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Volume 39, Number 38
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Knowledge Is Power as Nursing Homes Combat COVID-19
There’s a lot we don’t know about the pandemics’s toll in care centers, but what we do know is bad
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
Austin At Large: Chronicles of Deaths, Foretold
The coronavirus works for free and cares not about its approval rating
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Voting, Any Way You Want
Voting by mail ... or with your pocketbook, just for fun
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Austin City Council Wants to Help Workers Put Their Health First
Sick? Stay home.
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Climbing Infections Be Damned, Phase 2 of the "Open Texas" Plan Begins
Greg Abbott hits the gas, tries to outrun virus
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
City of Austin Releases COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines
Understanding stages of risk and how to adjust your behavior
City Plans to Spend $270 Million in COVID-19 Relief
Clock is ticking to allocate anticipated federal funding
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Federal Judge Legalizes Texas Vote-by-Mail
Broad ruling says all Texas voters can request mail ballots
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin Police’s New Rules for Incident Video
APD promises to release video of "critical incidents" within 60 days going forward
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Great Demand, Greater Expectations for AISD
Timeline set for superintendent search
BY BETH SULLIVAN
New Findings Shed Light on Oakwood Chapel Burials
Remains at city's oldest cemetery were exhumed, studied, and now await reinterment
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Improved Data, Not Increased Need, Leads to Higher Homeless Numbers
Ending Community Homelessness Coalition issues results from January's Point in Time Count
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
How One Hair Salon Is Getting Back to Neon-Colored Business
Shell Vega of Urban Hair weighs her options
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
food
Foxtail Supper Club Adds Camaraderie to Your Socially Distanced Dinner Table
Share a meal with friends in separate homes
BY JESSI CAPE AND WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
New Food Truck Cumberland Shares Its Chow Mein Recipe
Chef Chris Sapp talks about opening during a pandemic
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options
Our constantly updated resource of local eateries to support while maintaining your social distance
music
What Will Local Shows Look Like in the Future?
What will shows look like in the live music capital? That's all local club owners can think about.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns
Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re playing
BY DOUG FREEMAN, KEVIN CURTIN, RACHEL RASCOE, KAHRON SPEARMAN, DEREK UDENSI, GREG STITT AND RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Sword Guitarist Kyle Shutt: Self-Portraitist – By Request!
Out-of-work shredder began re-facing his solo LP for fans
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Livestream Music Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
The Paper Street Podcast Gives a Voice to the Indie Film Industry
With movie production in lockdown, try the sounds of Paper Street
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AFS Cinema Unveils the Lone Star Slate
New streaming program curates the best of Texas indies
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
From Essex to Michoacán: the true story of the English exponent of Mexican cooking
On a Magical Night
French fantastical bedroom farce trudges when it should dance
The Painter and the Thief
Intriguing tale of crime and redemption
The Trip to Greece
Coogan and Brydon's latest culinary comedy is a dish too far
arts & culture
Forklift Danceworks Goes "On the Job" With Essential Workers
The company's new audio series gives voice to city employees and what they're doing during the pandemic
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Northern-Southern Gallery's "Left in Leaves"
This group exhibition frees artwork from lockdown and sends quarantined viewers in search of it
BY ROBERT FAIRES
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: Stages and Phases
In this week’s issue, a closer look at what the reopening of Texas entails
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: To Prepare for Future Shocks, Austin Must Get Weirder
Becoming truly weird means becoming a futurist, argues Jake Dunagan
BY JAKE DUNAGAN
Qmmunity: From Harvey Milk to 2020’s Rainbow Wave
Plus Bizarre Stripper Burlesque and Cheer Ups Quarantikki Happy Hour
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Gillespie County Country Schools
Take a trip back in education history while enjoying the Hill Country scenery
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Tested in All Ways But One
There has never been a better time in the history of the planet to get to know someone without swapping cooties
BY LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 22-28
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
