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Volume 39, Number 36
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Local Nonprofits Adapt to Help People Survive Domestic Violence During COVID-19
Seeking shelter when home isn't safe
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Austin At Large: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
As we endure this age of clownery, we can have nice things in our future – even I-35
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Greg Casar Will Not Run for Kirk Watson's Vacant Senate Seat
Austin council member says: “I’m staying right where I am”
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Even as Cases Climb, the COVID-19 Rules Begin Unraveling
The state opens businesses up and Austin tries to keep some controls in place
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Travis County Clerk Lays Out Her July Election Plan
Despite threats by AG Ken Paxton, Dana DeBeauvoir expects a "hybrid" July election
BY MICHAEL KING
Council Preview: A Plan for Better Preparedness
Council to consider a communitywide "resiliency plan"
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Cadet Training Delayed as APD Continues Reckoning With Charges of Racism
More investigations and audits for the Austin Police
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Highways and Scooters and Impact Fees, Oh My!
Austin mobility plans are moving right along
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
food
The 23 Words That Changed the Way Texas Sells Alcohol (or Not)
Say what, Governor?
BY KAREEM HAJJAR AND 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
Tonight I’m Playing Possum
Bunker buddies are frequently inhuman, so we’ve gathered extensive visual evidence from 100+ Austin musicians
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Faster Than Sound – Austin Radio: “We Never Stopped or Went Off the Air”
Austin radio stations stay on-air and spirited during COVID-19
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re spending time with
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN, KEVIN CURTIN, RACHEL RASCOE, DOUG FREEMAN, TIM STEGALL AND GREG STITT
Exit Interview: So Long, Jeff Pinkus
BH Surfers/Honky/Melvins bassist off to Asheville, banjo on his knee
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Livestream Music Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Indie Meme Continues Pioneering Virtual Film Festival
Celebration of South Asian cinema heads into weekend two of virtual festival
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Tim League Stepping Down as Drafthouse CEO
Founder now executive chairman, replaced by former Disney exec
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Arkansas
Neo-noir is more Spaghetti Western than southern-fried Tarantino
Blood Quantum
Pioneering First Nation zombie film rips the genre away from traditional hands
The Burnt Orange Heresy
Disjointed art heist thriller is a better character study than crime drama
How To Build a Girl
Booksmart's Beanie Feldstein keeps this rock critic biopic rolling
Spaceship Earth
Science or stunt? The bizarre true story of Biosphere 2
arts & culture
Live Flower Arranging Workshops Make Business Bloom for House of Margot Blair
Austin florist Carly Blair adapts her business to the era of social isolation and interest blooms
BY SUMAIYA MALIK
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 KAT MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Animal House
This week’s cover story profiles Austin musicians and their pets sheltering together
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion – Now or Never: Hold the Superintendent Accountable to Communities of Color
The search for a new AISD superintendent is a critical opportunity to rethink priorities
BY DANIELLE C.H. WRIGHT
Qmmunity: Stream the Rainbow
Ditch the doomscrolling and watch these queer movies and shows instead
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Stay Trips: Westcave Cellars Winery and Brewery, Johnson City
Hill Country winery reopening in stages
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Everybody Loves Sodomy
Folks around here don’t take too kindly to people openly flaunting their sexual predilections
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 8-14
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 6)
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
