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Bee Tree Farm’s Owner Shares Life on a Busy Goat Dairy Farm
One woman’s farm and education mission
Austin COVID-19 Public Testing Enrollment Is Now Available Online
System identifies who needs a test now; no physician visit required
Abortion Resumes in Texas After COVID-19 Ban
Local providers express anxiety state may halt services again
Will Vote-by-Mail Happen by July?
Legal battle clouds election planning timeline
Buzz Mill Shady Location Is Closed
Jason Sabala confirms the East Austin property is for sale
Now Streaming in Austin: Blood Simple
Tweet along with us to the Lone Star Noir that gave us the Coens
Spring’s Pecan Street Festival Goes Virtual
Links to vendors, sponsors, & musicians/performers to be added
Now Streaming in Austin: A Room Full of Nothing
End-of-the-world romance foresaw Austin today
Plant Nurseries and Gardeners Are Essential on Earth Day (and Every Day)
At-home gardening in Austin for food and mental health
Council Preview: So Much Money, So Many Needs
Agenda touches on COVID-19, live music support, and transit
Checking In: A. Sinclair (& Family) Rises Into the Eye of the Tiger
ATX indie trueheart sings “time to find out what really matters”
Tatum Report Depicts Bleak Conditions for Accountability at APD
Is meaningful reform to address bias, bigotry “aspirational at best”?
Texas Monthly‘s Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco
Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town
Come Sail Away With Amanda Ward’s The Jetsetters
Local author asks, “Won’t you let me take you on a sea cruise?”
Crema Bakery & Cafe Stands Up for the Austin Community
Free sack lunches, desserts, and a brown butter blondie recipe
After Five Decades, Austin Recovery to Close
Nonprofit succumbs to financial challenges made worse by COVID
JuiceLand’s Liquid Gold Drop Health Drink Recipe
Make one of the juicer’s faves at home
From the Frontlines: A Server Shares Her Experience Working at a Local Restaurant
It took a pandemic for y’all to tip?
Now Streaming in Austin: The Bob Zula Returns
Coming-of-age comedy-drama comes to Amazon
First Nonprofits Receive RISE Funds
$5.6 million in grants to aid Austinites during COVID crisis
Make Your Own Loquat Upside Down Cake
Get out there and forage some loquats!
Help upEats ATX Help Austin’s Small Restaurants
The community-built list is geared toward those without PR
SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup
Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days
Plow Bao Shares Its Vegan Beef & Broccoli Recipe
Joyce Ni’s trailer moves to Riverside
In Memoriam: Glenna Goodacre
Sculptor of Austin’s beloved Philosophers’ Rock has died
Checking In: Blackillac Begins Recording Its Debut
ATX MCs keeps their eyes on the prize
An Intermediate’s Guide to Marijuana Edibles
Now is the time to bake and get baked, in the comfort of home
Indie Meme Film Festival Goes Virtual
Celebration of South Asian cinema comes to your living room
This Bubblegum Is Packed With Chewy, Fucked-Up Flavor
Fantastic new novel deeply reimagines our world for better and worse
Threadgill’s Old No. 1 Closes Permanently
Pandemic closes a part of Austin history
Austin Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19: Hi Sign and St. Elmo Brewing
How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 5)
Fusebox Festival 2020: Virtual Edition
Here’s who will be charging up your screen April 24-26
David Garza Recounts a Few of the 10,000 Stories Behind Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Texan muse and former Austinite relocated production to El Paso
How to Craft a Quarantine Pipe Out of Your Random Fruits and Veggies
Kevin Curtin makes a DIY pineapple bong, pepper pipe, & yam bowl
Now Streaming in Austin: Lazer Team
Zoom off with Rooster Teeth’s crowdfunded sci-fi comedy
Learn to Make a White Tuxedo With a Livestreamed Happy Hour
Roosevelt Room’s spirits wizard Matthew Korzelius shows you how
Listen: Sailor Poon Wants You to Be Their Dog
New song dominates: “Sit, Stay, Come, Roll Over!”
Magnolia Cafe West Closes for Good
Lake Austin Boulevard eatery is shuttered, shuttered, gone
Now Streaming in Austin: “Skip Day”
Get ready for Pahokee with Lucas and Bresnan’s shorts
Mi Madre’s 30th Anniversary and Margarita Kits
Experience the Torres family’s tried-and-true migas recipe
Now Streaming in Austin: “Vulcan Video: The Exit Interviews”
New series looks back at the local movieloving institution
APD Racism Report: “These Are Some Real Cultural Issues”
Third-party probe leaves charges made against top brass unconfirmed
Judge Sulak Issues Vote-by-Mail Injunction
Enables mail ballots for all voters to vote by mail
Now Streaming in Austin: Friday the 13th
When Camp Crystal Lake came to the ATX
Intero Shares Risotto Recipe and Food Saving Pro Tips
You, too, can work toward a zero food-waste kitchen
Day Trips & Beyond: Daytripping in the Age of a Pandemic
Houston Art Car Parade goes virtual, and more travel news
Checking In: Trumpet Clarion Ephraim Owens Sits at the Piano
Tedeschi Trucks Band brass man always broadens our scope
Song Premiere: Walker Lukens’ “We See U”
Reworked tune kicks off new record club Nebraska-style
Austin Art & Comedy Events Streaming This Weekend
When I hear the word “culture,” I reach for my mouse
The Dog Doc
Charming portrait of a vet pushing the boundaries of medicine for the sake of the pups
Straight Up
Unconventional romcom tackles the emotional challenges of the sexuality spectrum
Bull
Annie Silverstein’s gritty observation of life in rurban America
Slay the Dragon
Hard-hitting political documentary shows the menace of gerrymandering is coming back
The Booksellers
Tale of New York antiquarian booksellers is the Reader’s Digest version
The Times of Bill Cunningham
The NYT fashion-lover revealed as really a lover of people
Earth
Documentary about how we reshape the land digs deep but maybe too wide
Butt Boy
Ignore the name: Butt Boy is more weirdo noir than gross out comedy
COVID-19 Poised to Hit Hardest in the Eastern Crescent
Officials worry virus will disproportionately impact people of color in Austin, following national trend
SoundSelf Expands and Soothes Minds
Austin-created VR experience offers a virtual reality trip into consciousness
Special Olympics Texas Keeps Athletes Motivated Virtually
S.O. Connected app includes coaching videos, nutrition advice, and more
Masks for Docs Harnesses 3D Tech to Fortify COVID-19’s Front-Line Health Care Workers
All volunteer group is getting personal protective equipment where it’s needed most
Texas-Set Drama Bull Gets in the Chute With Black Rodeo Riders
Austin-based director Annie Silverstein premieres her SXSW selected feature
Austin History Center Documents Life in Austin During COVID-19
Share your moment in history with AHC’s new collection
Qmmunity: No Place for Bigotry in Health Care
Plus lots of virtual events to remind y’all of yer queer magic
Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go’s Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981
Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted
We Have an Issue: From the Ground Up
How we accidentally ended up with an Earth Day issue
Faster Than Sound: $1.5 Million in HOT Funds Routed to Emergency Musician Relief
Austin Music Disaster Relief Fund created – contentiously.
From Navy Veteran to L.A. Motorcyclist to Austin Food Forest Guy
Neil Brosig starts a YouTube Channel, joins forces with Apis
Headlines / Quote of the Week
COVID-19 in Shelters: The Salvation Army closed their Downtown shelter last weekend after a person staying there tested positive for COVID-19. The 187 people staying at the shelter were moved to a city-leased isolation hotel. A client staying at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless also tested positive on Mon., April 13; the client…
The Luv Doc: The Social Distancing Police
Reading a couple of coronavirus listicles on Buzzfeed doesn’t make you Anthony Fauci any more than being good at Madden NFL makes you Tom Brady
Have Austin’s Magicians Vanished for Good?
With the coronavirus shutdown, it’s now you see ’em, now you don’t
Austin at Large: People, Read the Zoom!
Don’t make me leave the house to deliver some sense to y’all in times like these
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
People who smoke tobacco or marijuana or abuse methamphetamine or opiates may be more susceptible to COVID-19. So far, psychedelics don’t seem have as big a negative impact on the immune system and may help it (fingers crossed). The average high schooler’s phone has 17,000 different types of bacteria, making it 10 times dirtier than…
Austin Slowly Gets the COVID-19 Testing Data It Needs
Knowledge is power
Public Notice: Happy Earth Day!
This coming Wednesday, April 22, marks the 50th Earth Day. You may not have noticed, because there’s been a lot going on. And when plans started for this golden jubilee edition, no one expected that the entire civilized world would be quarantined indoors, with forays into the fresh air rationed, parks closed, and natural spaces…
Stay Trips: The Inn Between, Concan
Tiny homes in the hills await your arrival
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, Let’s Get Counted”
Queer the Census initiative aims to increase LGBTQIA+ representation
Alternative Fresh Food Options Still Serving Austin
The usual grocery suspects are crowded. Try these instead.
Soccer Watch: When Will There Be Soccer Again?
In Europe, UEFA will host talks April 23 via video link – after conferring with all 55 national federations, plus clubs, leagues, and player unions – in trying to find a way to complete national league and cup competitions, and then possibly the Champions League and Europa League, both of which were halted during the…
Texas Democrats Stay Organized Amidst the Pandemic
Get this party started
New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home
What we’re spending our time with
Comedor Teaches You How to Cook Their Modern Mexican Dishes at Home
Gabe Erales and Philip Speer talk “Assembly Kitchen” meal kits, changes in food supply chains, and more
Garza Leads Council Into Magistration Fray
Providing both defense and prosecution counsel at magistration 24 / 7 would cost $4.1 million annually, says Travis County
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
City Scrambles to Get $15 Million to Struggling Austinites
The RISE-ing tide
Opinion: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s Comments Scapegoat, Endanger, and Distract
The senator has put his Asian American constituents in harm’s way, while giving cover to the government’s anemic response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Opinion: Anti-Asian Racism Compounds the COVID-19 Crisis for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
AFSSA Executive Director Darlene Lanham asks Central Texans to take a stand against coronavirus-motivated racism and to support our Asian communities
Eden East to Offer Contactless Produce Pickup
Owners Coté and Barrow pivots plans after months of hard knocks
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 17-23
The Heroine of The Roxy Letters Fights to Get Austin’s Groove Back
Mary Pauline Lowry’s quirky novel looks for the city’s soul
The Common Law
COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 3)
5th Circuit Restores Medication Abortion (For Now)
Latest twist in legal battle offers partial victory to providers
Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine
Support local business while maintaining your social distance
