A Poet's Paper Trail

Billy Collins' archives acquired in advance of Austin appearance

"...of this week's major announcement that the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center has acquired the popular poet’s archive...."

Jan. 21, 2014 Books Post by Amy Smith

Hersh Visits Austin

Journalist Seymour Hersh began a week's visit to Austin Monday night

"...5604 Manor, in a public conversation sponsored by Cooperation Texas (the newly re-christened Third Coast Workers for Cooperation) and..."

March 20, 2012 News Post by Michael King

A Sense of Place

The focus on regional studies at Southwest Texas State University pays off with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

"...Center for the Study of the Southwest at Southwest Texas State might receive $5 million from the National Endowment..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Why has the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $50,000 to Southwest Texas State University, with the possibility of awarding the university $5 million more.

"...of place' influences identity," the National Endowment for the Humanities has devised an Initiative for Regional Humanities Centers which..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

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.

"...building, the vast archive that is the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center...."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

What were the big literary news stories in the region for 1999?

"...Engelhorn, a pharmaceutical magnate from Germany, came to Central Texas to visit the land where his mother had grown..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Articulations

Choreographer Allison Orr pops up on the National Geographic Channel, and Ballet East and UT professor Bion Tsang are honored

"...by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Out of Commission

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

"...scene at a university deep in the heart of Texas. And yet, there they are, and not just at..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Laurie Anderson

The musical pioneer reveals multiple facets of her artistry in multiple visits to Austin

"...the C.L. and Henriette Cline Visiting Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas this semester. The post,..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Christopher Isherwood

The Diaries

"...had read in the Rare Books section of the Humanities Center of the University of Texas the manuscript of..."

April 4, 1997 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Postscripts

"...Latino High School Graduation: Defying the Odds, at the Texas Union Chicano Culture Room (Room 4.206) on the UT..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Books Column

Graduating, With Honors

Local awards are nice, but Austin artists are being recognized nationally all the time now

"...Williams has been named the 2012 recipient of the Texas Prize, the triennial regional art award administered by the..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

'Bacchae' to the Future

How in (a Greek) god's name can the Rude Mechs re-create Dionysus in 69 in '09?

"...Austin visit in November, facilitated by the University of Texas' Humanities Institute, which awarded him its 2009-10 Cline Centennial..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Makes Me Wanna Shout!

"...fall's most exciting events is underway. The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is sponsoring a look at the last..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Arts Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...if they are above the law: Don't mess with Texas elections." – Texans for Public Justice Director Craig McDonald,..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Film News

Texas could be like New York

"...Incentive enough to keep Friday Night lit? Texas could be like New York. That might not be..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

High Plains Chamber

The Harrington String Quartet, which makes its third appearance with the Austin Chamber Music Center's annual summer festival in July, is based in Amarillo, and though that may not seem like a likely spot for a chamber music ensemble, the members of the Harrington Quartet feel quite at home on the range.

"...Amarillo is in that part of Texas that gets overlooked. Not so many people travel there,..."

July 11, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Chronicles

The Ninth Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...finishing her masters in English at the University of Texas last year. She was a reporter for Variety in..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Chronicles of a Chronicler

"...and his A Way of Knowing won the Best Texas Novel award of the Texas Institute of Letters. He..."

March 21, 1997 Books Column

News/Print

Look into my eye. Look into my other eye. Rub noses!

"...Texas Nafas, like many other Austin arts organizations, is in..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Articulations

A Northern California theatre director is combing through the massive Tennessee Williams archive in UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center for another as-of-yet unstaged drama by the great playwright that he can bring into the spotlight á la Spring Storm.

"...'T' for Texas, 'T' for Tennessee..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

One City, Three Books

Austin's become a popular place for public reading programs.

"...age of 7. APL will be working with UT's Humanities Institute to sponsor book discussion groups and get Austin..."

April 19, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Carnival Ah!

ACC's central campus becomes a cultural extravaganza of music, theatre, and more

"...cultural extravaganza created by ACC's Division of Arts & Humanities. (Arts ... humanities – ah! I get it!) Thursday..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ansel Adams: Revelations

The Ransom Center exhibition 'Ansel Adams: A Legacy' lets you experience the works of the best-known of American photographers as art rather than commerce

"...visiting "Ansel Adams: A Legacy" at the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

In Person

Don DeLillo at UT's Jessen Auditorium, Feb. 10.

"...When the University of Texas announced last October that its Harry Ransom Humanities Research..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Short Cuts

Austin Studios enter Phase 2 development, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center shows off its movie wares, and the Alamo Drafthouse seeks campers willing to squeal like pigs.

"...house Chapman/ Leonard (who have phased out their North Texas office in favor of moving things to Austin), Film..."

May 4, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postscripts

"...established to help raise funding for the programs; the Texas Council for the Humanities has provided initial funding. No..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Books Column

Starving the Beast

Doc exposes big money on campus

"...explanatory chapters of varying length. As a University of Texas RTF lecturer, Starving the Beast naturally covers a fair..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Johnston High Turns Triplet

AISD moves on plan to divide Eastside school into three smaller 'learning communities'

"...test scores earned it an "unacceptable" rating from the Texas Education Agency last year; that score, in turn, made..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Great Critic Test

How Much Do You Really Know About These Freaks?

"...is that all there is to critics? University of Texas theatre professor Charlotte Canning and the students in one..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

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