Day Trips: Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge

Cajun history in the Old State Capitol

"...its fortunes rise and fall. It now houses the Museum of Political History...."

June 28, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Hightower Report: Help Oust Junk Science From Our Public Science Museums

Climate change denialism comes for natural history museums

"...Koch brothers, however, to invent a whole new category of greenwashing. Doling out millions of their oil-smeared greenbacks, David..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...Neil deGrasse Tyson, the celebrated astrophysicist, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, the subject of a thousand Facebook..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Blanton: The Sequel: The Sequel

The preliminary design for UT's new Blanton Museum of Art facility has been unveiled, and as expected, the white-shoe Boston firm of Kallmann McKinnell & Wood has come up with a building that hews to the dicta of UT's Campus Master Plan, even when it doesn't make much sense.

"...Oh, the games architects play. In the rendering of the latest (preliminary) design for UT's Jack S. Blanton..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...I interview a person older than 65. As an out-of-state student in my first semester, I only knew one..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Hard Proof Afrobeat: Honoring Its Moniker

Local horns rile the Continental Club Thursdays in August

"...You’d think that the music of Hard Proof Afrobeat, a local act with the genre..."

Aug. 7, 2013 Music Post by Andy Bianculli

Welcome to Texasland

Bob Bullock's final monument to himself, the Texas State History Museum, won't have many historical documents, but it promises to be entertaining.

"...What if you spent $80 million to build a history museum, and you had nothing to put in it?..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Bill Crawford

A Claimed Space

Mexic-Arte blazed a trail in Texas by making a place for Mexican culture in a museum

"..."Maps are defined by what they include but are often more revealing in what they exclude." – Peter Turchi,..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...Hispanics in Texas have rarely shown the sharp edges of the seemingly perpetual discord between whites and blacks. Yet..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Cancel Culture Comes After Forget the Alamo

Controversy erupts after museum caves to political pressure

"...On July 1, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Muse­um, with three hours' notice, pulled out of a..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

Paleontologist author Richard Fortey comes across like an aging UK dreamboat with a twist of Indiana Jones' wry charisma

"...Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museumby Richard Fortey Knopf, 352 pp.,..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Books Review by Dan Oko

Austin Classical Guitar's i/we

Events such as this concert are using sound and music to share the experiences of refugees

"...Texans, that feeling is a recent memory. Refugee Services of Texas helps refugees from war-torn parts of the world..."

July 28, 2017 Arts Feature by Molly Kendrick

By the Book

Reviews

"...A Gathering of Wonders: Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of..."

July 21, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko

P.2 Day Deux

There was evening, there was morning - a second day

"...Day Two of Prospect.2 and we’re exhausted – even after a good..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Next Diegos

Mexic-Arte's 'YLA No. 10' showcases the work of tomorrow's great Latino artists

"...artists to paint murals on public buildings as expressions of the social and cultural identities of Mexico. They became..."

July 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...changes for that wall. The wall becomes a monument of sorts, part of the skyline, another broad brushstroke in..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Hightower Lowdown

America craves campaign finance reform, GM buys its version of history, and a corporate butthead gets ousted.

"...Earth to Congress It often seems that politicians and the public live on two..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Sin Fronteras

Most observers would agree that Austin has a Latino visual arts community, but within that community are many voices, many points of view, many styles -- and no borders.

"...the airport, Fidencio Duran's images greet all comers. Two of the most distinctive buildings south of the Capitol on..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced its first wave..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

Our country's newest immigrant generation is no longer learning that this nation will belong to them

"...is no news to anyone that the fundamental nature of this country is changing in more ways, and on..."

July 9, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

From 380 Angles

Karen Kocher's multimedia 'Austin Past and Present' tells hundreds of stories in almost as many ways.

"...The story of Austin could never be told from start to finish...."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

Celebrity, South Austin Style

The Mayor of South Austin

"...a romantic tale that rivals many married couples' stories of their first meeting. Young fell hard. Kind of a..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Postscripts

Chronicles of a Chronicler

"...One of Austin's great contributions to the worlds of both academia..."

March 21, 1997 Books Column

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...San Diego has one of America's finest harbors. It's the largest U.S. city that..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Framing the Border

Photography of the Region Between Mexico and the U.S.

"...Snapshot of a moment in the cultural life of Central Texas...."

May 1, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...investors, musicians to Muppets, and from the joint chiefs of staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW just unleashed a..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Founders Day

The 2010 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...it has been this way always. But take any of the city's current cultural activities and trace it, like..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

The world is not ending anytime soon -- but neither are television specials about the twilight of the millennium.

"...for ending my childhood. It's not all his fault, of course, and it's not like it wasn't inevitable, but..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two: Same As It Ever Was

South by Southwest and other lifetime labors of love

"...This story happened any number of decades back, during a summer visit to the home..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Living in Mess: 'Wildness'

Documentary as palliative care

"...A gold-glitter sign hanging at the back of the stage in The Silver Platter bar in Los..."

March 12, 2012 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell

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