Austin Drummer Troy Nalls Joins Cast of Fox’s New Show, Alter Ego
byTwenty-two year-old drumming prodigy Troy James Nalls is debuting in his first major professional gig tonight — in front of a nationally televised audience….
Fine Arts & Literature
Black Pearl Books is the Black-owned, Family-run Bookstore We’ve Been Waiting For
byThe strength that I’ve pulled from ancestors, from those before me, is the same strength I’m hoping to pass down to those coming up. Not just my children, but generations of kids,” she says.
Capital City Black Film Fest Returns for Year Nine
byCapital City Black Film Festival is coming back to the citi for its ninth year, this year with some in-person events. In 2020, the…
Former UT Basketball Standout Brings Her First Stage Production to the Citi
byFran Harris (2021 Best in the Citi Finalist) has always had a way with words. As a young girl growing up in Dallas, she…
Capital City Black Film Festival Tackles Mental Health Through Art
byFestival to feature 2020 Celebrity Ambassador Anthony Anderson.
#GivingTuesday: A Time to Reap the Harvest
byTis the season to help those at the crossroads.
East Austin’s Deborah Roberts Comes Home with Her First Solo Texas Exhibition
byDeborah Roberts got her start as an artist painting scenes from her life “in our own little bubble in East Austin.” Now, she is…
On Stage at Zach: The Ballad of Klook and Vinette
byThe Ballad of Klook and Vinette, a gritty story told in spoken word pattern and jazz-infused melodies is now playing on Zach Theater’s Kleberg…
Zach’s Notes From the Field: Theater for Real People
byNotes from the Field, Anna Deavere Smith’s awarding-winning play, wrenches your heart, illuminates humanity and provides proof that change is in the wind. The…
Austin’s New African American Archivist Integrates History and Community
by“I love everything about blackness, and I gravitate to it,” exactly the sentiment you hope for from kYmberly Keeton, the new African American archivist…
New Blanton Exhibit is A Glimpse of the Real Africa
byI didn’t learn about Africa in school and the images in movies, television shows and the pages of National Geographic didn’t do much to generate pride in the heritage so evident by my skin color.
Deborah Roberts: Austin Artist Counts Jay Z and Beyonce Among Her Collectors
byDeborah Roberts has been an artist since she was eight years old. “I used to love different types of little cars,” she said, “drawing different people and it just started going from there.”