Volume 39, Number 43
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Chronicle Endorsements
July 14 Primary Run-off Election and Senate District 14 Special Election
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
A Dangerous Man
At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Public Notice: Voting by Mail? Better Act Fast.
Plus: $$ for Tesla, Threadgill’s auction & more
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
COVID-19 Confirmed at Taylor's ICE Detention Center
Still risking their lives
BY VICTORIA ROSSI
Manley Holds On as APD Chief – for the Moment
No movement despite growing calls from council and the community that the APD needs new leadership
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
COVID-19: Mask Yourself. It’s the Law. (For Real.)
Masking and distancing now mandatory for all Austin businesses through Aug. 15
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
How Did a Weeks-Old Justice Advocacy Group Catch the Ear of Police?
Longtime criminal justice advocates wonder why Austin police are so keen to work with the nascent JUST America
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Pie Fighters
More than 40 pizza stars in the Austin galaxy
BY THE FOOD STAFF
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 25, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Vocalist and Producer Malik Explores Emotion Through Color
Grammy accredited Austinite compartmentalizes himself on the inner-facing Spectrum
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Clarence James Finds Clarity Post-Breakup on Debut
Following high school breakout, 20-year-old Georgetown crooner sticks a jazzy bedroom pop debut
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Here are the sounds we’re consuming
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, RACHEL RASCOE, KAHRON SPEARMAN, TIM STEGALL, GREG STITT, KEVIN CURTIN AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Showtime's Outcry Unravels the Greg Kelley Case
Everyone thinks they know what happened to the wrongly-accused Leander highschooler, but Pat Kondelis needed to find the whole story
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
All I Can Say
Blind Melon singer's home movies give you less insight than you'd think
Beats
Scottish rave-culture story gets the details right but loses sight of the big picture
House of Hummingbird
Korean coming-of-age drama doesn't mythologize the awkwardness of youth
In My Blood It Runs
How erasure of Aboriginal culture splits the life of one boy
Irresistible
"Can't we all just get along?"-style political comedy from The Daily Show veterans
Yourself and Yours
Korean master Hong Sang-soo's understated dissection of how men only see women as they want
arts & culture
kYmberly Keeton Wants Your Stories for the Black COVID-19 Index
And at the Austin African American Book Festival 2020, she’ll tell you why
BY ROBERT FAIRES
For the 2020 Austin Chamber Music Festival, You Provide the Chamber
With the annual event online in your home, chamber music doesn't get any more intimate
BY ROBERT FAIRES
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: Take Another Little Pizza My Heart Now, Baby
Cast your ballot for your favorite Austin pizzerias in our new Pie Fighters challenge
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: History Says Now Is the Time to Invest in Transit
Transformative projects like the San Antonio Riverwalk and UT Tower were forged during troubled times
BY CHITO VELA
Qmmunity: Now Than Never
Local orgs hold Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Port Isabel Lighthouse
The lighthouse guided ships through the channel between Padre Island and the mainland
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Trump Derangement Syndrome
This woman is hot AF
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 26 - July 2
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
