Paramount Theatre
Photo by Nico Loayza
Volume 40, Number 23
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
The Eighth Street Survivors
They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Austin at Large: To Shame the Strong
Let the congregation sing: “For God’s sake, give more power to the people”
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: And Now for Something ...
Puppies are cuter than real estate statistics
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council Plan Would Aim Help at Encampments of Unsheltered People
A time to HEAL?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Carefully Moves Closer to a HealthSouth Deal
HealthSouth redevelopment takes center stage in negotiations
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Has Texas Observed Its Last Confederate Heroes Day?
Texas Lege considers bills to end the state holiday
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Travis County Allows Mystery (Samsung?) Project to Seek Tax Incentives
Say yes to the ... Silicon Silver?
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Family of Man Killed by APD Seeks Answers
The parents of Alex Gonzales file complaint with the Office of Police Oversight
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Begins to Descend – Again – From a COVID Surge Peak
Steady as the COVID goes
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Google's Ad Ban Benches an Austin Entrepreneur's Senate Impeachment Trial Playing Cards
Owner Asher Garber says "sensitive event" ban wrongly lumps his cards in with QAnon T-shirts
BY KEVIN CURTIN
food
Sexy Food and Tasty Beer When Laos Is in the House
Chef Somsith and 4th Tap brew up a compelling culinary series
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Rogue Radish Pairs Pandemic Efficiency With Fresh Veggies
The salad and grain bowl food truck makes a move
BY ALEXANDRA DETMAR
Stay Gold Goes Long, Hard Luck Turns Sunny, Sway Is Hopped, Spread & Co. Gets Woodsy, TFM Celebrates Blackness, and – Oooh, Free Cheese?
All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
In an Austin Tea Room, the Japanese Way of Tea Is Taught Over Zoom
How Linda Mosley passes along centuries-old tradition during the pandemic
BY SHANE PFENDER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of February 4, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Collin Shook Strikes a Chord With Jazz Pop-Up Series
Monks Jazz Club improvs a hit for the pop-up pianist/promoter
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Pays 73 Venues
Ongoing funding under Phase 2 to begin in March.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CARYS ANDERSON, KEVIN CURTIN, DEREK UDENSI, TIM STEGALL, MICHAEL TOLAND AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
To the Wonder With Austin-Made Movie The Adventures of Thomas and Felix
Director Micah Barber finds inspiration in the questions kids ask for his magical fantasy
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Atlantis
Ukrainian post-war drama finds a nation dealing with and healing from PTSD
Earwig and the Witch
Studio Ghibli's first fully CG feature casts no enchantment
A Glitch in the Matrix
What do the people who believe we live in a simulation really believe?
Goodbye, Butterfly
Low-budget revenge thriller makes parents' hands bloody
Heartworn Highways
Restored documentary brings back the founding voices of outlaw country
Little Fish
Memories fade but emotions remain in this amnesiac apocalypse
M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
The mathematical artist, in his own words and unique images
The Reckoning
Plagues and witchcraft in this new period horror
Son of the South
Real-life civil rights drama finds redemption for those raised racist
Two of Us
Old loves and senility craft a complex tale of coming out late in life
arts & culture
Persephone Station Recasts the Magnificent Seven as Women in Space
Austin author Stina Leicht pens a rip-roaring mix of planetary intrigue, intergalactic adventure, and righteous sisterhood
BY MIKE BERRY
The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey
The Austin author's rich and strange take on Pinocchio has Geppetto tell the story from the belly of the giant fish
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: Seen and Heard
In this week's cover story, the survivors of police violence at last May's protests share their stories of continued trauma and search for justice
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Mother Nature / Murder Nurture
A single mother tries to process the shock and grief of losing beloved pediatrician Dr. Lindley Dodson to murder
BY KATY CHRISLER
Qmmunity: City Launches LGBTQIA Quality of Life Survey
Fill out the survey by April 30
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Copano Bay Fishing Pier, Rockport/Fulton
End of the road for a fishing pier
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Boob Size
Either you're delighted by fart bubbles or you're not.
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, February 5-11
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
Trump’s secret pardon – can Trump issue himself a get-out-of-jail-free-card and not tell anyone?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch: TV Contracts and Bidding Wars
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
