AFS Cinema
Volume 39, Number 35
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
After a Month of Chaos, Abortion Care Returns to Texas
Clinics, patients, and the law get put through the ringer over care
BY MARY TUMA
Austin at Large: People, Get Ready
We can all be responsible Austinites – now that we know what that requires
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: AISD: How Low Can We Go?
Let's hope we don't have to find out
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Activists Call for Heads at APD
Racism probe, weekend shooting heighten reform demands
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Recap: COVID Relief Funds Begin to Flow in Austin
Artists and nonprofits at the front of the line for assistance
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Texas Is Reopening, but Local Leaders Are Ready to Bar the Door
At the threshold
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Health Care Experts Urge Us to Maintain Our Discipline
Are we ready to rock & roll?
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
Will Vote-by-Mail Happen by July Elections?
State, local officials at odds over how people qualify
BY MICHAEL KING
How Medical Cannabis Provider Compassionate Cultivation Is Adapting to COVID-19
Ineligible for federal aid, Compassionate Cultivation adjusts to a new paradigm: more deliveries and less contact
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Asian American Resource Center Fosters Community for Older Adults During Stay-at-Home
Seniors encouraged to share family memories with online story project
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Chronicle Readers Share What They Love and Miss About Austin
Everything from restaurants to neighbors to long, stress-free walks
food
Local Restaurants Work Hard to Support Medical Teams
The Austin food scene steps up by doing what it does best
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options
Our constantly updated resource of local eateries to support while maintaining your social distance
music
Longtime Austin Collaborators Patrice Pike and Wayne Sutton Finally Duo Up
At the heart of so many essential acts beats a duo, so it is with the Little Sister / Sister 7 legends
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Faster Than Sound: Islands in the (Live)stream
Crossing over from 3D to the pixelated world of livestreams
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth
What we’re spending time with
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, RACHEL RASCOE, DEREK UDENSI, KAHRON SPEARMAN, DOUG FREEMAN AND GREG STITT
Livestream Music Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
There Is a Light That Will Never Go Out at Austin's Drive-In Theatres
Theatres may be shuttered, but the in-car cinema experience still shines bright
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Amazon Takes SXSW Streaming
Film festival director Janet Pierson brings some gems to your TV
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A Lesson in Gender Fluidity: I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
SXSW selection finds new life courtesy of Amazon Prime
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Indie Meme Film Festival Goes Online
Celebration of South Asian cinema streaming for two weekends
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Texas Cinemas Staying Closed Despite Abbott
Theater chains place safety over politics and profit
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
History doesn't repeat itself but the rhymes are terrifying in this unmissable documentary
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
British revenge drama mixes grit and slick
The Wretched
Supernatural horror is perfect Friday night fun
arts & culture
In Lawrence Wright's Novel, an Imagined Pandemic That's Frighteningly Real
If disease-ravaged world of The End of October feels like our own, that’s because the author did his research rigorously
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Weird Homes Tour: The Mysterious Planchette
In this virtual Weird Homes Tour presentation, Brandon Hodge wanted to have a few (spirit-channeled) words with you
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: How’s Your Blood Pressure?
Platitudes don't help. Now is 100% the time to get political.
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: We Can’t Let Coronavirus Distract Us From Data Collection and Climate Change
We cannot give companies slack on environmental regulations during the pandemic – and that includes those running energy-gorging data centers
BY TRACY O’NEILL
Opinion: In Permian Highway Pipeline Fight, Property Rights Are the Answer
Eminent domain reform allows us to protect our environment and the rights of Texas landowners simultaneously
BY CUTTER W. GONZÁLEZ
Qmmunity: Trump Admin Could Soon Undermine Health Care Protections for LGBTQIA
Find queer connection with virtual events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Stay Trips: Delivered
Let the day trip come to you
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Mommy Junkies
Sometimes the hardest step to take is a step back
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 1-7
BY ROB BREZSNY
The Common Law
COVID-19 and Austin – answering your legal questions (part 5)
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
