Huge Changes in SXSW Leadership

Fest boss Hugh Forrest among several high-profile departures

"...in 2020 when it was canceled due to the pandemic, the owners sold a 50% stake to P-MRC, a..."

April 26, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Death March of the Barbarians

The emperor has no clothes, no wisdom, and no moral center

"...might well make the federal response to the next pandemic – possibly the quickly mutating bird flu – even..."

Feb. 3, 2025 News Post by Michael King

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...In 2021, the Texas Education Agency wrote that the pandemic’s impacts “erased years of improvement in reading and math.”..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

After a Million Texas Kids Were Kicked Off Medicaid, Thousands More Are Still in Limbo

Application backlog grew from December to January

"...nearly two out of three Texans disenrolled during the post-pandemic “unwinding” process have been kids...."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

UT-Austin’s Esports Level Up

A new state-of-the-art gaming arena creates a space for all students

"...and for gamers to connect in person after the coronavirus pandemic...."

Nov. 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Derek Udensi

Abortion on the Border

A Q&A with one of the most important players in the state’s fight for abortion access

"...banned abortion in Texas for three weeks during a pandemic...."

Dec. 30, 2022 News Feature by Sara Hutchinson

Austin Playhouse Opens New Venue with Lowell Bartholomee’s Previews of Departing Attractions

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll … possibly think of Walter Matthau?

"...Now here’s 2022 – fuck you, Coronavirus – and Austin Playhouse is producing a curation of..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ATX TV Festival 2022: Bill Lawrence on Life, Death, and Scrubs

A rewind of our 2020 interview with the series creator

"...else, he was navigating the early days of the pandemic, but in less than two months his new show,..."

June 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Mystery of the Mysterines

Why did I fly 1,500 miles to see Liverpool’s sixth best act?

"...of her Mysterines, the bandleader induced at least one pandemic revelation...."

May 25, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, High Desert Queen, No Limit reunion, Beto y los Fairlanes, and more recommendations

"...of the Miracles finally returns to Austin after the coronavirus pandemic ruined his original 2020 date. – Derek Udensi Mike..."

May 20, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Free Acupuncture for Weary ER & ICU Staff

Doctors, nurses and receptionists from St. David's get treatments on the house

"...was closed due to restricted visitor policies during the pandemic. All ER and ICU staff, from doctors to receptionists..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Ellen Daly

Day Trips: Bergheim Meat Market, Boerne

Hill Country shop offers the best of the best meats and more

"...Meat Market in San Antonio. At the beginning of coronavirus pandemic, the legendary market that began in 1914 switched..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Spider House Is Gone, Sweet Ritual’s on Hiatus, Kerlin’s Got Brisket-Filled Kolaches, Home Slice Celebrates National Pizza Day, Jo’s Coffee Hosts Annual Chili Cook-Off, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...rather, the slow erosion from various aspects of Our Pandemic Situation that’s caused beloved vegan ice cream powerhouse Sweet..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Labor Unrest Ensues as Via 313 Fumbles Worker Appeal

A hot, melty mess

"...flashpoint in the Austin hospitality industry for years, the coronavirus pandemic has resurfaced discourse around how hospitality workers –..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Melanie Haupt

Via 313 Workers Protest for COVID, Employment Protections

Staff claim management suspended them following petition

"...flashpoint in the Austin hospitality industry for years, the coronavirus pandemic has resurfaced discourse around how hospitality workers –..."

Jan. 9, 2022 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Austin Enters Stage 5 of COVID Risk Guidelines

More important than ever to mask up, urge health officials

"...Risk-Based Guidelines. Austin’s return to the strictest level of pandemic precautions comes amidst the current surge of COVID fueled..."

Jan. 6, 2022 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Omicron Rising in Austin

Amidst latest surge, one in three Austinites getting tested is positive for COVID

"...1.08 million cases reported by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center on Monday. [inset-1-right]..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Street Corner Arts' Strange, But Perfect

World premiere is a delightful treatise on the stuff of which friends are made

"...It looks as if the most powerful coronavirus variant isn't Delta or Omicron; it's literary metaphor...."

Dec. 31, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Public Notice: What Doesn't Kill You ...

Maybe Omicron is a good thing?

"...human race that it appears to be. This "novel coronavirus" may not be sentient – may not even be..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Gift Guide: Puzzle Me This

Jigsaw joints of Asian food, jigsaw japes that Hurt so good

"...those pictorial puzzles, especially near the start of Our Pandemic Situation in 2020, but still going rather strong as..."

Dec. 11, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Report Critiques COVID-19 Response in Local Jails

Study reveals "a messy patchwork" of approaches to pandemic

"...Jail in Georgetown during the height of the facility's coronavirus outbreak illustrates some of the findings of a new..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Inside Austin’s Fantasy Roleplaying Speakeasy With Oakda Malkuth

Straddling two worlds with Tiny Minotaur's bartending orc

"...Later, drained by the demands of activism during Our Coronavirus Situation, Bauerle-McKnight decided to hyphenate her imaginary world of..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Experience the World in Eight Drinks Around Austin

A thirst for travel

"...The Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 – and 2021 – may have..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Feature by Ali Linan

Austin Police Live by Their Own COVID Rules, It Seems

A closer look at vaccine and mask policies among Austin's first responders

"...Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, two facts are clear. Vaccination offers both the best..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Meghan Shogan Carves a Career Path Through Solid Rock

With hammer, chisels, and steel brushes in hand, the Austin artist is on a trajectory in stone

"...Zoom-restricted exhibitions of embodied creativity. Month after month after pandemic-masked month...."

Sept. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Deborah Hay's New Work for Dancers in Sweden Was a Long-Distance Creation

The pandemic forced the Austin choreographer to adapt her dance and even premiere for an audience of no one

"...It was not their first pandemic rodeo; the group had begun developing the piece prior..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Covid-Positive Abbott vs. ATX, an Abundance of Tiny Pies, Farmhouse at Roughhouse, Boozy Bunkhouse Bargains, and More Things Without the Word 'House' In Them

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...mask up. And see our deeper coverage of such pandemic shenanigans elsewhere in this issue...."

Aug. 18, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Can TABC Really Lift a Restaurant’s License Over COVID Rules? It’s Complicated.

The experts weigh in on the challenges for both sides

"...appellate system with results pending until long after the pandemic...."

Aug. 18, 2021 News Post by Jessi Cape

Council Recap: A Balanced Budget, Without Much Drama

But many hours of deliberation over two days on the dais

"...“We unanimously passed a budget today that tackles the pandemic, increases our public safety programs, and invests in our..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Ishida Dance Is Back at Last With Faraway, so close

Nineteen months after its debut, the company dances again

"...But Ishida herself never stopped working, and despite the pandemic, neither did her company...."

Aug. 11, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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