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Volume 40, Number 41
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
hellsite.austin.gov
Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Austin at Large: You Can Handle the Truth
Austin's local news, like its rock & roll, need never die, if we do our jobs right
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Wealth, and How to Grow It
The rich are accumulating astounding wealth, while paying shockingly little in taxes
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council Set to Offset High-End Tax Break With Rent Relief
The ol' homestead
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City Seeks to Break the Rich, White "Historic" Mold
Applicants wanted for equity-focused preservation workgroup
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Graduations Presage AISD's Return to In-Person Learning
As COVID-19 case counts drop and vaccination rates rise, the district looks to the fall
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
New COVID Milestones, but the Same Message: Get Vaccinated
Austin Public Health reflections on the road to herd immunity
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Women's Jail Vote Postponed Amid Community Pushback
Justice advocates, formerly incarcerated women outraged by proposed expansion
BY LINA FISHER
food
Bento Picnic: Everything in Its Right Place
Leanne Valenti’s Japanese homecooking venue exceeds the sum of its parts
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER AND JESSI CAPE
Bouldin Creek Cafe Holds Curbside Steady and Prepares for Return
Leslie Martin's longtime vegan diner goes back to this future ASAP
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
ATX Sliders Taunt Us with Food Porn, Gati's Got Ice Cream Dogs, Austin Oyster Co. Shucks 'Em Live, 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 June 10, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Faster Than Sound: The Spiritual Side of Quentin Arispe
Plans for Pride Month, Resound concert promotions, and IRL record store day
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, LAIKEN NEUMANN, KEVIN CURTIN AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Luke Wilson Plays a Long and Lonely Game in 12 Mighty Orphans
The story behind the period drama about Texas' most unlikely high school football heroes
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
ATX Television Festival Looks on the Bright Side of the Small Screen
For its online Season 10, the fest does what it does best, virtually
BY LAIKEN NEUMANN
Back to the Screens for the Lake Travis Film Festival
Sophomore celebration of indie film opens the new era of in-person film festivals
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Censor
British video nasty throwback finds the real danger was in the cuts
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
The Warrens are back at it again ...
Holler
A stunning look at life buried under the Rust Belt poverty line
In the Heights
An explosion of dance and song in this vibrant stage-to-screen adaptation
Occupation: Rainfall
Part two of the Australian alien invasion epic
Queen Bees
Fast Times at the Assisted Living Facility ...
12 Mighty Orphans
Historical football drama can't get past first down
Us Kids
Portrait of the Parkland shooting survivors never comes into focus
arts & culture
Overlooked, Overheard Lets Us Hear the Sound of the City's Money Being Spent
Composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen geo-tagged sites in the Govalle and Highland neighborhoods where local government's been at work
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
"Elements of Expression" at ICOSA Gallery
The artists of San Antonio's Clamp Light Studios take over ICOSA and take us to surprising new places
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: What’s Your Function?
Reporter Brant Bingamon goes inside the city’s buggy, behind-the-times website
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Rainbows Here, There, Everywhere
Cluck rainbow capitalism, keep your pink dollars in Austin’s queer community at these events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Walker Honey Farm, Rogers
This sweet superstore is the bee's knees
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Surpisingly Cold
Every summer day under 100 degrees means that a thousand enthusiastic well-meaning folks will move to Austin
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 11-17
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Unable to Gather, Austin FC Players Find Friendship in Fans
How the Verde squad is settling into Austin
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
