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Illustration by Zeke Barbaro
Volume 39, Number 49
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
features
Back to School?
A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT
Gone to Texas ... for now
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Local K-12 Educators Look at Ways to Start the School Year as COVID-19 Looms
Put on your thinking cap
BY AARICKA WASHINGTON
The ACC Drama Department Enters Teaching in the Coronavirus Tragedy
For Marcus McQuirter and the ACC drama department, even in the pandemic it's on with the show
BY ROBERT FAIRES
UT's RTF Department Changes Focus During the Pandemic
Safety on the set
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
For Early College Students, Online Classes Foretell Tech Careers
Just like the real world
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
When Accessing Education Is an IT Problem
AISD plots how to get wi-fi to students
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Kissing Is Out, Glory Holes Are In for Students During Pandemic
Austin health professions talk safe sex practices
BY NATALEAH SMALL
The Challenges of Going Back to School
Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant
news
Austin at Large: A Pre-November Pep Talk
Reasons for optimism as we ride this circus train into Election Station
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Heads Up, Pandemic Parents:
Do You Want a Public School to Come Back To?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Police Chief Fights Back as Council Cuts APD Budget
Chief Brian Manley remains defiant
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Reports Challenge "Fear-Based" Model for Training APD Cadets
Police Academy zero
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
A Show of Police Force After Foster’s Killer Is ID’d
Daniel Perry claims self-defense; 40 arrested in weekend clashes
BY BRANT BINGAMON
For Its First Big Event, the 19th Gets Big Names
Next week’s 19th Represents, an all-women summit, gathers political heavy hitters in one (virtual) room
BY LINA FISHER
City, Cap Metro to Seal the Deal on Project Connect
Now the voters need to agree
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin Regional Intelligence Center's Secret Informants Show How Profiling Works
“Middle Eastern”? Your info might be on file at Austin’s fusion center.
BY JOHN ANDERSON
AISD’s High-Profile CFO Takes Her Leave
Nicole Conley passed over in search for new schools chief
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Consultants Lay Out Ways to Improve Homelessness Services
Report calls for more coordination, better tracking of outcomes
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Roots Chicken Shak to Open at Revamped H-E-B Mueller Food Hall
Chef Tiffany Derry proves that working moms should run the world
BY JESSI CAPE
Those Pizza-Tossin' Dough Boys, Peached Tortilla's Fat City, and a Whole Lotta Schmears Going On
All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering
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 August 6, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Faster Than Sound: City Funding for Music Venues Still MIA
Live Music Capital flagships await aid as costs pile up.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more
BY DOUG FREEMAN, DEREK UDENSI, ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, RACHEL RASCOE, KEVIN CURTIN, RICK WEAVER AND RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
AGLIFF PREVIEW
Behind the Badge With Women in Blue
Dierdre Fishel thought her documentary was complete, but the story of police reform brought her back
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Trans Chorus Sings Proud in Out Loud
Los Angeles group finds its voice at AGLIFF
BY JAMES SCOTT
Film Reviews
Black Water: Abyss
Crocs in a cave, what more do you need?
Creem: America’s Only Rock & Roll Magazine
The true story of the underdog music rag that lived (and died) rock
Howard
The soaring music and short life of the man who made Disney sing
I Used To Go Here
Delayed coming-of-age comedy still has some maturing to do
Made in Italy
Neeson and son head to Tuscany for affable, predictable bonding
River City Drumbeat
Music and culture connected in West Louisville
She Dies Tomorrow
Deathcentric dramedy mistakes gloom for depth
The Tax Collector
Shia LeBeouf goes full gonzo as the man that scares the gangs
A Thousand Cuts
Lives on the line as press freedoms are threatened in Duterte's Philippines
Waiting For The Barbarians
Coetzee's novel of empire and colonialism adapted
You Never Had It: An Evening With Charles Bukowski
Lost tapes of a drunken night with the dissolute apostle
arts & culture
Children’s Authors Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey on Finding Hope While Taking Things Slow
Wondering how to talk to kids? Try pictures.
BY SELOME HAILU
All Things Left Wild by James Wade
In his debut novel, the Austin author reveals a world of brotherly sin and redemption across the Old West
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
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: The News Is Always Breaking
It’s our Back to School issue... but what does “Back to School” even mean in pandemic time?
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: The Impossible Choice for Parents and Caregivers at the Border
The inhumane treatment of adults and children migrants must stop
BY NATALIE FELLOWS
Qmmunity: Longing for Our Queer QTs
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Sebastopol House Historic Site, Seguin
Historic limecrete mansion honors Black entrepreneurship
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Demon Sperm
Or the danger of a couple of bucketfuls of errant, herpetic, demon ejaculate
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 7-13
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
Mask up, Austin (and stop bridge jumping into Lady Bird Lake)
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch: Back to Soccer?
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
