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Volume 40, Number 3
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
So You Want to Redistrict Austin?
The process – and what’s at stake – with redrawing our City Council districts
BY LILLI HIME
Austin at Large: Counting Heads, Drawing Lines
Next year, when (if?) the current crises recede, we may be surprised at what we find
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Through the Looking Glass
The strange logic of "new urban" housing policy
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
City Council Mulls Future Events, as Venues Cry for Help Now
Convention Center expansion, money for local businesses, and more Council items
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
“1619 Project” Creator Discusses Race, Slavery, Trump Pushback
BY LILLI HIME
AISD First-Day Jitters
School opens with technical glitches; teachers' union demands waiver to extend virtual learning
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
24-Texas Teachers Talk of “Trauma” at TribFest
Educators discuss the challenges of reopening schools, TEA head defends decision to administer STAAR tests
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE
Four Women File New Sexual Assault Suit in State Court
Survivors come forward to accuse APD and the D.A.'s Office
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Travis County Will Open Drive-Through Ballot Drop-Offs Beginning Oct. 1
Travis County voters will be able to hand-deliver their mail ballots at three Central Austin locations
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Austin Parks Foundation Discusses Racial Equity in Green Spaces
Panelists consider how Austin leadership should help dismantle racism in public spaces
BY LINA FISHER
food
The Future of Mother’s Cafe Is Pending
The vegetarian institution could permanently close in October
BY JESSI CAPE
Who Will Help the Hospitality Industry? And Who Else Has Closed?
Here's what's happening in the Austin culinary scene right now
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 September 17, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Bill Callahan Finds an Elder Perspective on New Album
Paternal dynamics paint the Austin virtuoso's new Gold Record
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Faster Than Sound: Taylor Wallace Takes Over KUTX Morning Show
KUTX replaces morning show mainstay John Aielli with Taylor Wallace after the iconic ATX deejay suffers a stroke.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DEREK UDENSI, DOUG FREEMAN, RACHEL RASCOE, KEVIN CURTIN, TIM STEGALL AND GREG STITT
Live Music / Livestream Listings
screens
I Luv Video Closes ... So What Next?
Owner/founder Conrad Bejarano on saving Austin’s culture
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Now Streaming in Austin: I’ve Got Issues
Steve Collins’ melancholic comedy comes home to VOD
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Alive
Grisly horror where the doctor is in (and out to lunch)
Alone
Neo-slasher is quietly effective and bloodily harsh
Antebellum
Time-mangling racism allegory can’t be saved by its good intentions
Break the Silence: The Movie
BTS back on the stage, behind the scenes
The Dark Divide
David Cross searches for sasquatch and heals his soul in this wilderness wonder
The Devil All the Time
Evil in Ohio in this Southern Gothic drama
Infidel
Dinesh D’Souza production. So you’ve been warned.
I’ve Got Issues
Mournful, doleful, hopeful Austin comedy finds empathy in the edges
The Nest
Pretense and aspiration collapse in this dour relationship drama
Ravers
Dance, zombies, dance!
The Secrets We Keep
War crimes revisited in suburban America
Sibyl
French comedy-drama twists ethics, power, and sex in therapy
Space Dogs
Disturbing history of animals in space is rightly upsetting
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
The trailblazers fighting sexism and gravity in the film industry
The Way I See It
Portrait of presidential photographer Pete Souza has depth but lacks focus
arts & culture
The Crossroads Meet at Mexic-Arte Museum's "Intersección: Choque & Alivio"
The 25th edition of this showcase for early-career Latinx artists is a space for sharing our shock over this time and our humanity
BY ROBERT FAIRES
"Amada Miller: Everything in Tune" at grayDUCK Gallery
The San Antonio-based artist's new show rings lunar and true
In Black America Celebrates 50 Years of Broadcasting About the Black Experience
Longtime host John L. Hanson reflects on his journey in radio
BY GERRARD HANLY
Eklektikos Host John Aielli Is Doing Very Well, Thank You
Austin radio mainstay recovering from June stroke
BY ROBERT FAIRES
How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020
In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day
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: “The Light That’s Leaving”
On Bill Callahan’s likably melancholy new record, and another month of painful closures of Austin fixtures
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: The Texas State Board of Education is Failing LGBTQ+ Students
School districts and families will need to pick up the slack left by SBOE’s recent decision to exclude sexual orientation and gender identity from the curriculum
BY KATHERINE GOLDEY
Qmmunity: SBOE Debates the Good, the Bad, and the Bass-ackwards
Plus, join AIDS Walk Austin Saturday to step to zero new HIV infections by 2030
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Black Is Beautiful Beer, Weathered Souls Brewery, San Antonio
Brewers worldwide are making a San Antonio beer for social change
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Good Deadbolt
Parent sex is kind of like death
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 18-24
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
