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Feb. 6, 2010 Postmarks
All Times Through Paradise
Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia
"...1999, a distant cousin appeared upstairs at the Harry Ransom Center in the heart of UT. Here, Goliath's head..."
Nov. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Event Menu
Local food events for April 16-22
"...• The Sustainable Food Center (www.sustainablefoodcenter.org) sponsors a free Food Justice Speaker Series on..."
April 17, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Things I've Been Silent About: Memories
The Reading Lolita in Tehran author returns with a brave, even transgressive memoir
"...As part of the Harry Ransom Center Lecture series, Azar Nafisi will discuss her new..."
Jan. 23, 2009 Books Review by Belinda Acosta
News/Print
The All Poetry, All the Time Edition
"...so-brand-spanking-new-the-paint's-still-drying Michael and Susan Dell Hall at the Long Center. The five winners of the Slam Off will represent..."
March 28, 2008 Books Column by Kimberley Jones
Off the Record
Greg Ginn and SST Records start fresh in Taylor, Possessed by Paul James stars as The Folk Singer, and KOOP Radio catches fire (again)
"...Minutemen, making the downstairs warehouse feel like a Harry Ransom Center collection of the 1980s DIY movement. "This music..."
Jan. 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell
Astros Defeat the Express, 6-4, in Round Rock
"...bases-loaded walk by 'Stros starter Jason "TrimSpa" Jennings. Cody Ransom's sac fly to cattle-ranching left fielder Carlos "El Caballo"..."
March 30, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray
Are You Experienced?
In a new ad campaign, the Blanton redefines 'art,' raising questions about what it means
"...what art is. Yet, from "art is communication" (think: Ransom Center, hieroglyphics, and cuneiform) to "art is teaching" (as..."
June 30, 2006 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore
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Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Safety in Words
If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."
"...it's not there." Jim Magnuson, director of the Texas Center for Writers, describes Furman's fiction as "lucid, artful, and..."
April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford
TV Eye
Now that the February sweeps are over, take a look what the networks are dragging in for March.
"...John Romano (Third Watch) will speak at the Harry Ransom Center, 3/9, 7:30pm. His lecture, "TV & Literature: The..."
March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Postscripts
Mixed Notes
"...the birth month of poets whose original work the Ransom Center preserves and exhibits. On October 14, 12:15pm, at..."
Oct. 9, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith
Short Cuts
"...7:30pm, in the 4th Floor auditorium of the Harry Ransom Center on the UT campus. The engagement is presented..."
Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten
Local Jane Austen Scholar’s Latest Work? A Graphic Novel
Janine Barchas' The Novel Life of Jane Austen is out April 29
"...The Harry Ransom Center hosts a book launch for The Novel Life..."
April 28, 2025 Arts Post by Tom Buckley
So You Think You Know Austin Film History?
Play our multiple choice trivia game
"...What famous wardrobe item is kept at the Harry Ransom Center?..."
Dec. 22, 2023 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker
Texas Book Festival Announces New CEO
Fundraising expert Marianne DeLeón steps into leadership role
"...April to become chief development officer at the Harry Ransom Center (in the intervening period, TBF Deputy Director Dalia..."
Nov. 29, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
A New Chapter for Austin’s Small Bookstores
From serving neighborhoods to serving wine, how innovative local booksellers are filling the shelves
"...houses the remarkable literary archive that is the Harry Ransom Center. It has one of the most well-regarded Master..."
Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross
We Have an Issue: Struggling to Find the Words
In this week's issue, we explore Austin's response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade
"...Robert De Niro will be feted at the Harry Ransom Center's Celebration of Film gala come September...."
July 1, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones
Paris Without Her: A Memoir
In his latest book, the Austin author walks through the City of Light to find a new life after his wife's death
"...at the University of Texas and working at the Ransom Center, as well as writing for various publications, but..."
May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
In Memoriam: Terrence McNally
Covid-19 complications claim the distinguished playwright
"...has his literary archive here at the UT's Harry Ransom Center, and he has seen his plays widely produced..."
March 25, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Faster Than Sound: Renovated Beerland Opens, Dozen Street on Its Way Out
Rounding up 2020 venue news plus all things Hi, How Are You Day
"...and more, streaming live at www.stingray.com/hhay. Wednesday, the Harry Ransom Center holds "Poetry on the Plaza" at noon, with..."
Jan. 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
The Critics Table's Grand Tales
The winners of the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Valdez's “The City,” Blanton Museum of Art “Vaudeville!”, Harry Ransom Center Palace Theater in Georgetown..."
June 4, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires
2019 Arts Hall of Famers Announced
Bravo, Harden, Kinney, and Sawyer to be inducted this year
"...“Vaudeville!” Ransom Center..."
May 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Five Austin Activities for the Whole Family
Got a house full of guests this holiday? Here’s how to entertain ’em.
"...the largest IMAX screen in Texas) and the Harry Ransom Center, a research library and museum that hosts regular..."
Dec. 21, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley
2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners
Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus
"...Turner, Howard Burkett, Booth’s Richard III, Hidden Room, Harry Ransom Center, and Austin Scottish Rite Theater Crystal Bird Caviel,..."
Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
East Austin Studio Tour: Who Is Marc English?
That question will be answered, vividly, and pretty much in full
"...years, distinct looks for The Criterion Collection, the Harry Ransom Center, Austin Film Society, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Girlstart, Troublemaker..."
Nov. 6, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Who Says There’s No Art Openings This Weekend?
Are you kidding, citizen? Are you, what, pulling our cultural leg?
"...fantastic “De/Construction” show at Davis Gallery. And the Harry Ransom Center has a big Ed Ruscha exhibition going already,..."
Sept. 14, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018
Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes
"...crown, Ellsworth Kelly's Austin. Their generous support helped the Ransom Center gain the Ed Ruscha archives and Arthouse renovate..."
May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Paramount Gets Ready for Summer
43rd annual celebration of film fun on Austin's grandest screen
"...include: • Vaudeville! (May 29-31): keying off the Harry Ransom Center’s ongoing exhibition of the great variety theatre tradition,..."
May 15, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
2018 Arts Hall of Famers Announced
Kleins, Hamrick, Naimpally, and Blumensaadt to be inducted
"...Jeanne Klein (Blanton Museum of Art, The Contemporary Austin, Ransom Center, et al.) – patrons, board members, civic leaders,..."
