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Volume 39, Number 45
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
Looking at the Hard-to-Handicap Race for a Texas Senate Seat
Who will take Kirk Watson's Texas Senate District 14 seat?
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin At Large: Voices In Our (Old) Heads
OK Boomers, do you now regret pushing for 10-1? Where do you think it went wrong?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Advice on Ballot by Mail Voting
Got questions about the joint run-off and special election? The Travis County Clerk's Office has answers.
APD Finally Agrees to Cease Low-Level Pot Busts
We just said no ...
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
COVID-19 CODE RED: Austin Moves Into Crisis Mode
Austin Public Health: "We are in a very dangerous situation in Texas"
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Camp Cleanups Prove Challenging for Those Without Homes
Sweeping away lives
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
What Are the "Next Normals" for Scooters in Austin
The pandemic takes on personal mobility
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
food
Chronicle Readers Choose Conans as Their Favorite Pizza in Austin
Local deep-dish pizza institution takes prize as top Pie Fighter
BY JESSI CAPE
Local Couple Provides Red Beans and Rice to a Hungry Community
Maris Clegg and Chris Cubas offer some community nourishment
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Food News Buffet
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 July 9, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, Austin Choirs Seek Community Through Virtual Worship
Music remains an integral part of most religions, so what happens when the choir can't meet?
BY NATALEAH SMALL
Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund
Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re playing
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KEVIN CURTIN, KAHRON SPEARMAN, RACHEL RASCOE, TIM STEGALL AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Netflix's Home Game Catches Austin Roller Derby on the Track
TXRD rolls onto the unconventional sports show
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Found in Translation: Hirokazu Kore-eda Explores The Truth
Oscar nominee on adapting his Japanese script for France
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
The Beach House
Terror rises like a tide in this unnerving lo-fi cosmic horror
First Cow
Kelly Reichardt's latest historical amble finds literal sweetness in the mire
Homewrecker
Cringe-inducing and clunky intergenerational black comedy
The Outpost
Afghan war drama about one of the bloodiest battles
Palm Springs
Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti do more than just rehash Groundhog Day
Relic
Senility and the supernatural in this nerve-wracking Australian horror
We Are Little Zombies
Wildly inventive Japanese musical comedy-drama finds the joy in nihilism
arts & culture
Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – an Excerpt
In this chapter from her book, Erica C. Barnett describes the point when her life became a shrinking circle
BY ERICA C. BARNETT
"Marianne Levy: Grimm Re-Articulated" at the Dougherty Arts Center
This exhibition of ceramic sculptures recasts fairy tales with animals who are more human than the people in the originals
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 KAT MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Meet the Interns
COVID may have robbed our summer interns of the hands-on experience of putting out a paper, but they're making the most out of their virtual internship
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: A Crisis of Leadership in the D.A.’s Office
The women behind the sexual assault class action litigation are still waiting for meaningful change
BY SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS
Qmmunity: Today in Queer Austin History
How a little-known legal case may have shaped the LGBTQIA movement
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Matagorda Beach
A seashore with social distancing
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Attitude is Everything
The fundamentally trite platitude at the crux of eternal recurrence
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 10-16
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Austin Bike Shops Face Uphill Climb
With unprecedented demand for new inventory, parts, and repairs throughout quarantine, local bicycle shops struggle to keep up
BY DAVID SOTELO
Soccer Watch
Rodney Redes Becomes Austin FC’s First Signing
BY NICK BARBARO
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