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Volume 40, Number 13
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
features
20 in 2020: People We're Thankful For
In a Thankless Year, 20 Austinites We're Thankful for in 2020
We single out some locals who have given us hope
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Paramedic Amber Price Cares for Austin's Most Vulnerable Populations
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Survive2Thrive Foundation's Courtney Santana Finds Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Dr. Mark Escott Has Been the Friendly Face of the City's Response to COVID-19
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Emmanuel Acho Hosts Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man for America's Own Good
BY SARA HUTCHINSON
AISD Food Service Has Been Feeding Local Kids, Pandemic Be Damned
BY JESSI CAPE
Dana DeBeauvoir Fought for Election Access in a Year of Barriers
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin Justice Coalition's Chas Moore Keeps Fighting for Black and Brown Lives
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Hilda Ramirez Speaks Out for Refugees Despite ICE Intimidation
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
Austin Music's Adrian Quesada Won't Be Stopped by a Pandemic
BY KEVIN CURTIN
The Daily Texan Staff Balanced School, Journalism, and a Pandemic
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Local Muralist Chris Rogers Sparks Conversation Around the Black Lives Matter Movement
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
Black Queer Lives Matter ATX Represents for the Marginalized Among the Marginalized
BY BETH SULLIVAN
L'Oca d'Oro Owners Advocate for Change and Support in the Austin Food Community
BY JESSI CAPE
Local Philanthropist and Activist Mary Herr Tally Celebrates Women's Suffrage
BY ROBERT FAIRES
New Organizations Step Up to Provide Free Local Food During the Pandemic
BY JESSI CAPE
Hiram Garcia Livestreams a Summer of Black Lives Matter Protests
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Kathy Mitchell Pushes for Criminal Justice Reform by Getting Serious About Being Compassionate
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
SoundSync Music Founder Nathalie Phan Finds "Time to Pivot"
BY GREG STITT
Brian Gannon Kickstarts the Austin Film and TV Scene While It's Down
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Big Medium Makes the Austin Art Space Larger
BY ROBERT FAIRES
news
Chronicle Endorsements
December Run-Off Election
Austin at Large: Make America Grateful Again
Even as white nationalism sticks around, kicking Trump to the curb is a Thanksgiving miracle
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: More to Be Thankful For
An overdue (if tentative) win in Southwest Austin
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Stage 4 Risk of COVID-19 Shapes Austin's Holiday
No-virus November
BY BETH SULLIVAN AND CLARA ENCE MORSE
Racial Disparities in Policing Persist, City Report Shows
Black, Latinx drivers overrepresented in APD traffic stops and searches
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Police Chief Brian Manley Fires APD Officer for Racist Texts
Offensive language, memes violated Austin Police policies
BY BRANT BINGAMON
County Drops Most Charges Against Protesters
104 of the 178 people arrested at the spring and summer protests will avoid court
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Council Member Jimmy Flannigan Harassed by Opponent’s Biker Friends
Confrontation between D6 CM and Wind Therapy Freedom Riders CEO caught on tape
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Save Austin Now Files Lawsuit Over Rejected Signatures
Invalid petition signatures kept SAN's mission to reverse decriminalization of homelessness off the ballot
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Chronicle Nonprofit Wish List
Your guide to charitable giving
food
Nix on the Flix, Farm to Market Shutters, Sazan Hires a Hammond, Taste of Texas Extended
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 November 26, 2020
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
An Excerpt From Omar Dykes: The Life & Times of a Poor and Almost Famous Bluesman
Hard truths about the music business by Kent “Omar” Dykes and spouse Issa Medrano as they revisit Glory Days (for Bruce Springsteen).
Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again
Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY DEREK UDENSI, KEVIN CURTIN, TIM STEGALL, DOUG FREEMAN, KAHRON SPEARMAN, GREG STITT, MICHAEL TOLAND AND RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Live Music / Livestream Listings
screens
Toward the Skylin3s with Liam O'Donnell
How the alien invasion franchise took the fight into space
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Austin Polish Film Festival Goes Hybrid for 2020
The extended festival takes a virtual look at Warsaw
BY NAOMI BRADY
Film Reviews
Belushi
More than laughs, more than addiction: a charming, tragic portrait of the Blues Brothers star
The Croods: A New Age
Pointless prehistoric sequel hasn’t evolved at all
Nationtime
Searing documentary from the 1972 National Black Political Convention finally restored
Stardust
Bowie before he became Ziggy in this less-than-glittering docudrama
The Twentieth Century
Suitably bonkers Canadian surrealist comedy rewrites history
Uncle Frank
Small town coming-out period drama is anchored by Paul Bettany at his best
Zappa
Two hours with the original Mother of Invention isn't enough
arts & culture
Art Gets Its Seasonal Shopping Day: Artists Sunday
Imagine if all that money spent on Black Friday went to purchase art. It could happen: Artists Sunday is here!
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: Giving Thanks
In this week’s issue, we celebrate 20 in 2020 working to make Austin a better, more equitable, more compassionate place
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Queer Thanks Springs Eternal
Plus, Frida Friday’s Black Friday mercado and Austin Library’s queer book club make the qmmunity shine bright
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, Alto
Mystery mounds of the Caddo
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Fortunately Pets Can’t Read
A little wallow in the unpleasantries of modern politics with the greatest patriotic advice columnist in modern history
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, November 27 - December 3
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
