Mohawk
Zeke Barbaro
Volume 42, Number 2
Issue Supplement
2022 HAAM Day Guide
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Hays County’s Overwhelmed Jail System in Dire Shape, Advocates Say
Some inmates are waiting years to see their day in court
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Unions Bet on Mayoral Candidate Kirk Watson
Endorsements flow in, though his proposals may leave some Austinites wanting more
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Recap: No Deal on License Plate Readers
Decisions on surveillance program, Statesman PUD, and parkland dedication fees all postponed
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
For St. Johns Neighbors, It’s Time to Weigh In
Plan for long-awaited development of Home Depot gets refined
BY ABE ASHER
Council Finds a Compromise on Renaming Pan Am Park
Pan Am still flying
BY ABE ASHER
Texas Feels Ripple Effects From Green Investment Ban
Blocking environmentally minded investment is harder than it may seem
BY ISABEL MANEY
Safety Instructor Fired After Insulting Massacre Survivors
Caldwell County detective lost his job after his presentation at Lockhart High School
BY JORDAN BUCKLEY
food
2022 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
Hot and Bothered: Austin’s Record-Hot Summer Affects Pepper Harvesting
The hottest peppers are most threatened by increasing temperatures
BY A. RICHMOND
Meet Your 2022 Hot Sauce Festival Judges
Meet the tastemakers for this year's competition
Hot Sauce Festival FAQs
Everything you need to know about attending
Scenes From Last Year's Fest
BY JANA BIRCHUM
Tickets and More Information
Kerlin Prioritizes Kerlaches, Farmhouse Offers Intoxicants, Sawyer & Co. Cajuns Into the Night, SBK’s Downtown Again, and WTF Is Andy Baraghani Doing on SoCo?
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 September 8, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Have You Seen the Last of Kevin Curtin?
No, but due to big life changes, I am demoting myself
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Unpacking Harry Styles' Austin Run With the Professor Teaching a Class on Him
Texas State's Dr. Louie Dean Valencia offers a crash course in the Harry-verse
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more
BY KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, JULIAN TOWERS, ROBERT PENSON, MICHAEL TOLAND, MARS SALAZAR AND DEREK UDENSI
Meet UT Math Professor and Spellbinding Songwriter Sean Keel
The seldom-performing educator's fragile voice breathes bittersweet nostalgia
BY JACK CORCORAN
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Barbarian
Buried secrets make for the year's smartest, scariest horror
Beautiful Blue Eyes
Roy Scheider's final role, as a cop seeking revenge for the Holocaust
Brahmastra Part One: Shiva
Hindi cinema gets its own Marvel-style franchise
Clerks III
Deservedly self-indulgent return to the Quick Stop where Kevin Smith began
House of Darkness
Neil LaBute takes a smart bite out of the vampire drama
Lifemark
Faith-based adoption drama
Medieval
Brutal historical epic gives gritty, accessible life to a Czech icon
What We Leave Behind
Iliana Sosa's extraordinary portrait of her grandfather's cross-border life
arts & culture
John Aielli’s Eccentric Home Opens for an Estate Sale
The legendary deejay's home was a reflection of who he was, and now Austinites get a glimpse inside
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Five Hyperlocal Feats of Austin Artistry
They're created here, they're staged here, they're about here
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Review: The City Theatre's The Fantasticks
Reverential and sharp production of the classic musical
BY BOB ABELMAN
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: The Weekend Forecast Is Hot. Very, Very Hot.
The 32nd annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival is here
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Luv Doc: Always Exploring Boundaries
Austin has a long tradition of allowing children into unseemly places
BY THE LUV DOC
Qmmunity: The Gay Outdoors
Get out and touch grass at Tawa Threads’ outdoorsy art exhibit. Plus: Austin drag takes a bite outta the Big Apple!
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Lucky Land, Houston
Chinese-themed gardens guarded by thousands of terra-cotta soldiers
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 9-15
BY ROB BREZSNY
Oops!
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: After Back-to-Back Losses, Austin FC Must Regroup for Stretch Run
Wolff: “The focus has to be recaptured”
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
