Central Market + Maffei: Better Than a Halftime Show

We review the recent Chef’s Table class at the popular cooking school

"...reported on since that crossover they did with the Ransom Center, this Chef Maffei, this titan of a NYC-born-and-raised..."

Jan. 24, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Truth in Journalism: The Making of The Post

Reporters and researchers on Spielberg's journalistic epic

"...to prepare to help, he looked through the Harry Ransom Center’s archives of the Ben Bradlee papers, used old..."

Jan. 15, 2018 Screens Post by Acacia Coronado

Day Trips & Beyond: D.H. Lawrence in New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence’s banned art finds a home in Taos hotel

"...of D.H. Lawrence paintings is housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Gerald..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

In Memoriam: Sam Shepard

The late writer-actor left lots of himself in Central Texas

"...father of Shepard's first wife, O-Lan Jones. The Harry Ransom Center at UT houses 30 boxes of its own,..."

Aug. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Q&A Hole: What’s Your Favorite Place in Austin?

Because you know that "cabin fever" is definitely a thing

"...maybe the UT Campus. I really love the Harry Ransom Center, and whenever I have friends in from out..."

May 29, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Frankenstein’s Babymama & Friends

Brooklyn's Invulnerable Nothings bring the G-g-gothic goodness

"...ever-so-literary Austin – the city in which the Harry Ransom Center radiates its indomitable and world-class belles-lettres power, for..."

April 26, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

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

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

Screen Play

What to do at the writers' conference

"...In this, the film's 75th anniversary year, the Harry Ransom Center unveiled a world-class exhibit of its vast GWTW..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Dram Held High for Ed Miller

KUTX folk sage is shown the door after 43 years on-air

"...stack of vinyl it eventually sold to the Harry Ransom Center...."

Aug. 29, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Board Games and More

Announcements from the Austin Film Society

"...and who is the former chair of the Harry Ransom Center Advisory Council; and Evan Smith, editor in chief..."

April 2, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Beau Willimon Lays His 'Cards' on the Table

Austin Film Festival presents the showrunner on season two of the hit Netflix series

"...Beau Willimon dissects season two at the Harry Ransom Center as part of the Austin Film Festival's On..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Screens Feature by Aleksander Chan

Film Flam

Pacino sightings, plus SXSW keynote drama

"...a conversation Sunday, Dec. 8, 4pm, at the Harry Ransom Center, then walk across the street for a free..."

Dec. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...fine arts program, and his archive is at the Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. His..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

HRC Launches Digital Archive

You're out of excuses for not having perused its holdings

"...The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas announced this morning..."

Nov. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

UT Crowd Welcomes Junot Diaz

Pulitzer Prize winner spoke about doubt, masculinity, and more

"...Institute for Literary and Textual Studies and the Harry Ransom Center, both arms of the University of Texas...."

Sept. 24, 2013 Books Post by Rod Machen

Might Be More Art Than You Can Handle, Baby

Esopus. Rubber Repertory. So many links.

"...it's still going strong. And in September, the Harry Ransom Center right here in Austin will present Radical Transformation:..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards

June 3, 2013. 21 photos.

"...Left-right, Cathy Henderson, the Ransom Center's associate director for exhibitions and Fleur Cowles executive..."

June 4, 2013 Photo Gallery

Linklater Loses Insurance Lawsuit

Director will not be paid for lost archive

"...previously appraised the Robert DeNiro collection for the Harry Ransom Center. Linklater's production company, Detour, inform us that we..."

May 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Is 'Big, Hot, Cheap and Right'

Erica Grieder's ode to the Lone Star State

"...What follows that preface is not a straightforward bullet..."

May 1, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

The 2013 Cohen New Works Festival

If you can count on one thing in this biennial binge of student-generated works, it's that you'll be surprised

"...and Classical Reinvention, a guided performance through the Harry Ransom Center combining live music, movement, and photography...."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet

Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines

"...of the Book" drew big crowds to the Harry Ransom Center this fall...."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Coffee Table Iconoclasts

Oversized books and outsized personalities

"...The Harry Ransom Center will shutter its current Norman Bel Geddes exhibition..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

So Much Specialness

David Byrne's cult classic True Stories captured a lost Texas and a prescient picture of today

"...unpublished manuscript in Spalding Gray's archive at the Harry Ransom Center, the late monologist described Byrne as "the most..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

More Tesla Than You Can Shake an Electric Pigeon At

The once-neglected eccentric genius is (finally) all the rage

"...3) You know that UT's Harry Ransom Center, while not promoting the legend of Tesla specifically,..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Illumine Honorees Announced

Douglas Brinkley, Sarah Bird, Joe Ely to be awarded

"...other presenters include Tom Staley, director of the Harry Ransom Center; actor/filmmaker/advocate Turk Pipkin; Anita Rizley, Youth Program Coordinator..."

Aug. 19, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Cinema East and Paramount summer series news

"...– like, plagues of Egypt biblical – the Harry Ransom Center's Biblical Film Series is wickedly apropos. The series..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What To Do After SXSW

David Foster Wallace. HRC Symposium. What else do you need to know?

"...be at DefCon 4 this spring, when the Harry Ransom Center hosts The David Foster Wallace Symposium (note definite..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Books Post by Cindy Widner

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