Lost Cinema Reopening in East Austin

Blue Starlite teams with Millennium for community initiative

"...This void wasn’t always the case: the Harlem Theater operated on 12th Street from 1935 until it..."

Dec. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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Comic Creator Spotlight on Gene Selassie: "It Took Stuff Like The Walking Dead"

For Free Comic Book Day we chat with Austin's sequential standouts

"...anthology (Terminal, 2016), with a crime noir set in Renaissance Harlem mixed with the supernatural. That led to a..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Nature, history, and more to explore in 2023

"...centennial celebration of our state parks; there’s also a Renaissance festival in Kerrville, Lunar New Year festivities in Grand..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin FC Erases 0-2 Deficit for “Entertaining” Draw Against FC Dallas

Late goals from Driussi, Hoesen yield 2-2 finish

"...Patriots. And don’t even get me started on the Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals...."

June 26, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Five Things to Enjoy During Black History Month

Art, theatre, music, ballet, and more

"...bright interpretation of this holiday classic – set in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance period of the 1920s and..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The also-rans are as good as this year's animated nominees

"...from Hopper to Modigliani to Basquiat, via nods to Harlem Renaissance creators like James Lesesne Wells and Aaron Douglas...."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sam Houston & Blk Odyssy Adds Chicken and Waffles to Their Message

Serving up some neo-soul food

"...the best soul food places I've ever had in Harlem. And I spent a lot of time there –..."

June 12, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Comedy: The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle

Music and socially conscious stand-up made for a powerful mix

"...from the 1920s – a defining work of the Harlem Renaissance. “We’re borrowing it from a movement at the..."

March 11, 2019 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

The New Negroes Showcases the Full Range of African-American Comedy at SXSW

At the stand-up show hosted by Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle, black laughs matter

"...taking its name from a phrase popularized during the Harlem Renaissance that identified African-Americans who would no longer submit..."

March 8, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Comedy: Your 2019 Lineup

Leading the laughs: Griffin, The Daily Show, and Elon Musk?

"...New Negroes was a term in vogue during the Harlem Renaissance, used to identify African-Americans who spoke up and..."

Feb. 26, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Herb Alpert’s School of Music

Trumpeter’s alums include Waylon, Satchmo, and Karen Carpenter

"...Music. His foundation has supported causes ranging from the Harlem School for the Arts to the Yes Men. Somewhere..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...of A$AP Rocky and the A$AP Mob, from humble Harlem beginnings to their rapid rise to fame. (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

Jazz maestro in detail.

"...his career, beginning with his early adulthood amidst the Harlem Renaissance at the famed Cotton Club. During those formative..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Beauty Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance

Despite some flaws, this ACC Department of Drama production provides valuable insight into the Harlem Renaissance

"...Beauty Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem ReniassanceBoyd Vance Theatre, 1165 Angelina, 223-3245 www.austincc.edu/drama Through March..."

March 1, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

'Beauty Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance'

ACC's Department of Drama polishes a few rare gems by black women playwrights

"...Beauty is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, Austin Community College Department of Drama Chair Marcus..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place

Welcome home, Jimmy and Ceci

"...JONES AND CHERISE SMITH Jazz, spoken word, and the Harlem Renaissance. Heck yeah. Explore all this and more with..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

This week, Gay Place dotes on the goat and the bunny

"...CHERISE SMITH You had us at jazz, but the Harlem Renaissance and spoken word sent us over the edge...."

Jan. 13, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Mothership Connection

Space is place for the hip-hop race

"...dropped a three-toed African-American mute in the middle of Harlem. Played by Joe Morton, the brother was chased through..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery

This graphic novel by writer Mat Johnson and artist Warren Pleece is a historical thriller set during the Harlem Renaissance of early last century

"...Warren Pleece is a historical thriller set during the Harlem Renaissance of early last century. Our protagonist, Zane Pinchback,..."

March 14, 2008 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFS Texas Documentary Tour

Heather MacDonald's 'Been Rich All My Life

"...Apollo Theater and Cotton Club chorus dancers of the Harlem Renaissance era who, well, just gotta dance ... and,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

After a Fashion

Is DIY design? Your Style Avatar weighs in ... like the 500-lb. gorilla in the middle of the room.

"...mid-Seventies there were three taxi companies: Yellow, Roy's, and Harlem. Harlem Cab primarily served the Eastside, but when choosing..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Hey Willpower! Can I Get a 'Hell Yeah!'?

Imperial Teen’s Will Schwartz goes solo, Top 40, and asks, “Why the Hell Not?” with his new thing, hey willpower!

"...it was amazing then. It was really like a Renaissance going on...."

March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Brother to Brother

A festival favorite jumps to the big screen with its story that compares and contrasts life as a gay black man in the present day and the Harlem Renaissance.

"...linked by the character of Bruce Nugent (Robinson), a Harlem Renaissance poet now living in a homeless shelter staffed..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Big Books: Part One

From Zora Neale Hurston to the National Football League

"...Raised in the all-black Eatonville, Fla., this slacks-wearing, thrice-married Harlem Renaissance dynamo penned the classic Their Eyes Were Watching..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Books Feature by Kate X Messer

Past Is Prologue

Rodney Evans and 'Brother to Brother'

"...men, a painter today and a poet during the Harlem Renaissance, and the uncommon bond that develops between them..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...day with the lives of various members of the Harlem Renaissance. It's a work whose ambition sometimes overwhelms its..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Modern Taste

"There are these conundrums," Steven Watson said at lunch the day before he headed off to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at UT to try and unravel some of them. Clarifying the enigmas of modernism and avant-garde artists is something that Watson has become quite proficient at.

"...Beat Generation: Visionaries, Rebels and Hipsters, 1944-1960) and the Harlem Renaissance (The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930;..."

April 13, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Rhapsodies In Black: Music and Words From The Harlem Renaissance (Rhino)

"...Rhapsodies In Black: Music and Words From The Harlem Renaissance(Rhino) As the song says, you take the "A"..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Smokey Robinson, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, June 30

"...Robinson to ascend the Apollo-like stage of this stately, Harlem Renaissance-type theatre in one of the black capitals of..."

July 7, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Music of the Heart

"...classes for children in the financially strapped district of Harlem. It's a far cry from the director's previous work,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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