LBJ Library at 50: All the Cake

Getting some free cake on LBJ's birthday is a rich tradition

"...We made it to the LBJ Library & Museum in July, during that tiny sliver..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Perspectives on the LBJ Library From the Directors

Three of the LBJ Library's directors offer their unique views on the institution

"..."I think that LBJ himself, Mrs. Johnson, and others who had a strong..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Mark Updegrove

The Library's director from 2009 to 2017 on LBJ's evolving legacy

"...Mark Updegrove came into the job of LBJ Presidential Library director with a vision, a vision involving..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Mark A. Lawrence

The Library's current director takes a historian's view

"...moment to enjoy being the new director of the LBJ Presidential Library before COVID came calling. His first day..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Betty Sue Flowers

The Library's director from 2002 to 2009 on her time at the helm

"...When Betty Sue Flowers became director of the LBJ Presidential Library in 2002, she had a hard act..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

LBJ Library Spotlights the Little House That Motown Built

Collection stars Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Supremes & more

"...CDs carries its summer jams into January at the LBJ LIbrary...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

LBJ Library to Host Civil Rights Summit

Carter and Clinton to deliver keynotes

"...Baines Johnson shepherded and signed into law – the LBJ Library will host a summit April 8-10 that "will..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

LBJ Library at 50: "Lady Bird Johnson: Beyond the Willdflowers"

The LBJ Library exhibit shows sides of the First Lady you may not know

"...But just as there was more to LBJ than “the Vietnam President,” there was so much more..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

LBJ Library to Host Civil Rights Summit, April 8-10

Carter and Clinton to Deliver Keynotes

"...Baines Johnson shepherded and signed into law – the Library's Summit “will be both a look back at the..."

Feb. 16, 2014 News Post by Michael King

LBJ Library Director Steps Down

Mark Updegrove recalls “the greatest honor of my career”

"...The LBJ Library announced last week that Library Director Mark Updegrove..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

LBJ Library Celebrates Fight for Equality in American Sports

The “Get in the Game” exhibition’s opening ceremony is April 21

"...out against inequality at the grand opening of the LBJ Library’s new exhibition: “Get in the Game: The Fight..."

April 18, 2018 Events Post by Milo Webb

“Music America” Exhibition Makes National Debut at LBJ Library

Exhibit details American music history through memorabilia and sound

"...Music History” will make its national debut at the LBJ Presidential Library on February 17...."

Feb. 14, 2024 Music Post by Miranda Garza

The LBJ Presidential Library at 50

For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history

"...tragic and transformative. It's the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

We Have an Issue: Why We’re Still Talking About LBJ

Reflections on the LBJ Library at 50, and a fond farewell to Food Editor Jessi Cape

"...plan of attack on our voting rights, it was LBJ's legacy that was invoked: A Texan signed the landmark..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

LBJ Presidential Library Set to Reopen October 21

Masks will be required and social distancing encouraged

"...opening back up for less than a month, the LBJ Presidential Library closed down again on August 9 of..."

Oct. 18, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

LBJ Summit Returns to “Race in America”

Five years after landmark civil rights event, there's plenty to talk about

"...In 2014, the Lyndon B. Johnson Presi­dential Library and Museum marked the 50th anniversary of LBJ's signing..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Long Arm of LBJ

"...Robert Caro quietly told the standing-room-only crowd that the LBJ Library's leadership has been "unremittingly hostile" to him for..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

LBJ Swings Like the Pendulum Do

For a fun Sixties flashback – sans acid – see the LBJ Library's 'Signs of the Times: Life in the Swingin' Sixties'

"...From Ipanema," the Dave Clark Five and Slaughterhouse-Five. The LBJ Library and Museum is providing the flashback – sans..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

LBJ's Legacy and the Rise of Voter Suppression Laws

The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP FM returns

"...cover story reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the LBJ Presidential Library & Museum, as well as LBJ's evolving..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after I explained that I..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

It All Began So Beautifully ...

LBJ Library and Museum houses Austin's key connection to Kennedy's assassination

"...section of a wall in the room at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum named simply, "November 22, 1963."..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Under the Stars and Maybe Some Space Aliens

The LBJ Library screens sci-fi classics

"...that 1950s sci-fun, this Friday the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, in conjunction with the Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling..."

March 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Way Home

Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf

"...year in the White House not be staged on LBJ's home turf?..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Psychedelic Acid Trope

Exhibits at the Bullock, Briscoe, and LBJ explore our recall of the Sixties

"...back to that decade: the Bullock Texas State History Museum with "The 1968 Exhibit" and "When Austin Got Weird,"..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

This Terrible Moment

'All the Way' playwright Robert Schenkkan and its LBJ, Bryan Cranston, on JFK's assassination

"...Bryan Cranston had the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum all to himself. The Breaking..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Stayed on Freedom

Considering the LBJ legacy

"...F. Kennedy; strengthened, lobbied through Congress, and signed by LBJ), this week being celebrated at the Civil Rights Summit..."

April 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

The Summit on Race in America: Songwriters in the Round Panel Recap

Multiple generations of black artists push for music in schools

"...a similar sentiment during a panel moderated by Grammy Museum executive director Robert Santelli on Tuesday afternoon at the..."

April 10, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The Summit on Race in America: Motown at 60

Detroit pop icons continue in the name of love

"...the five-year anniversary of the Obamas’ visit to the LBJ Auditorium for a Civil Rights Summit, three pillars of..."

April 11, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The AggreGAYtor: April 9

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Texas gets gay married in style, LBJ's civil rights legacy includes LGBTQ, and Chick-Fil-A sees the..."

April 9, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

History by the Tape

LBJ's secret White House tapes reveal more than he may have intended

"...Could you tell me how the tapes in the LBJ Library actually made it into this book? You didn't..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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