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How Texas’ School Funding Scheme Contributed to Austin ISD’s Massive Budget Shortfall
Recapture is just one puzzle piece
"...that many of the crises that we live under are crises manufactured by the state,” Austin ISD Trustee Kevin..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started
Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes
"...was very in vogue to be as harsh as you could on juveniles, with the ‘war on drugs’ and..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Abbott Says School Vouchers Are Coming, Rural Republicans Don’t Seem Convinced
A Guv can dream, can’t he?
"...the Capitol and once again promised that Texas lawmakers are close to approving vouchers in the current special session...."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How to Navigate the Adderall Shortage
Coping, supporting friends, and avoiding laced pills
"...going without. Here's a quick survival guide to help you weather the medication drought or support someone who is...."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature by Jasmine Lane

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer
Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more
"...Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoirby Lucinda Williams Crown, 272 pp., $28.99..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Verde Report: Austin FC’s Payroll Is Up, Even Though Wins Are Down
Inflated contracts, questionable investments, and underachieving veterans add up to one of the league’s largest payrolls
"...their favorite club's spending, and fans here in Austin are no different...."

May 19, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Five Fusebox Shows to Get You Buzzing
The annual Austin-born arts festival returns with five days of wonder
"...it'd be even more helpful to throw some recommendations your way...."

April 7, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Yes, You Should Move to Austin
But only if …
"...If you're a burnt-out Hollywood screenwriter who wants to make movies..."

March 17, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

How Tenant-Screening Algorithms Keep Cycles of Discrimination Going
Telling a never-ending story
"...renters that his experience was not caused by a "software malfunction," as the property management company insisted. Year after..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Dina Barrish

Austin at Large: A Puddle You Can Drown In
Democracy survives another round, but we don’t know about Apesh*t’s mind
"...Now we know. They keep telling us who they are, we should believe them and focus on something else...."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Five Things in Austin Galleries You'll Want to Appreciate
From unique photography to craftily duplicate furniture, the most gorgeous items on display
"...or neon or prints or immersive installations that make you go whoa. We're shouting out five of them right..."

April 1, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Wait, How Does SXSW Music Work Again?
Breaking down the basics, and some favorites, after three years away
"...With the fantastic Chronicle Music team's supplement handling all your cutting-edge, cult-y artist recommendations (see "101 Essential Acts" in..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes
Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward
"...Maybe there's a reason why ecstasy is the young person's synthetic molecule of choice. MDMA's cocktail of psychoactive..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Top 10 Arts Stories You Cared About the Most
From racist comedy to new books, returning theatre, and new textile joy, the most read stories about the Austin arts scene in 2021
"...for the writing program, his move to Austin, and how overlooked oral histories shaped his critically acclaimed novel. 3)..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jeanne Thornton’s Summer Fun Will Help You Fall into Winter’s Icy Bed of Thorns
Life’s a beach, and then you scry
"...“Gala, a young transwoman, works at a hostel in Truth or Consequences,..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Music Panels Recap: Virtual Gigs Are Here to Stay
Imogen Heap and Lil Nas X provide prime examples Wednesday at SXSW
"...A year without gigs fostered ideas aplenty about high-production shows for at-home audiences. On Wednesday, pioneering pop producer Imogen..."

March 17, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

So You Want to Redistrict Austin?
The process – and what’s at stake – with redrawing our City Council districts
"...detailed, specifying the multistage process for selecting members, who are required to "reflect the diversity of the City of..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Feature by Lilli Hime

So You Want to Buy an RV
Purchasing tips from two "Day Trips" pros
"...started shopping for RVs years before we talked about how we would use one. While it seemed more likely..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Features Feature by Patty and Gerald E. McLeod

In We Are Here! Living the Legacy of Dr. Givens, Remembering East Austin’s Past and Fighting for Its Future
Eastside advocates and participants in Forklift Danceworks' Givens Swims shared their thoughts about their community
"...have done great work, then we can find out "how their past can direct us in the future." With..."

July 31, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cinemas and Coronavirus: How Theaters are Responding
New seat layouts, increase hygiene all promised
"...the upper limit for public gatherings to 250 people. However, most cinemas are well under that capacity and are..."

March 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sorry We Missed You
Ken Loach eviscerates the gig economy in this vérité masterpiece
"...With all the discussion over the last decade(s) about how the one percent are cast as these nefarious villains..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Hezada! I Miss You by Erin Pringle
Erin Pringle's debut novel is a circus of grief
"...Hezada! I Miss You, Erin Pringle's debut novel released by local Awst Press,..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Review by Cat McCarrey

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do
Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?
"...'us.' First step, I think, is the skilled worker area. Because no one says, 'I'm against that.'"..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Gifts to Make You Look Away From Your Screens
Plenty of films to read about this holiday season
"...Robert Rodriguez had the biggest commercial success of his career this year with his long-awaited adaptation of seminal Japanese..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Austin Shakespeare's As You Like It
An Austin-infused Arden is more poetic license than artistic alchemy
"...of theatre traditionalists who think that the works of Shakespeare need protection rather than reinvention, as if their playhouses..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy
"...has an epistolary structure, in which letters and emails are the means by which Bernadette’s daughter and husband try..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin at Large: You Can’t Take Our Sons Away
On gun violence, white supremacy, misogyny, and fatherhood
"...My wife's parents lived for a long time in El Paso, not..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin’s Mexican-Style Lagers Are Coming in Hot
Livin' la vida lager
"...way gorditas from church kermes and Threadgill's chicken-fried steak are grade-A plush, the Mexican lager proves that "comfort beer"..."

July 12, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

How The Last Black Man in San Francisco Traded Righteous Rage For Gentleness
Director Joe Talbot on the poignant side of gentrification
"...friend/collaborator/lead actor Jimmie Fails' very personal story of Bay Area gentrification would have seemed like a period piece. However,..."

June 13, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How a Joke on Facebook Became a Punk Album With 17 Covers of the Same Song
Austin punks offer takes on Worm Suicide song "Babies Ruin Bands"
"...Straight out of Belton in the Killeen/Temple metropolitan area, Wiseass Records issued the 2017 debut of Austin wiseguys..."

April 5, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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