Full Arthur Miller Archive Lands at UT

Ransom Center acquires complete papers by The Crucible author

"...a half-century after the first boxes containing papers by Arthur Miller arrived in Austin, the last boxes of the..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: JFK and That Hard Rain

When boomers and their offspring die out, Kennedy's assassination will have the approximate historical echo of William McKinley's

"...birthday. On every TV channel simultaneously, President John F. Kennedy told us that the Russians had missiles in commie..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

In 2002, cinema has been the healthiest of our arts. The movies' range and variety relieve what has otherwise been a bleak time for our culture and our Constitution.

"...well-done films of the time: the husband-wife relationship of Arthur Kennedy and Nancy Gates in Vincente Minnelli's Some Came..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Mr. Holmes

Ian McKellen plays Sherlock Holmes at 93, as his memory begins to fail

"...Linney, Milo Parker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan and Patrick Kennedy...."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Summer Place

Delmer Daves' A Summer Place is a juicy potboiler, oozing with angst over both young love and adultery.

"...Dee, Troy Donahue, Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Constance Ford, Arthur Kennedy...."

June 15, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Scanlines

The Bicycle Thief

"...Western Rancho Notorious (D: Fritz Lang; with Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer), which for a first-time, contemporary viewer..."

July 25, 1997 Screens Feature

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...D: Raoul Walsh; with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn, Sydney Greenstreet...."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

An American in Paris (1951)

"...D: Raoul Walsh; with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn, Sydney Greenstreet...."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Ray of Light... and Dark

"...The Lusty Men with Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, and Arthur Kennedy (TCM; 11/9; 7pm) but it also runs what..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

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"...into a major university. When Lyndon Johson succeeded John Kennedy as president, snobs snickered at the contrast between presidential..."

March 22, 2002 Column

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"...place on Cosmo Street in Hollywood, called Bido Lido's. Arthur Lee was not only a riveting performer, but an..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

Give Him Enough Rope

John Walch's new plays -- the monologue The Circumference of a Squirrel and the epic The Dinosaur Within -- are inextricably linked: In their ambitious scope, in their genesis, and in the amount of national attention they're generating for this award-winning Austin playwright.

"...awards from the Austin Theatre Critics' Table and the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival. That was in 1997. Four..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom

UT composer Dan Welcher commemorates JFK: The Voice of Peace 40 years after the President's scheduled visit to Austin.

"...Force One and fly to Austin, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The city that had so enthusiastically anticipated..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...Tabloid begins in the late Fifties with John Kennedy's ascension to the throne. Portrayed as a ruthless, aggrandizing..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Articulations

Dispatches from New York: Playwright Aaron Mack Schloff on the reading of his work In Galicia and artist Michael A. Arthur on creating drawings for American Ballet Theatre.

"...For a while now, local actor-artist Michael A. Arthur has been living in New York and building a..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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Contradictions Exposed

"...Ken Kennedy Heart of Judaism To the Chronicle,..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and Gene Wilder. Directed by Arthur Penn. With its frank discussions of sexuality and famously..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, it became crystal clear those days in Houston were..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

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"...tarnish Accenture's reputation by misrepresenting our relationship with the Arthur Andersen accounting firm. Accenture and Arthur Andersen have been..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

The Greening of George W. Bush

An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.

"...rather than SB 766. Houston-Galveston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Beaumont-Port Arthur are out of compliance with guidelines established by federal..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...group. Usually working with writer and later director Burt Kennedy (Support Your Local Sheriff), producer Harry Joe Brown and..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Lee cultural biography Be Water, and Freak Power, Robert Kennedy III's long-rumored documentary about the gonzo king, Hunter S...."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Freeport Meets Its Critics

EnvironsCompany Vows to `Hunker Down and Go'

"...company's financial performance. A representative from the accounting firm Arthur Andersen then came to the microphone to corroborate Moffett's..."

May 15, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

LBJ Library at 50: "Lady Bird Johnson: Beyond the Willdflowers"

The LBJ Library exhibit shows sides of the First Lady you may not know

"...the White House from the day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination to the day she and Lyndon left Washington,..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...Just last month, promoter Rod Kennedy had presented Willie Nelson, Michael Murphey, Jerry Jeff Walker..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...Spamalot Yashua Batista, El Paraíso de los Maniquís Matthew Kennedy, Monty Python's Spamalot Ben Roberts, Monty Python's Spamalot Diego..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Perfidia

The first book in this new L.A. Quartet shows new depth, scope, and craftsmanship in James Ellroy's canon

"...mid-to-late 20th century America, encompassing organized crime, politics, the Kennedy assassination, and foreign policy. As with the L.A. Quartet,..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...were owned by Lebanese families. Twin brothers Theodore and Arthur Jabour opened a package store on East Sixth that..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall

Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi

"...their directorial debut on horror throwback Witch, and actor Arthur Dale (best known as young Tony in Grow Up..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...Playwright, winner of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival 2009 National Student Playwriting..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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