Exploring Black Digital History Through the Legacy of the Nike Air Force 1

Ciara Elle Bryant wonders when a shoe becomes an icon?

"...proxy, the institution’s failure to recognize the robust, long-lived history of Black art, spurred a line of questioning that..."

March 11, 2022 Features Feature by Vivie Behrens

Digital Drag Review: Boiz of Austin’s “Are the Straights Okay?”

The Boiz revel in heteronormative absurdity

"...Before the Boiz of Austin’s digital drag show “Are the Straights Okay?” even kicked off..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Born Digital, But Then What?

UT professor Craig Watkins on the migratory patterns of the Internet's first flock

"...of Craig Watkins' new book, The Young and the Digital, is an oblique reference to a daytime soap opera...."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Preserving History’s First Draft in Central Texas

From treasure legends to backyard graves, news archives fill gaps

"...to some extent. “It’s our duty to protect that history,” he said...."

Oct. 25, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Do Shepherds Dream of Digital Sheep?

2178: A digital-music dystopia

"...begun litigation against more than 1,000 individuals for swapping digital music files. RIAA President Cary Sherman cavalierly suggested that..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

SXSW Panel Recap: Teens, Screens & Wellbeing: Youth in the Digital Age

How can adults support teens in a digital world?

"...discussion of how today’s teenagers are faring in our digital world inundated with notifications from devices. “Nuance is required”..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Missed Out on Your Chance to See Hamilton? $10 Tickets Available Through Digital Lottery.

Get a seat at one of the hottest shows without spending Benjamins!

"...Because, listen, there’s gonna be a digital lottery for Broadway In Austin’s Hamilton tickets, starting before..."

May 16, 2019 Arts Post

Reclaiming Texas History, One Home Movie at a Time

The missionary zeal of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

"...a lot about how this country looks at media history," says Frick. "When we talk about film history, most..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll

First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley

"...veteran rock journalist, on the publication eve to The History of Rock & Roll, the second installment of his..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Inside the Austin History Center’s LGBTQ Collections

The city’s historical archive shines a light on lesser-told stories

"...In researching the history of the LGBTQ rights movement and Pride celebrations in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...brave, and ask questions.”   – Carys Anderson Black History Month Kids’ Day..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

New Plans for Bastrop Film Studio Hope to Overcome Its Volatile History

Can new management help Spiderwood Studios rise again?

"...state-of-the-art, 35,000-square-foot soundstages, one of which will contain a digital "volume" wall, the same technology used to film The..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Today's Texas History Lesson

Land office buys more Confederate artefacts.

"...Office has acquired a unique piece of Civil War history with the purchase of the private letters of Confederate..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

History Rewritten by The Mandela Effect

Sci fi tragedy gets its world premiere in Austin

"...in the code. So if the universe is a digital experiment, maybe it can be rewritten to give him..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Is It Rolling, Bob?

Bob Johnston produced some of music's greatest albums

"...It Rolling, Bob? preserves an important piece of music history. Born in Hillsboro, Texas, the subject tried his hand..."

June 26, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Technically Speaking

The Digital World Turns the Page

"...Beyond the Charts: MP3 and the Digital Music Revolutionby Bruce Haring..."

June 2, 2000 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Bigger and Better

The Bullock Museum IMAX Theatre completes digital conversion

"...When the Bullock Texas State History Museum announced last month that they were temporarily closing..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

AMODA's Operandi

Just what, exactly, is the Austin Museum of Digital Art up to these days?

"...the division of real and unreal and collapses recorded history to an anachronistic clusterfuck. When much of what William..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

Laal Singh Chaddha

Indian remake of Forrest Gump even more cloying than the original

"...stumbling through the world, interacting with and occasionally creating history along the tumultuous path of the United States through..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Showcase Showdown

The Austin Museum of Digital Art's programming challenges our notions of creativity

"...AMODA Digital Showcase 39..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Paper Clips

It’s an only-in-America tale about kids in the Tennessee hamlet of Whitwell and their "paper clip project” – a teaching tool meant to help them comprehend the dimensions of the Holocaust – but it grew into something much, much more.

"...little production, shot by filmmakers Berlin and Fab on digital video and edited on their home Avid system, that..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Things Must Pass

Spirited doc traces the rise and fall of Tower Records

"...Must Pass by actor-turned-director Colin Hanks presents a lively history of the rise and fall of Tower Records. At..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Dave McClinton: Despite It All" at the Butridge

The digital collagist’s new solo exhibition is peopled with many colors

"...The history of this country, hey, it's all there in black..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Zombie Girl: The Movie

This is a "making of" documentary about the 2005 filming of the zombie film Pathogen, made by then-12-year-old Austinite Emily Hagins.

"...documentary about this atypical filmmaker and her project. The history of how Emily arrived at the point of making..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Piñero

This film is a sympathetic biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican writer Miguel Piñero (author of Short Eyes).

"...more than a lot of jive-shit. Shot shakily on digital video and flat-looking 16mm, in color and in black..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Wild, Wired West

CD-ROMs Make Virtual History

"...a sandhill Alamo or Doom with muzzle-loaders. This is history, not a game, and how you remember this Alamo..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Screens Feature

Paris Can Wait

A woman at the crossroads of life

"...wife of an internationally famous film producer with a history of infidelity (Baldwin, in a performance that’s literally phoned-in),..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Crossing Over to the Dark Side

Alan Parsons answers the $64,000 question

"...in the Sky” before his panel discussion, Producers: The Analog-Digital Shift. Off the Record: What’s the most common question..."

March 20, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Elevation

Taking stock of music DVDs

"...one of those 5-disc carousel players would be mine. Digital quality movies were simply a bonus; as with the..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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