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A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

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Nov. 20, 2020
Vol. 40, No. 12

Table of Contents

E-EDITION
The paper, sans paper

WE HAVE AN ISSUE
by Kimberley Jones

PRINT ARCHIVES
Going back two decades

AD INDEX
All the ads from print

THE LATEST

Toward the Skylin3s With Liam O'Donnell How the alien invasion franchise took the fight into space

Meticore Reviews: Will Meticore Weight Loss Diet Pills Work? Sponsored By Health eReports

Texas Food & Wine Alliance: Taste of Texas Auction Going once, going twice – going to treat you right, pardner

12 Things to Do With the Family Over the Thanksgiving Break Give blood, see the circus, do a virtual 5K, and more

Texas Wine for the Holidays Fall Creek Winery is one of the oldest and largest brands in Texas.

NEWS

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: Too Late to Turn Back Now?

The long, slow slog to a new I-35 could still change direction

by Mike Clark-Madison

Amidst “Catastrophic Surge,” Austin Moves to Stage 4 of COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines Escott: “We have reached another critical moment”

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside Holding on to El Barrio

Civics 101
Event listings for the electorate

Headlines / Quote of the Week

Amid COVID-19 Spread, AISD Benchmarks Its Future District changes dozens of its performance measures

FOOD

Thanksgiving Feasts for Pickup or Delivery in Austin

And a couple of dine-in options for lagniappe

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Shop Local During the Holiday and Fill Your Belly With Delicious Carbs

Treats to soothe your soul

by Jessi Cape

Texas Food & Wine Alliance: Taste of Texas Auction Going once, going twice – going to treat you right, pardner

Texas Wine for the Holidays Fall Creek Winery is one of the oldest and largest brands in Texas.

Tito’s Vodka Funds Local Community Gardens Block to Block program supports 25 cities across the U.S.

Faguette Bakery Serves the Qmmunity, One Sweet Treat at a Time

Thanksgiving Feasts for Pickup or Delivery in Austin And a couple of dine-in options for lagniappe

THE MOST

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COMMENTED

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week What we’re listening to

Amidst “Catastrophic Surge,” Austin Moves to Stage 4 of COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines Escott: “We have reached another critical moment”

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside Holding on to El Barrio

Thanksgiving Feasts for Pickup or Delivery in Austin And a couple of dine-in options for lagniappe

MUSIC

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires

Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

Last Week in Live Music: Blackillac, Hong Kong Wigs, Luck Reunion's Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, and More 69 photos by David Brendan Hall

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week What we’re listening to

Nina Diaz Ponders Playing As the Titanic Sinks “I thought to myself, ‘Would I play ’til the ship sank?’”

Anastasia Exercises “I control what I can, my physical being”

SCREENS

How a Local Drummer Inspired Riz Ahmed’s Character in Sound of Metal

Revisiting Fuckemos drummer Sean Powell's Austin dives and Hollywood highs

by Kevin Curtin

Latest Film Reviews

Collective, Coded Bias, Come Away, Hillbilly Elegy, Jiu Jitsu, Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist, Luxor, Mank, Sound of Metal, and Vanguard

SHOWTIMES >

Toward the Skylin3s With Liam O'Donnell How the alien invasion franchise took the fight into space

Austin Horror Crew Launch Bloodoath Filmmaker Consulting Paper Street creatives join forces with genre experts

How a Local Drummer Inspired Riz Ahmed’s Character in Sound of Metal Revisiting Fuckemos drummer Sean Powell's Austin dives and Hollywood highs

Motherlode of Mondo Prints Going to Auction Once-in-a-lifetime collection going online this month

Austin Jewish Film Festival Goes Longer For You Fest now running through Friday, with free films

ARTS & CULTURE

"Premember" Drawings Capture Austin Shops Before They're Gone

Northern-Southern gallery is showing Drew Liverman's art series focused on quirky local businesses that are still here, but maybe not for long

by Barbara Purcell

Local Comedian Prepares New Show for CBS in Shuttered Venue

Laura de la Fuente gets in on the Ground Floor

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Get Your Art Fix and Stay Outdoors With These Local Works There’s a whole city filled with things to do and see outdoors

Texas Book Festival 2020: Isabel Wilkerson on Caste Festival talk highlights structural foundations of U.S. divisions

Dave Chappelle to Do Three Shows at Stubb's Tickets are on sale now and will go fast!

The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem EXT. RURAL MAINE, POST-COLLAPSE: 3 old pals, one nuclear-powered car

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi A Ghanian American scientist makes findings about herself

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Ellis County

Funny faces on the courthouse wall

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Trans Day of Remembrance

Plus, Poo Poo Platter’s eighth anniversary, holiday market at the Little Gay Shop, and more

by Beth Sullivan

The Luv Doc: Slower and Stupider

Literally no one would live in Russia without vodka

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants