FREE APRIL 3, 2020 VOL. 39 • NO. 31 BUT NOT CHEAP paint the town A Guide to Some of Austin’s Most Notable New Murals That You May Have Missed BY ROBERT FAIRES • P.22 Feeding Austin’s Homeless Regenerative Farming: Ackles and Padalecki on Andy Bianculli’s Star Parks During COVID-19 A Love Story 15 years of Supernatural During Dark Days P.16 P.28 P.32 P.37 APRIL 3, 2020 Austin Media Getting the Job Done VOL. 39, NO. 31 I’m not exactly one to grouse about nity relief efforts in Central Texas. Wherever “coastal elites” but it’s New York and Los you get your local news on Friday, you’re like- PUBLISHER Nick Barbaro Angeles papers writing these “the death ly to see a call for donations. If you can spare ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Cassidy Frazier of local news is nigh” stories, and I for one some change, please consider donating. FREE 22 BUT NOT CHEAP EDITORIAL Cover Story APRIL 3, 2020 VOL. 39 • NO. 31 am pretty ticked off they keep roping The EDITOR Kimberley Jones MANAGING EDITOR James Renovitch CAN’T STOP THE Austin Chronicle into them. We’ve inten- Just a reminder: We’ve gone to a biweek- NEWS EDITOR Mike Clark-Madison MURALS A guide to tionally been transparent with our readers ly printing schedule during this stretch of ASSISTANT NEWS & QMMUNITY EDITOR Beth Sullivan some of Austin’s most ARTS Robert Faires notable new murals that about how we’re doing and what our strat- intense hunkering down at home. It feels FOOD Jessi Cape SCREENS Richard Whittaker you may have missed egy is for getting through the next weeks, good to be back in print this week, yes, but BY ROBERT FAIRES paint the town MUSIC Raoul Hernandez but it’s worth reiterating: Until you hear it we’re also dropping digital-only issues on CHRONEVENTS SPECIAL SCREENINGS & COMMUNITY LISTINGS from us, friends, that smell is not the stink alternating Thursdays. In case you missed Kat McNevins A Guide to Some of Austin’s of death, only the pungency of unwashed it, in last week’s first-ever digital issue was ARTS LISTINGS & FOOD EVENTS Most Notable New Murals That You May Have Missed Wayne Alan Brenner BY ROBERT FAIRES • P.22 journalists really leaning into this work Michael King’s final “Point Austin,” his CLUB LISTINGS Greg Stitt COVER BY THE Feeding Austin’s Homeless Regenerative Farming: Ackles and Padalecki on Andy Bianculli’s Star Parks from home thing. “farewell” column. I put farewell in quotes During COVID-19 A Love Story 15 years of Supernatural During Dark Days STAFF WRITERS CHRONICLE ART STAFF P.16 P.28 P.32 P.37 Kevin Curtin, Michael King, Austin Sanders On the topic of media: Austin because he can’t seem to quit us (yep, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS media really has risen to the occa- that’s still his byline in this issue), FILM Marjorie Baumgarten sion, don’t you think? It doesn’t and we don’t particularly want FOOD Emily Beyda DAY TRIPS Gerald E. McLeod feel like we’re chasing the same WE HAVE to say goodbye either. Already a FASTER THAN SOUND Rachel Rascoe 4 32 clicks right now; instead, this seasoned reporter, educator, and MR. SMARTY PANTS R.U. Steinberg Feedback Screens AN ISSUE PRODUCTION 4 OPINION 32 KILLING DEMONS AND pandemic has illuminated the former editor of The Houston ART DIRECTOR Jason Stout As Educators Scramble to “Do BLASTING SABBATH Jensen unique role each outlet plays BY KIMBERLEY Press and The Texas Observer PRODUCTION MANAGER Zeke Barbaro School” During a Pandemic, Ackles and Jared Padalecki WEB DIRECTOR Brian Barry in our media ecosystem. There’s when he came to the Chronicle Tremendous Inequities Are look back on 15 years of JONES DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL STRATEGY Michael Bartnett Evident BY AUTUMN A. ARNETT room for us all here – print media in 2000, Michael ran our news cov- GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Jeff Gammill, Sam Summerlin Supernatural BY JAMES SCOTT STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS John Anderson, Jana Birchum, and digital niche sites, TV and radio, erage for a decade and a half before David Brendan Hall 33 AUSTIN CINEMAS GO VIRTUAL BY RICHARD WHITTAKER for-profit and nonprofit – and each outlet transitioning into his most recent role as PROOFREADERS Lina Fisher, Jasmine Lane, 6 James Scott, Greg Stitt News in their own way has made a case for why a staff writer. In these 20 years, he’s edited INTERNS Francesca D’Annunzio, Zelly Martin, 33 NEW REVIEWS 6 AUSTIN AT LARGE David Sotelo, Sofia Tafich, Gianni Zorrilla Corpus Christi, The Infiltrators, they’re so vital. and reported deeply impactful work about BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON The Wild Goose Lake ADVERTISING & Quite a few of those outlets, including the social and criminal justice, chronicled the MARKETING 8 PUBLIC NOTICE 34 DEMONS ON THE SET ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Cassidy Frazier BY NICK BARBARO Cursed Films asks why we Chronicle, are banding together on Friday, inner dealings in city and state govern- OPERATIONS MANAGER Trace Thurman want to believe in evil April 3 to host an all-day digital telethon. All ment, and mentored so many reporters and SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Jerald Corder, 10 How to Shelter-in-Place: An Info- Carolyn Phillips, Lois Richwine graphic; City Hall Is Here to Help BY MATTHEW MONAGLE proceeds will go to a new philanthropic fund future editors. He’s also a good egg and a ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES David Kleppe, Marisa Mirabal, Gloria Williamson 12 SEEKING PROTECTION On the called All Together ATX, a partnership of great guy to have on your side. We wish him CLASSIFIEDS/LEGAL NOTICES Bobby Leath COVID-19 front lines, providers Austin Community Foundation and United and his wife all the best in their retirement. EVENTS & PROMOTIONS MANAGER Karena Rogers feel exposed BY MARGARET 36 Music CLIENT & PUBLIC RELATIONS Emily Burns NICKLAS Way for Greater Austin created to aid commu- Don’t be strangers, y’all. ■ MULTIMEDIA Tamar Price 36 FASTER THAN SOUND LUV DOC/CIRCULATION/SPECIAL EVENTS Dan Hardick 14 Sarah Eckhardt’s Long BY RACHEL RASCOE STREET TEAM Cassie Arredondo, Kelsey Baker, Goodbye; more Hunter Bartlett, Andrea Dane, Ashley 37 STAR PARKS Sophomore LP Greenstein, Katie Rose Gurkin, Elias Huerta, 16 ALL SHALL BE FED Working proves Andy Bianculli knows “As I moved around town, it seemed to me that Morgan Menendez, Savannah Opre, overtime to provide for unhoused what it’s like to watch a disas- ONLINE THIS WEEK Anahi Perez, Alfredo Rios, many of us are still working. The nurses and doctors neighbors BY AUSTIN SANDERS ter unfold BY DOUG FREEMAN Coka Trevino, Ally Warren are working, of course, but so are the landscapers and NATIONAL ADVERTISING Voice Media Group 39 PL-ATX LIST Charley Crockett (888/278-9866, www.vmgadvertising.com) checks in from South Austin; car repairmen, the corner store clerks. How does the OFFICE STAFF 20 Calendar plus Go-Go’s vacationer Kathy girl handling the Starbucks drive-through feel? How CONTROLLER Liz Franklin Valentine’s new memoir, new OFFICE MANAGER/SUBSCRIPTIONS Carrie Young releases from Ringo Deathstarr, about the food delivery guys, the cops, the Home CREDIT MANAGER cindy soo Drakulas, and more Depot employees? ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT Chelsea Taylor 22 & INFO DESK Zach Pearce Arts Culture 40 LIVESTREAM LISTINGS “So I tried to look into their faces a bit. Looking for SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Brandon Watkins 24 ARTS EVENTS The Hideout BY GREG STITT Hank HANGING IN THERE Theatre’s Virtual Threefer; JANA BIRCHUM the fear and the light. Both are there. We’re scared. KEEPIN’ ON KEEPIN’ ON Smiley where to livestream local arts, We’re all scared. But we’re also just at work. Doing CIRCULATION comedy, dance, and more BY Perry Drake, Tom Fairchild, Ruben Flores, WAYNE ALAN BRENNER 41 Back our jobs, so everyone can keep on going. Happy to Andrew Gerfers, Brandon Gonzales, Trey Gutierrez, serve. Happy to still be getting paid. Just moving Brad Jander, Suzette Johnson, Brooks Lumpkin, 25 COMMUNITY EVENTS THE LUV DOC, COMIX, Eric McKinney, Grant Melcher, James Meshbane, BY KAT MCNEVINS through, until we see the end of this, whatever that Norm Reed, Jonina Sims, Bill Smotrilla, MR. SMARTY PANTS Zeb Sommers, Bryan Zirkelbach 26 DAY TRIPS BY GERALD E. MCLEOD may look like.” CONTRIBUTORS AUSTIN AT WORK Staff photographer Jana Birchum Rob Brezsny, Doug Freeman, Sam Hurt, Matthew 27 QMMUNITY BY BETH SULLIVAN 42 Classifieds writes about the inspiration for her photo project, Monagle, Margaret Nicklas, Jen Sorensen, CHRONICLE COOKING LAUNCHES THIS WEEK Food Tim Stegall, Michael Toland, Tom Tomorrow, 46 CROSSWORD “Portraits of Austin Workers During the Coronavirus Derek Udensi Editor Jessi Cape debuts Chronicle Cooking, a new 28 Food FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Pandemic” (austinchronicle.com/photos): recipe hub that gathers up all of our recipes from the 28 REGENERATIVE FARMING: A 47 COMMON LAW “As I’ve watched the COVID-19 coronavirus unfold archive (including my sweet ma’s Hot Dr. Pepper!) 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