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The Off Beat

What Is the Best Burger in Austin?

A Fourth of July salute to the city’s real grillmasters

Fri., July 5, 2024

Freedom Day(s)

Early-bird celebrations pepper the lead-up to a midweek Juneteenth

Fri., June 21, 2024

Hole in the Wall Celebrates 50 Years of Being an Austin Music Incubator The Drag’s final girl plots a monthlong golden anniversary celebration

A Hot Luck Switcheroo Chefs talk music – and artists talk food – ahead of the fest

Hyperreal Film Club Announces Plans to Open Screening Space Nomadic indie cinephiles put down roots later this summer

Inside 2024’s Austin Live Music Fund Applications, Opening May 21 Higher awards, now open to live music venues

Chicano Batman’s Hi-Fi Good Vibes Carlos Arévalo talks optimistic new album before Austin Psych Fest

TODAY'S EVENTS

Podcasting Workshop

Central Library

Tomb Mold, Horrendous, Left to Rot at The Lost Well

AB6IX
at ACL Live at the Moody Theater

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

The Verde Report

Gyasi Zardes Embodies the Ultimate Striker’s Dilemma

Breaking a dry spell, and breaking records

Fri., July 12, 2024

Is the End Approaching for Austin FC Coach Josh Wolff?

Help is coming, but the question remains whether he's the man to lead the reshaped roster

Fri., July 5, 2024

Austin FC Gives Osman Bukari SoCo Welcome, Announces CB Signing Key signing fleshes out solid corner back roster

Austin FC Is Trending Toward Playoffs, Barely New signings inspire optimism for the stretch run

Copa America Could Be Dani Pereira’s Ticket to Europe’s Biggest Leagues Austin FC starter dons the “Vinotinto” colors for Venezuela at June tourney

New Austin FC Signings Dull the Blow of “Inexcusable” 5-1 Loss Club continues to solidify big roster moves for the upcoming midseason transfer window

Austin FC Season Could Hinge on Upcoming Tough Stretch The season’s about to get a lot more challenging

The Austin Chronic

On Joint Rolling, Wonderment, and Turning 40

“Am I feeling anything yet?”

Fri., July 12, 2024

Mobile Head Shop the Glassmith Puts Down Roots

The Glassmith graduates to brick-and-mortar

Fri., June 28, 2024

The Many Crusades of Adam Reposa Months after being raided, lawyer continues to taunt the courts, the cops, and Ken Paxton

I Really Needed a Lazy Day at Lazy Daze An Amsterdam-style coffee shop where you can smoke inside

Should I Throw Away My Marijuana in Fear of Fentanyl? APD reassures there’s no evidence that contaminated marijuana is “prevalent in our community”

Legit THC Seltzers Are on Shelves in Austin. How Many Should I Drink? Sampling three Texas-made cannabis bubbly waters in one day

Austin Documentarian Links Up With Jimmy Kimmel for Reality Series High Hopes New Hulu show captures organic humor among dispensary misfits

We Have an Issue

Introducing Free Press Forever Associate Publisher Cassidy Frazier talks about the importance of donor-supported journalism and our new live music series

Chronicle Earns Six AAN Nominations Finalists announced in reporting, design, marketing categories

We Have an Issue : Everything You Need to Know About The Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin Awards When to vote, why to vote, and how to campaign

A Note From the Associate Publisher

Yup, Something’s Different The story behind our new print redesign

Opinion

Opinion: One Year Later, Local Leaders Must Be Bold Despite “Death Star” Law A San Marcos city council member urges localities to push back on anti-democratic forces and address their communities’ urgent needs

Opinion: Affordable Childcare Now – A Community Call to Action for Travis County Dr. Libby Doggett makes the case for Travis County CARES, a November ballot measure that would provide high quality, affordable child care and afterschool programs for working families

Opinion: The Right Wing Is Attacking Queer & Trans Americans to Distract From Their Bigger Agenda Congressman Greg Casar on taking the fight for LGBTQIA+ Texans to the national level

Opinion: I Fought for Air-Conditioning in Solitary Confinement. Now I Have to Do It Again. A Texas woman at Lane Murray prepares for another brutal summer in prison

Clean Air Can’t Wait: How We Can Improve the I-35 Project There are urgent environmental considerations to the highway expansion

Day Trips

Cypress Falls Swimming Hole, Woodcreek

Natural swimming area is having a good year

Fri., July 12, 2024

Gorman Falls, Colorado Bend State Park

Prettiest waterfall in Texas is worth the effort getting there

Fri., July 5, 2024

The Lhakhang, El Paso How a Bhutanese temple landed in an El Paso college campus

Gerald D. Hines Waterwall, Houston Find a roaring waterfall in the middle of Houston’s Uptown District

Dining in Bastrop Three downtown Bastrop cafes that will wow you

Houston Temple, Houston Intricate wooden temple goes up in smoke in November

Bend, Texas Five reasons to take the Bend in the road

Qmmunity

Spinning Right Round

Queer Vinyl Collective rules the record roost with new vinyl livestream the Studio

Fri., July 12, 2024

New Month, New Open Calls

Rounding up July open calls for onstage queerness

Fri., July 5, 2024

All Year, Each Month, Every Day Pride Month musing at the end of Pride Month from Qmmunity Editor James

There Will Be Voguing Photographer and DJ Manuel Frayre captures Central Texas ballroom in new show “Bring It From the Back”

Blasphemy Baby Asking my haters to please use their hateration to combat more pressing issues

Pride Calendar A buffet of June Pride events in Austin

Rainbows, Rainbows, and More Rainbows Local technicolor pop star Kady Rain discusses her Pride kickoff party and the importance of supporting queer artists

The Luv Doc

Freedom Fry Day

Advice for the Fourth of July 2025

Fri., July 12, 2024

Apples to Oranges

Nitpickers. They’re worse than nose-pickers.

Fri., July 5, 2024

STFU An exceptionally hard message to convey

Mutually Assured Destruction A pretty bum deal if you ask me

Money ... It’s a Crime Share it fairly but don’t take a slice of my pie

Cowardice The yellow flag goes to the Lone Star State’s largest Roomba

The Common Law

Smart water meter installation Smart water meter installation

Options for cost-effective legal help in central texas? Options for cost-effective legal help in central texas?

Where’s the line between peaceful protests and criminal conduct? Where’s the line between peaceful protests and criminal conduct?

Renting and emotional support animals? Renting and emotional support animals?

Can I adopt my stepdaughter? Can I adopt my stepdaughter?

Smarty Pants

July 12, 2024 Just three companies – Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia – make up a 10th of the market value of global...

July 5, 2024 Harry Houdini was so patriotic about the U.S. that he told people he was from Appleton, Wis., instead of...

June 28, 2024 Walter Matthau was a radioman-gunner in the 453rd Bombardment Group in World War II. Jimmy Stewart was the group’s...

June 21, 2024 To play the title role in Griselda, Sofia Vergara had to teach herself how to smoke cigarettes at age...

June 14, 2024 Nicole Kidman was once accidentally locked out while filming Big Little Lies, so she used a rock to break...

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