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Volume 39, Number 41
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
How Are We Going to Vote?
While the U.S. moves toward voting by mail, Texas digs in its heels
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin at Large: And Still, We Rise
Austin has liberated itself from exhausted narratives before. It's time to do it again.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: You Know Things Are Bad When ...
Part 47 in a long series
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Black Lives Matter
Scenes from Sunday’s Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives
A Tidal Wave of People Batter the Foundations of Austin’s Structural Racism
Thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives Matter
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Voices From the Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives
Letting the protesters speak for themselves
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Hundreds Tell Council, APD That Big Change Must Happen – Now
Voices of sorrow and rage
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Poised to Enact First APD Reforms and Budget Cuts
Change begins now
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
A Closer Look at the Resolutions To Address Structural Police Reform
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
AISD Seeks Dream Leader Amid Budget Nightmare
New superintendent likely to take reins of a district in fiscal crisis
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
City, Cap Metro Commit to “Historic” Transit Expansion Plan
Plan includes new rail lines and enhancements to the current MetroRail Red Line, MetroRapid, and MetroBus service
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Over Massive Opposition, State OKs Landfill
Travis County, nearby residents seek to overturn TCEQ decision to allow new ACL transfer station
BY VICTORIA ROSSI
Requiem for Bulk Trash Day
Get used to the pile in your garage – Austin Resource Recovery isn't rescheduling spring bulk collection pickups
BY KEVIN CURTIN
food
Sam Houston & Blk Odyssy Adds Chicken and Waffles to Their Message
Serving up some neo-soul food
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 11, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
The Multifarious Mike Wiebe
Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound – Summer in the City: Concerts, Protests, Relief Controversy, Potentially Less HAAM
Clubs navigate show safety, local musicians soundtrack protests, and HAAM asks for city aid.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Music we’re playing
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, GREG STITT, RACHEL RASCOE AND KAHRON SPEARMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Austin Asian American Film Festival Goes Online
Join in the celebration of shorts
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
They Built an App to Connect Seniors and Students. Now They Just Need to Convince Seniors to Log On.
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Film Reviews
Hill of Freedom
Delicate South Korean tale of love lost and found finally gets U.S. release
The King of Staten Island
Pete Davidson grows up a bit in this semi-autobiographical dramedy
Marona's Fantastic Tale
Animated adventures of a hound with many owners is no pointless shaggy dog story
Rounded Corners
NYC teen dramedy about opening yourself up to growing up
Shadows of Freedom
Fascinating if brief documentary about the overlooked Algerian Jewish Resistance
Warning: Do Not Play
South Korean horror is really about the terror of filmmaking failure
arts & culture
Austin-Based Choreographer Hopes to Make a "Social Justice Summer"
With some crowdfunding support, Charles O. Anderson will be able to make dances for this time
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: What’s Next, and How Fast Can We Get There?
In this week's issue, the rallying cry to defund police catches on, and Republicans try to quash vote by mail for good
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Op-Ed: Extinguishing Racism in Central Texas
Pflugerville Councilmember Rudy Metayer on how we can start rebuilding a broken society
BY RUDY METAYER
Qmmunity: LGBTQIA Community Marches in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Sculpture Gardens
Four sculpture gardens inspire the mind and exercise the body
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Bad Case of ZTSD
The Luv Doc has a fat Santa's bag of helpful advice
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 12-18
BY ROB BREZSNY
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Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
