphor for heartbreak
Snatched
A mother/daughter vacation from hell
Lowriders
Film about East L.A.’s car culture
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Star-Lord and co. return in the popular Marvel series
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
“America’s Sweetheart,” the actress Mary Pickford, was born in Canada. In 2010, an investigation led by Christopher C. Burt convinced the World Meteorological Organization that El Azizia, Libya, did not have the hottest recorded temperature – 136.4°F in 1922 – and that it was probably a mistake. The “real” record is probably 129°F in Death…
Page Two: Hey Hey, My My
Jonathan Demme will never die
Headlines
City Council Meets today, May 11, from 2-5pm, with a light workload (25 Items). But they may fuss over reserve money for Fire Department overtime, and ponder the shadow of the Lege. See “Council: UnLocal Control.” Paxton Sues City/County: Among those Council worries is a lawsuit filed this week by state AG Ken “I Am…
Point Austin: It’s Getting Harder to Stay Weird
Amid state and federal nonsense, it’s getting harder to stay weird
Public Notice: CodeNEXT Version 1.1?
It was an eventful couple of days early this week on the CodeNEXT front, with an “Affordability Code Talk” on Monday, followed by the release of a “corrected” update of the code mapping, and a presentation to City Council about affordable housing incentives Tuesday, along with a daylong charrette process, and an unusually tortured Planning…
Quote of the Week
Thomas A. Saenz has some suggestions for the governor
In Praise of the Restaurant Restroom
The best bathrooms are for more than business
Review: EastSide Tavern
A mixed concept with a dang good tot
Lege Lines: Think of the Children
Can the Lege fix Child Protective Services?
Dear Glutton: Where Beer and Board Games Mix
A few options for a snack, a drink, and some Settlers of Catan
County Re-Budgets to Save Community Programs
Despite Abbott’s cuts, criminal justice initiatives will survive ’til fall
Christina Coleman at WEST 2017
The artist gives voice to the blackness in creation stories and personal histories
West Austin Studio Tour 2017
When and where to go
Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome
20 days left of the 85th session
Texas School for the Blind’s “I Can’t Hear You, It’s Too Dark in Here”
TSBVI student artists go WEST with an exhibition of their work
Morbid Curiosity: A Card Game About Death
Shedding the stigma of the inevitable
Voting Results In, Some Conservatives Out
It’s election time again
City Budget: Something’s Gotta Give
Cooling economy, rising costs mean tough choices for City Council
My Obsession: Ernie Kovacs
Breaking the fourth wall with the legendary comedian
Lege Lines: Bills on the Move
Sine die looms. Do these bills have a shot?
Council: UnLocal Control
Lawsuits, Lions Municipal, and a little land use mixed between
Playback – JMBLYA 2017: Trapper’s Delight
JMBLYA garners the third largest concert audience in Austin’s 2017
On Abortion, Texas Leads in Lying
“Unfounded abortion restrictions often have serious consequences”
The Challenge to SB 4
Opponents to “sanctuary cities” bill ready for court battles
Austin Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors
Austin Shakespeare’s new take on Shakespeare’s farce takes some time figuring out its own identity
Bill of the Week: This Bill’s for You
Rep. Craig Goldman serves up a new round of beer-based tax
Texas’ Marijuana Policy May Be Progressing Quicker Than Expected
Texas’ marijuana policy may be progressing quicker than anyone realizes
“Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser” at the Blanton
Driven by untamable curiosity and over-the-top commitment, the artist makes work that revels in improvisation and play
A Pair of Patricides
Two Travis County men charged with killing their fathers
Day Trips: Magnolia Market, Waco
In four short seasons, home improvement show becomes biggest tourist attraction in town
CodeNEXT Marches On
Coding affordability
Soccer Watch
The Texas Longhorns announced their 18-game 2017 schedule on Monday, including 11 home games, and nine opponents who got NCAA bids last year (six of them in the Big 12). The Horns should have some firepower, with four proven forwards on the roster, including Alexa Adams and Mikayla Flores, who both went down with season-ending…
Death Watch: The Capital of Capital Punishment
Tilon Carter set for execution – again
The Luv Doc: The Hot, Fiery Furnace of American Stupidity
You should never trust the kind of woman who would go on a date with you
Gay Place
Queerbomb is short on funds and needs your help
The Hightower Report: Why Did Trump Back Off From His Mexican Border Tax?
Nobody knows more about trade than him
