Mohawk
John Anderson
Volume 41, Number 50
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Austin at Large: Everything’s a Priority Now
Council lines up its asks as a boom-time budget season nears its liturgical climax
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines / Quote of the Week
East Austin Doesn’t Get the Same Shade, and Consequences Ripple for Health and Equity
Beating the heat
BY HANNAH UEBELE
City Extends Contract With Kroll to Continue Austin Police Review
Phase C to examine APD complaint and grievance procedures
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Yes, Alex Jones Was the “Best of Austin” Once
Regretfully
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Post-Pandemic, Can Schools Make Sex Education Work?
Tackling difficult subjects in Texas schools
BY MADI DONHAM
Death Watch: Father Forgave, Texas Doesn’t
Sarah Walker’s dad asked for mercy for his daughter’s accused killer
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Uprooted Community at Congress Mobile Home Park Grieves for Neighbor, Neighborhood
Disposable residents in far South Austin
BY ABE ASHER
Texas Is Burning and There’s No End in Sight, Yet
Record heat, no rain make wildfires rage
BY LINA FISHER
The State of Monkeypox in Austin
Case numbers are low, but so is vaccine supply
BY LINA FISHER
Five Common Monkeypox Questions Answered
Symptoms, treatments, who to call, and more
BY MAZZY OLIVER SMALLWOOD
Via 313 Workers Unionized and the Whole Service Industry's Invited
A slice of the pie
BY LINA FISHER
food
Show Me Pizza Is in Your Internets, Streaming Your Food on Twitch
Up-and-coming pizzeria shares the beauty of food being made
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Brisket Thief Strikes la Barbecue, Easy Tiger Works Some Pretzel Logic, Garbo’s Claws a Sunday Service, The Carillon Chimes Back In, and the Quesoff Is On Its Cheesy Way Again
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, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 11, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear
In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”
BY TIM STEGALL
Hot Summer Nights Reviews: Choux Choux, Norman Ba$e, El Combo Oscuro, Billy Glitter
Free music fest cools out record hot summer
BY KEVIN CURTIN, DAVID BRENDAN HALL, RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND RACHEL RASCOE
What We're Listening to This Week
Otis Wilkins, Fuck Money, Cash Grab, Jake Lloyd, and more notable sounds
BY DOUG FREEMAN, RACHEL RASCOE, MARS SALAZAR, JULIAN TOWERS, DAVID BRENDAN HALL AND KEVIN CURTIN
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
The Vandoliers, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Mvtant, Florist, and more local shows worth your time
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN, GARY LINDSEY, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CHRISTINA GARCIA, ROBERT PENSON, RACHEL RASCOE AND DEREK UDENSI
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Summer Stock Goes to the Movies With How to Musical Theatre
The youth theatre troupe's new film How to Musical Theatre brings back that MGM song-and-dance style
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Killer cast cuts to the core in this Gen Z Clue riff
Emily the Criminal
Aubrey Plaza goes from wage slave to free crook in a capitalist critique
Fall
It's a great view in this vertigo-inducing survival thriller
Inu-Oh
Japanese medieval history gorgeously reimagined as a rock & roll fable
Laal Singh Chaddha
Indian remake of Forrest Gump even more cloying than the original
A Love Song
Dale Dickey paints a meticulous portrait of hope and love
Mack & Rita
13 Going on 30 becomes 30 Going on 70
Medusa
Brazilian religious/political allegory loses its venomous bite
Sharp Stick
Lena Dunham's latest exploration of messy people is pretty messy itself
Summering
Tale of teens searching for a corpse is more than a new Stand by Me
arts & culture
Recording the Day India and Pakistan Split in Partition
When one nation became two separate countries, it reshaped world history. Now Austin podcaster Neha Aziz is telling the personal stories behind that severing.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Five Local Arts Events Using the Human Form as Inspiration
Fascinations of the flesh, from portrait to burlesque
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Review: Austin Playhouse’s Previews of Departing Attractions
Twenty years in the making, Lowell Bartholomee's latest collection of short plays is worth the wait
BY BOB ABELMAN
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: Putting It Down for Posterity
75 years after Partition, Neha Aziz excavates family history and firsthand accounts for a 10-part podcast series
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: Can Project Connect Actually Meet Our Needs?
The question remains if Project Connect will produce a public transit system that people will choose over their own cars
BY BARBARA EPSTEIN
Qmmunity: Fun & Fancy-Free
Queer comedy variety shows fill the weekend, plus ATX Trans Pride rocks its big return
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Tony Tasset’s Eye Sculpture, Dallas
The Eye has it
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Hard on Leos
Maybe it’s time to ditch the astrolabe
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 12-18
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Already an All-Star, Sebastián Driussi Is Making His Case for More
A special player is having a special season, and he’s doing it in Austin’s backyard
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
