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Austin Mushrooms With a View to the Future
Smallhold brings the fruits of fancy fungus to Austin
Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup
It’s a beautiful time of year to get your daytrippin’ on
30 New Shows, Returning Series, and Other TV Premieres This April
Top Chef, crazy love, and sweet potters
Austin FC Reveals Stadium Noms, Your New Neighbors Are Coffee & Dogs, Jimmy Eat Sandwich at Old Thousand, Salt & Time on Seventh Respawns, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Austin Film Festival Is Live
On Story returns on PBS as fest announces live October dates
Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, and Churchwood Guitarist Bill Anderson Loads Out of Town
If not for Austin, “I don’t know if I would have been a musician at all”
Travis County District Judge Upholds Austin’s Mask Rule
Face masks required until at least April 15; state expected to appeal
Council Recap: Meet the New Chief, Not the Same as the Old Chief
Chacon commits to change as academy moves toward reopening
SXSW Interview: Bradley Grant Smith’s “Male Gaze Gazes on the Male Gaze” in Our Father
Dick Wolf, Chicago, and the politics of writing female leads
The Bearded Baking Company: More Than Bread Alone at Still Austin
Chef Wes Dills’ menu adds a savory glow to the distillery’s spirited gem
Stripping Out the Propaganda: Dominic Cooke on The Courier
The director pays tribute to forgotten heroes of the Cold War
The Toll
A rideshare into cosmic horror is just worth paying attention
The Inheritance
Legacies in the Black community through a French New Wave lens
The Seventh Day
Training Day meets The Exorcist
One
Malayalam political drama lauds the tough guy
Six Minutes to Midnight
Eddie Izzard is a teacher with a secret in the World War II thriller
Happily
Deliciously acerbic comedy finally knows what to do with Joel McHale
City of Lies
Time does no favors to this delayed investigation into Biggie’s murder
Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**cker
Inside the creativity and fury of the artist provocateur
Nobody
Bob Odenkirk gets gritty in this bloody, smart John Wick riff
Public Notice: The Housing Conundrum
Good news? Bad news? It’s all in your point of view.
The COVID-19 Long Haulers
Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.
What’cha Watchin’?
Editorial Intern Trace Sauveur finds something inside The Empty Man
Who Pulled the Trigger on Brad Levi Ayala?
Austin-made documentary short “Less Lethal” spotlights the citizen detective who solved the police shooting
Vaccine Demand Continues to Outpace Supply as Texas Expands Eligibility
Austin Public Health explores local vaccine strategies while awaiting more doses
Small Change at APD
An interim chief and a blueprint for academy reform
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of March 25, 2021
RAICES Pushing Hard on Biden for Real Migrant Justice
Not nearly enough
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
Improving Safety and Access on the Lakeside Hike and Bike
Caring for the trail
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 26 – April 1
Travis County Voter Registration Deadline Is April 1
Early voting for the May 1 special election runs April 19-27
Soccer Watch
I started writing this column in the fall of 1989, and the first line was, “It’s okay. I know you’re not interested in soccer.” I had been frustrated all summer at not being able to find any info about qualifying matches for the 1990 World Cup. No news outlets covered it, no standings were available,…
Forging a New Path Through Thrifting Old Clothes
Dominique Kirven of Gather & Co. discusses sustainability and gentrification in Austin’s thrifting community
The Luv Doc: Trash Is Trash
Nobody wants to slam margs with a shitbag carrier
We Have an Issue: Finding Inspiration in the “Best of Austin”
Check out the nearly 900 (!!) people and places nominated in our “Best of Austin” Readers Poll
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
To cinema theorists, the Kuleshov effect is the tendency of audiences to invent a narrative connection between any two images in sequence. The word “omnibus” is both an adjective and a noun. The noun originated in the 1820s as a word for long, horse-drawn vehicles that transported people. According to Mediabase, from 2002 to 2018,…
Qmmunity: Spring Has Sprung and So Has Austin’s LGBTQmmunity
Producers of Filth drag collective pledges safety, The Little Gay Shop’s queer art market, and more
Day Trips: Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston
Houston’s best underground light show
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
Vote for New Music in Golden Hornet’s String Quartet Smackdown VII
For the seventh year, Golden Hornet referees this composition competition while you decide the winner
Austin at Large: Say Their Names, at the Capitol
Four Black Texans, four lives lost, four chances to advance criminal justice reform
Faster Than Sound: SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To
Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Assistant Chief Joe Chacon has been named interim chief of the Austin Police Department while the city undergoes a search for Chief Brian Manley’s successor. Chacon’s appointment as interim chief requires approval from Austin City Council, which is set to vote on the matter in today’s Council meeting (March 25). Read more. Mask Mandate Smackdown:…
New Fortune’s Kaput, There’s an Otoko x Nixta, Bento Picnic’s A-Grillin’, Mudbugs are Back, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
