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Through New Eyes: Black Angels Frontman Alex Maas Raises Luca
The glow of parenthood and a golden voice shine through on solo debut
The Blue Starlite Drive-In’s New Restaurant-on-Wheels
Local drive-in movie chain debuts new custom menu and screens
AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms
Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels
Austin FC Signs Center Back Matt Besler and Midfielder Diego Fagundez
Club adds World Cup pedigree and attacking flair in Free Agency
Banned Leader: The Contradiction of Frank Zappa in Zappa
Alex Winter sees the combative side of a cultural maverick
Prohibition Creamery Closes, Sweet Ritual Ramps Up, and You Want Even More, What, Pizza?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Sundown for the El Rey Network
Robert Rodriguez’s cable network ends broadcasting
We Can Be Heroes … Again!
Robert Rodriguez announces kids’ flick gets Netflix sequel
Five Snacks Through the Internet
Get these treats to your house with the click of a mouse
Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven’t Seen Yet
The best of the fests from Austin and beyond
Day Trips & Beyond: January Travel Roundup
Remembering 2020 and looking forward to travel in 2021
Shadow in the Cloud
WWII creature feature is a Frankenstein’s mess
Herself
Irish Lifetime Movie of the Week-style melodrama is cheering enough
Finding Yingying
True-crime documentary centers on the life, not death, of Yingying Zhang
Wonder Woman 1984
Diana Prince stars in an all-new episode of I Love the ’80s
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, January 1-7
Great Springs Project Proposes a Network of Trails From Austin to San Antonio
Squaring conservation with development
Hotrod Golgotha by W. Joe Hoppe
In this collection, the Austin poet delivers a high octane paean to cars and all that makes them cool
Day Trips: Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge, San Antonio
New Land Bridge connects San Antonio park
We Have an Issue: Babies on the Brain
In this week’s cover story, new dads Kevin Curtin and Black Angels frontman Alex Maas talk about creativity and fatherhood
Eberly Reopens, Ready for a Whole New Year
The elegant dining venue (and chef Jo Chan) returns with the heartiest food
Austin at Large: A Strong-Mayor Sweet Spot?
Advocates throw some salt on the pleasant-tasting “pro-democracy” reform plan
Tarka Indian Kitchen Expands Their Empire
CEO talks mother sauces and customizable curries
Public Notice: Happy New Year?
Surely, 2021 will be an improvement
The Luv Doc: That’s What We Do
Earth has pretty much always been a shitshow
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Entering 2021 in a “State of Emergency”: Last week Austin Public Health announced Austin-Travis County had entered Stage 5 – the highest level of local pandemic restrictions – of APH’s COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines. Late Wednesday, APH announced a 10:30pm-6:30am prohibition on dine-in service (take-out is still OK) from Dec. 31-Jan.3. Read more. To Go Virtual,…
Opinion: Dr. Jill Biden Earned the Title – and the Right to Determine Her Identity
For professional women whose expertise is so often questioned by men, “Dr.” is an essential distinction
Entering 2021 in a “State of Emergency”
Bars operating as restaurants are officials’ top concern
Faster Than Sound: Recapping the Year SXSW Got Canceled
Venue closures, fundraising, and industry layoffs headlined Austin music’s difficult 2020
AISD Weighs Keeping Campuses Open After Winter Break
Between a rock and a hard place
Diedrick Brackens Weaves Multitudes in the Blanton’s “darling divined”
From his loom, the acclaimed artist fuses folk tales and forgotten memories with his own experiences to tell new, expanding stories of identity
Who Wants to Be Mayor Pro Tem? More People Than You Might Think.
Council members jockey for the mostly ceremonial title
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
If you’ve ever eaten sushi, then you have probably also eaten the red algae called porphyra. That’s the species used for the dried edible seaweed sheets. One in five of all mammal species on the planet today are bats. Wondering about the 2024 Artemis mission to the moon? NASA is working on a new spacesuit…
Incoming D.A. José Garza Locks in Leadership Team
New hires emphasize accountability, empathy
Qmmunity: Keeping Austin Queer in 2021
Wishing you a brighter new year, QTs
ProLodges Saves and Changes Some of Austin’s Most Vulnerable Lives
Can the city keep them open?
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of December 30, 2020
Alex Maas Album Review
Luca (Innovative Leisure)
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
Stage Five, Ahoy – but also Curra’s takes over Mother’s, Buddy’s Has a Burger, Natalie’s on Cakealikes, and Beard Papa’s Will Be Hella Creamy and Puffy
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
The Party Never Stops with the Uncaged New Year’s Eve Bash
Meet the Cheddar Goblin in an 8-Bit Alamo as South Lamar goes virtual
