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Volume 42, Number 44
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Books Issue 2023
Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade
Banning books (for Jesus!)
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Headlines / Quote of the Week
A Surge of Adoptions Alleviates the Animal Shelter Crisis – for Now
Save our shelter
BY LINA FISHER
How Bad Is This Heat, Really?
Better than 2022, but still deadly
BY LINA FISHER
Before Briefly Leaving, DPS Mostly Arrested People of Color in East Austin
DPS troopers invited back to town
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
AISD Tries to Jettison Longtime Nonprofit Partner, to Community's Dismay
Shady switcheroo
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Greg Abbott Wants to End Property Taxes; Dan Patrick Won't Agree
This is getting old
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Ye Olde Witch Hunt Tactic Makes a Comeback in Right-Wing War on Public Education
Which course is witch?
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Planned Parenthood Marks Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision
A year without Roe
BY ALI JUELL
food
Books Issue 2023
Still Austin Whiskey Co-Founder Explores a Spirited History in New Book
Colonialism, distilleries, potations, and probity
BY A. RICHMOND
Aaron Franklin and Jordan Mackay Explore Meat and Fire in New Cookbook
Where there's smoke, there's Franklin
BY ROD MACHEN
Radio Coffee & Beer Has Half-Priced Heatbusters, Dovetail’s Got a Brand New Brunch, Nixta Knocks Out Tasty Patio Narratives, Wax Myrtle’s Tips the Pool, Your Favorite Uncle Ben Runkle Goes Wagyu with Peeler, and More, More, More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 29, 2023
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Books Issue 2023
Horror Writer and Folk Musician Carter St Hogan Finds Relief in Discomfort
"Everything is so much grosser than anyone talks about"
BY LAIKEN NEUMANN
What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer
Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more
BY RACHEL RASCOE, MICHAEL TOLAND, LAIKEN NEUMANN, DOUG FREEMAN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND CARYS ANDERSON
Review: Johanna Heilman, When We Were Electric
Singer-songwriter reckons with the recovery of her body from cancer
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Review: Ladyfang, Ladyfang
Austin quartet electrifies Eighties post-punk with buoyant pop sparkle
BY CHRISTINA GARCIA
Review: promqueen, szn one
Bilingual bars reclaim lived experiences on this bold debut
BY WAYNE LIM
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Quiet Light, One Be Low, a few July 4th traditions, and more recommended shows
BY WAYNE LIM, KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, GENEVIEVE WOOD, ADAM CHERIAN AND DEREK UDENSI
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Every Body
RBG director introduces the lives of intersex individuals
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indy's final adventure remembers the whip, forgets the charm
L'immensità
Penélope Cruz is the madonna of modern cinema in a story of growing up trans
Lynch/Oz
Is David Lynch's whole career an homage to The Wizard of Oz?
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Kid-friendly battle of the high school sea monsters
arts & culture
Books Issue 2023
Owen Egerton, Austin's Man of Letters, Leaves the Community He Loves
An increasingly unwelcoming Texas leads to a big goodbye
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Choreographer Alison Orr's New Book Dances Across the Page
Dance Works recounts 23 years of Forklift Danceworks as a force for community change
BY SHANON WEAVER
Down This Mean Sixth Street in Austin Noir
Akashic Books brings its crime-fiction anthology series to bloody up our changing metropolis
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Keshara Moore Wants You to Join The Obsidian Society
Austin author’s debut pits Black and queer characters against the apocalypse
BY JOELLE DIPAOLO
UT Law Professor Illuminates the Dangers of The Shadow Docket
Stephen Vladeck's new book reveals how SCOTUS is secretly undermining the republic
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
A Young Man's Guide to Abortion Rights in The Fight for Midnight
Former Chronicle writer Dan Solomon switches from journalist to novelist for his YA debut
BY DEX WESLEY PARRA
Elise Hu Unpacks the K-Beauty Industry in Her New Book, Flawless
The former KVUE reporter and NPR bureau chief explores how algorithms are shaping South Korean society
BY JASMINE LANE
Review: Penfold Theatre’s Box
Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life
BY BOB ABELMAN
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
columns
We Have an Issue: Read Before Burning
Welcome to the Books Issue
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: The Case Against Disposable Food Ware
Austinites should be a part of the solution and eliminate plastic, single-use items from the waste stream
BY JESSICA FLEMING
Qmmunity: A Book of One’s Own
Queer book releases from this June, perfect for building a tiny Borrower house
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: The Desk, Alpine
Beat-up desk attracts visitors to a West Texas desert hilltop
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Beige Carpet Cat Castle
Abandon hope all ye who enter here
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 30 - July 6
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Has Austin FC Officially Righted the Ship?
Plus: Jon Gallagher tapped for All-Star team
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
