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Volume 43, Number 35
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features
Summer Camp Guide 2024
news
Endorsements for the May 4 Travis Central Appraisal District Election
It's the first time we're voting for these positions
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Will D.A. Garza Be Removed From Office Over Handling of Drug Cases, Nonexistent Abortion Crimes?
Petitioner hopes so, legal experts say it’s unlikely
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Advocates Sue Texas Over Prisoners Being “Cooked To Death”
Filmmaker Rick Linklater joins the call for action
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Budget Cuts Are Coming to Austin ISD
And probably a tax increase too
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Austin Police Oversight Lawsuit on Hold in Appeals Court
A decision in the suit could prohibit secret police file
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Elders: Meet Doris “Sue” Bilich, Creative and Comedy Queen
Nearly seven decades of Austin memories
BY MAYA WRIGHT
Headlines / Quote of the Week
food
Restaurant Review: Poeta
All-day Italian cafe brings the romance
BY MELANIE HAUPT
music
Cody Johnson to Martina McBride, Two Step Inn Wrangles Country Music’s Range
Georgetown fest evades storms in its second year
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Blushing Pushes Past Shoegaze Constraints on Sugarcoat
With Smashing Pumpkins axe support, third LP has nothing to prove
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Hovvdy Stays True to Texas on New Self-Titled Album
ATX-launched duo talks songwriting and special unplugged release shows
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Review: Charley Crockett, $10 Cowboy
A more ruminative, less hooky use of the Texan’s bulletproof baritone
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Review: Alma Jette, I Found a Reason
Mary Bryce’s piano ballads explore anxiety-drenched love
BY MIRANDA GARZA
Review: Pedal Steel Noah, Texas Madness
Insta-famous teenager pushes beyond countrified novelty on debut EP
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Review: Scott Ballew, Rio Bravo
Austin musician/filmmaker’s poetic phrases demand double takes
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Hiromi Uehara, Caroline Rose, and Fests Galore in Our Crucial Concerts
Choose your fest: Psych, Death, or Blues
BY RACHEL RASCOE, CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, MICHAEL TOLAND, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, JAMES SCOTT, KEVIN CURTIN, ABBY JOHNSTON AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
The Beast
Sci-fi romantic drama about two lovers (Léa Seydoux and George MacKay) with multiple past lives, all tortured
Boy Kills World
Bill Skarsgård stars as an orphaned, deaf, and mute “boy” seeking revenge in the post-apocalypse
Challengers
Luca Guadagnino’s silly romance may turn you off sex and tennis both
Dancing Village: The Curse Begins
Indonesian horror-thriller prequel to KKN di Desa Penari
Humane
When the government asks citizens to self-euthanize, a bourgeois family weighs what to do
Unsung Hero
Faith-based film is based on Joel Smallbone’s family’s real-life ascent as Christian recording artists
We Grown Now
Two boys come of age in the Cabrini-Green housing project
arts & culture
Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping
What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Theatre Review: The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body
Lisa B. Thompson creates a community space with “choreopoem”
BY CAT MCCARREY
A Beloved Birthday, Dragon Boats, and More Recommended Events for the Week
Get out before the heat descends
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, KIMBERLEY JONES, JAMES RENOVITCH, RACHEL RASCOE, LINA FISHER AND BRANT BINGAMON
Storytelling, a Book Trail, Markets, and More Arts Events
Get reading, go shopping, or just enjoy a gala this week
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, RICHARD WHITTAKER, RACHEL RASCOE, KIMBERLEY JONES, DOUG FREEMAN, LINA FISHER AND BRANT BINGAMON
columns
The Off Beat: Bobby Rush Brings the Funk
90-year-old chats before Blues Fest set with the Blind Boys of Alabama
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Qmmunity: Left on Read
Find great queer literature at local LGBTQ booksellers during Independent Bookstore Day
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Curio Mrvosa Books and More, Taylor
Indie bookstore widens the world of words in WilCo
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Something Relatable
When you need a wet vac, you usually need one lickety-split
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 26 - May 2
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Behind the Numbers of Austin FC’s Latest Hot Streak
The Verde and Black are still surprising us
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
