Jason Stout
Volume 39, Number 32
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Constructive thoughts from the near side of the curve
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
City Council and LDC rewrite team both trying to figure out the new normal
BY NICK BARBARO
BY THE NEWS STAFF
$15 million fund proposed to help deliver quick cash relief
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City budgeteers project COVID-19 recovery could take two years
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Task forces tackle food access, behavioral health, homelessness
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Doggett announces $122 million in COVID-19 relief
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
COVID-19 remains a hazard as thousands return to job sites
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Federal lawsuit follows earlier state filing for emergency action
BY MICHAEL KING
Has COVID-19 exposed the flaws in an inadequate state system?
BY MARY TUMA
Ages 20-40 account for half of positive cases in Travis County
BY BETH SULLIVAN
COVID-19 accelerates the trend, despite Abbott’s pushback
BY MICHAEL KING
BY MICHAEL KING
BY BETH SULLIVAN
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
food
New recipes: Basil Flower Patisserie’s Burnt Basque Cheesecake, Siete Family Foods’ Green Enchilada Egg Bake, and Melissa Carroll’s Olive & Rosemary Focaccia
How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 3)
BY ERIC PUGA
How the Peached Tortilla founder is juggling rent during COVID-19
BY JESSI CAPE
BY WES MARSHALL
Make the most of your on-hand ingredients
BY LINA FISHER
Our constantly updated resource of local eateries to support while maintaining your social distance
music
Major music advocacy funding impacted by the COVID-19 crisis
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Scenes from inside the weird gold mine
BY PAT BLASHILL
Austin musician dispatches from inside COVID-19 quarantine
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Via fundraisers, merch, tickets presales, and more
BY RACHEL RASCOE
BY DOUG FREEMAN
BY DOUG FREEMAN
BY RACHEL RASCOE
BY GREG STITT
screens
Multiple staff members confirm end of beloved rental store
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Event drops back from July to September
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
TV fest adopts virtual format in response to coronavirus
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
First film, Bombay Rose, comes with director Q&A
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Details of 10-day "virtual festival" still to be confirmed
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Livetweet #NowStreaminginAustin” Thursday, 8pm
“Slow Creep,” It’s Such a Beautiful Day, Supernatural, Planet Terror, “The Paint Wizzard,” Death Proof, Eggshells
Film Reviews
Post-war Russian drama reappraises the position of women veterans through a strange compact
A month-long portrait of NYC captures our fears for the future
Cult drama revisits, rather than revises, an old narrative
Horror-sex-comedy never quite (ahem) rises to the occassion
Too many notes make for a flat CG-animated sequel
arts & culture
ACA provides pandemic assistance, one artist at a time
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Local foursome plays online, tosses polyhedral dice, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
You can’t do all three at once, no, but check this out
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
columns
Checking in with musicians in quarantine, #NowStreaminginAustin, Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19, and more new and recurring features
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Living wages and paid sick leave are built into the local restaurant’s DNA. But without a government plan in place – for testing, sanitation checks, financial relief – co-owner Adam Orman explains why they’ve had to close their doors... for now.
BY ADAM ORMAN
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed longstanding structural problems. This is an opportunity to rethink our systems before they collapse.
BY MARINA ROBERTS
This one goes out to the pets getting us by in difficult times
BY BETH SULLIVAN
The wildflowers can wait
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
There is a huge difference between encouragement and pressure.
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Your weekly horoscope, April 10-16
BY ROB BREZSNY
COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 2)
BY LUKE ELLIS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY RYAN HENNESSEE