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Volume 41, Number 10
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Sexual Assault Survivors Watch Warily as APD Touts Change
Is everything really different under the new police chief?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Election Results: Austin Can Save Itself, Thanks
Pro-policing GOP-aligned campaigners crash into city’s fiscal reality on Election Day
BY LINA FISHER AND AUSTIN SANDERS
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Abortion Care Providers “Heartened” After SB 8 Hearing at SCOTUS
Oral arguments focus on law’s vigilante enforcement
BY MARY TUMA
Delta-8 Retailers Scramble as Texas' Ban Heads to Court
Wild, wild weed
BY MORGAN O’HANLON
Judge: No New Trial for Rodney Reed
Bastrop County judge's recommendation comes after Reed's attorney argued new evidence warranted a trial
BY BRANT BINGAMON
West Campus Shooting Revives UTPD Concerns
UT's pledge to boost police patrol misses the point, says students
BY MORGAN O’HANLON
Concerns About Equity and Worker Safety Push Project Connect Negotiations Into Overtime
Council to pass the joint (powers agreement)
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
After an Outbreak of Troublesome Nazis, Local Leaders Decry Antisemitism and Hate
Anti-hate resolutions brought forth by City Council, Travis County Commissioners Court
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
food
la Barbecue Is Built to Last
The smoked meats mecca finds its forever home
BY ROD MACHEN
Suerte x la Barbecue, Blurred Vines’ Assured Wines, Kiin Di at Corner Bar, Paperboy’s Bourbon Library, and We <3 Little Ola’s …
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 November 4, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
The Concourse Project Brings the Raver Spirit Back to Austin
High-capacity event space looks to diversify their sound
BY CHRISTINA GARCIA
Faster Than Sound: Should the Live Music Fund Go to Musicians or Venues?
While eligibility is worked out, Music Commission
nails down “PIE” equity plan
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Review: Glassing
Twin Dream (Brutal Panda)
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Review: David Beck’s Tejano Weekend
Vol. 2
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Review: Semihelix
Recoil
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A tribute songwriting Legend Cindy Walker, Daikaiju, A Giant Dog & Go Fever, Sonic Movidas with Carrie Rodriguez, and Temple of Angels
BY RACHEL RASCOE, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KEVIN CURTIN, CHRISTINA GARCIA, GREG STITT AND KEVIN CURTIN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe Pass The Beta Test
How the indie filmmakers burned Hollywood down
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
The Beta Test
Jim Cummings burns the film industry to the ground (and it deserves it)
Dead & Beautiful
Heavy-handed vampire story isn't even that pretty to look at
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Benedict Cumberbatch as the artist who invented the modern cat
Eternals
Marvel’s immortal heroes overstay their welcome
Finch
Tom Hanks and his robot pal face the apocalypse with hope.
Red Notice
The Rock, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot go comedy-action globe-trotting
Spencer
Diana biopic is short on history but excels as a spectacular fable
arts & culture
Sex Sells: 40 Years of Forbidden Fruit
Terri Lynn Raridon gives Austin over to absolute pleasure
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Five Things to Appreciate on the West Austin Studio Tour
Highlights of the sunset side of the ambulatory artistic experience
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Events
Art galleries, live performances, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Volunteer opportunities, fitness classes, and more
BY KAT MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Let’s Talk About Sex
The pioneering adult toy shop Forbidden Fruit turns 40
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Where Did the Money Go?
Rep. Vikki Goodwin questions why more than $5 billion in federal funds intended to help students has been diverted into the state coffers
BY VIKKI GOODWIN
Qmmunity: Cold Nights, Hot Burlesque
Bizarre Stripper Burlesque’s second anniversary show and more queer events to keep you warm
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: The Liberty Monument, Rowena
Celebrate your freedom to drink at this unique monument
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Dogstar Dick
Maybe "Junior Johnson" could be the sequel?
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, November 5-11
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
Texas rivers – public waterways
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Coach Wolff Candidly Assesses Austin FC’s First Season
“We're going to be better in the second year for everything that we've gone through in this first year”
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
