Waterloo Records
Zeke Barbaro / Photos courtesy of LBJ Library & Museum
Volume 40, Number 52
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
APD's Early Warning System for Reckless and Aggressive Officers Is Broken. Is It Worth Fixing?
Falling into the GAP
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Legal Dangers Loom Large for Texas Abortion Care
Unless courts act, six-week ban takes effect Sept. 1
BY MARY TUMA
Austin at Large: One Step Forward, Two Steps ...
The Texas Democrats walk back their walkout amid hard feelings, flashes of hope
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Good News!
Masks, vaccinations, skateboarders all get reprieves
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Back-to-School Brings New COVID-19 Records
Let there be masks
BY BETH SULLIVAN
TABC to Texas Restaurants: Comply With State Vaccine Law and We Got No Beef
Liquor license suspension under SB 968 is "last resort," elaborates state agency
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Austin Plays the APD Chief Dating Game
Finalists court the community for Austin police top job
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Backs New Housing on City-Owned Crestview Site
Multiuse proposal includes 344 housing units, plus service and retail space
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Fareground’s Triumphant Return, Johnson’s Backyard WTF, Wanderlust’s Wine Expansion, Hilton’s Analog Debut, and Never Mind That Got-Damn Pumpkin Spice …
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 26, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Tim Kerr Sets His Own New Colors
Austin "Self-expressionist" paints visionary artists, photographs their environments, accompanies with old time music duo Up Around the Sun
BY TIM STEGALL
Faster Than Sound: You Might Find Your New Favorite Artist at Hot Summer Nights – Here Are 10 Contenders
Picks to reset quarantine listening habits, free today through Sunday
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week
Hot Summer Nights 4 Mixtape, Y2, Witchcryer, Suzanne Santo, Hovvdy, and James McMurtry
BY KEVIN CURTIN, MORGAN-TAYLOR THOMAS, MICHAEL TOLAND, DOUG FREEMAN AND CARYS ANDERSON
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Sterling Morrison Birthday Tribute, Being Dead, Rod Wave, Shinyribs, Jason Eady, and Natalie Jane Hill with Julian Neel
BY KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CLARA WANG AND RACHEL RASCOE
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
aGLIFF Honoree Madeleine Olnek Finds a Space in Cinema
A look through the queer lens
BY JAMES SCOTT
Film Reviews
Awaken
Malick-endorsed abstract world trip finds joy in our world
Candyman
Cabrini Green’s monster returns to manifest abiding Black fears
The Colony
Post-apocalyptic drama gets lost in the smoke
Death Rider in the House of Vampires
Danzig gets dusty in this vampire Western
Flag Day
The Penn family gets in the skin of a counterfeiter and his daughter
The Macaluso Sisters
An intimate and devastating family portrait across decades
No Man of God
Elijah Wood dissects the mind of Ted Bundy
Not Going Quietly
A suitably complicated study of the health care advocate
The Old Ways
Brujeria horror has a fun Bruce Campbell vibe
100% Wolf
Animated Australian werepoodle comedy for all the family
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Puppy power scampers to the big screen
The Protégé
Outdated action flick wastes Maggie Q in double entrendres
Together
Towering and intimate performances illuminate a couple's lockdown tensions
arts & culture
The LBJ Presidential Library at 50
For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Stinky Jewelz Ascends From the Necks of Local Club Kids to Pop’s Biggest Stars
Chart toppers Olivia Rodrigo, Tinashe, and Post Malone sport Madeline Modesti's custom designs
BY RACHEL RASCOE
This Austin Teen Is a Star of Horseback Archery (But She’ll Use a Skateboard in a Pinch)
Annabelle Davis on her journey to the ancient martial art of mounted archery
BY MORGAN-TAYLOR THOMAS
Charles Stites' New One-Man Show Straitjacket Is Fun – Scary Fun
Charles Stites has another one-man show, and this time he's climbing into a Straitjacket for fun. Scary fun.
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: Why We’re Still Talking About LBJ
Reflections on the LBJ Library at 50, and a fond farewell to Food Editor Jessi Cape
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Texas Republicans Want to Jail People in Poverty Indefinitely and Call It “Reform”
Almost 75% of people sitting in Texas jails have not been convicted of any crime; they simply can't afford to go home
BY KENNA TITUS
Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Bill Starts Moving With Quorum Restored
Plus, queer film fest aGLIFF kicks off hybrid festival and more queer events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Choctaw Cultural Center, Durant, Okla.
Tribe's rich history comes to life at modern community center
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Awkward Subjects Like Ice Cream
A rate that rivals even the most impressively war-torn third world countries
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 27 - September 2
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: After “Humbling” Experience, Cecilio Domínguez Returns to Star Form
To turn the season around, he's going to need to bring the heat
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
