Long Center for the Performing Arts
Volume 39, Number 33
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Austin Slowly Gets the COVID-19 Testing Data It Needs
Knowledge is power
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
Austin at Large: People, Read the Zoom!
Don't make me leave the house to deliver some sense to y'all in times like these
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Happy Earth Day!
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
City Scrambles to Get $15 Million to Struggling Austinites
The RISE-ing tide
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Garza Leads Council Into Magistration Fray
Providing both defense and prosecution counsel at magistration 24 / 7 would cost $4.1 million annually, says Travis County
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
5th Circuit Restores Medication Abortion (For Now)
Latest twist in legal battle offers partial victory to providers
BY MARY TUMA
Texas Democrats Stay Organized Amidst the Pandemic
Get this party started
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, Let’s Get Counted”
Queer the Census initiative aims to increase LGBTQIA+ representation
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Masks for Docs Harnesses 3D Tech to Fortify COVID-19’s Front-Line Health Care Workers
All volunteer group is getting personal protective equipment where it's needed most
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Austin History Center Documents Life in Austin During COVID-19
Share your moment in history with AHC's new collection
BY BETH SULLIVAN
food
FARM TO TABLE
Bee Tree Farm’s Owner Shares Life on a Busy Goat Dairy Farm
One woman’s farm and education mission
BY ZELLY MARTIN
From Navy Veteran to L.A. Motorcyclist to Austin Food Forest Guy
Neil Brosig starts a YouTube Channel, joins forces with Apis
BY JESSI CAPE
Eden East to Offer Contactless Produce Pickup
Owners Coté and Barrow pivots plans after months of hard knocks
BY ZELLY MARTIN
Alternative Fresh Food Options Still Serving Austin
The usual grocery suspects are crowded. Try these instead.
BY JESSI CAPE AND EMILY BEYDA
Comedor Teaches You How to Cook Their Modern Mexican Dishes at Home
Gabe Erales and Philip Speer talk "Assembly Kitchen" meal kits, changes in food supply chains, and more
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options
Our constantly updated resource of local eateries to support while maintaining your social distance
music
Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981
Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted
BY KATHY VALENTINE
Faster Than Sound: $1.5 Million in HOT Funds Routed to Emergency Musician Relief
Austin Music Disaster Relief Fund created – contentiously.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home
What we’re spending our time with
BY RACHEL RASCOE, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KAHRON SPEARMAN, GREG STITT, DEREK UDENSI AND DOUG FREEMAN
Livestream Music Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Texas-Set Drama Bull Gets in the Chute With Black Rodeo Riders
Austin-based director Annie Silverstein premieres her SXSW selected feature
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
SoundSelf Expands and Soothes Minds
Austin-created VR experience offers a virtual reality trip into consciousness
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
The Booksellers
Tale of New York antiquarian booksellers is the Reader's Digest version
Bull
Annie Silverstein's gritty observation of life in rurban America
Butt Boy
Ignore the name: Butt Boy is more weirdo noir than gross out comedy
The Dog Doc
Charming portrait of a vet pushing the boundaries of medicine for the sake of the pups
Earth
Documentary about how we reshape the land digs deep but maybe too wide
Slay the Dragon
Hard-hitting political documentary shows the menace of gerrymandering is coming back
Straight Up
Unconventional romcom tackles the emotional challenges of the sexuality spectrum
The Times of Bill Cunningham
The NYT fashion-lover revealed as really a lover of people
arts & culture
Have Austin's Magicians Vanished for Good?
With the coronavirus shutdown, it's now you see 'em, now you don't
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The Heroine of The Roxy Letters Fights to Get Austin's Groove Back
Mary Pauline Lowry's quirky novel looks for the city's soul
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Special Olympics Texas Keeps Athletes Motivated Virtually
S.O. Connected app includes coaching videos, nutrition advice, and more
BY GIANNI ZORRILLA
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: From the Ground Up
How we accidentally ended up with an Earth Day issue
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s Comments Scapegoat, Endanger, and Distract
The senator has put his Asian American constituents in harm’s way, while giving cover to the government’s anemic response to the COVID-19 pandemic
BY NICK BLOOM
Opinion: Anti-Asian Racism Compounds the COVID-19 Crisis for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
AFSSA Executive Director Darlene Lanham asks Central Texans to take a stand against coronavirus-motivated racism and to support our Asian communities
BY DARLENE LANHAM
Qmmunity: No Place for Bigotry in Health Care
Plus lots of virtual events to remind y’all of yer queer magic
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Stay Trips: The Inn Between, Concan
Tiny homes in the hills await your arrival
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: The Social Distancing Police
Reading a couple of coronavirus listicles on Buzzfeed doesn’t make you Anthony Fauci any more than being good at Madden NFL makes you Tom Brady
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 17-23
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 3)
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch: When Will There Be Soccer Again?
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
