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Volume 40, Number 37
Issue Supplement
Best of Austin 2021
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
features
Best of Austin 2021
news
Austin at Large: The City That Never Shrinks
“Austin’s rapid growth” has become background noise. We should bring it up front.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows Indeed
Do AJC, SAN, really see eye-to-eye on homeless policy?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
APD "Reimagined" Training Academy Still a Work in Progress
Adoption of new curriculum for pilot cadet class scheduled for May 31
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City Lays Out Slow, Steady Plan to Enact Prop B
Arrests will be a "last resort" in phased plan to move camp residents over coming months
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Texas House Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban
SB 8 allows anyone the right to sue a provider
BY MARY TUMA
Voting Debate Turns House Into a History Class
Dems slow SB 7's roll with more than 100 amendments
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Scooters Flock Back, More Sustainable Than Ever
Post-pandemic, city and firms seek greater impact, resilience
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Death Watch: How Much Remorse, Repentance Is Enough?
Family of victim – and killer – wants sentence commuted
BY BRANT BINGAMON
State Employee Unions Look Askance at Texas Lege’s Pension Changes
Unions give a hard pass on cash balance plan proposed in Senate Bill 321
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Co-Op Conversions "Best Bet for Cultural Preservation"
Local businesses find strength in cooperation
BY LINA FISHER
food
Hopdoddy Goes Fusion, Tso's Gets a Jjim/Bom Bonus, Antonelli's Appears IRL, Garrison Bros x South Congress Cafe, 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 May 13, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Faster Than Sound: KindKeith Has What You Need
A dreamy alternative R&B debut and a few major venue reopenings, too
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY DOUG FREEMAN, GREG STITT, MICHAEL TOLAND, DOUG FREEMAN, DEREK UDENSI, ALYSSA QUILES, TIM STEGALL AND RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
Screens
Film Reviews
Army of the Dead
Latest zombie flick should just stay buried
The Djinn
The dangers of a wish coming true in this childhood horror
Finding You
Dismal YA romance piles up Hollywood clichés and Irish stereotypes
The Get Together
Austin party movie is one perfect night in the velvet rut
The Great Green Wall
A grand plan for Africa from an African perspective
The Human Factor
A rare look inside the failed Arab-Israeli peace process
The Killing of Two Lovers
Traumatizing tale of a collapsing marriage is a taut masterpiece
Profile
Undercover screenlife political thriller isn't fooling anyone
Spiral
Chris Rock reinvents the horror morality tale for the BLM era
There Is No Evil
Iranian anthology walks the line between life and death
Wrath of Man
Ritchie and Statham find a new, welcome gear in this bloody thriller
arts & culture
The Hunting Wives by May Cobb
When the Austin author leads you into the Piney Woods for her new thriller, the trip is sultry and surprising
BY ROSALIND 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: Everybody’s a Winner
Celebrating the "Best of Austin" Awards
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Time to Retrofit Our City for the Transit System Voters Approved
Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison offers a manifesto of sorts for transit-oriented development
BY NATASHA HARPER-MADISON
Qmmunity: Save the Date
Austin Black Pride, Austin Pride announce summer celebration dates
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: FM 457 Bridge, Sargent
I can see for miles
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Premature
There is only one alternative to getting older, and it definitely involves not getting laid.
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 14-20
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Ring’s Red Steers Austin FC Season Off Track
Team captain’s red card leaves ATXFC vulnerable in upcoming LA Galaxy match
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
