From Texas to Kenya

A thought on the global nature of the Obama victory

"...big screen TVs showed footage of the celebrations in Kenya as Obama took Virginia showed the real global significance...."

Nov. 4, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Turk Pipkin's Book of the Every Other Month Club

When you subscribe to this service, you get six volumes, Kenya gets three libraries

"...before he can get that money where it belongs: Kenya, where it will be used to build school libraries...."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Something New

Think Bridget Jones' lovelorn but marriage-obsessed single woman, only make her a neat-freak, not a basket case, and a comely African-American, not a plumpish, pasty Brit in this genre-tweaking romantic comedy.

"...and a comely African-American, not a plumpish, pasty Brit. Kenya McQueen (the terrifically appealing Lathan) is a power walker..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nowhere in Africa

"...Nazism in 1937 and relocate, virtually penniless, on the Kenyan veldt. Here father Walter (Ninidze), formerly a lawyer, toils..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Good Lie

A well-told story about four lost boys and girls of the Sudan in America gets a welcome assist from Hollywood.

"...Sudan (the film was shot in South Africa and Kenya), when a village is bombed and the surviving children..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Dreamed of Africa

"...from the verdant Tucsan hills in favor of the Kenyan highlands, purchasing a 100,000-acre ranch and moving with their..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Building Hope

Activist Turk Pipkin's documentary looks at the process of building of a secondary school in Mahiga, Kenya.

"...the construction of the first-ever secondary school in Mahiga, Kenya, a community the Pipkins previously became involved with while..."

June 3, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

"...years spent in a United Nations camp in Kakuma, Kenya, they’ve come to the United States for a home,..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Street Fighter

"...stars like Roshan Seth (A Passage to India) and Kenya Sawada (Rakuyo) comprise minor background characters to no discernible..."

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Air Up There

"...say “slam dunk,” Dolan is on his way to Kenya to convince this born-to-be sports superstar, by any means..."

Jan. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Moving Mountains

Turk and Christy Pipkin are keeping busy changing the world

"...outlets such as Mahiga Hope High in rural Mahiga, Kenya. Taken alongside 2006's Nobelity – in which Pipkin, inspired..."

June 12, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

You People

A modern riff on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

"...Directed by: Kenya Barris. Starring: Jonah Hill, Lauren London, Eddie Murphy, Nia..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review

Afridrilles, Shoes From Africa to Austin and Beyond

Local nonprofit helps children with special needs via Kickstarter

"...is empowering the mothers of special needs children in Kenya through job creation. One-hundred percent of the profits from..."

April 14, 2018 Design Post by Acacia Coronado

SXSW 2019 Reveals Initial Artist List

Amanda Palmer, Oh Sees, Laura Jane Grace, Swervedriver and 236 more

"...Beaver, Berlin power-pop bashers Pabst, and four acts from Kenya: Khalifgraph, King Kaka, Naiboi, and Phy...."

Oct. 17, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Endangered Species

Make a donation to a conservation charity instead

"...her narratively handy medical career, when they head to Kenya on an overpriced vacation. Of course they're on a..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Humanity's scarring of Earth mapped out in graphic, terrifying detail

"...its case. It begins in a muddy field in Kenya’s Nairobi National Park, where stockpiled tusks of dead African..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...Kenya Barris, the mastermind behind all sitcom’s ending in …ish..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The State We're In

Yep, it is broke, and Turk Pipkin wants us all to fix it

"...the first time I visited the Mahiga school in Kenya and saw these kids with no water. I'm from..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

With the Music Lineup Rolling Out, South by Southwest 2022 Finally Feels Real

Maxo Kream, Monaleo, W.I.T.C.H., and Vitreous Humor highlight drop

"...Among them: recent ACL Fest-performing indie pop songwriter Claud, Kenyan-Ugandan rapper MC Yallah on the Nyege Nyege Tapes roster,..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Accelerates Into Weekly Artist Lists

Naked Giants, Ghost Wolves & Saint Phnx top 111 new reveals

"...Atemi Oyungu (Nairobi, Kenya)..."

Jan. 23, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Nyashinski (Nairobi, Kenya)..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Rafiki

Kenyan LGBTQ drama is a miracle solely for existing, yet also a vibrant, colorful romance

"...its voice intones barely above a whisper. In the Kenyan film Rafiki (the title is the Swahili word for..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Unveils Third Artist List

Bedouine, Priests, Mystery Lights, Kokoko!, and 297 more

"...Blinky Bill (Nairobi, Kenya)..."

Jan. 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Second SXSW 2019 Band List

Black Midi, Jealous of the Birds, Deerhunter, and 247 others

"...Kagwe Mungai (Nairobi, Kenya)..."

Nov. 28, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

#MeToo, Time's Up Panels Lead SXSW Speaker List

Conference speaker list also adds Sanders, Schwarzenegger

"...fest (running March 9-18) that stretch from Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, to Austinite and Ready Player One author Ernest..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...in for the African nation's geographic location in northwestern Kenya) through the back streets of Busan (shot on location..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shannon Stott Cracks Jokes and Breaks Barriers

Austin’s funniest short-form improviser wants more diverse improv

"...However, once she and her family moved to Nairobi, Kenya, the improviser inside couldn’t be contained anymore...."

Aug. 29, 2017 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

SXSW List No. 4

179 acts added to the spring music convergence

"...Cosmic Homies O.N.E. (Nairobi, Kenya)..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jessi Cape's Top Reads of 2015

Circling the Sun tops a list of novels featuring uncommon women

"...Atlantic and the first licensed female racehorse trainer in Kenya. Born in 1902 Britain, raised by her father in..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Music: Lucky No. 7 List

Action Bronson, Deerhoof, Laura Marling, and 160 more

"...represent the list’s only Asian import, while Africa, specifically Kenya, brings in house/disco songcrafters Just a Band...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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