Omaggio a Tropicalista
Putting Brazil's musical poet laureate in his place.
"...album deals in part with the long period of slavery in Brazil, which only ended in 1888. Veloso elaborates...."
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Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Mike Quinn
Who's Texas?
The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers
"...a rebellion, nor was its underlying cause to sustain slavery." Really? That's a view not shared by the writers..."
Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax
A Land Shaded in Melancholy Hues
The Austin Museum of Art exhibition "Visualizing the Blues: Images of the American South, 1862-1999" connects the blues aurally and visually, and reveals how the South, like the blues, is full of contradictions: dark and woeful yet beauteous and jubilant.
"...own other human beings. More than a century after slavery's abolishment, the repercussions of that history -- and of..."
March 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Public Notice
Celebrate the emancipation of Texas slaves (albeit, two and a half years late) on Juneteenth!
"...to establish an official day marking the end of slavery. Up in Washington, Congressman Tony Hall (D-OH) (wait, isn't..."
June 15, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer
Letters at 3AM
McGuffey's Readers helped establish American education as we know it (or knew it).
"...of his students it didn't inoculate against committing genocide, slavery, Jim Crow, child labor, the suppression of women, bigotry..."
April 27, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura
Santitos_tmp
"...Independently deciding that her daughter was kidnapped into white slavery, Esperanza first digs up the grave, and then goes..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Patriot
"...a front united against the British. Its depictions of slavery are also tinted by its backward glance, although its..."
June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Postmarks
Transportation and trash are heavy on the minds of readers this week.
"...but not Texas. Rather, ours recalls a period of slavery. Nor is there any memorial in the Supreme Court..."
Feb. 4, 2000 Column
Santitos
"...Independently deciding that her daughter was kidnapped into white slavery, Esperanza first digs up the grave, and then goes..."
Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Postmarks
Differing takes on Town Lake going Greek; too many zeros for Babich; and
the Chronicle film reviewers take another hit.
"...and therefore all of their heritage must be obliterated! Slavery existed in Africa (and still does) for thousands of..."
Oct. 8, 1999 Column
Postmarks
Share the Smart Growth
"...white ancestors did." Or, "I am not responsible for slavery."..."
Jan. 1, 1999 Column
The Prince of Egypt
"...sole sin of the Egyptians is their commitment to slavery and not their unwillingness to renounce polytheism for monotheism...."
Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Walk Like an Egyptian
"...was to create our extras. This movie is about slavery and freedom and faith, and that means we had..."
Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Exhibitionism
"...Miranda image-myth into its core issues: colonialism, racial stereotyping, slavery, and tourism. Booths and players drip with gaudy colors,..."
Oct. 16, 1998 Arts Review
Shining Lighthouse
"...promises a comprehensive exploration of the different eras of slavery in America, from colonization to the Civil War. Angela..."
Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser
Postmarks
Think Positive
"...In reference to Kurt Standiford's letter on slavery ["Postmarks," Vol.17, No.30], he is a slave to his..."
May 8, 1998 Column
Writes of Spring
Off the Bookshelf
"...a strictly causal relationship between the economic conditions of slavery - which inflicted responsibilities on women that were similar..."
April 3, 1998 Books Review
The Winter Classic
South by Southwest 1998
"...salsa, and soukous - are results of Western Europe's slavery of Africans, mixing the exiled with the equally subjugated..."
March 27, 1998 Music Feature
Amistad
"...In the period being dramatized, the economic considerations of slavery overwhelmed the moral ones. Baldwin is fighting this battle..."
Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Connecting a Few Dots
"...people into the deathly life of barely paid wage slavery, manufacturing First World products. Will those peoples rise and..."
Feb. 28, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura
Live Shots
"...on the Fields, Wynton Marsalis' epic work on American slavery, might be surprised to know what they missed. Marsalis,..."
Feb. 28, 1997 Music Feature
In Black and White
Jesse Jackson and Tom Wicker
"...the civil rights reforms to remedy the effects of slavery, Southern apartheid, and the nation-wide systematic classification of blacks..."
Aug. 30, 1996 Books Feature
The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts
Our recommended shows for the week ahead
"...It Live. He recounted Iron Maiden opening its World Slavery tour in Poland, which mimicked the Beatles on Ed..."
Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...“Slavery is probably the best historical parallel to what we’re..."
Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature
South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere
3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival
"...Filipina women become overwhelmed by their experiences of modern slavery in the UK, their tight-knit community rallies around them...."
Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Far-Right Pro-Natal Conference Will Proceed in Austin as Planned
Line Hotel hosting anti-democracy, pseudoscientific speakers
"...isn't genetic, but "a social category invented to justify slavery," as a 2021 article in the journal of Evolution,..."
Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup
Learn something new and explore what's out there this fall
"...on the left above) belied his wealth. Born into slavery in Victoria County, Wallace joined the cattle drives at..."
Nov. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
The Eugenic Circus Comes to Town
A Downtown hotel is hosting a natalist, eugenics-aligned conference in December. Why Austin?
"...isn't genetic, but "a social category invented to justify slavery," as a 2021 article in the journal of Evolution,..."
Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
AFF Review: American Fiction
Uproarious erudite comedy gives the Black middle class a voice
"...and its history, always centering on poverty, drugs, or slavery. This is exemplified by Sintara Golden (Issa Rae) who's..."
Oct. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Rod Machen
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...to secede from the Union in a protest against slavery, after which he was accused of being an anarchist..."
