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“I Want Peace, but I Want Justice First”
Austinites protested against police brutality. Police responded with brutal force.
Pro-Choice Groups Strike Back at Malicious Abortion Foe
Leader of small-town ban effort slapped with defamation suit
Burnie Burns Leaves Rooster Teeth
Founder departs, studio eyeing first look deal
A Night For Austin Raises $500K for Capital Creatives
Willie: “We all need each other and we all need music”
AGLIFF Going Online, Holding Weekend Teaser Festival
House of Cardin and more streaming free for Pride Weekend
Emmer & Rye: Sunday Ice Cream Social
Cold & creamy goodness to support Austin Black Chamber of Commerce
City, County Officials Warn COVID-19 Is Surging
Austin Public Health: “We have the ability to change this”
Now Streaming in Austin: Slash
Join us tonight for a live Tweet of Clay Liford’s queer nerd comedy
Huckleberry Hospitality Food Truck Opens in North Austin
A chat with the sustainable seafood po’boy purveyors
Now Streaming in Austin: A Night For Austin
Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Paul Simon for music fundraiser
Red River Music Venue Barracuda Closes
Rent due and no revenue, thriving club shutters
Popular Clarksville Restaurant Wink Reopens on Its 19th Anniversary
Farm-to-table innovator opens its dining room
Austin Music Disaster Relief Fund Is Now Open
Eligibility requirements center on two key stipulations
Wanna Watch Clay Liford’s Slash With Us?
Join us Thursday night for our weekly live-Tweet
Evo Takes Over Former Sky Cinema in Dripping Springs
14-screen theater to become micro-chain’s seventh location
Austin Shift Meal Serves Meals to Hospitality Folks
Even with relaxing restrictions, residents are missing meals
IPic Will Be Second Austin Cinema to Reopen
Local branch of luxury chain firing up starting June 11
Voices From the Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives
Letting the protesters speak for themselves
Checking In: Dayglow Is All Right
Crank up his quarantine theme by Christopher Cross, COVID survivor
James Hand’s Gone to Heaven at Age 67
Life wrote his songs, he just tried to remember the words
Checking In: Tia Carrera Catches Some Vibes
Late-night stoner jams still see the light of day
Now Streaming in Austin: 1985
Yen Tan’s AIDS drama is about people drama, not a disease
U.S. Senate Debate Closes Upbeat Texas Dem Convention
M.J. Hegar and Royce West seize the center
Now Streaming in Austin: “Terrale Tempo – Homecoming”
Close-up portrait of the Black Texas wrestler
Council Hears Emotional Pleas for Change in Austin Police Leadership at Emergency Hearings
CMs join community in denouncing police violence at protests
Fifth Circuit Extends Its Vote-By-Mail Order
Panel Says State Will Likely Prevail Against VBM Expansion
Austin Justice Coalition x DORF: Online Art Auction
Raising funds, razing injustice, spreading art everywhere
ATX TV Fest Adds John Legend and Sherman’s Showcase
Last-minute changes continue as the fest responds to events
Vortex Becomes Safe Haven for Protesters on Sunday as Part of Call for Theatres to #OpenYourLobby
“Police will not be allowed to enter”
ATX TV Fest Shifts Schedule In Response to National Crisis
Streaming festival still happening, with rescheduled panels
Black Austin Artists You Can Support on Bandcamp Today
Shop merch, buy albums, and listen up
A Clear Shot
Pulled-from-the-headlines hostage drama misses the target and the point
Shirley
Elizabeth Moss gets in the head of the Haunting of Hill House author
Tommaso
Abel Ferrara’s (self-)portrait of the artist in (self-)martyrdom
Fourteen
Scenes from a collapsing friendship captured with astonishing empathy
The Lovebirds
Midsummer comedy that should fly falls flat on its face
Becky
Because sometimes you just have to deal with a few neo-Nazis the old-fashioned way
The Deeper You Dig
Hell awaits in this lo-fi ghost story
The High Note
Don’t call it a comeback: Music industry dramedy plays everything safe.
Council Makes Time to Address Protest Fallout
The right to listen
We Have an Issue: “People Really, Really Are Done With the Murders of Black People at the Hands of Police”
In this week’s issue, we look at the impact of police use of force at protests – and if any changes are going to come from it
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re playing
A Month After Mike Ramos Died, Some Hesitant Steps Toward Accountability
Justice comes slowly
Laughs, Deaths, and Scrubs
Bill Lawrence on the serious side of his crazy hospital comedy
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 5-11
It’s No Drag: The Past, Present, and Possibilities of Ballroom at ATX Television
Leiomy Maldonado and Dashaun Wesley from FX’s Pose and HBO Max’s Legendary are finally taking the spotlight
The Common Law
The stay at home order vs. the right to assembly (protest) and free speech
Five Events You Shouldn’t Miss at ATX TV … From the Couch!
From Perry Mason to Nancy Drew, it’s time for you to get a clue about this year’s ATX Television Festival
The Luv Doc: A Butt to Snuggle
Nobody ever said Jesus was an ass man
AISD Will Resume Classes in August, but What Will They Look Like?
District mulls “blended approach” to reopening schools, schedules virtual conversations with parents, students, and staff
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
John L. Davie, the former mayor of Oakland, was arrested in 1919 for not wearing a mask during the city’s flu pandemic. President Theodore Roosevelt set a record for a head of state by shaking hands with 8,513 people on January 1, 1907. Gullah (also known as Geechee) is a creole language spoken by certain…
Pools Reopen, but With New Rules
Expect temperature checks, required masks, and sign-ins when you return to city pools
Following Protests, Expect a Jump in COVID-19 Cases
City releases new metric for judging stages of risk, and promises better outreach to communities of color
Voting By Mail? The Decision Is Yours.
Texas Supreme Court rejects Paxton writ of mandamus, leaves VBM to voter
Austin At Large: Unsafe Together
The highway before us is littered with risks, but it’s the only way to go
CBD Stands for Self-Care
Austin’s green rush is booming
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Council Calls Emergency Hearing: Following days of protests against police violence, and local law enforcement’s response to those protests – which included the use of tear gas, smoke, and bean bag projectiles that resulted in multiple injuries and, as of press time, a 20-year-old Black man, Justin Howell, still in critical condition – City Council…
Qmmunity: Honoring Black Trans Lives
This Pride Month and always
Public Notice: The Battle of I-35
Are we due for a rematch tonight?
Day Trips: Polly’s Chapel, Bandera
Frontier chapel survives 140 years in the woods
Michael Kaiser Has Ideas About What’s Next for the Arts
The arts management expert spoke to Austin arts groups about the future, and the key word is “community”
Soccer Watch
The Whole World Is Watching Even as soccer leagues in Europe and the U.S. make their plans to restart, attention shifted this week to the murder of George Floyd, with a number of players and teams of various nationalities displaying solidarity with statements and on-field gestures. At least two players were yellow-carded for displaying homemade…
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 4, 2020
New Clarksville Brewery Has a Firm Grip on Beer Fans’ Attention
After a 17-month delay Hold Out Brewery has arrived
Umlauf Sculpture Garden Reopening
Especially when it’s rich with art, the outside is in again
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
ATX Television Festival Goes From Small Screen to Big Screen to Small Screen Again
How the celebration of TV is leading the way in streaming fests as it becomes ATX TV … From the Couch!
Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Grapples With Reopening & Protests
Civil unrest erupts nationwide as Austin clubs begin reopening
Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine
Support local business while maintaining your social distance
