John Anderson
Volume 41, Number 52
ON THE COVER:
news
2022 Local Elections Preview
Our future is now
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Duo leads in funds, reputations, and housing plans
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Never-ending Eastside stories
BY BRANT BINGAMON
A southwest state of mind
BY LINA FISHER
Filling Kathie Tovo's shoes (with houses?)
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Wanted: heroes. Salary: nothing
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Storming the castle
BY BRANT BINGAMON
ACC adds campuses
BY LINA FISHER
What the $350 million housing bond entails
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
But Council could adopt ordinance anyway
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Ragging on the daily isn’t as much fun now, but sometimes it still needs to happen
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The fall schedule is heating up
BY NICK BARBARO
Council approves increase for city workers
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Entry-level EMTs will get $19.25 an hour
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
The plot thickens
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Ever-rising rent
BY ABE ASHER
Criminal justice reformer leaves a legacy
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Ryan Hildebrand’s Hill Country bistro has its ups and downs
BY MELANIE HAUPT
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 25, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale
BY JULIAN TOWERS
Austin’s first-ever community-run station debuts new general manager and KUTX collab
BY RACHEL RASCOE
His latest booking? Scandinavian jazz powerhouses Atomic on their final U.S. tour before disbanding.
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Courtney Barnett, Kid Cudi, Butch Hancock, Marisa Nadler, Robert Earl Keen, and more
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CHRISTINA GARCIA, ROBERT PENSON, DEREK UDENSI AND JULIAN TOWERS
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
The archivist sees erotica as a vital chapter in the history of queer liberation
BY JAMES SCOTT
Film Reviews
Time-travelling SF wire fu thriller is as overpacked as it sounds
Idris Elba versus a lion in this throwback creature feature
Tragic true-life drama attacks how the system fails military veterans
Portrait of the comic artist as a young idiot
Norwegian "evil kids" horror delivers a sickening catharsis
Telugu MMA drama floats like a bee, stings like a butterfly
Trace Adkins versus sharks is a soggy mess
Lumpen anti-rom-com won't turn heads
Swinton and Elba lack magic in this unfunny fantastical rom-com
Evil hunts a coven of upper-class British witches
arts & culture
Because you know we’re all just a bunch of animals
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning
BY BOB ABELMAN
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
The executive director of Transit Forward makes the case for the city's ambitious public transportation expansion
BY BILL MCCAMLEY
Don't know what to do this week? Consult the Qmmunity stars for your homoscope of recommended queer events.
BY JAMES SCOTT
Ruins of three forts recall frontier Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
True iconoclasty in America is in woefully short supply
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Your weekly horoscope, August 26 - September 1
BY ROB BREZSNY
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Western Conference rivals make the most of the midseason transfer window
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY RYAN HENNESSEE