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Volume 40, Number 51
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
features
Austin Community College's Highland Campus
How Austin Community College's Highland Campus Is Redefining Higher Education in Austin
World-class facilities and innovative programs put ACC Highland on the cutting-edge
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
ACC’s Music Trade School Gets a World-Class Facility
The Music Business Performance Technology department spreads its wings at ACC Highland
BY KEVIN CURTIN
A New Broadcast Home: Austin PBS Prepares to Leave UT for ACC’s Highland Campus
KLRU gets a renewed focus on community outreach
BY CODY SONG
Kitchen Reno: Inside ACC’s Culinary Arts Expansion
Students get hands-on experience at ACC Highland's 28,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art kitchen
BY ALEXANDRA DETMAR
Clothed for Business: ACC’s Fashion Incubator
Creativity and technical training come together in a fashionable package at ACC Highland's 7,500-square-foot facility
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
news
Austin at Large: Ain’t No Highway Wide Enough
TxDOT abandons any pretense of new thinking about I-35. It's time to stop them.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Texas vs. Austin vs. COVID-19
In the courts and schools and bars, the battle rages
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Save Austin Now Unhappy (Surprise!) With Prop A Ballot Language
Ballot spells out price tag for proposed mandated mimimum staffing levels at Austin Police Department
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Chacon Makes Final Cut of Picks to Lead APD
City manager announced on Friday top three candidates for police chief
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Council Recap: A Balanced Budget, Without Much Drama
But many hours of deliberation over two days on the dais
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
APD Hits Pause on Police Academy Curriculum Review
Volunteer review committee expresses concern over stalled process
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
No Mask, No Vax, No Entry? The Battle Between Local and State Leaders Continues.
Texas officials meddle with local COVID measures
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Can TABC Really Lift a Restaurant’s License Over COVID Rules? It’s Complicated.
The experts weigh in on the challenges for both sides
BY JESSI CAPE
food
Comadre Panaderia's Pop-Up Pan Dulce
Mariela Camacho's project aims to nourish the Latinx diaspora and fuel food system rebellion
BY ALEXANDRA DETMAR
Covid-Positive Abbott vs. ATX, an Abundance of Tiny Pies, Farmhouse at Roughhouse, Boozy Bunkhouse Bargains, and More Things Without the Word 'House' In Them
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 August 19, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Faster Than Sound: Saturday in Waterloo Park
Sights, sounds, and an undetermined musical niche at Downtown's new greenspace
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Album Review: Nobody’s Girl
BettySoo, Grace Pettis, and Rebecca Loebe helm a collective effort of defiant, supportive independence
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Album Review: Altin Sencalar’s Reconnected
Trombonist crafts a multi-cultural chordless jazz album as accessible as it is experimental
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week
El Combo Oscuro, KVN, and Mike & the Moonpies are some of our favorite local sounds this week
BY DOUG FREEMAN, DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CHRISTINA GARCIA, RACHEL RASCOE AND ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Capyac, Marquis Hill, and Willie headline our recommended shows for the week
BY KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, TIM STEGALL AND ABBY JOHNSTON
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
aGLIFF Opening Night Film Blitzed! Dances the Night Away
Nightclubbing with Britain's answer to Studio 54
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
CODA
Bawdy, touching and exhilarating fishing family drama takes a different look at deafness
Confetti
Tale of a mother's determination is slight but sweet
Demonic
Neill Blomkamp takes us head first, straight to Hell
Don’t Breathe 2
Misguided sequel tries to redeem the irredeemable
Ema
Pablo Larraín fuses sex and dance in this kinetic drama
Habit
Nuns on the run, but no fun
The Night House
Rebecca Hall falls into a void of despair in this enthralling ghost story
Reminiscence
The past is the only place to go in this future Miami
Sundance Short Film Tour 2021
Best of the fest in these perfect miniatures
arts & culture
"Beyond Van Gogh" Is a Three-Dimensional Perspective With a One-Dimensional Outlook
Touring immersive exhibition continues at Circuit of Americas through Sept. 5
BY CODY SONG
"If These Walls Could Talk" at Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery
The artists in this Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery exhibition get the walls not only to talk but to spin some fantastic tales
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: The Austin Chronicle Show Returns to KOOP Radio
Our pandemic-forced hiatus is finally over!
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Will Austin Ever Have a Gayborhood?
Plus, Future Front Market returns to Fair Market and more queer events this week
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Eclectic Menagerie Park, Houston
Outdoor collection is part sculpture museum, part inanimate zoo
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: A Heaven-on-Earth Couplehood
The Luv Doc thinks this reader might have a malfunctioning amygdala
BY THE LUV DOC
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 20-26
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Debating Austin FC After the First Half of the Season
Our soccer columnist argues with himself over how bleak (or is it bright?) the Verde outlook really is
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
