Who We Are

The 'Chronicle' interviews Howard Zinn on war, peace, and human nature

"...author best known for his ground-breaking retelling of American history from the bottom up, A People's History of the..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...was back in the Mesozoic Era of Austin theatre history, when I was young enough to have hair and..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...a biochem major, so I don't have a long history as a cinephile, so I book what I like."..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Unheard Voices

Diverse Stories Break Through

"...up her deeply lyrical and enormously successful celebration of African-American women Lovve/rituals & rage with a one wo'mn show..."

July 7, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Film Society Announces 2022 Filmmaker Grant Recipients

Projects from PJ Raval, Don Swaynos to financial support

"...slave passage to present day, most of African American history has been lost and/or destroyed and reduced to minimum..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month: 'Texas Servant Girl Murders'

PBS's 'History Detectives' tackle Austin's biggest mystery: the unsolved string of killings in 1885

"...all but one were female, with most of those African-Americans working as domestics. Because so many of the crimes..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arthouse Texas Prize: Five for Texas (the prize, that is)

Arthouse shows off work by finalists for the 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize

"...of El Paso. Anderson comments on the ways that African-American history has been commodified in large-scale paintings on paper..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day

"...Museum Day, citizen, that free celebration of art, culture, history, music, nature, and science – with local bastions of..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

Outing the Archive

The Austin History Center stands ready to gay up its archives

"...the current state of LGBTQI collections at the Austin History Center?..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

Panel Finds 'Serious Flaws' in SBOE-Backed Social Studies Textbooks

Independent reviewers find more than a dozen factual distortions

"...review of Texas social studies textbooks reveals distortions of history on topics ranging from religion and democracy to the..."

Sept. 10, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• A Piece of Austin's African-American History Civic leader Fred McGhee won the first round..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...dubious statistical records that appeared only in the small African-American newspapers of the day...."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

The Texas Documentary Tour: A Hymn for Alvin Ailey and Malcolm X: Make it Plain

"...Bagwell featured in this series displayhis documentary focus on African-American history and culture. Previousefforts include his collaborative work on..."

Sept. 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reading to Celebrate All Year

Writers highlighted on the last day of Black History Month

"...last day of February marks the conclusion of Black History Month, but hopefully the celebration of some of our..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Public Notice

"...pop culture. With one week remaining of African American History Month, area campuses and parishes are stocked with events...."

Feb. 23, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

Blood Brothers

This book does a superb job of capturing the essence of these two great Americans and their shared love of the American West

"...Wars (1860-1890). The two were already embedded in American history before their living legends morphed into mythological celebrity, synchronized,..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Bobby Bridger

TV Review: 'Soul Food Junkies'

A documentary examining the past, present, and future of soul food

"...up eating my grandmother's country-style cooking. Similar to traditional, African-American soul food, our meals of fried chicken with heaps..."

Jan. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...and grownups can learn about South Asia’s rich cultural history through folk art, dance, music, and literature presented by..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Public Notice: The 30% Solution

Capital Metro slow-rolls out the next draft of the rail plan

"...Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick if he believes Mexican American history is CRT, and why he killed a vote on..."

April 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Robert Faires' Top 10 Theatre Treasures of 2019

History came alive and exceptional ensembles propelled the year's most memorable shows

"...a thrilling power that justified the hype and made history into headlines, while the 50-year-old rock opera, in a..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rosewood Courts Historic-Zoning Talks Continue

Future uncertain for the first African-American public housing complex in the country

"...held two meetings to discuss the proposed plan ("Living History," March 25). The resolution, sponsored by District 1 Council..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

How to Prepare a Possum: 19th Century Cuisine in Austin

Austin History Center exhibits local food history

"...the view of Michael Miller, archivist at the Austin History Center, the beginning of our city was rooted in..."

May 16, 2013 Food Post by MM Pack

TV Eye

Looking for something to watch this Easter? Try a little history lesson with George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire. Also, Antiques Roadshow comes to Austin; Great Writers, Great Cities premieres on PBS; no one takes the flap for Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire.

"...to become the Governor of Alabama (elected with huge African-American support), Wallace led a life of epic proportions...."

April 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"..."series character" written all over him, is a by-his-bootstraps African-American police detective in Deacon Beach, which occupies "a coastal..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Council Recap: Undoing Austin’s White Supremacist Legacy

A Juneteenth holiday, renamings, alcohol rules among changes

"...“The inequities are countless and they aren’t because African-Americans are inherently inferior. They are the fruits of generations..."

July 31, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: What’s Past and What’s Present

Capitol events provide a snapshot of current predicaments

"...Austin was treated to a living diorama of Texas history and of things to come. A large crowd of..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Rhiannon Giddens Reanimates Black Feminism

Antebellum bandleader untangles African-American music history

"...Performance embodying virtually all African-American music, the singer plumbed all its pain and truth..."

April 26, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Barbecue Crossroads: Notes & Recipes From A Southern Odyssey

Robb Walsh seeks enlightenment on his own barbecue spirit quest

"...only an excuse to explore the religious roots of African-American barbecue in America...."

April 4, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

Art as Politics

"...on his creativity with hopes of uniting this city's African-American community. "The real deal," Vance says, "is that theatre..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Articulations

African Playwright Visits

"...apartheid. In an appearance sponsored by UT's African and African-American Studies Center and the Departments of Theatre and Dance..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Column

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