SXSW Episodic: American Gods

It's old gods vs. new in Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman novel

"...seems in this show," actor Ian McShane said of American Gods as the Starz series opener premiered at South..."

March 11, 2017 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

LBJ Library Celebrates Fight for Equality in American Sports

The “Get in the Game” exhibition’s opening ceremony is April 21

"...“Get in the Game: The Fight for Equality in American Sports.” With historical memorabilia such as Muhammad Ali’s autographed..."

April 18, 2018 Events Post by Milo Webb

Point Austin: American Horror Story

What can you say when you can't say "It's Only a Movie"?

"...what we'd missed. That's a procedure normally reserved for American Horror Story...."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Column by Michael King

American Heritage

"...Dear Editor, As an African-American who has his own opinions, I don't think any..."

June 1, 2015 Postmarks

South African Wine Shines at Cape Bottle Room

East Austin shop focuses on an under-the-radar wine region

"...you wouldn't know it based on its presence in American wine shops, wine bars, and restaurants. "Most of the..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

AFS Essential's Torn From the Motherland: Films From the African Diaspora

Oct. 23-Nov. 20

"...equally joyful and depressing history) began, this time of African blacks – to North America, South America, Europe, and..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Story of an American Music

Hector Galán's Songs of the Homeland

"...Mendoza," a native of Houston who was the first Mexican-American to reach international star status in the 1930s and..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

The American Voice

Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections," and other new releases

"...Standing alongside J.M. Coetzee as a pillar of South African literature, and hailed by many as one of our..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Daughters of the Dust

"...wager that the portrait of turn of the century African-American women you get in Daughters of the Dust is..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

David Van Os on Single-Member Districts

Texas attorney on the history of the "gentlemen’s agreement"

"...that reserved one seat on the City Council for African-Americans and one seat on the City Council for Hispanics...."

Feb. 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Songs of a New Race, Sung Again

A celebration of African-American chamber music from the Austin Chamber Music Center and Huston- Tillotson College

"...and too often ignored – history and culture of African-Americans. With that in mind, the Austin Chamber Music Center..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Just Another Girl On the I.R.T.

"...like Chantel (Johnson) in the movies before -- an African-American teenage girl who dreams of becoming a doctor and..."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

kYmberly Keeton Wants Your Stories for the Black COVID-19 Index

And at the Austin African American Book Festival 2020, she’ll tell you why

"...– has always been the mission of the Austin African American Book Festival, and it continues to fulfill that..."

June 26, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Handcuffed

Is this what the African-American Achievement Plan looks like at AISD?

"...DaVont'e, who is African-American, had previously attended Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Point Austin: Pushed Out

The case of Austin's declining black population isn't so curious

"...another report in its continuing research on Austin's declining African-American population. Assistant Professor Eric Tang and his co-author, Bisola..."

May 27, 2016 News Column by Michael King

When Is Austin Not “Austin”?

Debate flares over research on Black Austin diaspora

"...responding to recent research reflecting the decline in Austin’s African-American population, even while the city's overall population is rapidly..."

Jan. 29, 2015 News Post by Michael King

TDH: 5/11/11

Real talk on politics and race at council work session

"...mentioned the timing of a $150,000 contract for the African American Youth Resource Center, coming up as staff recommends..."

May 11, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Taste of Black Austin: Joi Chevalier Talks Green Book

Honor the story of African American travelers during Jim Crow

"...threat of racism was around every corner, especially as African Americans traveled throughout Texas and other parts of America,..."

June 14, 2019 Food Feature by Sydney Greene

The Human Stain

Despite some terrific moments, Philip Roth's words fail to stick to the screen.

"..."spooks." He means specters, but because the students are African-American, he is branded a racist.) The ruined Coleman has..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dialogues With Madwomen

"...and gay, Catholic and Jew, young and middle-aged, one Chinese-American and one African-American -- a carefully selected rainbow coalition..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

A rare journey behind the words of America's poet laureate

"...practice session. Witness then, the humble beginnings of this African American Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-winning author, essayist, political radical,..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lee Daniels' The Butler

The stars shine bright in this broad yet moving overview of the last 90 years of African-American history.

"...is inspired by the experiences of Eugene Allen, an African-American who served as a White House butler – and..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When We Were Kings

This documentary Oscar winner is a vivid retelling of the "Rumble in the Jungle," in which Muhammad Ali bested George Foreman in a storied boxing match in Kinshasa, Zaire.

"...ethnic pride among the people of the poor West African nation. Ali's bold defiance of the draft, his embrace..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Spectrum Theatre Company

'Illumination Celebration' brings African-American theatre one step closer to the spotlight

"...Austin certainly doesn't lack for African-American theatre artists. African-American theatre companies, though? That's another story...."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jemima Code Banners Part of Food Day Celebration

Larger-than-life photos of African-American cooks shown in Boston

"...an exhibition of her collection of photo banners of African-American cooks working in kitchens in the American South entitled..."

Oct. 24, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Express

The story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner, is full of heart-pumping stadium heroics and quiet acts of dignity.

"...from a garden-variety great-white-hope manufacturer to the home of African-American superstar Jim Brown (who would go on to become..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Whose Streets?

A you-are-there portrait of the tragedy in Ferguson

"...its raw depiction of events transpiring in the predominantly African-American community of Ferguson, Mo., about three years ago. On..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

“Taste of Black Austin” Explores Cultural Foodways

New photography exhibit showcases Austin’s African-American chefs

"...Dallas, but the Central Texas timeline is rich with African-American involvement in the food industry. A new photography exhibit,..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Black Like Me ... and Me ... and Me

Elvis Mitchell discusses why there's no one African-American experience

"...that offers living, breathing, ongoing portraits of 21 prominent African-American professionals who represent a wide variety of backgrounds, beliefs,..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rize

Celebrity photographer David LaChapelle casts his lens toward the newest L.A. dance craze.

"...aggressive offshoot, krumping. Not widely known of outside the African-American communities in which the trend has taken root, Rize..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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