Archives – Aug. 20, 2021 Issue

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John Anderson

features

Austin Community College highland campus

World class facilities and innovative programs make ACC Highland up to date

BY KIMBERLEY JONES

The Music Business Performance Technology department is spreading its wings in ACC Highland

BY KEVIN CURTIN

KLRU receives a renewed focus on public relations

BY CODY SONG

Students gain hands-on experience in the ACC Highland’s 28,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art kitchen

BY ALEXANDRA DETMAR

Creativity and technical training come together in a fashionable package in ACC Highland’s 7,500 square meter facility

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

news

TxDOT gives up any pretext for rethinking I-35. It’s time to stop it.

BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

The battle rages on in the courts and schools and bars

BY NICK BARBARO

Ballot paper spells out price tag for proposed mandatory minimum manpower in the Austin Police Department

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

City manager announced the three best candidates for the police chief on Friday

BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON

But many hours of thought over two days on the podium

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

The honorary board of examiners is concerned about the stalled process

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

Texas officials meddle with local COVID measures

BY BETH SULLIVAN

The experts weigh up the challenges for both sides

BY JESSI CAPE

Food

Mariela Camacho’s project aims to nourish the Latinx diaspora and fuel the food system rebellion

BY ALEXANDRA DETMAR

All the news that will make your taste buds quake

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

Dinner parties, farmers markets, beer, wine and more for the week of August 19, 2021

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

music

Sights, sounds and an indefinite musical niche in downtown’s new green space

BY RACHEL RASCOE

BettySoo, Grace Pettis and Rebecca Loebe lead a collaborative effort of defiant, supportive independence

BY DOUG FREEMAN

Trombonist creates a multicultural, chordless jazz album that is as accessible as it is experimental

BY MICHAEL TOLAND

El Combo Oscuro, KVN and Mike & the Moonpies are some of our favorite sounds this week

BY DOUG FREEMAN, DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CHRISTINA GARCIA, RACHEL RASCOE AND ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ

Capyac, Marquis Hill and Willie are the headlines of our recommended shows for the week

BY KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, TIM STEGALL AND ABBY JOHNSTON

FROM GREG STITT

Screens

Nightclubbing with Britain’s answer to Studio 54

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

Movie reviews

Rough, touching and intoxicating family drama about fishing takes a different look at deafness

The story of a mother’s determination is easy but sweet

Neill Blomkamp leads us headlong straight to hell

Misguided sequel tries to redeem the irredeemable

Pablo Larraín combines sex and dance in this kinetic drama

The Penn family falls into the shoes of a forger and his daughter

Rebecca Hall falls into a void of despair in this exciting ghost story

Puppy power rushes to the big screen

The past is the only place to go in this future Miami

Art and culture

The immersive touring exhibition on the Circuit of Americas will continue until September 5th

BY CODY SONG

The artists at this Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery exhibition make the walls not only talk, but also tell fantastic stories

BY ROBERT FAIRES

Virtual galleries, streaming improvisation, and more

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

Fundraising and volunteering, job opportunities, online fitness classes, and more

BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS

columns

Our compulsory pandemic break is finally over!

BY KIMBERLEY JONES

Future Front Market is also returning to the Fair Market and other queer events this week

BY BETH SULLIVAN

The outdoor collection is part sculpture museum, part lifeless zoo

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

FROM MR KLUGSCHEISSERCHEN

The Luv Doc thinks this reader may have a faulty amygdala

FROM LUV DOC

Your weekly horoscope, 20.-26. August

BY ROB BREZSNY

Letters to the editor, appear daily

Sports

Our football columnist argues with himself about how grim (or bright?) The Verde’s prospects really are

BY ERIC GOODMAN

comics

FROM SAM HURT

FROM TOM MORNING

FROM JEN SORENSEN

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