An Eye for History

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April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

David Douglas Duncan

David Douglas Duncan inaugurated the David Douglas Duncan Endowed Lecture Series in Photojournalism by talking about his dog Yo-Yo, a small terrier, and providing the audience with an intimate and entertaining slide show from one of the world's master photographers.

"...David Douglas Duncan: Slide Show From the MasterBass Lecture Hall,..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Review by Clay Smith

Articulations

Photojournalist David Douglas Duncan returns to Austin to inaugurate a new lecture series named in his honor, homegrown musical Jouét touches down in the pages of Show Music magazine, and Gerard Lebeda lands a European tour of Evita.

"...Several years ago, David Douglas Duncan made the outstanding gift of his archives..."

April 5, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Art

Art Openings

"...Expo -- Metamorfosis," Austin Visual Arts Association (Mar 6); "David Douglas Duncan: One Life, a Photographic Odyssey," LBJ Library..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Let There Be Light

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

"...eyes, staring with a mesmerist's intensity, as photographed by David Douglas Duncan; a shot of Elizabeth Taylor; a sleek..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

News/Print

People in the news

"...More on that soon. Also over at UT, photojournalist David Douglas Duncan's archive has made itself at home in..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Hi. In the article on David Douglas Duncan at austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue34/arts.duncan.html ["An Eye for History," April..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column

HRC Director Tom Staley to Retire in 2011

Stepping down after 22 years turning center into a world-class institution

"...tenure include the archives of Norman Mailer, Don DeLillo, David Foster Wallace, Robert De Niro, Tom Stoppard, Isaac Bashevis..."

April 26, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...fiction (Junot Díaz, Justin Cronin) and nonfiction (Robert Caro, Douglas Brinkley, Cheryl Strayed, Naomi Wolf), plus pop culture personalities..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Bucking Categorization

Character actor Sam Rockwell slips into a new guise in the goofy comedy Gentlemen Broncos

"...and most human sci-fi films in recent memory was Duncan Jones' Moon, in which your character, Sam Bell, a..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Peter Duncan; with Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Geoffrey..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Donovan, Peter Fonda, Jared Harris, Karl Geary, Elina Lowensohn, David Lynch. From the director of the bizarre cult hit..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

The 2002 Austin Critics Table Awards

On Monday, June 3, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...arts writers Michael Barnes (arts), Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre), Duncan Goodrich (art), Sondra Lomax (dance), David Mead (music), Moira..."

June 7, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Angela's Ashes, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars, Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...TO HER NAME ReShonda Tate Billingsley MORE TO LIFE David Bowles THEY CALL ME GÜERO H.W. Brands DREAMS OF..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sunnyside: A Novel

Glen David Gold follows his bestselling Carter Beats the Devil with another historical novel, this one starring Charlie Chaplin

"...Sunnyside: A Novelby Glen David Gold Knopf, 576 pp., $26.95..."

May 22, 2009 Books Review by James Renovitch

1998 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...of Western Swing Moderator: Dick Holland; Jean A. Boyd, Duncan McLean, Rosetta Wills..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

Twenty Years Ago Today

The 2001/2002 Austin Music Awards

"...band are currently a mere 14 years old. Guitarist Duncan Knappen readily acknowledges he doesn't have a single memory..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Snow, Evan Ross, Christian Serratos, J. Michael Trautmann, and David Oyelowo (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...expect are Touch from Paul Schrader, Lost Highway from David Lynch, the infamous Crash from David Cronenberg, Waiting for..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...The semi-autobiographical comedy starring SNL's Pete Davidson and directed by Judd Apatow kicks off today's lineup..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Week Showdown Kwame Alexander, Booked Danielle Paige, Stealing Snow David Wright, Away Running Phoebe Robinson, You Can't Touch My..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...during which the members of the Table will honor David Mark Cohen and John Bustin, both of whom died..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

Still Life

Whether it is the coterie around the world's most famous photographer or a group of cowboys on a West Texas ranch, Laura Wilson, who peeked inside a reclusive Christian sect for her new photography book Hutterites of Montana, has an instinct for penetrating insular, tightly knit societies.

"...photography. "It was the photojournalists, like Capa, Cartier-Bresson, or David Duncan Douglas, whose work I've always found absorbing." She..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Bluegrass Up in Her Head

On another Old Settler's weekend, festival perennial Sarah Jarosz is out of braces and into big-time bluegrass

"...other was the Mandolin Symposium in Santa Cruz, California. David Grisman and Mike Marshall have created an amazing week..."

April 17, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Film News

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grant winners, plus The Unforeseen, Bella, and 'Chickenfüt'

"...Kodak film stock for short "Dead Dreams Incorporated"; Lucia Duncan, $4,000 for the documentary Stories of the San Ignacio..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell