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Volume 39, Number 28
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
COVID-19 & SXSW
The Latest on the Local Actions and Reactions to COVID-19
Health officials feel wary but ready
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
How and Why the City and County Chose to Cancel SXSW
Striking precarious, if unachievable, balance between protecting public health and avoiding economic calamity
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Big, Bold, and Costly: Austin’s Makes a Third Try at Rail Transit
The train is here
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Point Austin: Future Outcomes Not Assured
Super Tuesday’s first-round results leave plenty of unanswered questions
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Despite the Virus, City Council Has Business to Attend To
Health and home on the agenda
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Eddie Rodriguez and Sarah Eckhardt Jump Into State Senate Fray
State rep. and county judge enter race to succeed Watson
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Fragmented Senate Contest Becomes a Fight Between Royce West and MJ Hegar
Winner will challenge long-term GOP incumbent Sen. John Cornyn
BY MICHAEL KING
New Health Clinic Opens to Serve Travis County’s “Eastern Crescent”
CommUnityCare brings care closer to thousands at Hornsby Bend site
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Death Watch: Defense to D.A. – A Conflict of Interest?
John Hummel’s attorney calls original trial lawyer’s presence in D.A.'s Office “an irresolvable conflict of interest,” seeks to stop execution on that ground
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Mike Siegel and Pritesh Gandhi Vie for Dem Nod in Texas' Congressional District 10
Both candidates are looking for the chance to bounce Michael McCaul from congress
BY MICHAEL KING
Rick Kennedy and Pete Sessions Lead In Run-Off for Texas' 17th Congressional District
Both sides of ballot in contest for radically gerrymandered seat
BY MICHAEL KING
Race for Congressional District 31 Is Down to Two Dem Candidates
Either Christine Eady Mann or Donna Imam will challenge GOP incumbent Rep. John Carter
BY MICHAEL KING
First Hearing for Land Development Code Revision Lawsuit
Plaintiffs claim city hasn't met state law requirements for zoning changes
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
4,000 Volunteers Make It Personal With Public Lands on It’s My Park Day
Austin Parks Foundation’s largest citywide volunteer effort tackles 110 park projects
BY SOFIA TAFICH
Good Apple Works to Get Healthy Food on the Table for East Austin Families
With a $75,000 grant from the Austin City: One Challenge, this grocery delivery service hopes its efforts address food insecurity
BY NEELAM BOHRA
food
COVID-19 & SXSW
How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Tso Chinese Delivery
Catering orders dropped, and anxiety over anti-Asian fears impacting restaurants nationwide
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
50+ Restaurants to Try in Downtown Austin
Want a bite close to the action? We've got you covered for any mood, group, or time of day.
BY ZELLY MARTIN
Patrizi’s Unveils Much-Anticipated Brick-and-Mortar Restaurant
Nic Patrizi's food truck is intent on making his new Cajun restaurant a lively neighborhood watering hole
BY ALEX DETMAR
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of March 12, 2020
music
COVID-19 & SXSW
SXSW Cancellation “Devastating” for Grassroots Austin Music Businesses
Coronavirus shutdown impacts all levels of Austin music
BY KEVIN CURTIN AND RACHEL RASCOE
2019/2020 Austin Music Awards Winners
And the Leslie – the NEW Austin Music Awards statuette! – goes to ...
Faster Than Sound: Austin Industry Bands Together for March Music Week
Why Austin venues and musicians need you to turn out the next 10 days, and where to do it
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
COVID-19 & SXSW
How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Filmmakers
Two filmmakers mourn the big break that didn't happen
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Austin Movie Theatres
Film theatres scramble to add new programming and give SXSW filmmakers a shot at still getting their movies seen
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
New Series Motherland: Fort Salem Conjures a Magical Post-Patriarchy Present
Freeform gets bewitched, bothered, and goes to war
BY SHALAVÉ CAWLEY
Revamped National Lampoon Radio Hour Goes Full 2020
Still twisted and sharpening the lampoon
BY ERICA LIES
Museum of the Weird to Auction Pieces of Horror History
Friday the 13th silent auction of props, collectibles, models, and more
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film Reviews
Bloodshot
Vin Diesel at his most Vin Diesel in this smash mouth comic adaptation
Burden
Redemption true-life story of leaving the Klan
Hope Gap
A very British divorce, as Bening and Nighy head to lives apart
The Hunt
Scathing action-satire is more than Elites versus Deplorables
I Still Believe
Christian singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp's cancer biopic is light on the evangelism
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Community couldn't get six seasons and a movie, but these guys did?
Lost Transmissions
A new twist on the old trope of the bond between musical genius and madness
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
Get ready for anime superhero action!
Saint Frances
SXSW 2019 light-touch comedy faces growing up at 34
Sorry We Missed You
Ken Loach eviscerates the gig economy in this vérité masterpiece
Swallow
Pregnancy horror reclaimed as a woman’s issue
The Traitor
True-life Mafia story inverts the conventions
Tuscaloosa
Why you really didn't want to live in 1970s Alabama
The Way Back
Affleck gets courtside in a tale of basketball redemption
arts & culture
COVID-19 & SXSW
How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted the Hideout Theatre
Comedy theatre mulls the corporate cash influx and concession sales that went away
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Poster Artists
With gallery shows and Flatstock shuttered, artists look to online to get their posters seen
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
So Lucky Makes Space for Asian Americans Onstage
Sad Girls Productions' new play hopes to create connections within the community
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Writers Conference in San Antonio Carries On Despite Coronavirus
The Association of Writing Programs conference proceeded even under a public health emergency and with reduced attendance
BY MARK GOZONSKY
Arts Reviews
Vortex and New Manifest Theatre's good friday
Kristiana Rae Colón's shocking drama puts audiences at the intersection of gun violence and sexual assault, and makes us think about both
Fallout Theater's The 2020 First Annual Hollywood Awards Show: Live in Hollywood!
A zany yet surprisingly relevant awards show satire dives into the glitzy soullessness of Hollywood
columns
We Have an Issue: Brace for Impact
Either way, COVID-19 is coming. Let’s look out for each other.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Suffragettes of White Supremacy
Ashley Cheng, co-host of the Rabble podcast, looks at the history of racism in Austin’s suffrage movement
BY ASHLEY CHENG
Qmmunity: Austin’s Queer Community Feels Effects of SXSW Cancellation
Now's the time show local support however you can
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Langtry, Texas
Judge Roy Bean and the Jersey Lilly live on in West Texas ghost town
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Hot, Horny Europeans
Good or bad, cultural exchange always has consequences.
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
