Queer Eye Casts it Eyes on the Austin Area
byDo you know someone in your life who could use some attention from the Fab 5? The popular Netflix show “Queer Eye” is seeking nominees in…
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Phoebe For Freedom
byIf expressing art was a form of freedom, then Phoebe Robinson is easily the Harriet Tubman of our time. As a multifaceted, New York…
‘Evelyn From the Internets’ Opens Up About Life Off Camera Ahead of New PBS Show
byIf you’ve ever watched one of Evelyn Ngugi’s YouTube videos on natural hair care or her food reviews, or even her cultural commentaries and…
Compton’s Soul Food Pop-up, Trap Kitchen, Makes Tour Stop in Austin
byA Blood and a Crip walk into a kitchen. Sounds like the start of an interesting joke, but it’s actually the beginning of an inspiring, powerful story about entrepreneurship, friendship, and soul food.
Viola Davis’ The Last Defense Screens at Cap City Black Film Fest
byThe Capital City Black Film Festival will screen three episodes of The Last Defense, a documentary series that is having real world impacts on…
Omarosa Still Can’t Come to The Cookout
byI’m sorry for not updating this page in a minute. SoShaydee took her Black arse to Cabo and was acting like I wasn’t used…
Cap City Black Film Fest Returns featuring Leon and Malik Yoba
byThe Capital City Black Film Festival (CCBFF) is returning for it’s 6th year to Austin on August 30 – September 2 at the Austin…
An Audience with The Queen
byWe last chatted with the comedy legend Sommore during her 2011 performance in Austin. As she prepares to return to the Capitol City –…
Making Moves: MVMT50 Reconvenes at SXSW
byWe all know the lyrics, “I’m every woman, it’s all in me!” That will never be truer than at Pitch Black: The Future is…
COMMENTARY: #MeToo, the most powerful platform of our time
byCountless stories of abuse have flooded the media with the hashtag #metoo since brave women and men decided not to be silent about sexual…
The Daily Show’s Roy Wood Jr Says Austin has High Comedy IQ
byAs a stand up comedian, he toured colleges and clubs internationally before transitioning to the small screen with roles on TBS’s Sullivan and Son, and as the Senior Black Correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show.
soulciti at ACL 2017
byMore than 70,000 concert-goers fill the park each day for live music at Austin’s largest music festival.