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Volume 43, Number 39
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Can the Austin Airport Speed Up Its Sorely Needed Expansion?
Explosive growth and understaffing lead to long lines and near-misses
BY LINA FISHER
Chronicle Endorsement for the Runoff Election
Election day is May 28
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
Headlines / Quote of the Week
How Texas’ School Funding Scheme Contributed to Austin ISD’s Massive Budget Shortfall
Recapture is just one puzzle piece
BY BRANT BINGAMON
With HOME, Council Cuts Lot Size Requirements for First Time in 80 Years
Smaller lots, more apartments, towers near transit
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
It’s Gonna Be a Long, Hot Summer – Again
City and county brace for drought, wildfire season
BY LINA FISHER
Killer of Protester Garrett Foster Pardoned, Released From Prison
Convicted murderer Daniel Perry has Gov. Abbott’s support
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Austin Elders: Meet Guitarist and Defense Attorney Bobby Earl Smith
From professional musician to professional defender of musicians
BY OSCAR RODRIGUEZ
music
From Songwriting Greats to New Artists, Kerrville Folk Festival Champions Multigenerational Folk Excellence
Drag performer / singer-songwriter Flamy Grant returns to the main stage after last year’s New Folk Competition win
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Federal Funds for Local Arts, Latinapalooza, and More
Music news you need to know
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Review: Grandmaster, Grandmaster
Funk prog rock supergroup lures listeners through each stage of cosmic cult indoctrination
BY MIRANDA GARZA
Review: Nova, NovApocalypse
Experimental folk-pop player Nova’s sophomore release gets twisted
BY LAIKEN NEUMANN
Review: Monte Warden and the Dangerous Few, Jackpot!
Austin staple forges a connection between classic country and the Great American Songbook
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Review: The Point, Maldito Animal
What psychedelic planet will the shape-shifting trio explore next?
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Croy and the Boys, Warpaint, a Metal Fest, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week
BY CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, RICHARD WHITTAKER, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, ABBY JOHNSTON, MELANIE HAUPT, MICHAEL TOLAND AND GENEVIEVE WOOD
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The story is lacking but the spectacle is stupendous
The Garfield Movie
Jim Davis’ comic strip gets an animated reboot with Chris Pratt voicing the iconic cat
Hit Man
Glen Powell co-wrote this real-life wild tale of a professor who goes undercover as a fake hitman
Sight
Real-life inspirational story about a Chinese immigrant who becomes a world-renowned eye surgeon
arts & culture
Review: Deaf Austin Theatre’s Tiny Beautiful Things
Fostering connection through Cheryl Strayed’s advice columns
BY CAT MCCARREY
Greek Fest, Taylor Swift Wrestling, and More Weekend Events
No weekend plans? We have some suggestions.
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, CAT MCCARREY, MELANIE HAUPT AND KIMBERLEY JONES
ATX TV Festival, Burlesque Festival, and More Events to Start Your Week
The weekend is over, but that won't stop us
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, RICHARD WHITTAKER, CAT MCCARREY, JAMES RENOVITCH, CARYS ANDERSON AND KIMBERLEY JONES
columns
We Have an Issue: Chronicle Earns Six AAN Nominations
Finalists announced in reporting, design, marketing categories
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Off Beat: A Hot Luck Switcheroo
Chefs talk music – and artists talk food – ahead of the fest
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Qmmunity: Sounds Sketchy to Me
ATX Sketch Fest headliners Joan and Raft talk sketch comedy, Speed on Noah’s Ark, and their Austin plans
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Panna Maria, Texas
Step back in time at the oldest Polish settlement in America
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Absolutely Mental
Parents are crazy in a way that non-parents can’t even begin to imagine
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 24-30
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: With Rigoni’s Departure, a Decisive End to the Claudio Reyna Era
Borrell makes moves to fill DP slot
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
