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Volume 41, Number 33
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
AISD’s Therapy Provider Struggles to Meet Demand Amid Mental Health Crisis
Students and parents find help is out of reach
BY MORGAN O’HANLON
Austin at Large: The Cost of “Whatever It Takes”
Project Connect hits a patch of rough news but – so far – stays on the tracks
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Spring Is Busting Out ...
Free pot, free events, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
City Council Grants Early OK to Statesman Property Plan
Batcave begins
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City Offers Pennies, Not Dollars, to Austin EMS
Medics find proposal insulting and inadequate amid enormous staffing crunch
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Honoring the Activist Who Sparked the Integration of Barton Springs Pool
The city celebrated Joan Means Khabele life and legacy last Saturday
BY HANNAH UEBELE
City Hall Visits Sin City and Musk’s Boring Co.
Will what the Development Services Department learned in Vegas stay in Vegas?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
First-Ever State Flood Planning Project Underway
Plan offers strategies to mitigate risk including structural improvements and buyouts
BY LINA FISHER
Legislators Urge Abbott to Spare the Life of Woman on Death Row
Justice for Melissa Lucio?
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Lloyd Doggett Urges Biden to Help Ukrainian Refugees
The U.S. rep tries to cut red tape for refugees
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
food
Pimping Art, Roasting Beans, Milking Oats: The Dear Diary Story
Amalia Litsa’s vegan coffee shop stays creative to survive
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Celebrate 4/20 With These Inclusive Local Cannabis Products
All the stoner ladies
BY JESSI CAPE
Kerlaches Come From Kerlin, the Blanton Hosts a Bake-Off, Tito’s (and DQ) Gets Anniversarizing, and the Hotel Lounge Scene Shines All Vibrant and Bold. Also? Easter!
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 14, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Heavy With Tradition, Old Settler's Music Festival Springs Eternal
We talk to Sierra Hull and spotlight favorites for next week’s campout
BY KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN AND RACHEL RASCOE
Faster Than Sound: Inside a Competition to Become Musician-in-Residence at a Luxury Apartment Complex
Would you play 25 hours a month to live rent-free in Downtown Austin?
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Austin’s Accordion Godfather Camilo Cantu Never Recorded, So Johnny Degollado Made an Album in Tribute
The Montopolis Kid records an homage to a conjunto force of nature
BY GARY LINDSEY
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Mikaela Davis, Knocked Loose, Curtis McMurtry, Questlove, and more recommended shows
BY KEVIN CURTIN, ALYSSA QUILES, CHAD SWIATECKI, KAHRON SPEARMAN, JULIAN TOWERS, CHRISTINA GARCIA AND ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Live Music Events
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
New Documentary Delves Into the Life of Austin's Voodoobilly Queen Izzy Cox
A celebration of love and struggle in Izzy Cox: Fighting the Devil
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Film Reviews
Beast
Tamil action-comedy slips on too many banana peels
Dual
Karen Gillan is in double trouble in Riley Stearns’ latest
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Sloppy scripting breaks the spell of this bloated sequel
Father Stu
Wahlberg, Gibson add swearing to bland faith-based drama
Rookie Season
Behind the wheel of Rebel Rock Racing’s inaugural IMSA season
¡Viva Maestro!
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel navigates Venezuela’s political upheaval
arts & culture
MOONTOWER JUST FOR LAUGHS
Texan Catherine Cohen Brings New York Opulence to Moontower Comedy
Moontower star talks musicals, oversharing, and what she's reading now
BY RACHEL RASCOE
“Best of Austin” Winner Avery Moore Isn’t Kidding Around
"Hey man, this is for you"
BY ROD MACHEN
Moontower Star Sophie Buddle on How Comedy Is Becoming More Welcoming to Women
“Austin is such a comedy city”
BY DINA BARRISH
Five Things to Experience at Fusebox Festival
Defeat your FOMO with these top picks from the free and fantastic arts festival
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin Embraces Ceramicist and Educator Tammie Rubin
Tito's Vodka prize winner looks forward to her 2023 solo show
BY VIVIE BEHRENS
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: Back in the Saddle Again
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Luv Doc: Privacy Fence
A really dense hedge makes good neighbors, too
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Qmmunity: All Dolled Up
House of Lepore busts out of the dollhouse and onto the Cheer Ups stage
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: The Lady in Blue, San Angelo
Statue illustrates the story of Native American legend
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 15-21
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Cecilio Domínguez's Mysterious Suspension Overshadows Winning Austin FC Form
MLS has launched an investigation into “possible off-field misconduct”
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
