Juan Capistran

Visiting artist's double exhibition at UT VAC digs deep into cultural identity

"...a Ph.D. candidate in Art History. In the Visual Arts Center's "What We Want, What We Believe: Towards a..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Andy Campbell

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...my first cookbook, A Taste of Heritage: The New African-American Cuisine, and the way I saw it, African-American cooking..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

A Dream Pursued

The Young Eight is showing the world of classical music what it means to be young, gifted, and black

"...eight members. They're all under 30. And they're all African-Americans. From the moment it was formed four years ago..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: A Life of Quality

In the shadow of another tragedy, the city takes a step toward justice

"...position paper presented by an ad hoc coalition of African-American community organizations, including the Austin Area Urban League, the..."

July 1, 2005 News Column by Michael King

A Niche of One's Own

Capitol Times Casts Wide Net in Covering News

"...Austin's newest African-American oriented paper is headquartered in these tony West Lake..."

June 12, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Exhibitionism

God's Trombones: Say Amen, Somebody

"...-- "The Creation," by James Weldon Johnson..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Review

The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]

As May money season opens, candidates blossom

"...northward as far as Howard Lane. It's the sole "African-American opportunity" district, intended to provide black voters a decisive..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...inter-Planetary travelers is Rob Nash, who has premiered two parts of his "Holy Cross Quadrilogy" here and is bringing..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Art

Art Openings

"...DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER GALLERY, 1110 Barton Springs Rd, 397-1472. "Bestiary," an..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"..."We found there were very few African-American children in band," says competition founder Larry Jackson. Out..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Talkin' the Walk

Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood

"...be the great 24-hour channel of American culture, injecting African-American music into a main American vein, a thrilling jolt..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Day Trips

"...The Museum of African-American Life and Culture in Dallas preserves the rich heritage..."

June 16, 1995 Column

Keeping Pace, Culturally

Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and, Austin, it's time

"...few years by busts. And private funding for the arts, which can be notoriously tough to secure in the..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...of the working week, the man who ran Pro Arts Collective, or the Boyd Vance of Sunday, worshiping at..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Austin Arts Commission defuses a community controversy by restarting the process of selecting public art for the soon-to-be-expanded George Washington Carver Museum and Library.

"...for it to "do the right thing," the Austin Arts Commission voted unanimously at its meeting Monday night to..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Sterling Lands' New Mission

Sterling Lands II and the Eastside Social Action Coalition fight for equity in Austin's public schools.

"...charges that the district is failing miserably to educate African-American children. In an Oct. 30 letter to AISD Board..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Viva La Diva/3 Mo' Divas

Two different trios of African-American sopranos sing in Austin in two weeks

"...How many African-American operatic divas can one live music capital handle? Six,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Silverstein. Her debut feature, telling the story of an African-American rodeo rider and a young women on the outskirts..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Magnificent Eight

Just before Juneteenth, the Young Eight, an acclaimed ensemble of young African-American classical musicians, returns to town as part of the St. Cecilia Music Series

"...before Juneteenth, the Young Eight, an ensemble of young African-American classical musicians who have made Austin a regular stop..."

June 17, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Inside the Spinning, Whirling World

"...In 1997-98, Dr. Joni L. Jones of the UT..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Worth a Thousand...

Words Play Off Images in Four New AMOA Exhibitions

"...Septima Poinsette Clark, photographed by Brian Lanker Consider the..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Peace Through Pie

A sweet honoring of Martin Luther King

"...family and friends to gather and share pie. Industrious African-American educators, including Mary McLeod Bethune and Charlotte Hawkins Brown,..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Jazzin' Up Catfish Row

After 70 years, Zach creates a Porgy and Bess for Austin

"...racism arose around the piece. Actors refused to take parts in it, and prominent African-American voices wrote and spoke..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

How Does an Artist Get a Passport?

Two Austin playwrights join dozens of writers from across the hemisphere to 'dream the Americas'

"...2001 to foster cross-cultural diversity and difference in the arts, and because it gave us an extraordinary opportunity to..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature

TAKS Scores Show Both Improvement and Trouble for AISD

Numbers down for the crucial third and 11th grades

"...Texas students take TAKS tests in language arts, math, science, and social studies. The system separately measures..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...during leaner times. Nowadays, when an Amerie tops the charts with a song that samples the Meters' "Oh, Calcutta!"..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Articulations

Local theatre artists join a planetwide call for peace with the Lysistrata Project, the UT PAC's associate director leaves for Pittsburgh, and the Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center gets a room of its own.

"...to Neil Barclay, associate director for the UT Performing Arts Center. Late last Wednesday, Jan. 22, the man who..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...cover photograph by Bruce Dye The road to Colonus..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

If You Can Make It There

"...at 8:30pm in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. African-American Theatre, Part II Back in November, this column marked..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Arts Column by Robert Faires

T. J. Gaudette

"...home, Planet Theatre. Without question, he shall be missed. African-American Theatre Symposium African-American theatre artists will be able to..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Arts Column

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