Bates Recital Hall
Wayne Alan Brenner
Volume 40, Number 30
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
The COVID-19 Long Haulers
Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
Austin at Large: Say Their Names, at the Capitol
Four Black Texans, four lives lost, four chances to advance criminal justice reform
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: The Housing Conundrum
Good news? Bad news? It’s all in your point of view.
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Small Change at APD
An interim chief and a blueprint for academy reform
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
RAICES Pushing Hard on Biden for Real Migrant Justice
Not nearly enough
BY LILLI HIME
Travis County Voter Registration Deadline Is April 1
Early voting for the May 1 special election runs April 19-27
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Improving Safety and Access on the Lakeside Hike and Bike
Caring for the trail
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Vaccine Demand Continues to Outpace Supply as Texas Expands Eligibility
Austin Public Health explores local vaccine strategies while awaiting more doses
BY BETH SULLIVAN
food
Austin Mushrooms With a View to the Future
Smallhold brings the fruits of fancy fungus to Austin
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
New Fortune's Kaput, There's an Otoko x Nixta, Bento Picnic's A-Grillin', Mudbugs are Back, and More
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 25, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Faster Than Sound: SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To
Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY CARYS ANDERSON, KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, DEREK UDENSI, MICHAEL TOLAND, ALYSSA QUILES AND LAIKEN NEUMANN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Who Pulled the Trigger on Brad Levi Ayala?
Austin-made documentary short “Less Lethal” spotlights the citizen detective who solved the police shooting
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
Editorial Intern Trace Sauveur finds something inside The Empty Man
BY TRACE SAUVEUR
Film Reviews
City of Lies
Time does no favors to this delayed investigation into Biggie’s murder
Happily
Deliciously acerbic comedy finally knows what to do with Joel McHale
The Inheritance
Legacies in the Black community through a French New Wave lens
Nobody
Bob Odenkirk gets gritty in this bloody, smart John Wick riff
One
Malayalam political drama lauds the tough guy
The Seventh Day
Training Day meets The Exorcist
Six Minutes to Midnight
Eddie Izzard is a teacher with a secret in the World War II thriller
The Toll
A rideshare into cosmic horror is just worth paying attention
Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**cker
Inside the creativity and fury of the artist provocateur
arts & culture
Vote for New Music in Golden Hornet's String Quartet Smackdown VII
For the seventh year, Golden Hornet referees this composition competition while you decide the winner
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Forging a New Path Through Thrifting Old Clothes
Dominique Kirven of Gather & Co. discusses sustainability and gentrification in Austin’s thrifting community
BY ANGELA BONILLA
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: Finding Inspiration in the “Best of Austin”
Check out the nearly 900 (!!) people and places nominated in our "Best of Austin" Readers Poll
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Spring Has Sprung and So Has Austin's LGBTQmmunity
Producers of Filth drag collective pledges safety, The Little Gay Shop’s queer art market, and more
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston
Houston’s best underground light show
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Trash Is Trash
Nobody wants to slam margs with a shitbag carrier
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 26 - April 1
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
