Res Publica

Events for good citizens, March 5-12

"...screening of women's suffrage movie Iron Jawed Angels. 6:30pm. Thompson Conference Center, Red River & Dean Keeton, 472-1100. Free...."

March 6, 2009 News Feature

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...Richard Thompson (March 1 & 2)..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Res Publica

Citizen's calendar, Feb. 5-12

"...CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICA Thu.-Sat., Feb. 5-7. UT Thompson Conference Center, Red River & Dean Keeton, 577-7446. Free...."

Feb. 6, 2009 News Feature

No Lonesome Tune

Retiring the dean of Texas songwriters? Fat chance.

"...for decades, but Guy Clark is still considered the dean of Texas songwriters. A Mount Rushmore of Texas troubadours..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Res Publica

This week's civic agenda, Aug. 28-Sept. 4

"...Sept. 8 Transportation Policy Board public hearing: 6pm, UT Thompson Center, Dean Keeton & Red River. Ongoing/Upcoming..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature

Happenings

April 24-May 1

"...RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LECTURE by Dean Lawrence Sager, one of the nation's top constitutional scholars...."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

Happenings

March 27-April 3

"...Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk keynotes on Friday (7pm, Thompson Conference Center). Through Fri., March 28. UT campus. www.utexas.edu/diversity/events/hemansweatt...."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

Happenings

Jan. 24-30

"...from feminist scholars Gail Dines and Rebecca Whisnant. 7pm. Thompson Conference Center, Dean Keeton & Red River, 471-1990. Free...."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature

Happenings

Jan. 17-23

"...v. Wade on the landmark case's 35th anniversary. 6:30pm. Thompson Conference Center, Red River & Dean Keeton, 471-5680. Free...."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature

Happenings

April 5, 2007 - Wednesday, April 11

"...Activating Your Community. April 5-6, Thursday, 8:15am-7:30pm; Friday, 7am-1:30pm. Thompson Conference Center, 26th & Red River, 471-2933. Free. www.utexas.edu/lbj/barbarajordanforum...."

April 6, 2007 News Feature

Transit Oriented Development Seminar Today

The future of transit tomorrow is here today

"...6 p.m. April 4 at the University of Texas Thompson Conference Center, Room 3.102. City planners will present the..."

April 4, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Hour Has 22 Minutes

Pop quiz on Canada, with a SXSW 07 musical cheat sheet

"...Kitty experimental-pop troupe Shapes & Sizes, led by Caila Thompson-Hannant's guttural strength, and Montreal all-girl poppers Pony Up. Hamilton,..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

'Tip Time': The Freshman 15 & Other Points of Emphasis

"...time before getting hitched at center court in the Dean Dome. Wine-and-cheese crowd, indeed. Then: She gets drafted by..."

Nov. 30, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...defined the issues more clearly for '04. The Howard Dean candidacy has also given many Greens and erstwhile Democrats..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...King Cole were never better. Tony Bennett, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, and Bing Crosby were recording. The Broadway musical..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Holiday in San Antonio

The birth of Austin's punk scene: the Sex Pistols at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, 25 years ago this week.

"...to cover the show. With visions of Hunter S. Thompson dancing in my addled head, I enlisted amateur investigator..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Tuna Almanac: Facts About the Shows and Their Creators

Facts about the Tuna shows and their creators, and a guide to the characters in the plays.

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature

Who's Who in Tuna

"...(ATC), Sheriff Givens (GT, ATC), Chad Hartford (GT), Harold Dean Lattimer (GT), Joe Bob Lipsey (ATC, RWT), Garland Poteet..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Sallis, Carol Hendrix, Chris Walters, Kate Schultz, Greg Gaspard, Dean Driscoll, Dana Mardaga, Jennifer Scoville, Larry Seaman, Craig Griffin,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Austin Critics Table Winners 2000-01

"...MovementScott Thompson and Richard Byron, A Chorus Line/ Oklahoma!..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Transforming Herself

Sissy Spacek's Most Memorable Movies

"...the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. As Miriam Thompson, Sissy is the well-to-do wife of a city official..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Eight Men Out, The Grifters, Say Anything

"...for Bening). Based on a pulp novel by Jim Thompson, The Grifters is full of clever twists, sexy betrayals,..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Review by Sarah Hepola

Wrapped and Ready

"...O'Connor; with Meryl Streep, Brid Brennan, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Thompson, Kathy Burke, Michael Gambon...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record Reviews

"...corral sources as disparate as Michael Stipe, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti (backed by Helium, no..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Review

Book Reviews

"...Lewis' forced feeding of "America's New Trinity of Love: Dean, Brando, Presley," need no explanation...."

July 4, 1997 Books Feature

Book Reviews

"...Steinbeck on one of his last journeys, Hunter S. Thompson's 300-pound Samoan attorney, and the wine-laden Dean Moriarty of..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...Todd, by Sondheim & Wheeler; On Golden Pond, by Thompson; Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Schave, Toner, &..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Good Books About Bad Men

"...roll in its own inimicable way. Gunfighting gambler Ben Thompson ran the gambling room at the Iron Front Saloon..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Books Feature

Reissues

"...pop sensibilities of Paul Simon, Phil Spector, and Richard Thompson; rock & rollers Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, and Bruce..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer

"...Fitzgerald, Nathanael West, Zora Neale Hurston, Jack Kerouac, Jim Thompson, Nelson Algren, Sherwood Anderson, and so many others, Melville..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

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