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Mike Wallace: Before He Was a 60-Minute Man
"...journalist Mike Wallace and the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center were both young pups, Wallace donated..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jess: To and From the Printed Page
The Ransom Center exhibition reminds us how the written word sparked a cultural revolution in the 1950s
"...Harry Ransom Center, through April 6..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Cook

On the Road, From San Fran to Taipei
Two new film series bebop and globe-hop
"...many of whom will be showcased in the Harry Ransom Center's Beat Film Series (starting April 2). Perhaps more..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Raymond Blanton

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

The Beat Goes On
Harry Ransom Center hosts the Kerouac scroll
"...As curators in the Ransom Center Galleries unrolled the yellowing 120-foot manuscript, cameras popped..."

March 14, 2008 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Revenge of the Space Pandas
Il Teatro Nostro's production of this play for youth by David Mamet outshines its shoestring budget
"...David Mamet, which now are preserved at the Harry Ransom Center, are best known for their gritty, street-smart style..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Naked City
"..."Texas is about to become the center of the political universe." – State Rep. Juan Garcia,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature

The Ransom Center's Hidden Riches
The UT History department continues their "welcome back" festivities.
"...a look into the resources available at the Harry Ransom Center. “The Ransom Center represents the most important scholarly..."

Feb. 4, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

David Mamet: Textual Perversity From Chicago
For his first residency at UT, Mamet discusses his work and career in a public conversation
"...When the Harry Ransom Center acquired the papers of dramatist, screenwriter, director, teacher,..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

The Future Is Here
In 2007, that distant tomorrow when Austin's arts dreams would be realized finally arrived
"...the day when the city gets its own performing-arts center, the day when a Downtown museum gets built, the..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It Is What It Is
The year in books
"...DeLillo, whose archives have a home at the Harry Ransom Center, also visited mortality in Falling Man (Scribner), what..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Last Word
The Harry Ransom Center opens Norman Mailer's archives
"...stead, he left a voluminous archive that the Harry Ransom Center acquired in 2005 for $2.5 million (a portion..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Revealing Poses
How the Victorians presented themselves to the camera explains a lot about them – and us
"...around in the excellent current exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, "Dress Up: Portrait and Performance in Victorian Photography"..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Things He Carried: Tim O'Brien's archives find a home
The Harry Ransom Center announces the acquisition of Vietnam scribe Tim O'Brien's archives
"...The Harry Ransom Center announced on Tuesday the acquisition of National Book..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture
No doubt about it: This book is a gorgeous visual delight
"...salvaged reels of nearly 100-year-old movies. Like the Harry Ransom Center here in Austin, the Library of Congress' collection..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miller in Austin
"...The Ransom Center is currently showing the exhibition "Rehearsing the American..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Feature

The Master Builder
The impeccable craft and enduring genius of Arthur Miller, as explained by Tony Kushner
"...such invitation came from the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center, which is showing the exhibition "Rehearsing the American..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!
Austin Museum Day turns 10, and TCA names a new director
"...Gallery, the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture), cultural centers (the Carver Museum and Cultural Center, the Mexican American..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!
Kushner talks Arthur Miller, Zach's cool School Musical is back, and AIPP teaches you how to make permanent public art
"...• In conjunction with the Ransom Center exhibition "Rehearsing the American Dream: Arthur Miller's Theater,"..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage
How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago
"...new theatre and one renovated theatre, a new cultural center, and a new three-venue performing arts center – almost..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion
Stephen goes green and manages to work both Maureen and Scarlett O'Hara into the same bit
"...from Gone With the Wind lives at the Harry Ransom Center on campus? Their GWTW collection is stunning. See..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Culture Flash!
Ballet Austin's Dance Education Center gets some financial help to the finish line, and UT's Ransom Center gets an extra helping of Samuel Beckett materials
"...its final push to fund the Butler Dance Education Center, local philanthropists Sarah and Ernest Butler – the couple..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Outstanding!
Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...I Am My Own Wife, Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Harry Ransom Center: They f**king scored the f**king Mamet papers
UT's Ransom Center – which has long held to the motto, 'Always be closing' – has acquired the archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet
"...The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center – which has long held to..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Refugees Remain in Taylor Prison
ACLU files suit to spring children from 'residential facility'
"...country has heard of the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, 40 miles north of Austin. About four..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

Express Cruise, Astros Struggle, Clydesdales Clip-Clop Into Town
"...to second on the throw, and third baseman Cody Ransom walked to load the bases. Iowa starter J.R. Mathes..."

April 6, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

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

Woodward and Bernstein Make 'Statesman' Editor Squirm
Legendary reporters who broke Watergate story question Oppel's role at Statesman, opinion on confidential sources
"...As part of a public opening for the Harry Ransom Center's files about FBI Assistant Director Mark "Deep Throat"..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Joe Ely's Bonfire of the Roadmaps'
Harry Ransom Center, Thursday, March 22, 2007
"...want some rock-&-roll cred, schedule a trip to the Ransom Center this weekend for "Joe Ely's Bonfire of the..."

March 23, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

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