Day Trips

Wolfmueller's Books in Kerrville carries a large selection of first editions and hard-to-find regional titles

"...Sandy and Jon Wolfmueller began in the book business more than 20..."

June 22, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

May Releases: 'Remember Ben Clayton'

Stephen Harrigan's Remember Ben Clayton

"...to be – a work that was about its subject and not about itself." And on one level, Remember..."

May 27, 2011 Books Feature by Michael King

News/Print

Sci-fi, slam, and sainted stoners: what's happening in books this week

"...ground again, but the slam never stops – it just moves locations. Starting Aug. 19, APS moves its weekly..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Books Column by Kimberley Jones

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...Danny Rosales, Alice Wilson's Razzmatazz, Mary Alice Carnes and Franklin D. Lewis' Jalapeño Sam as Seen Through the Eyes..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report

Media swallows 'Cowboy President' spin; and Big Brother keeping an eye on bookworms

"...COWBOY GEORGE J. Frank Dobie, the great writer and chronicler of the..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Articulations

Two theatre companies may have to cancel shows if they don't raise funds by a certain date; ACoT gets down to business; and Hogg Auditorium is headed for a makeover.

"...plans to mount three Shakespearean dramas in repertory in January, plus an indoor Romeo and Juliet later in the..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Capitol Chronicle

A farewell to Maury Maverick Jr.

"...last week at the age of 82, Maury Maverick Jr. was still fighting for justice and peace. When he..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips scares us with spooky stories of Texas.

"...moonless nights. With all of the inconsistencies of frontier justice there are bound to be a few mistreated souls..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postscripts

Katherine Anne Porter would have turned 101 on May 15; details in Postscripts.

"...the Kyle native who wrote great fiction like "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," Pale Horse, Pale Rider, and Noon..."

May 11, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Articulations

The "first lady of Austin theatre" -- actress and educator Nan Cameron Elkins, whose credits included more than 300 Austin theatre productions and teaching speech and stage skills to thousands of Central Texas students -- has taken her final bow.

"...on Tuesday, March 27. Elkins, 82, had been a major presence on the local arts scene since the late..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Oil's Well That Ends Well

"...resonates from Odessa to London and from Australia to Japan. The world that spawned that mythos provides the backdrop..."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

Texas Book Festival

Festival Roundup

"...parking is available in the state garages along San Jacinto between 15th and 17th Streets...."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

James Magnuson Leaves the Michener Center

James Magnuson reflects on his 23 years as director of the Michener Center for Writers

"...James Michener wanted the best graduate writing program in the..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All the Ladies in the House

Texas authors Sarah Bird and Diane Wilson win Dobie Paisano fellowships

"...UT announced today the winners of the 2010 Dobie Paisano Writing Fellowships – prestigious writing awards that involves..."

May 15, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...Now Hamrick has joined a new company, TaylorWilson Publishing, as acquisitions editor, and..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Texas Tropes

Is Don Graham Really Texas' Literary Curmudgeon?

"...photograph by John Anderson..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Naked City

Where's Julia Butterfly?

"...murder of the late Sixties, when UT Regent Chair Frank Erwin routed a group of students out of a..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Shepherding Shepard

The material legacy of playwright Sam Shepard calls Central Texas home

"...it appears a quote from the famed Texan writer J. Frank Dobie, which reads in part: "I would interpret..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

News/Print

Choose your own adventure

"...We might never know just how hard Scott Blackwood pushed his friendship with me..."

June 18, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

News/Print

No Whammies.

"...received the PEN Faulkner Award for fiction (the largest juried U.S. fiction prize, complete with a $15,000 check), and..."

May 9, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Among Green Pastures Again

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

"...When Lyndon B. Johnson moved into the White House in 1964, most Americans'..."

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

Postscripts

Mixed Notes

"...congratulations, for now at least, to Bradley Denton, who just signed a one-year, film-option contract to have his romantic..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Giant Country

"...Graham is the J. Frank Dobie Professor at UT and teaches Dobie's legendary..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Books Feature

The 50+ Books

"...Charles Goodnight, J. Evetts Haley..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...you see lining the highways and backroads of Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Jasper, and Polk counties are second- and third-generation..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Travel Updates

Go the social distance

"...Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Ranch State Historic Site joined the Texas Historical Commission’s list of 32 state historic..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

It Worked for Thoreau

Woods and wordsmithery

"...Welcome to the Dobie Paisano Fellowship. Well, not welcome to you, exactly, but..."

May 12, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Happy Accidents

Dominic Smith on The Beautiful Miscellaneous

"...a coma. Upon awakening, Nathan discovers that his brain injury has resulted in the onset of a rare condition..."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by John H. Razook

Film News

Tall tales of the Texas film industry

"...does, in The Wild Man of the Navidad, a just-wrapped film co-written and co-directed by Duane Graves and Justin..."

July 14, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Postscripts

Upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...Stephen Bruton, the Tejana Dames, and poet Iréne Silva, among others, will help..."

May 25, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

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