The Concourse Project
Jana Birchum
Volume 40, Number 22
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Austin at Large: “It’s Time to Get <blank> Done”
As we dive deep into 2021, let’s complete that sentence with real talk, not “stuff”
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
City Hall Looks at Retracing Its Steps on Homelessness
Back up, try again
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Amid Improving Numbers, Austin's COVID Crystal Ball Still Cloudy
Disease remains unpredictable given range of variations in vaccine distribution, public's behaviors
BY BETH SULLIVAN
APD Officers Face Trial for Allegedly Beating a Suspect
Overlooked 2019 case brought to grand jury by new D.A. Garza
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Energy Still Hasn't Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes
Consumer advocate requests audit of AE's Customer Assistance Program
BY LINA FISHER
With Rosie's Law, Austin Legislators Aim to Restore Abortion Coverage
Sheryl Cole, Sarah Eckhardt introduce bicameral legislation that would expand health insurance coverage for abortion care
BY MARY TUMA
New Transit Agency Takes Command of Project Connect
Let's get rolling!
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
City Falls Behind on Housing Goals
Housing for Austin’s poorest residents in short supply
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
The Austin Staycationer: The LINE Hotel
Your close-to-home guide to getting away
BY VERONICA MEEWES
The Roosevelt Room Pivots Without Sacrificing Craft Cocktail Experience
Crafting COVID-era accommodations
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Teal House Triumphant, Boozy Boba, Devil May Care About Warhol, LeRoy & Lewis Go Sweet, and More
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, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of January 28, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Life Is Terrible ... and Triumphant for Portrayal of Guilt
Metallic punk trio drop a sophomore rager of pandemic frustration and societal grievances
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Contextualizing Broken Spoke Owner James White
Honky-tonky lifer died of congestive heart failure at age 81
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY DOUG FREEMAN, TIM STEGALL, KEVIN CURTIN, RACHEL RASCOE, MICHAEL TOLAND, DEREK UDENSI AND GREG STITT
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Other Worlds Film Festival Summons a Jewish Dark Spirit for The Vigil
Not your regular Hollywood demon
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A Safe Set for Pandemic-Era Feature The Blazing World
Sundance film comes to AFS's drive-in
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Brothers by Blood
Cold and slow gang war on the streets of Philadelphia
Hunted
Oddball riff on Red Riding Hood gets weirder and wilder
The Little Things
Washington, Malek, and Leto never mesh in this uneven police procedural
Malcolm & Marie
Relationship two-hander about Black Hollywood is more flash than answers
The Night
American-made Iranian supernatural horror finds terror in married secrets
Notturno
Epic documentary chronicles the intimate and epic scale of life in four nations
The Queen of Black Magic
Grisly Indonesian horror remake knows when to go gonzo
Saint Maud
Agony and ecstasy intertwined in this horror as Catholic angst turns self-destruction
Supernova
Firth and Tucci are beyond stellar as a married couple being swallowed by dementia
True Mothers
Japanese adoption drama gets tangled up in melodrama
arts & culture
KMFA's New Home Brings the Community Into Contact With Music
Austin's classical music radio station has a new building where people can see the sounds
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin FC Fans, Assemble
MLS’s 27th franchise hits the pitch with multiple supporters’ groups backing them
BY ERIC GOODMAN
"Kevin Greer: As the World Stood Still" at Davis Gallery
One man's mark-making movements set this show on fire
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: A Home of Its Own
In this week's cover story, Robert Faires previews classical music station KMFA's stunning new $11 million facility in East Austin
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Hope For the Queer'd Future
Plus, OUTsider Festival’s launch party, Queerbomb’s Queer History Series, and more local LGBTQIA events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Best Maid Pickle Emporium, Ft. Worth
The Pickle Emporium is a big dill
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Pandemic Blues
Being broken up with is hard.
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, January 29 - February 4
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
