Austin Students Are Returning to Their Classrooms and Campuses ... or Are They?
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Austin Students Are Returning to Their Classrooms and Campuses ... or Are They?
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AISD Delays School Year Until September 8
AISD Delays School Year Until September 8
AISD Delays School Year Until September 8
Roots Chicken Shak to Open at Revamped H-E-B Mueller Food Hall
Roots Chicken Shak to Open at Revamped H-E-B Mueller Food Hall
Roots Chicken Shak to Open at Revamped H-E-B Mueller Food Hall
PHOTO GALLERIES
Black Lives Matter Protest at the Garrett Foster Memorial
aGLIFF Preview: Trans Chorus Sings Proud in Out Loud
aGLIFF Preview: Trans Chorus Sings Proud in Out Loud
aGLIFF Preview: Trans Chorus Sings Proud in Out Loud
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Aug. 7, 2020
Vol. 39, No. 49
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One Perfect Shot To Become HBO Max Series Twitter celebration of cinema being adapted by Ava DuVernay
Black Everythang Matters Accentuates Austin’s Wealth of Black Talent A landmark display of black unity within the city’s music scene
AISD Delays School Year Until September 8 First eight weeks of classes could be mostly remote
Watch: SCDS Rebuke Racists With “Breakfast of Champions” Austin hip-hop trio returns after five years with intense video
Welcome to The Kat Edmonson Show “Writing and shooting a show every week is quite demanding”
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NEWS
Public Notice: Heads Up, Pandemic Parents:
Do You Want a Public School to Come Back To?
by Nick Barbaro
Police Chief Fights Back as Council Cuts APD Budget
Chief Brian Manley remains defiant
by Austin Sanders
AISD Delays School Year Until September 8 First eight weeks of classes could be mostly remote
AISD’s High-Profile CFO Takes Her Leave Nicole Conley passed over in search for new schools chief
For Its First Big Event, the 19th Gets Big Names Next week’s 19th Represents, an all-women summit, gathers political heavy hitters in one (virtual) room
Police Chief Fights Back as Council Cuts APD Budget Chief Brian Manley remains defiant
Austin at Large: A Pre-November Pep Talk Reasons for optimism as we ride this circus train into Election Station
FOOD
Roots Chicken Shak to Open at Revamped H-E-B Mueller Food Hall
Chef Tiffany Derry proves that working moms should run the world
by Jessi Cape
Those Pizza-Tossin' Dough Boys, Peached Tortilla's Fat City, and a Whole Lotta Schmears Going On
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, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 6, 2020
Those Pizza-Tossin' Dough Boys, Peached Tortilla's Fat City, and a Whole Lotta Schmears Going On All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering
Little City Coffee? Or is that a nostalgia-tinted dream of old-school townies?
Possum Park Offers Vegan Food Trailers All in a Bunch
Bird Bird Biscuit Is Opening a New Location ... in the Middle of a Pandemic Co-owner Brian Batch on the values and practices his team thrives on
THE MOST
VIEWED
COMMENTED
Eddie Rodriguez Concedes Senate Race to Sarah Eckhardt Longtime House rep foregoes run-off, emphasizes Dem party unity
The Killing of Garrett Foster Shocks the City – and Galvanizes the Moment Whether Foster raised his gun may never be known, but there can be little doubt about the driver's intentions
Premiere: Dumb Gives Greg Abbott COVID-19 in Animated Video Croy & the Boys’ frontman Corey Baum breaks quarantine virtually
Checking In: DJ Mel Saw the Writing on the Wall Obama-endorsed candidate for best local spinner set the curve
MUSIC
Faster Than Sound: City Funding for Music Venues Still MIA
Live Music Capital flagships await aid as costs pile up.
by Rachel Rascoe
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more
Black Everythang Matters Accentuates Austin’s Wealth of Black Talent A landmark display of black unity within the city’s music scene
Watch: SCDS Rebuke Racists With “Breakfast of Champions” Austin hip-hop trio returns after five years with intense video
Welcome to The Kat Edmonson Show “Writing and shooting a show every week is quite demanding”
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more
Faster Than Sound: City Funding for Music Venues Still MIA Live Music Capital flagships await aid as costs pile up.
SCREENS
Behind the Badge With Women in Blue
Dierdre Fishel thought her documentary was complete, but the story of police reform brought her back
by Beth Sullivan
Latest Film Reviews
Creem: America’s Only Rock & Roll Magazine, Howard, I Used To Go Here, Made in Italy, River City Drumbeat, She Dies Tomorrow, A Thousand Cuts, and 'You Never Had It: An Evening With Charles Bukowski'
SHOWTIMES >
One Perfect Shot To Become HBO Max Series Twitter celebration of cinema being adapted by Ava DuVernay
Trans Chorus Sings Proud in Out Loud Los Angeles group finds its voice at AGLIFF
Behind the Badge With Women in Blue Dierdre Fishel thought her documentary was complete, but the story of police reform brought her back
Ebs Burnough Plays The Capote Tapes aGLIFF opening night film finds new sides to the scathing wit
Now Streaming in Austin: Nothing But The Blood Austin-made evangelical horror sees the insidious terror of belief
ARTS & CULTURE
Children’s Authors Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey on Finding Hope While Taking Things Slow
Wondering how to talk to kids? Try pictures.
by Selome Hailu
All Things Left Wild by James Wade
In his debut novel, the Austin author reveals a world of brotherly sin and redemption across the Old West
by Wayne Alan Brenner
Moontower Comedy Festival Rescheduled New dates for the annual event, setting up two jokes in 2021
John Mulvany’s “Pattern Days” Is Haunting Your Google Docs Austin-based painter isn’t letting the pandemic slow him down
Umlauf After Dark ft. Daphne Tunes Popular sculpture garden presents live music to recover from burglary
Women & Their Work's New Home Austin gallery will reopen on the Eastside in January 2021
Northern-Southern Shows Eastside Community in a Century of People Where is here? It’s everywhere.
COLUMNS
Day Trips: Sebastopol House Historic Site, Seguin
Historic limecrete mansion honors Black entrepreneurship
by Gerald E. McLeod
Qmmunity: Longing for Our Queer QTs
by Beth Sullivan
The Luv Doc: Demon Sperm
Or the danger of a couple of bucketfuls of errant, herpetic, demon ejaculate
by The Luv Doc
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
by Mr. Smarty Pants
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