Campus Hacks: University of Texas
Surprisingly, hook 'em isn't the only thing you need to know
"...of the Tower, located next to the Student Activity Center...."
Search
Location Matches: Harry Ransom Center, Harry Ransom Center's Prothro Theater, Prothro Theater at Harry Ransom Center
241-270 of 477 results, sorted by relevance | sort by date
Aug. 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Maria Mendez
Day Trips & Beyond: Welcome to Joanna and Chip Gaines' Waco
Perky Fixer Upper hosts are the town's new star attraction
"...Largely due to its location on I-35 near the center of the state’s most densely populated area, Waco has..."
July 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
"Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia" at the Contemporary Austin
The solo exhibition celebrates Devo but also the artist's sound-machine sculptures and high- and low-tech illustrations
"...festival, but in its physical deportment within the Jones Center venue...."
Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Gay Place: Diva Dish
Just another "average" week in sparkly, spangly Gay Town in the A-town.
"...and Cheer Up Charlies. Thu., Oct. 8, 1-3pm. Harry Ransom Center, 300 W. 21st. www.fb.com/utcwgs...."
Oct. 9, 2015 Column
Gay Place: The Deep South
Take that as you will ...
"...you, Silvia Sandoval! Sat., Sept. 12, 8am-10pm. Dunbar Rec Center, 801 W. MLK, San Marcos. www.fb.com/SMTX.PRIDE...."
Sept. 11, 2015 Column
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Oct. 28-Nov. 4
"...Endowment for the Humanities Chair Jim Leach. 7pm. Harry Ransom Center,
300 W. 21st, 471-8944. www.hrc.utexas.edu...."
Oct. 29, 2010 News Column
'The Fall of the House of Usher': When Debussy was a Poe boy
With UT's hosting of the Debussy International Congress comes a Halloween treat: an operatic adaptation based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'
"...directed by Robert DeSimone, head of the Butler Opera Center and a recent inductee into the Austin Arts Hall..."
Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
End of an Arts Era
The most prosperous period in Austin's cultural
history came to a painful close in 2003.
"...the plug on its props rental program. The Long Center for the Performing Arts, paralyzed by fundraising difficulties, was..."
Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Cinematexas 8 Schedule
Go see Cinematexas!
"...Harry Ransom Center, 21st & Guadalupe..."
Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature
Postscripts
Upcoming events in Austin's literary life.
"...7:30pm in the fourth floor auditorium of the Harry Ransom Center on the UT campus (21st & Guadalupe). Open..."
April 6, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith
Articulations
Memorial notices for actor and talk radio pioneer Harv Morgan and UT art
historian Marian B. Davis.
"...at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe. Professor Davis, who died Oct...."
Dec. 8, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Two Generations, One Art
Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.
"...of the Moles, opening this week at the Off Center, you might easily suppose that these and the other..."
Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Public Notice
Club Skirt, autumn leaves, and the flu are all back!
"...Gardens, benefits Metropolitan Community Church and the HIV Wellness Center, which seems darned appropriate since it's AIDS Awareness Month..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer
Postscripts
Well I'll be damned : the Texas Institute of Letters has decided to name an award after Mr. Joe Bob Briggs his own self. Also, the news about what Tom Grimes will attempt to do in public in the near future with his new collection of writings from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, The Workshop.
"...participating in panels at Barnes & Nobles... UT's Michener Center for Writers is hosting playwright, director, and screenwriter Len..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith
Gay Place: In & Out
Get in or get out! You can't lose with these Gay Place events.
"...Politics of Queer Nightlife series kickoff presented by the Center for Women's & Gender Studies at the University of..."
Sept. 18, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer
Thirteen Notes for Another Future Passed
So science fiction doesn't predict the future, its visions of tomorrow can still be filled with beauty
"...just note that the periodical hit a certain pleasure center in the ur-geek zeitgeist and flourished along with, eventually,..."
Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Headlines
"...presented a new box of material to the Harry Ransom Center containing their interviews with Richard Nixon's Chief of..."
April 29, 2011 News Feature
Texas Medal of Arts
The Texas Cultural Trust honors its sixth group of notable Texans in the arts
"...Theatre (Theatre); dynamic visual artist James Drake (Visual Arts); Ransom Center Director Tom Staley (Arts Education); Asleep at the..."
Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Counterprogramming Cupid
Stick it to Valentine's Day with these free ways to say eff off to love
"...at 4pm at the Prothro Theater at the Harry Ransom Center on the University of Texas campus...."
Feb. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
Headlines
"...MetroRail Red Line from Leander to the Austin Convention Center will open for passengers March 22. The transit agency..."
March 12, 2010 News Feature
Disappointed by UT's Plan to Close Cactus
"...such events as readings by authors at the Harry Ransom Center and the Michener Center for Writers, the Distinguished..."
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
Naked City
Headlines
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..."
