American-Statesman Staff
Time doesn’t stop, and 2021 is coming tonight, pandemic or not. But the annual City of Austin fireworks and concert with thousands of revelers at Vic Mathias Shores is not happening.
The featured venues include the Saxon Pub, the Continental Club, Cheer Up Charlies, Antone’s Night Club, and Mohawk.
The one-hour show includes appearances from Mayor Steve Adler, City Manager Spencer Cronk and Chief Economic Recovery Officer Veronica Briseno.
Watch here starting at 8 p.m:
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerts have moved online as artists, venues and other outlets create new ways to re-imagine the live-music experience as social-distancing practices are commonplace. New platforms and ticketed online events have emerged as the music industry continues to innovate during this time.
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Deborah Sengupta Stith
Mobley “A Home Unfamiliar.” One month into the lockdown, pop composer Mobley tapped a community of artists whose lives had just been upended to create quick turnaround audio and video works conceptually guided by the piece’s title, “A Home Unfamiliar.” The stunning lineup of top Austin talent he assembled included Shakey Graves, Sabrina Ellis, Bright Light Social Hour, Deezie Brown and Kalu James working alongside local filmmakers. Collectively they created a haunting document of this moment in time that drifts between cerebral, retro, futuristic and earthly while emotionally moving from uneasiness to aggression to raw pain that will break your heart.
7 Austin stories that made us smile in 2020
OK, so, we re all agreed that there was a lot of bad news this year.
On behalf of the Austin360 team, we d like to thank you for sticking with us this year. It s been brutal. As we peer into 2021 with that little spot of light just poking out of this damned tunnel we wanted to remember some good things. There were good things! Promise.
Here are seven lifestyle and entertainment stories we reported in 2020 that gave us hope, made us feel closer to the community and, dare we say, could be called good news.
to close for holidays
Curative has announced that its mobile coronavirus testing sites in San Marcos, Wimberley, Buda, Dripping Springs and Kyle will be closed Dec. 24-25, 31 and Jan. 1 in observation of Christmas and New Years. Testing will resume Jan. 2.
The testing is provided at no cost to the individual and is available to anyone, whether or not they reside in Hays County. Curative is billing private insurance companies for test services, but there will be no out-of-pocket cost to the individual being tested. Those without insurance will not be turned away and will receive the test for free.
To view locations and make an appointment: curativetest.com.