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Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic’s Outsized Impact on Their Communities
COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin’s pervasive inequality
Rooster Teeth Cancels RTX 2020
After initial rescheduling, fan event returns in 2021
Blue Starlite Round Rock Drive-In Destroyed in Fire
Owners launch GoFundMe campaign to help with repairs
Robert Rodriguez Filming Hypnotic in July in Austin
Hitchcockian thriller starring Ben Affleck moves from California
Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives
Rally, march celebrates Austin’s Black queer and trans communities
Checking In
Wondering how Austin artists are keeping busy during COVID-19? Music editor Raoul Hernandez’s ongoing Q&A series gets ATX musicians to open up about where they’re sheltering, how they’re faring, and what keeps them inspired in these troubled times.
Texas Book Festival Goes Virtual!
Annual literary event stretches from Halloween to Nov. 15
Checking In: The Saving Graces of Sarah Jarosz
Texan roots muse sings of Cedar trees, Bay towns, wilderness
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Our suspicions were correct: Austin loves pizza! Thousands of votes were cast in the first round of Pie Fighters voting, and we’ve tallied the results to determine our city’s top 10 finalists. But your work here is not done, dear readers. The second and final round of voting to determine Austin’s most favorite pizza starts…
Mama Duke Releases First-Ever Music Video “Mad”
“My ancestors gave me a sharp tongue and a power to take up space”
Checking In: Pa’lante Superfónicos
Afro-Latin fusionist weighs in on the whole arepa
Urban Roots Farm Launches Virtual Fundraiser
Purchase produce, cook a recipe, and help youth
The Case for a Cancellation Agent
Let me clear your calendar professionally
Hope Coffee Collaborative Creates Unique Blend to Fund Relief
Local coffee roasters are chipping in to fight the pandemic
New Restaurant in the Lockhart Square Boasts a Pasta Case
Pick up dinner from the owners of Foreign & Domestic
Checking In: J Soulja Recalibrates
Native ATX MC eases into summer with steamy street reality
Terror in the Skies in 7500
Director Patrick Vollrath on reinventing the hijacking drama
Drafthouse Announces Mandatory Masks, But No Opening Date
Alamo policy comes as AMC reverses course
Checking In: Kalu James Brews Up Some Strong Juju
And soothes us through the valley of the shadows of death
Day Trips & Beyond: Water Park Updates From Around the State
Daytripping in the age of a pandemic
Gov. Greg Abbott Reverses Course on Face Masks
COVID-19 roars back and Abbott fails to lead … again
Aviva
Dance your way through this genderfluid examination of relationships
My Darling Vivian
Vivian Cash removed from Johnny’s shadow through their daughters’ voices
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
The life and legacy of the First Lady of Jazz
Tainted
Cold Canadian crime drama wears its sins on its sleeves
You Should Have Left
You probably shouldn’t stay for this middling supernatural mystery
Miss Juneteenth
Intergenerational story of life and legacy in working class Black Texas
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 12-18
Soccer Watch
I ended last week’s column noting that U.S. Soccer had yet to reply to players’ demands that they retract the rule that players must “stand respectfully” during the national anthem, and apologize for making it in the first place. The players got what they wanted a couple of days later, as the association voted unanimously…
By Mail or In Person, the July 14 Election Is Looming
Masks encouraged, distancing required; 25,000 mail ballots sent
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 18, 2020
Texas Democrats Take Vote by Mail to the U.S. Supremes
Texas Democratic Party and three under-65 voters ask Court to extend VBM to all Texas voters
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
We Have an Issue: If Dog Rabbit
Why taking the long view is essential to curbing COVID-19’s spread
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Here’s what we’re listening to
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Juneteenth Festivities … Celebrate the commemoration of the end of slavery in Texas with weekendlong events. Friday night’s “Stay Black and Live” livestream is hosted by the Carver Museum’s Cultural and Genealogy Center, Six Square, Greater East Austin Youth Assoc., Jump On It, and Austin Public Library. Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison kicks off an evening…
Austin Symphony Orchestra Keeps Playing From Beyond the Stage
For the second time in its 109-year history, the ASO weathers a global pandemic
Public Notice: EDU Tidbits
Plenty of school news, even though school’s out for now
A Celebration of Tradition and Change in Miss Juneteenth
Writer/director Channing Godfrey Peoples gives Black Texans back their crown
Oops!
In last week’s “What’s on the Ballot?” sidebar, the Chronicle neglected to list three of the candidates running in the Senate District 14 special election: Waller Thomas Burns II, Pat Dixon, and Jeff Ridgeway. We regret the error.
A Year Later, the Time Is Right for Another Conversation About Notes From the Field
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Zach Theatre streamed its staging of the 2019 production and led a discussion on Zoom
A Question of Compassion for Travis County’s Family Violence Court
A woman alleged rape. The man she accused went free. Should his attorney run our court?
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
In 1902, the Pawtucketville Athletic Club picked Harry Haskell Lew (1884-1963) to become the first African American professional basketball player. Since the Viking Age, domesticated felines have grown in size by 16%. Three Chicago-based designers created the Ugly Gerry font at www.uglygerry.com to illustrate some grotesquely shaped gerrymandered districts. The six-pointed star known as the…
Lenny Dewi of @eats_n_noods Is the Octopus Lady
“A bowl of noodles a day will keep the doctor away”
The Luv Doc: A Huge Dick
Not everyone is feeling the love.
Hundreds File Complaints Over APD Actions at Protests
An unprecedented surge, but will it lead to consequences for officers?
Qmmunity: Use Your Words Wisely
Words have never been so important. Local politicians have decided they don’t know what defund means (“Defund? I thought you said, ‘Defend my pouring money into the violence machine.'”), and J.K. Rowling has squandered whatever remnants of goodwill she had by using this time of selfless protest and progress to make her own selfish, backward…
Getting Tough on APD
Council: Reforms and budget cuts only the first step
Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Venues Are Out of Money
Following last week’s Barracuda closure, a domino effect will continue without emergency city funding
As COVID Spikes, Austinites Implored to Make Good Choices
Again, we must part
“Kate Breakey: Black Tulips & Dead Flowers” at Stephen L. Clark Gallery
This exhibition focused on specimens of the plant kingdom is like a series of windows into arcane botanical memories
Meet the Emerging Opposition to Project Connect
Not on board
Day Trips: Guadalupe River
Four swimming holes on the Guadalupe River
Austin at Large: The Way to Safety
The cops are useless against COVID. But they have all the money.
Austin-Made Horror Anthology Debuts on Shudder This Week
That Scare Package you ordered is here
Pro-Choice Groups Strike Back at Malicious Abortion Foe
Leader of small-town ban effort slapped with defamation suit
