Jody Horton
Volume 40, Number 15
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Who comes first in Austin schools?
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
December Run-Off Election
For Austin’s own good, we may want to patch up that hole Steve Adler shot in his foot
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
FoHP has their historic zoning; no one else need apply
BY NICK BARBARO
The Austin area should receive 13,650 initial doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Union and district close to finalizing a program allowing more teachers at some campuses to stay home
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
School, pond, no house
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Frank Macias arrested in East Texas after missing court date in connection to hate crime
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Though under scrutiny, fusion center still keeps tabs on protests
BY JOHN ANDERSON
Mackenzie Kelly campaign’s finance report tells the tale
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Panel offers chance to shape Texas policies on sexual violence
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Your guide to charitable giving
food
Making mozzarella from white gold
BY JESSI CAPE
All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of December 10, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Local quartet finds global rhythms in twining harmonies
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Also, sampling Flobama's beats, and remembering landmark pianist Margaret Wright
BY RACHEL RASCOE
What we’re listening to
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, RACHEL RASCOE, DOUG FREEMAN, KEVIN CURTIN, ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, MICHAEL TOLAND AND JAY TRACHTENBERG
BY GREG STITT
screens
The (almost) complete films of the Hong Kong filmmaker
BY JENNY NULF
Film Reviews
He that drinks fast pays slow in this boozy dark comedy
Revisionist Superman riff brings new meaning to street-level superheroics
Immigrant drama follows the emotions after the family reunion
Disappointing twist on the male-dominated crime drama lacks the strong female lead it needs
The Wing Chun master reshaped for modern Chinese political intentions
Pandimensional crime spree sees the crooks turn on each other in lo-fi sci-fi
Drew Barrymore pretends to be Drew Barrymore in this Hollywood comedy
Sierra Miller is a broken wonder with fractured memories of a fractured relationship
Twee Irish romance takes forever to end happily ever after
arts & culture
The exhibition at Bale Creek Allen Gallery celebrates a 47-year-old friendship
BY ROBERT FAIRES
In K ! :D D: Ö, you get to not only watch these kinetic provocateurs move through virtual environments, but also influence their actions
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
In this week’s issue, the story behind the quest to become the first purveyor of buffalo mozzarella in Central Texas
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Policy is needed to halt abuses in conservation
BY ELLEN GASS
Send Qmmunity your queer’d memories of the Fourth Street fixture
BY BETH SULLIVAN
The crossbars hotel rescues the ghost town of Oakville
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Why your conscience is nagging you
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Your weekly horoscope, December 11-17
BY ROB BREZSNY
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY JEN SORENSEN