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Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature
Annie
This Annie is of our time, even if we've grown remote from spunky little girls.
"...“It’s the Hard-Knock Life” is shot in a cramped Harlem apartment; you can feel the camera backing into high..."
Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The AggreGAYtor: March 11
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
"...too much Silence of the Lambs. Now that the "Harlem Shake" has been used to score homophobia, can we..."
March 11, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson
Queer Culture From the 1970s to 70
Three documentaries highlight a generation of gay icons
"...up SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) in Harlem, N.Y. We see him tabling, at Harlem Pride, as..."
March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell
Koch
The subject of this documentary is the colorful, former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch.
"...reneging on his promise to keep open a historic Harlem hospital and enraging the black community in the process..."
March 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
We P.2ed
Art that surprises, delights, disturbs and, yes, bores.
"...forty photographs documenting her performance made for a 1983 Harlem African-American Parade in NYC entitled Art Is…. How apropos..."
Jan. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell
Family Affair
Austin's archeological imprint Heavy Light Records uncovers Texas history one record at a time
"...Bonding with master of ceremonies Obatallah Hayter, the late Harlem-born pianist who rapped over records from his wheelchair, the..."
Oct. 7, 2011 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett
Off the Record
Throwing the first stone for the Chronicle Music Poll
"...7) Harlem, Hippies (Matador)..."
Jan. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell
Waiting for 'Superman'
More provocative than genuinely informative, this documentary, nevertheless, has kicked off a national discussion about remedying our failing educational system.
"...the problem. Extensive interview footage is included of well-known Harlem Children's Zone educator Geoffrey Canada and controversial Washington, D.C.,..."
Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Off the Record
The Department of Homeland Security tries to take down YellowFever and KAOS Radio. Somewhere Harvey Pekar is laughing.
"...Harlem kicked off a three-week tour this week with Jack..."
July 16, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
Sharecropping on Wheels
While the city juggles taxicab franchises, drivers demand 'a fair shake'
"...they were Roy's Taxi, American Yellow Checker Cab, and Harlem Cab. Over the years, Harlem morphed into Austin Cab;..."
June 11, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Off the Record
A closer look at the closing of the Cactus Cafe, Beerland's Casual Victim Pile, and Watchtower's Control and Release
"...choogle. Feeding off the energy of a capacity audience, Harlem capped the weekend in historic fashion with equal parts..."
Feb. 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
This highly readable narrative picks up where Jane Jacobs' 1961 classic, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, left off
"...Zukin is laying out the specifics of, say, how Harlem became de-ghettoized or the ramifications of the Williamsburg hipster..."
Jan. 8, 2010 Books Review by Cindy Widner
Critics Poll
"...HARLEM (Austin Powell)..."
Jan. 1, 2010 Music Feature
Random Play
All the news that didn't fit
"...Austin's own Harlem, who hits Beerland on Friday, has inked a deal..."
June 18, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell
Queenie Pie
This Ellington opus may not look much like opera, but it sure swings like the Duke
"...gold-on-black art deco lines, yanks you back to a Harlem nightspot at the height of the jazz age, and..."
April 24, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Off the Record
The best things in life are free, at least on Red River for the first week of January
"...The real catch actually turned out to be opener Harlem. The Tucson, Ariz., transplants have quickly become beacons of..."
Jan. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell
Soul Men
Samuel Jackson and Bernie Mac play a couple of washed-up and forgotten R&B backup singers, who are on an improbable road back to fame.
"...arranged in his honor at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and Hinds and Hooks, who haven’t spoken in years..."
Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Miracle at St. Anna
Spike Lee fights the good fight but loses the battle in his bloated and muddled World War II epic that pays tribute to the Army's Buffalo Soldiers.
"...interests; Hector Negron (Alonso) is a Puerto Rican from Harlem who’s the unit’s radio operator and translator; and Sam..."
Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Cute Band Alert!
"...I recently asked Harlem guitarist Michael Coomers to describe what his band sounds..."
June 12, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder
Fats Waller
"...that spanned just 39 years from cradle to grave, Harlem-born pianoman Thomas "Fats" Waller penned what you thought was..."
Oct. 20, 2006 Music Review by Marc Savlov
Letters @ 3AM
Every contributor to a newspaper – not least, the letter-writers and ad designers – creates an artifact precious to history
"...days were during World War II in Italian East Harlem. She was in her early 20s. Her paper was..."
Sept. 1, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
Idlewild
OutKast has been operating as two separate and distinct musical personas for at least three years now, and Idlewild unwisely continues this trend into the cinematic realm.
"...for a little while you hope that the famous Harlem hoofer will appear in one form or another; it..."
Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
A Dream Pursued
The Young Eight is showing the world of classical music what it means to be young, gifted, and black
"...landing a host of residencies along the way: NCSA, Harlem School of the Arts, Winston-Salem State University, First Philadelphia..."
Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Hollywood Detour
The independent mind of Edgar G. Ulmer
"...by The Singing Blacksmith, American Matchmaker, and Moon Over Harlem. In addition to these ethnic films of the Thirties,..."
Nov. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Young at Art
At age 85, violinist Robert Rudié is still fiddling around – and teaching and acting and …
"...Honolulu Symphony, among others; teaching at the Riverdale School, Harlem School of the Arts, Westchester Conservatory, and Vassar; touring..."
March 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Toronto International Film Festival
A first-timer's diary
"...the early Seventies, we caught Shaft, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Come Back Charleston Blue, Super Fly, and Slaughter. Later,..."
Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black
Bright Lights, Inner City
When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway
"...vital to the culture here in Austin as in Harlem or New Orleans...."
July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
The Pawnbroker
Over the past 40 years, Sidney Lumet has directed classics such as Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Verdict, works that overshadow the rest of his 41-film career. The Pawnbroker is overlooked now, despite exploring some of the themes that would define Lumet's later, more recognized films.
"...a WWII concentration camp. Sol confines himself to his Harlem pawnshop, run as a front for a local gangster..."
March 7, 2003 Screens Review by Trae Stanley
The Brother From Another Planet
"...black escaped prisoner from outer space who lands in Harlem. His muteness allows others to read into him whatever..."
