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Volume 40, Number 36
ON THE COVER:
news
The Ugly End to Jason Dusterhoft's Police Career Was Only the Beginning for APD
Three chiefs gone in Austin
BY BRANT BINGAMON
May 1 Special Election Results: Austin Voters Tell City Leaders What They Don't Like
Austin voters tell city leaders what they don’t like
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND LINA FISHER
Austin at Large: Stupid Games, Ugly Prizes
With the lives of Austin’s unhoused poor at stake, the city prepares to do something
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Just to Clarify
Speedway post office closing, AISD spending delayed?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
APD Releases Incident Video of Gonzales Shooting
Escalating quickly
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Amy's Army Raises Awareness, Support for Sexual Assault Survivors
Campaign to raise awareness, support for survivors
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Finally, COVID Relief Funds Coming to Austin Schools
District lays off evaluators, asks them to reapply
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Under Fire, AISD Launches Plan to Fix Special Ed
District lays off evaluators, asks them to reapply
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Cannabills Get Closer to the Capitol End Zone
Texas House passes measures to reduce penalties, increase medical use
BY KEVIN CURTIN
For Briscoe Cain's Next Act, Watch This Bill Disappear (Along With Your Right to Vote)
House committee guts SB 7, replaces it with language from other draconian voting restriction bill
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Local Legal Leaders Come Out Swinging Against Anti-Abortion Bills
Proposals let literally anyone drag providers into court
BY MARY TUMA
food
Kareem El-Ghayesh Brings a Taste of Egypt to Texas Barbecue
Building bridges with brisket
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Two Married Couples, Two New Neighborhood Spots in Austin
It takes two with Birdie's and Bobo's
BY JESSI CAPE
Booze To-Go Is Here To Stay, APL’s Cookbook Reopens, Pinthouse Goes Large, Fancy Greek Noms In the Littlefield, 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 May 6, 2021
music
25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums
Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: KUT/KUTX in Discussion With UT Over the Future of the Cactus Cafe
KUTX Director says it's "50-50" whether the station will continue managing the venue
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY ABBY JOHNSTON, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, RACHEL RASCOE AND CARYS ANDERSON
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
UT Grad Helps Raya and the Last Dragon Dance on Raindrops
James Romo adds his talents to the Disney magic
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What'cha Watchin'?
Screengrabs from the Chronicle staff
BY JAMES SCOTT
Austin-Made Comedy Sends Shakey Graves in Search of Beer and Meaning
The party never ends at The Get Together
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
About Endlessness
Roy Andersson carves another exquisite, funny, mordant world
Duty Free
Around the world in 77 years in this tale of new ambition in old age
15 Things You Didn't Know About Bigfoot (#1 Will Blow Your Mind)
Search for the shaggy beast kinda goes nowhere
Here Today
Crystal and Haddish bond beautifully in this bittersweet comedy
Initiation
Updated campus slasher flick gets the tech right, but not much else
Locked In
Mayhem in the storage lockers
Mainstream
Internet fame gets ugly, no shocker
The Paper Tigers
Adorable new look at the oldest martial art story
Silo
Farming accident drama is more than just a long PSA
Undergods
Post-Apocalyptic-ish portmanteau shows future shocks, future promise
The Water Man
Tale of tales finds strength in fantasy as a young boy goes questing
arts & culture
Carrie Fountain's Third Collection of Poetry Illuminates the Day-to-Day
The Austin author lives The Life
BY ROSALIND 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
Opinion: We Still Haven’t Solved Austin’s Public Transit Problems
People don't get out of their cars to use public transit because it's inefficient
BY BARBARA EPSTEIN
Qmmunity: It's Gonna Be Gay
Poo Poo Platter’s mommy complex, Cheer Ups reopening, and more queer May happenings
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: South Padre Island Parks
The sunny side of SPI beaches
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Running Late
The kind of unforgivable transgression that can ruin a promising career.
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 7-13
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
Driving golf carts on Austin streets – is it legal?
BY LUKE ELLIS AND TERESA CROPPER
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Answering the Burning Austin FC Question
A brand-new team is shaping up to be better than anyone anticipated
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
