BLK Beetles Invite You to Vibe with Them at AFROTECH
Take time to cater to your wellness during AfroTech at the #VibeWithUs event by BLK Beetles.
All Kinds of Black is Exploring New Ventures at AfroTech 2022
All Kinds of Black was the theme for _OfColor’s Black Art WKND during Juneteenth earlier this year. Now the organization has extended the theme to All Kinds of Black in Tech and is headed to AfroTech as an official event for the conference.
Pink Sugar Treats & Eats Has a Sweet New Storefront in East Austin
Sweet Sugar Treats & Eats began as just a self-challenge to recreate a cake seen by Shelesa “Sugar” Tennon in a cooking competition. Now it’s a thriving custom bakery and baking class with a brand new storefront!
WorkingGroup512 Leading the Fight for Maternal Mental Health
Maternal mental health is something that gets overlooked quite frequently. Mothers, especially new mothers, are expected to instantly be strong, nurturing, and mentally ready…
_OfColor’s 2022 Black Art WKND is All Kinds of Black!
Black Art WKND is back June 10-12, 2022, for its much anticipated second annual event! Attendants can expect to experience a 3 day celebration…
United Methodist Church Helping Austin Small Businesses Get Funding
University United Methodist Church is starting its next round of interest-free microloans for small businesses in the Austin metro area with its UUMC Community Microlending program.
Whip Your Hair Back and Forth at The Black Hair Experience
Two Austinites created a space to celebrate Black hair with an exhibit called The Black Hair Experience,
HUE Affair to Make Final Appearance during SXSW
The HUE Beauty and Natural Hair Affair (Hair Unites Everyone), the first natural hair event for women of color during SXSW, will be returning…
We’re Not in Atlanta Anymore
Season 3 of FX Network’s critically acclaimed show, Atlanta, is set to premiere at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. As part of the show’s…
RichesArt Gallery is Too Extra and is Showing American History Exhibit for BHM
Austin’s only Black-owned art gallery, (it’s been nine years since Austin lost the community icon space Mitchie’s Gallery owner Joyce Hunt) RichesArt, has two…
100 Black Men Giving Away 700 Books with Black Pearl Books
The 100 Black Men of Austin have purchased 700 books to distribute to children in collaboration with Austin Public Library and are hosting a book signing, open to the public, at the new Black Pearl Books location at 7112 Burnet Road starting at 6:30pm on Thursday, February 17.
Let’s Go Glamping in the Austin Hill Country
Collective Retreats is a nationwide glamping (glamorous camping) retreat with locations from Montana to New York. I recently had the pleasure of hosting a complimentary overnight stay at their Hill Country site in Wimberley, TX, and left feeling like an enhanced version of myself.