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Volume 39, Number 51
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
features
#VanLife Isn’t Just a Trend Anymore. It’s a Tether to Home.
A cross-country trip to unite a family in the pandemic
BY KEVIN CURTIN
news
Austin Mutual Aid Organizations Share Resources During COVID-19 and Beyond
Looking for solidarity, not charity
BY LINA FISHER
Austin At Large: The Dog That Caught the Cop Car
De-policing becomes partisanized, but who is really putting themselves at risk?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Zoom Zoom Zoom
Flitting from meeting to meeting, pretending it’s real life
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Civics 101
FY21 Budget Passes Unanimously With Big Cuts to Austin Police Funding
Council members celebrate first step, but acknowledge hard work ahead
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City Council Redirects APD Funds to Abortion Support Access
$250K to flow toward abortion support services
BY MARY TUMA
Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use
Race(s) to the West
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Andy Brown Wins Democrats' Nod for County Judge
Precinct chairs grapple with equity and representation
BY LINA FISHER
ICE Quietly Renews 10-Year Contract With T. Don Hutto Detention Center
Taylor prison houses largely asylum-seeking women and has been the subject of numerous accusations of abuse
BY MARY TUMA
Family of Man Killed by APD Sues the City
Ajay Griffin did not point a gun at officers, attorneys claim
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City, County Extend COVID-19 Orders for the Long Haul
Mask mandate, ban on gatherings through December 15
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Applications for Rent Relief Lottery Open Tomorrow
City will distribute $12.9 million in direct aid to renters
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Forty Acres of Anxiety: UT Students Return to Campus
BY BETH SULLIVAN
food
Jazz Mills Provides Free Lunch for the Houseless
Fresh fruit goes a long way on 100-degree days
BY LINA FISHER
Black ATX Food Week, Oseyo’s Courtyard, Hopdoddy Pays It Forward, and More
All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 20, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Stay Gold Landlord Threatens Club With Half-Million-Dollar Lawsuit
With evictions over rent expected once moratoriums lift, the music venue's landlord wants the remainder of the lease term paid in full now
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Moody Amphitheater Rises Out of Waterloo Park
Delayed opening until spring, the Moody Amphitheater will be the biggest music venue in the Red River Cultural District
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, KAHRON SPEARMAN, DEREK UDENSI, GREG STITT AND KEVIN CURTIN
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Cowboys Versus Witches in The Pale Door
Austinite Aaron B. Koontz's weird, weird West
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane Reopening This Weekend
First Austin location offering free Bill & Ted screenings
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Coup 53
Documentary unpacks America's involvement in the coup that wrecked Iran
Cut Throat City
RZA takes on New Orleans' history of racism through a B-movie lens
Desert One
Inside Carter’s catastrophic mission to rescue the Iranian hostages
An Easy Girl
French coming-of-age drama doesn't get what it means to be young
The Pale Door
Witches versus cowboys in the weird, weird West
The Prey
Vietnamese cinema is back with a vicious bang
Son of the White Mare
Gorgeous avant garde animation recounts a Hungarian myth
Stage Mother
Jacki Weaver wants to take you to a gay bar
Tesla
Ethan Hawke illuminates the electrical genius
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
The Korean zombie franchise becomes a fun heist flick
Tulsa
Father, daughter, faith, you know the drill
Unhinged
Russell Crower bulldozes his way to unwarranted revenge
The Vanished
Thomas Jane and Anne Heche hunt for their daughter, and everyone's a suspect
You Don't Nomi
Should you re-assess Showgirls? No, but that's not what's happening here?
arts & culture
New Solo Performance Shows How Black Mothers Are Left Doubly Unprotected by the Constitution
Taji Senior's amendment puts the country’s foundational document on trial
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Blanton Museum and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden Are Open Again
Two beloved bastions of visual art re-open for public view
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
People Talk Funny at Austin Sketch Fest
The annual jubilee of jokes leads off with a spoof of a Trump-Biden debate and a speech on toxic femininity
BY ROBERT FAIRES
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: Happy Trails
In this week’s issue, we look at the logistics, and emotions, behind plotting a cross country road trip mid-pandemic
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Nostalgic for Queer Days Past
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Drive-Ins
Carhop service available at these drive-ins
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Bickering
Video can be a really effective learning device
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 21-27
BY ROB BREZSNY
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Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
