Faulk Hero

Remembering John Henry Faulk's battle against the blacklist

"...[Editor's Note: On June 28, 1962, Austin native John Henry Faulk was awarded a record judgment in a libel..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Willard Manus

Koock/Faulk Family Hospitality Lives On

The foundation of Green Pastures – good food, and Texas hospitality – stands strong

"...part of the 1835 Isaac Decker Land Grant. Lawyer Henry Faulk bought the house in 1916 for his five..."

May 18, 2012 Food Feature by MM Pack

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Fri, Apr 2 - Thu, Apr 8

"...John Henry Faulk Living Theatre Los Cochinos (Santa Fe, NM)..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...come out of Oklahoma? (Velveeta Room, 10pm Mon; John Henry Faulk Living Theatre, 8pm Sat) --J.C. Shakespeare TUESDAY, APR..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Thursday, Apr 8

"...John Henry Faulk Living Theatre Spoo (Chicago, IL) Drunk Baby Collective..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature

Among Green Pastures Again

Virginia B. Wood on why one of the great Texas cookbooks is being reissued.

"...them the woman they needed was native Texan Mary Faulk Koock, the imaginative and vivacious hostess who had turned..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Then There's This: Anne McAfee Stands With Women

Activist recovering after taking ill at historic filibuster

"...of famed humorist and radio and television entertainer John Henry Faulk (Austin's Central Library is named in his honor),..."

July 5, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...Among the youngsters in their clan were John Henry Faulk and Ronnie Dugger. Faulk was Dobie's protégé, for..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

The Once and Future Library

New library committed to creating community gathering space

"...next summer. Yet, that's a foreshortened timeline: The John Henry Faulk Central Lib­rary, opened in 1979, was already too..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...speech should be ready to honor the late John Henry Faulk again and again. On his birthday – Tuesday,..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature

Absolutely Confabulous

Austin Public Library's New Fiction Confab focuses on buzz over brawn

"...book signings on the second floor of the John Henry Faulk Central Public Library, next to the Austin Lit..."

April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

The Man Who Beat McCarthy

"...speech should be ready to honor the late John Henry Faulk again and again. On his birthday – Tuesday,..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Library Fails to Carry

Commission Votes for Local Over Regional

"...residential developers, and Garza's proposal to replace the John Henry Faulk building, the current central public library, with a..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins

The legend of Texas journalism gets the coverage she deserves

"...her mentor and fellow Lone Star resident scribe John Henry Faulk, Ivins' remarkable life and livelihood is covered in..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Christmas Carols With Walter Cronkite

Holiday memories of the legendary TV newsman

"...two of us with an Austin luminary named John Henry Faulk and hustled us out the door with a..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Phinney

Adler Offers Olive Branch After Second Reading of Land Development Code

Code compromise?

"...consider approving a contract to renovate the former John Henry Faulk Library Downtown, but some CMs are concerned that..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Checking Out Austin's New Central Library

Yes, the city’s “Library of the Future” still has books, but this 21st century facility is about so much more

"...building will house all 300,000 books from the John Henry Faulk Central Library on Guadalupe and have room for..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: What Molly Wrote

Ivins and her kind

"...Another of Molly's heroes was John Henry Faulk. Molly wrote about him for the (short-lived) magazine..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column by Dave Denison

Postmarks

"...out of business. This is when I met John Henry Faulk, who stood up for my rights. At the..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Column

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...New Age, C.K. McFarland's Earth Angels, Rick Perkins' O. Henry's Will Porter: The Rolling Stone, John Hawkes' Nimrod Soul,..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Active Shelf Life

Can Our Public Library Keep Up the Pace?

"...than the annual operating cost of the central John Henry Faulk Library, to APL's $11.4 million budget for fiscal..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...stimulating (and wrenching, I'd suspect) night out... The John Henry Faulk Living Theater (204 E. Fourth), is hosting a..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Austin Landmarks on the Menu

"...the venerable Green Pastures restaurant in 1894-95.In 1916, lawyer Henry Faulk and his wife, Mattie Miner Faulk, moved to..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Happenings

August 16-22

"...JOHN HENRY FAULK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Celebrate the life of a famed..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature

Film News

Projects aplenty

"...wine. For more information, call 729-4979… The documentary John Henry Faulk: In His Own Words will preview on the..."

June 29, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Point Austin: Fattenin' Frogs for Snakes

Wave a white sheet at City Hall, and the Keystone Kops kome running

"...Legendary Austin freedom-fighter John Henry Faulk still looks symbolically down upon City Hall from..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Library FYI: Both the John Henry Faulk Central Library and the Austin History Center will..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

On the right wing's ideological sleight-of-hand, unenlightened self-interest, and the humanitarian legacy of Cousin Eli

"...WWII, Eli developed a deep, lifelong friendship with John Henry Faulk. It was always surprising to discover that Cousin..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...several local artists -- Doug Dyer, Esther's Follies, John Henry Faulk, Terry Galloway, Deborah Hay, Joe Ely, and Turk..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

News shorts

"...Green Pastures -- once the family home of John Henry Faulk. No doubt the grand old patron saint of..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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