Bates Recital Hall
Zeke Barbaro
Volume 40, Number 27
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
"Strong-Mayor" Proposal Divides Austin's Progressives
Power to the people?
BY LINA FISHER
Austin at Large: At the Bottom of the Well
Greg Abbott's still making horrible things happen, but at least now he's in charge!
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Taking a Mulligan?
Hancock Golf Course/Park plans seem to be off the boil
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council, City Utilities Continue to Soften Blow of Storms
Reason to relieve
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Abbott Lifts COVID Rules: Will a Surge Follow?
Governor's move seen as premature, reckless by local leaders, businesses
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Court Orders Change to Camping Ban Ballot
Following a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court, City Council changes ballot language
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Travis D.A. Announces New Policies to Support Rape, Abuse Survivors
D.A.’s Office commits to culture change to aid access to justice
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Drive to Unionize the Statesman Newsroom Prevails
Strength in numbers
BY JOSE BENJAMIN MONTAÑO
Zombies, Oprah, and Zoom, South By!
2021 SXSW EDU Online expands its scope
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
food
Supporting Local Farmers and Ranchers Helps Everyone
Back to the soil
BY JESSI CAPE AND LINA FISHER
Abbott Don't Care, Real Fish and Faux, Crave Improves Pville, Everybody Requests Freebirds
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 March 4, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
The 2020/2021 Austin Music Awards Came Bearing a Pandemic Stimulus
Hop in the Winner Wagon and see who we surprised with this year's unique awards
BY KEVIN CURTIN AND RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Faster Than Sound: Only in Austin: The 2020-2021 Austin Music Award Sweepstakes
Austin Music Poll's 40th anniversary inspires mobile sweepstakes and emotional write-ins
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, TIM STEGALL, DEREK UDENSI, CARYS ANDERSON, GREG STITT, LAIKEN NEUMANN AND ALYSSA QUILES
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
New Studio Brings the Technology Behind The Mandalorian to Austin
Co-Production House brings science to the set
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Films and Shows at SXSW by Austin Residents and Veterans
Fill your schedule with ATX @ SXSW
Film Reviews
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Forget the details, relish the intimacy of this music documentary
Chaos Walking
Interstellar YA adaptation brings a new gender twist to the formula
Lucky
Kafkaesque horror-comedy blows the rape-revenge fantasy apart
Mandabi
Seminal Senegalese social satire from the father of African film, remastered
My Salinger Year
Life inside a literary agency, with novel dreams
100 Days to Live
Suicide isn't painless in this throwback thriller
Raya and the Last Dragon
Disney's new Southeast Asian fantasy is a landmark, but loses its way
Sophie Jones
Coming-of-age drama never escapes its influences
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Back to Bikini Bottom for another laugh-filled roadtrip
Stray
It's not such a ruff life in this story of Istanbul's canine residents
Tom and Jerry
Your favorite cat and mouse duo are back and in NYC
arts & culture
Artist Ender Martos Celebrates His Past, Present, and Future in "Veintiuno"
The virtual exhibition marks the 21st of the 21st in the 21st ...
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Amplify Austin Is Needed Now, More Than Ever
This annual fundraising program amplifies the arts
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Bored, Unemployed, and Extremely Online: Textile Artist Finds the Silver Linings
After losing her office job, Odalys Vargas turned a quarantine hobby into her artform
BY LAIKEN NEUMANN
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: And The Award for “Loosiest-Goosiest Award Show Reimagining” Goes To ...
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: We Need to Prioritize Our Service Workers
Olamaie Executive Chef Michael Fojtasek: "The way to ensure the health and livelihoods of service industry people is through vaccination"
BY MICHAEL FOJTASEK
Qmmunity: OUTsider Arts Fest Gets Weird N’ Queer This Weekend
Plus, Trans Crowdfund Live fundraises for gender-affirming care for LGBTQIA Austinites of color
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: McFaddin-Ward House, Beaumont
Beaumont home is a museum to pioneer Texas family
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Pay My Rent
Three strikes and you might be the messiah
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 5-11
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
Minors getting ink: Can an under-18 teenager get a tattoo in Texas with parental consent?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch: More Players for Austin FC
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
