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Battle of the Bathroom Bigots
Austin’s “bathroom bill” aims to protect rather than demonize trans residents
Last Day for AFS Film Grants
Get your AFS Grant applications in before midnight
Jacoby’s Announces New Concept
Grizzelda’s will bring upscale Mexican cuisine to Eastside
Casey Wilcox Lands at Second Bar + Kitchen
Daily Austin food news
Austin Chronicle Earns Two AAN Nominations
Creative Director Jason Stout, Playback’s Kevin Curtin singled out
10 Minutes with Robbie Fulks
Chicagoan could almost be local given his Austin collaborations
Austin’s Ninth Annual Bug (Eating) Festival
Two legs good, six legs tasty!
Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup
Craft beer, Matisse, SummerFest, and more
Eyelid Kid’s Hyde Park Demons
“Landscape” video introduces ghostly abandoned mansion
Dan Patrick: Ignore Obama’s Transgender Policy
Parents of transgender students speak out against Patrick
Goodbye to Satay, Hello to a New Justine’s Chef
Daily Austin food news
Tyler, the Creator Plays by the Rules
Notorious Odd Future MC packs Stubb’s without incident
Making a Living in Virtual Reality
Local developers brave the uncharted world of the VR marketplace
DVDanger: Fragile Minds
Dementia and Remember find terror in age
Alamo Founder Creates Waves With Bathroom Proposal
Drafthouse founder Tim League proposes gender-neutral ideas
How Nice to Be Under the Sea
Kristin Hogan’s plushy show drops you into an octopus’ garden
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Although it has visual panache, this new story is lifeless
X-Men: Apocalypse
Another bloated spectacle that serves neither the fans nor the story
Love & Friendship
What took Whit Stillman and Jane Austen so long to find each other?
Dark Horse
True horse saga beguiles with its simplicity and purity of heart
Holy Hell
A cinematic chronicle of the Buddhafield cult and its participants
The Idol
The true story Mohammad Assaf, the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol
Australia’s Lost Gold: The Legend of Lasseter
One man; one mystery; two latter-day explorers; no gold
We Can’t Make It Here Anymore
As the city’s Economic Development Department readies its recommendations to City Council on Mayor Adler’s Austin Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, is it already too late for local artists in terms of local affordability?
Notes on Kamp: Theory and Practice
Labor protections are worthless if not enforced
Cactus Rose Residents Weigh Options
Community, developer don’t agree on relocation terms
The Luv Doc
Something very fundamental is missing
Point Austin: Pushed Out
The case of Austin’s declining black population isn’t so curious
Special Response
Nearly 80 APD officers will work the Republican National Convention
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Mel Brooks has had a cardinal rule to never eat with the actors on films he directed, but he enjoyed the company of Cleavon Little so much on the set of Blazing Saddles, he begged him to eat with him. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (see no evil), Mikazaru (hear no evil), and…
Quote of the Week
“I have taken a side. My side is that bigotry and the associated violence and/or shaming stemming from your choice of stall is unacceptable.” – Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League, explaining his position on gender-neutral bathrooms
Texas Platters
Megafauna Welcome Home “I slough the dead skin off,” intones Megafauna singer-shredder Dani Neff on “Desire,” first track on Welcome Home. From the formative Larger Than Human (2010) to the exploratory Surreal Estate (2012) and confident Maximalist (2014), the local trio constantly sheds its old epidermis, emerging in the same shape but with a fresh,…
Headlines
No regular City Council meeting this week – the next is June 9, when big-ticket items for the Austin Police Department (e.g., body cameras) will return for a decision – but committees and the budget work sessions march on. See “Council: Getting at Affordability,” May 27. Also in the wings is a potential transportation bond…
Texas Platters
Dowrong & Eric Dingus Stack or Starve: The American Dream (Dream Sequence) Progression of an MC (or producer) commences with the development of nuance, a core quality. Demonstrating its value on Stack or Starve: The American Dream, Austin MC LaDarrian Torry (Dowrong) and Drake/OVO-associated producer Eric Dingus continue their march toward greatness. The first words…
American Berserk Theatre’s Subject to Control
American Berserk Theatre’s debut is a heady, funny treat, smuggling heavy ideas in a light package
Texas Platters
Kevin Morby Singing Saw (Dead Oceans) New York is a curious mise-en-scène for Kevin Morby. At 28, he’s taken on a prophetic tone even as most of his fellow Brooklyn millennials are still figuring out how to pay the bills. His third solo album, Singing Saw, draws on his childhood, from the wide plains of…
Capital T Theatre’s Trevor
An aging chimp in show business provides the focus for this engrossing vehicle for Capital T Theatre
Texas Platters
Boyfrndz Impulse (Brutal Panda) Building on the foundation set by prior LP Breeder, Boyfrndz’s third album verges on the post-Radiohead border of modern prog rock. “Ghosted” and “Hiatus” top a series of Impulse anthems that stretch soaring melodies tightly across widescreen canvases. Guitars sweep, rhythms dance around standard 4/4, and Scott Martin’s high wail floats…
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s More or Less
Kathy Dunn Hamrick’s dance, performed to Steve Reich’s Drumming in its entirety, had rhythms moving the dancers and moving through them
Texas Platters
Greyhounds Change of Pace (Ardent) Greyhounds flash their Change of Pace immediately. They’re now harmonizing. Not just that, either. They’re layering – adding vocal effects and textures. There’s production in the works since the local duo found time to be a band. 2014 debut for the label offshoot of legendary Memphis recording studio Ardent, Accumulator…
Hornography
UT Softball Ends The Lady Horns’ season ended with a 9-3 loss to in-state rival Texas A&M. Texas beat the Aggies, 5-0, to open the NCAA tournament regionals, but then lost their last two, including their first tourney loss to regional host Louisiana-Lafayette. This is the third consecutive year they’ve failed to escape the first…
Texas Platters
Shooter Jennings’ brother Terry delves into pop’s big britches & Ol’ Possum – blisters, warts, scars, et al.
Day Trips: Carmelite Monastery, Stanton
Adobe building was part of German colony that brought Catholicism and education to West Texas
The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards
The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards
The Hightower Report: How Uber Goobered and Lyft Slipped Down
Spoiled-bratism is grotesque when it comes from corporate elites
Gay Place
You can’t help but notice that adult proms are all the rage
Cult of Personality
Filmmaker Will Allen jumps back into his Holy Hell
Fighting Family Detention
On June 1, a judge will consider whether to allow detention centers to be licensed as child-care facilities
Weathering the Storm
What happens to the food when a festival is canceled
Page Two: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
Too much noise, too little quiet
Getting at Affordability
Budget talks continue
Dear Glutton: Dim Sum > Brunch
Dear Glutton, Where’s the best place (without a crazy line) to get brunch in Austin? – Hung Over Dear Hung Over, While we’ve all been in your shoes, I believe that it is my journalistic duty to begin my response with a disclaimer: I think that brunch is dumb. Yeah, I’ve said it. Of course,…
Offices Closed
The Austin Chronicle offices will be closed on Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day.
The New Republic
The Downtown square will get a face-lift and new management
I Like to Watch
When TV gets weird
Spitting Into Fires
Mayor Adler rolls out bond proposal on tight deadline
Playback: Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee: A New Campaign
Begin your write-in campaign for Poison 13 duo Tim Kerr and Mike Carroll to reunite Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee – possibly at Grizzly Hall, with Leo Rondeau opening!
Travillion Beats Sampson
Primary run-offs close a handful of local and state races
Review: Chicon
Edgerton and Wiseheart trade preciousness for accessibility
Without Teeth, Are Nondiscrimination Laws Effective?
City ordinance aims to protect LGBTQ Austinites, but the punishment for violators is mild
Solving the Right Problems
Nonprofit ride-hailing app hits Austin
