Not Very Statesman-like

The daily of record's release of Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, its only full-time arts critic, isn't getting good reviews

"...Museum of Art (now the Contemporary Austin) and the Ransom Center before moving on to freelance editing and writing..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...Blanton Museum of Art or the internationally heralded Harry Ransom Center, then you know about their extensive collections. But..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living

In this drama featuring Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle, a debate on the talking dead springs to dramatic life

"...Masonic Hall, 311 W. Seventh Through Oct. 30 Harry Ransom Center, 21st & Guadalupe, UT campus Oct. 31 www.hiddenroomtheatre.com..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living

In Houdini Speaks to the Living, Hidden Room Theatre resurrects two dead celebrities for a spirited battle

"...from materials in the deep archives of Austin's Harry Ransom Center...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The One Thing That Even Houdini Couldn’t Escape

Cooking class reveals arcane secrets of chicken paprikash and more

"...cooking class presented by Central Market and the Harry Ransom Center this Sunday...."

Oct. 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World" at the Ransom Center

This survey shows how the photographer captured the culture of his time in ways both compelling and frightening

"...study in narrative, popular culture, and American propaganda, the Ransom Center's "Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World" is a..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Unpacking Samuel Beckett's “Film”

HRC kicks off Summer Film Series with playwright's foray into film

"...beyond documentary and into an essay-like territory. The Harry Ransom Center, home to a Beckett collection, is screening both..."

June 15, 2016 Screens Post by Emily Gibson

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Acting in a Leading Role Emma Center, The Wild Party Brian Coughlin, To Kill a Mockingbird..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: RSD in ATX

Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them

"...so they won't have to later pay a king's ransom on eBay...."

April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

"Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions"

An image of New Orleans taken by Doug Rickard is emblematic of the quality in this exhibition at UT's Ransom Center

"...seen is one currently on display at the Harry Ransom Center as part of its "Look Inside: New Photography..."

March 25, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Shakespeare's First Folio

Why the first collection of the Bard's plays is such a big deal and cause to celebrate on his 400th death anniversary

"...original copies still exist. The University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center has three, all on view in its "Shakespeare..."

March 18, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"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

Elementary, My Dear Hickey

Art critic Dave Hickey on being Watson to Ed Ruscha's Holmes

"...Wednesday night, the Harry Ransom Center and the Blanton Museum of Art will present..."

Jan. 19, 2016 Arts Post by Rod Machen

"Shakespeare in Print and Performance" at the Ransom Center

This exhibition celebrates the Bard with rare artifacts from the Ransom Center's holdings

"...dramatist now than usual. The University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center is among them, using the occasion to spotlight..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2015

The most memorable art of 2015 carved strange and brilliant new spaces out of familiar ones

"...and Jeffery Mills for Physical Plant at the Off Center, an audience can – when not laughing their asses..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Memoriam: Jo Anne Christian

Arts patron, leading force in building Long Center has died

"...a crusader in the campaign to build the Long Center and a passionate patron and advocate for many cultural..."

Nov. 14, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hidden Room Theatre Resurrects King Lear

The once-popular but now obscure revision of Shakespeare's play by Nahum Tate is revived, complete with happy ending

"...their first stop with it was the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va. That might seem a bit daunting,..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

"Beyond Macondo"

AFS series spotlights contemporary Colombian cinema

"...Life and Legacy," to be hosted by UT Austin's Ransom Center and LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections,..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Jordan Buckley

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: 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

Open House at the Austin Book Arts Center

The city’s epicenter of old-school book tech invites you to visit!

"...should be warned, citizen, that the Austin Book Arts Center is a hotbed of disruptive technology...."

Sept. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West"

The wide open spaces that define the Texas stereotype are explored in rich detail in this artist's work

"...lonesome cowboys and vast, open space. For the Harry Ransom Center's "Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

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

The Remains of the Papers

Ransom Center adds Kazuo Ishiguro archive to its holdings

"...The Harry Ransom Center's already substantial holdings of British authors just took..."

Aug. 25, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Confederate Statue Report Released

UT task force recommends taking action

"...the west of the Littlefield Fountain, to the Briscoe Center for American History, the Blanton Museum, the Texas Memorial..."

Aug. 10, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

A Touch of Stardust

Its peek behind the scenes of filming Gone With the Wind make this novel a delectable summer treat

"...For those still mourning the departure of the Harry Ransom Center's engrossing "The Making of Gone With the Wind"..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...North Star, Austin Chamber Music Center..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...Jonathan Ryan, executive director of the Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services (RAICES), explaining that the..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

"...you can take a little jaunt to UT's Harry Ransom Center, where the currently featured exhibition is all about..."

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Why Are My Phone Pics Not Works of Art?

It might not be the gear, but the photographer

"...in the lobby of the University of Texas Harry Ransom Center. Since then an estimated 3.5 trillion photos have..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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