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What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?
What we know – and don’t know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general
Bears Rebecca Fonté Joins aGLIFF as Artistic Director
Festival rebranding as PRISM for new era
Robert Lorenz Takes Aim at The Marksman
Writer/director on why Liam Neeson is the new Clint Eastwood
Demi Lovato Doc Opening SXSW Film 2021
Punk icons, serial killers, wrestlers, and comedy in movie list
Free Breakfast from Beyond Meat at Brunch Bird on Thursday
Beyond Meat, but not beyond your budget
ATX Conjunto Constant Chencho Flores Dies at 91
Accordionist bridged decades of music on Sixth Street
87th Texas Legislature
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Texas State Legislature gaveled in its 87th session. Lawmakers begin their work at a deeply challenging time: as COVID-19 continues to run rampant, exacting a terrible toll on lives, workers, and the economy, and as the nation – and in particular the Republican Party, which holds the House and Senate…
Willie Nelson to Deliver SXSW Online Conference Keynote
Shotgun Willie brings a few hundred friends to the virtual stage
Listen Now: 2020-21 Austin Music Poll Finalists Spotify Playlist
Sample Austin’s finest in 40 songs
AFS And Sundance Add Judas and the Black Messiah to Drive-In
How It Ends, Censor also added at Pioneer Farms
Sonya Cote’s Bastrop Storehouse, Extending the To-Go Booze Waiver, Suga’s Cakery at Dear Diary, Pizza from Intero, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Convention Center Opens As “Alternate Care Site” For COVID Patients
Downtown field hospital, readied in July, now needed as cases surge
Anti-Lockdown Evangelist Sean Feucht Had No Permit for Saturday’s Concert on Austin Parkland
City “exploring options” to hold organizers accountable
Q&A: Colin Mochrie Goes to Summer Camp in Boys vs. Girls
The Whose Line is it Anyway? star talks nerves and narwhals
Ginny Kalmbach Shared A Honky-Tonk Legacy with the World at Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon
ATX country maverick Roger Wallace remembers Burnet Road bar “boss”
Austin ISD Announces All Monday Classes Will Be 100% Remote
Following rare Central Texas snowfall, no in-person instruction
COVID-19 Surge Forces Businesses to 50% Occupancy Limits
Alternative Care Site at the Convention Center being prepped to open
Nakia Cuts Back on Advocacy to Focus on Music
“Let’s give other folks some time to talk and me some time to sing”
Bread and Oil: The Basics are Best for a Better New Year
Atoria’s and Oleamea are a tasty foundation of savory joy
Origins of a Green Identity Dives into the Growth of a Community
KLRU and Living Springs celebrate Austin’s eco-pioneers
One Night in Miami …
Regina King’s directorial debut floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee
Beautiful Something Left Behind
The hard path to healing when kids suffer a death in the family
The Reason I Jump
Poetic insight into autism, based on Naoki Higashida memoir
Breaking Surface
Underwater survival thriller scales down the disaster movie but not the tension
Hunter Hunter
Is that a wolf’s howl, or something worse?
A Surprise Gift Boosts Meals on Wheels
MacKenzie Scott offers an $8 million gift
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
New Audits Highlight Problems at Police Academy
“It comes down to the culture”
Brenda Ramos Sues City Over Son’s Killing
Lawsuit argues killing was “a direct result of the racism that has permeated policing in Austin”
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of January 7, 2020
Austin at Large: From Cloud Coup-Coup Land
Was this the worst that could happen? That (still) depends on what we do next.
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
Public Notice: Georgia on My Mind
It was the best of days, it was the worst of days
Faster Than Sound: Music Venues React to Stage 5
New city recommendations halt shows at many venues ahead of New Year’s Eve
After Mishandling a Student’s Assault, AISD Stalls on Training Staff
Austin High alum recalls feelings silenced, ignored, and blamed
The Far Out Lounge Focuses on Food, Safety, and Austin Musicians
More than a venue
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody, who is currently under criminal indictment (see below), has filed a lawsuit against his successor, WilCo Sheriff Mike Gleason, who won the November election. The suit argues there was a glitch in Leander’s voting machine software that caused voters to be given the wrong ballots, among other claims. Meanwhile,…
Casper Fermentables Honors Korean and Jewish Roots With Preserved Foods
Ben Hollander’s cultured cultures
Feeling TEA Pressure, AISD Goes Back to Campus
District would risk losing state funding if it switched to all-virtual instruction
The Luv Doc: Low Libido
When the oxygen mask drops, you use it on yourself first
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Denmark produces as many as 12 million Christmas trees a year, and about 10 million of those go to other countries. “Auld Lang Syne” is an old Scottish poem that translates literally to “old long since,” but its meaning is closer to “times gone by.” Charles William Post, inventor of Grape-Nuts Cereal, also founded the…
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, January 8-14
The Austin Music Poll Got COVID-19
In a once-in-a-lifetime music year, the 40th annual Austin Music Poll pivots.
The Common Law
Can President Trump pardon President Trump?
We Have an Issue: This Chaos Didn’t Sow Itself
The Trump era ends with a bang, egged on by Texas politicians like Ted Cruz and Ken Paxton. Plus: Time to vote in the Austin Music Poll!
Opinion – Bridgerton: A Black Man in a White Fairytale
A professor of British literature argues that the popular Netflix series trivializes childhood trauma and marital sexual violence to get to a traditional “happily ever after”
Soccer Watch
Alright, Alright, Alright It’s been another big week for Austin FC, with two big-name free agent signings in as many days. First came midfielder Diego Fagúndez, who’s just 25 but has 10 years of MLS experience – all of it at the New England Revolution, where he debuted at 15 after growing up nearby. He…
Qmmunity: The Rainbow Agenda
Start of the new year – and a new Lege – with some digital drag
Day Trips: Roughhouse Brewing, San Marcos
Brewing on the wild side
“The Femme Abstract”
Moya McIntyre’s second edition of this group show ushers in the new year with a glorious plenitude of color and imagery
New Year, New Grim Milestones in Austin’s COVID-19 Crisis
Amidst an unprecedented surge, Austin could reach ICU surge capacity within the next week
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
