Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
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Volume 41, Number 32
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped
"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Austin at Large: “No Significant Impact”
On unforced errors, ugly legacies, double standards, and loving thy neighbor
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: A Potpourri, Plus the World Cup
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Council Considers Fuentes’ Call to Slow Down AUS Fuel Project
New tanks to be located directly opposite Southeast neighborhood
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Neighbors of Proposed Fuel Tank Strategize Against Relocation
Southeast Austin residents met in an effort to stop the construction of a new fuel facility
BY ABE ASHER
Residents of Contentious Encampment Moved Into Transitional Housing
City HEALs St. Johns Encampment
BY KIT O’CONNELL
Integral Care Union Drive Nears the Finish Line
Helping the helpers
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Meant to Bee: Austin Becomes Official Bee Haven
So be cool to your neighborhood pollinators
BY HANNAH UEBELE
Death Watch: A Mother Set to Die
Melissa Lucio says she didn't kill her daughter and half of the Texas House of Representatives agree
BY BRANT BINGAMON
City, County Pledge to Help AISD’s Recapture Struggle
As school funding in Austin is stretched paper-thin, officials say they'll push to secure more dollars
BY MORGAN O’HANLON
food
Meanwhile Brewing’s National Beer Day at Loro; C-C-Cake Club Congregates; Fojtasek Everywhere You Look, So Very Very Much Sushi, and How About That Sweet Live Fire Action, Hoss?
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 April 7, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music
Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND KEVIN CURTIN
What We're Listening to This Week
A cross-border collaboration, Good Looks, Adrian Quesada, Skloss, and Letting Up Despite Great Faults
BY CHAD SWIATECKI, JULIAN TOWERS, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, RACHEL RASCOE AND ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Liberty Lunch Reunion, Genesis Owusu, Poppy, Chief Cleopatra, Georgia Parker, Monte Luna, and more
BY TIM STEGALL, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, JULIAN TOWERS, RACHEL RASCOE AND CHRISTINA GARCIA
Live Music Events
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Camp Shakespeare Documentary Says We Will Meet, And There We May Rehearse
PBS film Take Pains. Be Perfect. puts UT's theatre program center stage
BY ELLEN DALY
Film Reviews
All the Old Knives
Newton and Pine as spies and lovers caught in old intrigues
Ambulance
Is it good? No. Is it Michael Bay at his most explodey? Yes.
Coast
A small-town girl falls for a touring band
Memoria
Tilda Swinton's sonic obsession will enthrall you
Morbius
Marvel's living vampire gets a Sony Spidey-verse spinoff
Mothering Sunday
Literary adaptation charts doomed romance between classes
Navalny
Extraordinary documentary portrait of Putin’s nemesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The supersonic hedgehog zips through a distracting two hours
arts & culture
FUSEBOX FESTIVAL
Fusebox's Celebration of Avant-Garde Arts Is Still Free, Still Free-Spirited
Fest brings together Christeene, Golden Hornet, and Dexter
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Five Things to Experience at Fusebox Festival
The return of the avant garde and experimental drama and artextravaganza
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
MOONTOWER JUST FOR LAUGHS
Comedy Wham's Top Five Moontower Just for Laughs Big Names
The Austin comedy podcast's Five for Laughs: Headliners Edition
BY VALERIE LOPEZ
Comedy Wham's Five Austin Comics Not to Miss at Moontower Just For Laughs
The Austin comedy podcast's Five for Laughs: Locals Edition
BY VALERIE LOPEZ
The Standups Star Brian Simpson Recalls the Shows That Changed His Career
Moontower comic thrives on the pressure
BY ROD MACHEN
Five Unmissable Podcasts at Moontower
Like you're in the studio with your favorite comedy podcaster
BY DINA BARRISH
Arts Events
Art galleries, live performances, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: What’s the Deal With the Cover?
Forty years of Waterloo Records, and a look back at the Waterloo sticker cut-up craze
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Keep Austin Kinky
Austin Kink Weekend kicks up the heat with leather, fetish, and all sorts of delights in-between
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Gao Brothers Sculpture, San Antonio
Beijing-based artists spark political discussion
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: No Thanks
The fundamental nature of entitled people
BY THE LUV DOC
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 8-14
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
Here comes the tax man
BY LUKE ELLIS
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Grading Coach Wolff After Season 2’s First Five Matches
Two wins, two draws, and one loss to start the season
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
