Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...continued gentrification and its rippling effect on this city’s Black population is indisputable. A proud native of 78702, the..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin

Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression

"...has played and may still be playing to disenfranchise Black Austinites – from the city’s founding in 1839, when..."

March 5, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

A gentle, poetic look at gentrification that shimmers with the winds of history

"...The Last Black Man in San Francisco, already one of the most..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qmmunity: Black and Queer Creativity

Speaking to Black and Queer AF variety show host Aira Juliet about showcasing Black creativity, plus queer events coming up

"...has been a Month. And after having major surgery – I come to the Qmmunity editorship 100% boob-free! –..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Column by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Commission Considers a Black Live Music Fund

Envisioning a Black Live Music Fund and fixing the Broken Spoke

"...racism at a Monday meeting. Following nationwide rallies for Black Lives Matter, Commission Vice Chair Jonathan "Chaka" Mahone of..."

July 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives

Rally, march celebrates Austin’s Black queer and trans communities

"...uniting to host a Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives this Fri.-Sun., June 26-28, in support of Austin’s..."

June 25, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Black Christmas

Redo of horror classic rejects subtext for political message

"...Three years ago, Riley (Poots) was sexually assaulted at a college..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

50 Years Black & Queer at UT's Black Studies Biennial Conference

Historical analysis of the Caribbean’s queer, black activism

"...The University of Texas at Austin’s second Black Studies Biennial Conference returns March 14 and 15 to..."

March 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alex Puente

Austin Black Pride Wraps a Successful Second Year

Celebrating the evolution of Austin's Black LGBTQ community

"...Last weekend, Austin Black Pride celebrated its second year of successful events. While..."

April 4, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Nicholus

Capital City Black Film Festival Returns

Year two gets even more ambitious

"...Now in its second year, the Capital City Black Film Festival has enjoyed enough increased attention and additional..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

Men in Black 3

Josh Brolin's spooky good impersonation of the younger Tommy Lee Jones is the only fresh thing happening in this sequel.

"...once again populated the alien-besieged world of Men in Black with an eye-popping menagerie of out-of-this-world oddities and outré,..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Lizard

"...Junya Usami and Kikko Matsuoka. If nothing else, Fukasaku's Black Lizard (originally released in Japan in 1968, but deemed..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Robe

"...Shellenberg. As a history lesson, it's not likely that Black Robe will improve on the sketchy, inaccurate and romantized..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Black Star Co-Op Talks Collaboration During COVID and 10 Years of Brewing

The state of an Austin beer mainstay

"...for struggling local businesses. No stranger to forced pivots, Black Star Co-Op reached their 10 year anniversary in August...."

Dec. 3, 2020 Food Post by Evan Rodriguez

Resources to Support Black Austinites During Police Brutality Protests

How to help and how to find help

"...the streets to protest racism and police violence against Black people. In the wake of the police killings of..."

June 3, 2020 News Post by Selome Hailu

Men in Black: International

The MiB stay Earthbound in a sequel saved by its stars

"...this talent and this charisma to keep Men in Black: International from being an outright disaster...."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Black Metal Dialogues Live!

Dave Hill brings the legend of Witch Taint to extreme black life at SXSW

"...I was just bored one night and started emailing black metal bands, just being an idiot and asking silly..."

March 10, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT to Host Black Matters Conference

Social justice activist Angela Davis will deliver closing keynote

"...of Texas at Austin has announced its first-ever international Black Studies conference, to be held Sept. 29-30. Black Matters:..."

Sept. 27, 2016 News Post by Spencer Beghtol

First Look: Black's Barbecue

Famous family opens Austin storefront

"...was any doubt about whether or not Lockhart's venerable Black family supports this particular foray into the Austin market,..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The original material was shot by a Swedish TV crew but just now assembled into this documentary that has both vision and perspective.

"...A remarkable, unexpected, and highly impressionistic document of the Black Power movement in America spanning the years 1967 to..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Out of the Press Room

Long-time Perry consigliere Robert Black stands down as communications director

"...long-time mouthpiece and close adviser, director of communications Robert Black, is leaving the guv's staff...."

July 14, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Black and White

"...fast and loose with the rules. His new film Black and White is a fascinating, perplexing, amusing, and irascible..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men in Black

Jones and Smith make for an entertaining combo as they play secret agents who monitor extraterrestrials.

"...Addams Family director Barry Sonnenfeld. In fact, Men in Black opens with titles that are strikingly similar to Sonnenfeld's..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Opinion: No Home Sweet HOME for Austin’s Black and Latino Communities

A member of the Planning Commission argues that Austin’s proposed new land use plan would result in another major forced relocation of Austin’s Latino community and its dwindling Black community

"...drafted, it's a plan that has written out Austin's Black and Brown communities, crafted without meaningful consideration of the..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by Alberta Phillips

Zero Waste, Black-Owned Startup Nurtures Community One Plant at a Time

Black Lives Veggies plants seeds of change

"...make a potting soil blend he's tweaked through the years. "The soil is the foundation of a good vegetable,"..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Voices From the Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives

Letting the protesters speak for themselves

"...to raise their voices, peacefully combat police violence against Black people, and march to the Capitol, Clara Ence Morse..."

June 9, 2020 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Now Streaming in Austin: Brainstorm Black

Charlotte Moore's series about changing outcomes in Black Austin

"...this is a moment to really listen to what Black Austinites are saying, and have been saying for years...."

June 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black and Blue

Corrupt cop drama feels awkwardly dated

"...be technically outside the realm of possibility that a white British screenwriter and the director of this year's The..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

ATX Black Food Week Supports Black-Owned Restaurants

The celebration, organized by Austin Justice Coalition, continues

"...approach the end of the first week of ATX Black Food Week 2019, we gear up for the beginning..."

July 26, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...exactly the same with the modern superhero film with Black Panther. There have been superhero movies with black leads..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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