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Drinks Issue 2018
On Assignment
How does News Editor Chase Hoffberger prepare for the “Destination: Drinks” issue? By jet-setting through Mexico.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
news
Point Austin: Of Frogs and Children
Do what you can to defend imprisoned refugees
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: “Gerrymandering Is Not a Game”
"... except when it is"
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Tom Nuckols
How would you like to be sued by Ken Paxton?
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Shoal Creek Trail on Track
Conservancy releases draft plan for public comment
BY MICHAEL KING
July 4 Murder, or Self-Defense?
What happened before Jason Roche shot Devonte Ortiz?
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Everybody Into Mabel Davis Pool
East Austin swimming hole back in business
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
County Construction: Brackenridge Hospital, Courthouse
Big plans for big buildings
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
TSTEM Coalition Steps in at Mendez
A plan to save a school
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
From the Banks of Sandy Creek
A material plant moves in?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Planning Commission Carousel
Nuckols, White both to resign
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Troxclair Won’t Seek Re-election for City Council
No incumbent will run in District 8
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Moms Describe Anguish in Letters From Inside the Hutto Detention Facility
Reuniting isn’t easy
BY MARY TUMA
Bastrop Sheriff Targets Latino Neighborhood
Faith group calls for meeting
BY MARY TUMA
City on Montopolis Negro School: Ours, Through Eminent Domain
City must agree to terms with Austin Stowell
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Annals of Law and Order
Court of Criminal Appeals expands use of "circumstantial evidence"
BY MICHAEL KING
Death Watch: Faith in Executions
Religious beliefs barred a potential juror from Christopher Young's trial. Did that cause his sentencing?
BY SARAH MARLOFF
food
Drinks Issue 2018
Drinking Local: A Cocktail’s Footprint
Where in the world are these cocktail ingredients from?
BY R.T. FRANK
Drunk on a Train
Four friends bar crawl their way down the Capital Metro Red Line
BY EMILY BEYDA, JESSI CAPE AND MAURICE GRAVES
Guide to Central Texas Breweries
Our comprehensive list of places to grab a craft beer in and around Austin
The Austin Chronicle Five-8 Brew Tour
Something’s brewing in North Austin
Food Events
music
Drinks Issue 2018
40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking
A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global
BY THE MUSIC STAFF
Playback: Love Us or Hiatus
Rare gigs and soft breakups from Iron Age and US Weekly
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Drinks Issue 2018
How the Reich Manipulated Pop Culture in Hitler's Hollywood
The power of propaganda
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
Intern Charlie Neddo makes their recommendations for performances by trans actors
Film Reviews
Boundaries
Take a pleasant road trip with Christopher Plummer up the PCH
Filmworker
Leon Vitali, Kubrick's right-hand man, forever in the maestro's shadow
Hitler's Hollywood
The Third Reich's cinematic propaganda machine exposed
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Drac packs some serious SPF sunscreen when the Goth-ish animation goes aquatic
Leave No Trace
Into the woods in this moving family drama
Skyscraper
The Rock's take on The Towering Inferno is a damp squib
arts & culture
Sherry Thomas Is Our Lady of Crime Solving
The game's afoot in a very different way in the Lady Sherlock series by Austinite Sherry Thomas
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Drinks Issue 2018
Arts Reviews
"Jonathan Muzacz: Stained Slabs" at the Butridge
With his solo show, the artist revs up the gallery by bringing in the street in eye-catching style
"...of Warp and Weft" at Davis Gallery
Using wood and cheesecloth, Caprice Pierucci and Charles Heppner's mutation of form and fiber is beautiful even as it is foreboding
Steven Saylor's The Throne of Caesar
Caesar's murder gets a fresh coat of paint in this mystery of ancient Rome
columns
Drinks Issue 2018
Day Trips: Utopia
French chef decorates her ultimate treehouses in Utopia
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Breadwinning
There's a pretty good chance that the robot uprising is probably just around the corner
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
World Cup Watch
The finals edition
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
