Photo by David Brendan Hall
Volume 39, Number 34
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Austin at Large: Call the Cops, Send In the Clowns
We could just not put up with the same old nonsense, for a change
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Public Notice: Life Goes On
Even while you’re not paying attention
BY NICK BARBARO
Tatum Report Depicts Bleak Conditions for Accountability at APD
Is meaningful reform to address bias, bigotry “aspirational at best”?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Preview: So Much Money, So Many Needs
Agenda touches on COVID-19, live music support, and transit
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
After Five Decades, Austin Recovery To Close
Nonprofit succumbs to financial challenges made worse by COVID
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
First Nonprofits Receive RISE Funds
$5.6 million in grants to aid Austinites during COVID crisis
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Judge Sulak Issues Vote-by-Mail Injunction
Enables mail ballots for all voters to vote by mail
BY MICHAEL KING
Photo Gallery: The Face Shield Project at Austin Convention Center
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
food
An Intermediate's Guide to Marijuana Edibles
Now is the time to bake and get baked, in the comfort of home
BY ALICE B. TOKER
How to Craft a Quarantine Pipe Out of Your Random Fruits and Veggies
Kevin Curtin makes a DIY pineapple bong, pepper pipe, & yam bowl
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Austin Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19: Hi Sign and St. Elmo Brewing
How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 5)
BY ERIC PUGA
Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco
Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town
BY LINA FISHER
Crema Bakery & Café Stands Up for the Austin Community
Free sack lunches, desserts, and a brown butter blondie recipe
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine
Support local business while maintaining your social distance
music
Playback: You Can’t Press Pause on Life
A musician’s life: laid off, livestreaming, and … giving birth?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Pure X Reconciles With Austin
Local rock group returns after six years, Gold Rush Vinyl checks in, and Threadgill’s closes permanently.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
David Garza Recounts a Few of the 10,000 Stories Behind Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Texan muse and former Austinite relocated production to El Paso
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Threadgill’s Old No. 1 Closes Permanently
Pandemic closes a part of Austin history
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Checking In: Blackillac Begins Recording Its Debut
ATX MCs keeps their eyes on the prize
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Checking In: A. Sinclair (& Family) Rises Into the Eye of the Tiger
ATX indie trueheart sings “time to find out what really matters”
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Checking In: Trumpet Clarion Ephraim Owens Sits at the Piano
Tedeschi Trucks Band brass man always broadens our scope
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Checking In: Will Johnson Homeschools His Kids
Song whisperer and his wife Jessie Johnson also blast some Madvillain
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Livestream Music Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup
Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Indie Meme Film Festival Goes Virtual
Celebration of South Asian cinema comes to your living room
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Now Streaming in Austin
The Bob Zula, Lazer Team, “Skip Day,” “Vulcan Video: The Exit Interviews,” Friday the 13th
Film Reviews
Other Music
History of a lost Manhattan record store keeps a basic tune
Pahokee
Austin filmmakers' portrait of rurban Florida both illuminates and obfuscates
Sátántangó
Bela Tarr's marathon exploration of evil and inertia in a small town, gorgeously restored
A White, White Day
Icelandic revenge drama is really a perfect study of stifled grief
arts & culture
Come Sail Away With Amanda Ward's The Jetsetters
Local author asks, "Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?"
BY ROBERT FAIRES
In Memoriam: Glenna Goodacre
Sculptor of Austin’s beloved Philosophers’ Rock has died
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Fusebox Festival 2020: Virtual Edition Preview
Here's who will be charging up your screen this year
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Review: Adam Levin’s Bubblegum
Fantastic new novel deeply reimagines our world for better and worse
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Love Letters to Austin
Send us your stories about what you love and miss most about our city
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Online Reviews Are Where Our Kids Are Learning How to Bully Online
A restaurant industry veteran argues Yelp and other review sites encourage bullying behavior
BY MIKE TERSIGNI
Opinion: Because of COVID-19, It’s Less Safe Behind Bars. Here’s How Federal Prisoners Can Petition to Get Their Sentences Reduced.
Criminal defense attorney Chris Perri explains avenues for early prison release in Texas
BY CHRIS PERRI
Qmmunity: Dancing on Our Own … Together
A Qmmunity-curated playlist, plus some cute to-do’s
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Stay Trips: Alaska
Head to the North Country virtually
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Batshit Crazy
Viruses don’t respect boundaries
BY DAN HARDICK
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 24-30
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 4)
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch: Austin Soccer Family Unite
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
