Don't the Moon Look Lonesome: A Novel

"...Crouch's ideas on topics ranging from the experience of black soldiers in Vietnam, to school reform, to the workings..."

June 9, 2000 Books Review by Tim Walker

KMFA's New Home Brings the Community Into Contact With Music

Austin's classical music radio station has a new building where people can see the sounds

"...Blocks in another pattern are covered with sheet music. Black and white vertical bricks on one wall are arranged..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Glam Punks of 70s Austin Get Up to Their Gypsy Tricks

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part two: Glitter rock (1972-76) fades

"...with adult weapons and sophistication galvanized Franklin's Mast's young black singer/drummer Bevis Griffin...."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Spectrum Theatre Company's Juneteenth Chronicles

With this play, Crystal Bird Caviel honors ancestors who were slaves and her colleague, the late Dr. Billy F. Harden

"...that he had with, say, Spectrum co-founders Jacqui Cross, Carla Nickerson, and Janis Stinson – with whom he'd been..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing

The script for this baseball play is a bit wobbly, but Austin Playhouse fields a strong production for the win

"...house of an old friend, Mrs. Hopkins (the velvet-voiced Carla Nickerson). While love of the game seems to outweigh..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: The Name Game

What's in a name? Plenty if you're a WIMP or WEENIE!

"...spiritually support WIMPS, and they know it. In fact, Carla DeSantis Black's Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women, or..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

"...Todd Porter, Saint Enid and the Black Hand..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Carla Nickerson, House Arrest/Omnium- Gatherum/Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cine las Americas

Passionate documentaries, visually poetic features, work by young directors and marginalized voices are all part of this year's Sixth Annual International Film Festival of the Americas.

"...film available in the world. Central to Nada+ is Carla, a bored postal worker who creates romances when she..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

KMFA's New Home

"...KMFA on-air host and director of creative learning Carla McElhaney, who's also been named the artistic director for..."

Jan. 28, 2021 Photo Gallery

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...players and a semblance of a blues scene with black players, but Clifford Antone elevated the blues scene by..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field

This production of Anna Deavere Smith's provocative docudrama calls out America's criminal justice system

"...features four actors who divide the workload: Michelle Alexander, Carla Nickerson, Kriston Woodreaux, and Zell Miller III...."

March 15, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Austin Playhouse's Monroe

In Lisa B. Thompson's tender drama, young African-Americans work out where they belong in the world

"...way to be sure. It's only when this young black man pulls a knife from his pants and begins..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Playhouse's Death of a Salesman

Marc Pouhé creates a powerful and sympathetic portrait of Willy Loman in a production starring African-American actors

"...to actors of the caliber of Marc Pouhé and Carla Nickerson. As Willy, Pouhé has clearly done the work..."

March 3, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Spectrum Theatre Company's Spunk

This Austin company weaves three classic tales by Zora Neale Hurston into a spirited service full of sass and grit

"...In Spectrum Theatre Company's Spunk, the eyes have it. Carla Nickerson's eyes flash it when the washerwoman she plays..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin African American Book Festival

Biographer Arnold Rampersad headlines the eighth edition, focusing on inspiration for change

"...Festival, which takes as its theme "We Have Tomorrow: Black Literature as Inspiration for Change." The eighth edition, taking..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...(Also: Fri., 9pm, Red Eyed Fly) – Raoul Hernandez Carla Morrison..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Showcases

Thursday night showcases, trips to Austin, Colombia, Mexico, Scandanavia, and Staten Island (RIP ODB)

"...lineup showcases before an old guard of teachers, from Blacksmith Music's Talib Kweli and Strong Arm Steady to Calif.'s..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

After a Fashion

Stephen acknowledges how recherché it would be for him to review his own show and then proceeds to do so

"...magnificent, working the stage like a silent movie queen; Carla McDonald was cool elegance on the outside with burning..."

March 3, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Pearl, NightswimActress, DramaJanelle Buchanan, Omnium-GatherumActor, DramaDavid Stahl, NightswimSupporting Actress, DramaCarla Nickerson, House Arrest/Omnium-Gatherum/Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992Supporting Actor, Drama Guy..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Anna Deveare Smith Gets Under Austin's Skin

The packed house at Zach on Feb. 12 showed that Austin was ready for Anna Deveare Smith, and Smith proved herself more than ready for Austin

"...leadership, how its doors had been opened to more black artists, to more plays that speak to the lives..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Fall TV is dead; long live fall TV!

"...could foreground some of the weightier themes (why do black men date white women?) and sustain them, instead of..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Sound & Color: Four Visual Depictions of Austin's Musical Identity

A whole palette of music-related art happenings of late, from a new Daniel Johnston mural to Bob Dylan's depiction of the Hole in the Wall

"...wall, the artist swapped his own image for a black-and-white Elvis in his painting. Renowned local muralist Federico Archuleta,..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Sid Vicious sneered and shot the finger, in filthy black jeans and ratty "God Save the Queen" T-shirt, bearing..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...but troubled single father. Cast: Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Carla Juri..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Isaac Hayes

"...Isaac HayesBlack Moses (Stax) Isaac HayesJuicy Fruit (Disco Freak) (Stax)..."

April 24, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen counts down last year: Sometimes he loses count

"...4) Christmas windows at Blackmail..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Time: Companions Ian Davidson, Feast of Voices Artina McCain, Black Composers Concert: The Black Female Composer Carla McElhaney, Revel..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Off the Record

All the fun fun fun that fits

"...• Black Joe Lewis recently appeared on Rockwiz, an Australian TV..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Watchmen

Although this hotly anticipated film has ideas galore, it remains bizarrely cold and uninvolving.

"...Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson and Carla Gugino. "Nothing ever changes," opines the leggy superheroine Silk..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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