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Volume 40, Number 19
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?
What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND KEVIN CURTIN
Austin at Large: From Cloud Coup-Coup Land
Was this the worst that could happen? That (still) depends on what we do next.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Georgia on My Mind
It was the best of days, it was the worst of days
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
New Year, New Grim Milestones in Austin’s COVID-19 Crisis
Amidst an unprecedented surge, Austin could reach ICU surge capacity within the next week
BY BETH SULLIVAN
A Surprise Gift Boosts Meals on Wheels
MacKenzie Scott offers an $8 million gift
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
New Audits Highlight Problems at Police Academy
“It comes down to the culture”
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Brenda Ramos Sues City Over Son’s Killing
Lawsuit argues killing was "a direct result of the racism that has permeated policing in Austin"
BY BRANT BINGAMON
After Mishandling a Student's Assault, AISD Stalls on Training Staff
Austin High alum recalls feelings silenced, ignored, and blamed
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Feeling TEA Pressure, AISD Goes Back to Campus
District would risk losing state funding if it switched to all-virtual instruction
BY BETH SULLIVAN
food
The Far Out Lounge Focuses on Food, Safety, and Austin Musicians
More than a venue
BY JESSI CAPE
Casper Fermentables Honors Korean and Jewish Roots With Preserved Foods
Ben Hollander’s cultured cultures
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Prohibition Creamery Closes, Sweet Ritual Ramps Up, and You Want Even More, What, Pizza?
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 January 7, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
The Austin Music Poll Got COVID-19
In a once-in-a-lifetime music year, the 40th annual Austin Music Poll pivots.
BY KEVIN CURTIN AND RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Faster Than Sound: Music Venues React to Stage 5
New city recommendations halt shows at many venues ahead of New Year's Eve
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY KEVIN CURTIN, DEREK UDENSI, GREG STITT, MICHAEL TOLAND AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Banned Leader: The Contradiction of Frank Zappa in Zappa
Alex Winter sees the combative side of a cultural maverick
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Beautiful Something Left Behind
The hard path to healing when kids suffer a death in the family
Breaking Surface
Underwater survival thriller scales down the disaster movie but not the tension
Hunter Hunter
Is that a wolf’s howl, or something worse?
One Night in Miami ...
Regina King’s directorial debut floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee
The Reason I Jump
Poetic insight into autism, based on Naoki Higashida memoir
arts & culture
"The Femme Abstract"
Moya McIntyre’s second edition of this group show ushers in the new year with a glorious plenitude of color and imagery
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: This Chaos Didn't Sow Itself
The Trump era ends with a bang, egged on by Texas politicians like Ted Cruz and Ken Paxton. Plus: Time to vote in the Austin Music Poll!
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion – Bridgerton: A Black Man in a White Fairytale
A professor of British literature argues that the popular Netflix series trivializes childhood trauma and marital sexual violence to get to a traditional “happily ever after”
BY RIYA DAS
Qmmunity: The Rainbow Agenda
Start of the new year – and a new Lege – with some digital drag
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Roughhouse Brewing, San Marcos
Brewing on the wild side
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Low Libido
When the oxygen mask drops, you use it on yourself first
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, January 8-14
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
Can President Trump pardon President Trump?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
