Downtown Austin
John Anderson
Volume 40, Number 46
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Texas Dems Take the Voting Rights Fight to D.C.
Breaking quorum again, lawmakers leave state to thwart Abbott's restrictive bill
BY KIMBERLY REEVES
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Has AISD Cleared Its Special Education Backlog, or Not?
After July 1 deadline, 77 evaluations still to be completed
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Austin Grows Bigger, Murder Rate Does Not. Huh!
The numbers don’t back up Save Austin Now’s fearmongering campaign
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND AUSTIN SANDERS
Autonomous Vehicles Are Making Deliveries in South Austin
We have seen the future, and it brought pizza
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
County Rejects City's $10 Million Offer for Palm School
The fate of the historic building at I-35 and Cesar Chavez remains in flux
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City Manager Presents $4.5 Billion City Budget
2021-22 FY proposal earmarks funds for police, parks, homelessness response
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Local Cannabiz Hometown Hero Fought Delta-8 Ban and Won
"Hemp and cannabis industries here in Texas have never had a brighter future."
BY JESSI CAPE
Sushi Bar Stays, the Field Guide Festival’s Foretold, Meanwhile Gets Dough Boys, and Who’s Gonna Win Free Breakfast For a Year?
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 July 15, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
My Gear: Experimental Soundscaper Michael C. Sharp
A look into how the artist makes his Synth Vehicles for Guitar
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: The Drama Behind the Cactus Cafe Negotiations
Accusations of unprofessional behavior and an HR complaint leave the historic venue in limbo
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Recommended Shows Worth Your Musical Bandwidth This Week
Lomelda, Katy Kirby, and Christine Renner lead the live pack
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, RACHEL RASCOE, KEVIN CURTIN, MORGAN-TAYLOR THOMAS, MICHAEL TOLAND AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
The Lights Are On at AFS Cinema
After 16 months of closure, the arthouse indie cinema reopens this weekend
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic
One-hour lecture on the father of plastics (with added musical numbers!)
Gunpowder Milkshake
Action concoction isn't stodgy, but it's not that filling, either
I Carry You With Me
Biographical romance picks apart loving someone from loving a memory of them
Pig
Nicolas Cage’s porcine drama is a transformative soliloquy about love and loss
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
The life, passions, and shattering death of the traveler
Summertime
L.A. poetry slam never quite makes a full movie
Undine
Love is like drowning in this German fairy tale-inspired romance
The Witches of the Orient
How the 1964 Japanese women’s Olympic volleyball team healed a nation
arts & culture
Esther's Follies Returns to Lighten Austin's Post-Pandemic Load
Guess what long-running comedy troupe is vaccinated, back onstage, and ready to make the city laugh again
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces
After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Summer Stock Austin Gets Fired Up to Go Back Onstage
Cheer up with Bring It On: The Musical
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Seven Decades and One Wall Apart: Finding Friendship on Either Side of a Bouldin Creek Duplex
Two women at different stages of life keep company during a pandemic
BY ALI MONTAG
An Austinite Rides Across the Lower 48 to Honor His Father
Ian Michaud raises more than $18,000 dollars for mental health support
BY HANNAH WILLIFORD
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: I’m OK, You’re OK ... ?
On getting back out in the world
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Nurturing Our Rainbows
Drop the doomscroll and soak in queer magic at the Queer Home CookOUT, a moonlit queer swim, and more events
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: The Giant Legs of Amarillo
Mock tribute to Ozymandias adds quirky character to the Panhandle
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Cat Therapy
Insane pets are insanely expensive
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 16-22
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: The Honeymoon Is Ending. It’s Time for Austin FC to Earn Its Support.
Three things Austin FC needs to do to get some momentum going
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
