Buddy's Place
David Brendan Hall
Volume 40, Number 38
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Austin Charts New Territory With Project Connect Anti-Displacement Fund
Bringing transit home
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Austin at Large: It Hurts When We Do That
As the old doctor joke goes, then stop doing that. Good advice for City Hall.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Home Prices Still High
No surprise there, and they'll go higher. Plus policing.
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Austin Updates COVID Protocols Amid Abbott's Tightening Grip on Local Authorities' Powers
Local and state officials wrestle over mask mandates, again
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Report: APD Should Use Force More Carefully
Current orders do not even define what constitutes "resistance"
BY BRANT BINGAMON
"You Can't Stay Here": Austin's Unhoused Population Faces an Uncertain Future
Council, police, and providers confront camp challenge
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council: A Rezoning Case at Historic Delta Kappa Gamma House
On the agenda: A contract with the SAFE Alliance to run a new family violence shelter and Stratus eyes the sky
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
For Black Families, AISD's Special Ed Chaos Is Not New
Special, yet unequal
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
food
Local Bakers Feed a Hunger to Serve Their Community
Making cookies and sandwiches is critical to community health
BY JESSI CAPE AND LILLI HIME
JuiceLand Strikes, DipDipDip Ice Cream Spikes, Samuel Adams Likes Moms, 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 20, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Viral Bedroom-Pop Sensation Dayglow Grows Up
Sloan Struble, 21, turns 35. He'll explain.
BY LAIKEN NEUMANN
Faster Than Sound: Kendra Sells, Unlimited
BluMoon singer's genre-dancing solo debut, a music supervisor panel, and more music news
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY ABBY JOHNSTON, GREG STITT, CARYS ANDERSON, DOUG FREEMAN, KEVIN CURTIN, DEREK UDENSI AND KEVIN CURTIN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
On the Drunk Bus With Pineapple Tangaroa
The Austin body modifcation artist isn't playing around in his surprise new comedy
BY KEVIN CURTIN
A Strange Storm in The Clearing at Other Worlds
Appalachian horror will be part of this weekend's Return to the Galaxy all-dayer
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd: AFS Cinema
Let's get the lights back on for the Next Picture Show
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Film Reviews
Blast Beat
A scientist, an artist, and lots of metal in this fresh immigration tale
Dream Horse
"Based on a true story" equine romp is fine rainy day fodder
Drunk Bus
Unlikely friends comedy makes all the right turns
The Dry
Murder and secrets in the Australian Outback
Final Account
How growing up in the Third Reich warped generations
Into the Darkness
Danish World War II drama sketches and stretches out its own moral complexities
New Order
Bleak Mexican drama puts cold social horror into bloody revolution
Riders of Justice
Mads Mikkelsen is out for revenge in this sweet, strange Danish tragicomedy
Scoob!
The Scooby Gang is back (for the first time)
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Angelina Jolie jumps in the fire in this action-thriller
The Truffle Hunters
Snuffling about with irascible old men and adorable dogs
arts & culture
Five Graphic Novels That Will Supercharge Your Sequential Existence
A smattering of comics to keep your eyes busy
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Paris Without Her: A Memoir by Gregory Curtis
In his latest book, the Austin author walks through the City of Light to find a new life after his wife's death
BY ROBERT FAIRES
"Very Queer and Very Hip-Hop”: ATX Interfaces Cuts the Crap With Community-Based Art Programming
Through open mics, artist showcases, a zine, and more, the arts org seeks to amplify marginalized voices
BY LAIKEN NEUMANN
Seeking Nine Holes and a Lost Austin at Butler Pitch & Putt
A million dollar renovation transforms a city landmark, but the spirit stays the same
BY ALI MONTAG
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: Life’s Rich Pageant
In praise of people watching, and a face to follow on film
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Conspiracy Theorists Are Central to the New Voter Suppression. I Got to Know One of Them Too Well.
Op-ed: Austin City Council Member Greg Casar traces a fringe candidate's vendetta against him to Trump's Big Lie
BY GREG CASAR
Day Trips: North Shore and South Shore Parks, Bastrop
Glamping on Lake Bastrop
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Good Person
The Achilles heel of COVID is that it's not deadly enough to get the attention of the real knuckle draggers
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 21-27
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Austin FC Sees Path to First-Year Success in Nashville SC
Sunday rivals offer a blueprint for first-year MLS success for a small market club
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
