Rowling's Resignation

Highlights of the UTIMCO chair's brutal Senate Finance Committee dust-up

"...when University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) chair Robert B. Rowling told the Senate Finance Committee on Feb...."

Feb. 8, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Flash

Here's some surprising news: Nineteen Texans have landed on Forbes magazine's 2006 list of the world's richest people, and the majority of them are big contributors to Republican candidates and officeholders

"...prizes in 2005. Oil, gas, and real estate tycoon Robert Rowling of Irving is one prolific donor who gets..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The fourth Potter emphasizes the emotional over the gothic

"...so he keeps a tight rein on author J.K. Rowling’s airy digressions into magical whimsy (the Quidditch World Cup..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bentzin's Tangled Web of Backers

An elite crew of critters helped bankroll Bentzin's unsuccessful, half-million dollar District 48 campaign

"...Robert Rowling, $10,000: Irving oil and gas billionaire, UT regent,..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...Salem Center, UT’s new right-wing think tank headquartered in Rowling Hall, an immaculate 458,000-square-foot building erected in 2018 at..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...– paid for the ad, with signers including billionaires Robert Rowling of TRT Holdings Inc. and Ray Lee Hunt..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature

God Don't Like Ugly: Austin Faith Leaders Unite to Smite Prop B

But big money’s rolling in to back camping ban campaign

"...and TRT Holdings, the company owned by Dallas billionaire Robert Rowling ($50,000)...."

April 27, 2021 News Post by Benton Graham

Headlines

"...pay packets: University of Texas Investment Management Co. Chair Robert Rowling (r) quit over controversy concerning big staff bonuses,..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature

Argylle

Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell get into double-identity spy trouble

"...who is more than a tad reminiscent of J.K. Rowling, whose side hustle churning out the Cormoran Strike spy-ish..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Postscripts

Local bestsellers for '99.

"...2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling; 3. Gypsy Songman by Jerry Jeff Walker; 4. Texas..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Books Column

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...by Roddy Doyle 2. L.A. Requiem: A Novel by Robert Crais 3. Places Left Unfinished at the Time of..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

UT: Major Arts Commissions Announced

Landmarks will get new mural, CoFA a Spanish-language opera

"...Parlá to take a 25-foot x 160-foot wall in Robert B. Rowling Hall, the new graduate education building for..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Snapshot: Austin's Large-Scale Public Art

Exploring the big ideas behind big art installations

"...(above), part of UT's Landmarks series at the new Robert B. Rowling Hall. "Let's say that 4,000 people a..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Landmarks' Amistad América

You want a wall? Landmarks and artist José Parlá have a wall for you.

"...the grand entrance to the Zlotnik Family Ballroom in Robert B. Rowling Hall, the new graduate education building for..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...by mistake to record a cigarette-scarred book-on-tape of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone without having actually..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Election Donors

"...2002 gubernatorial campaign. Mr./Mrs. James LeiningerSan AntonioKinetic Concepts, Inc.$1,311,142 Robert C. McNairHoustonCogen Technologies/Houston Texans$669,792 T. Boone PickensDallasBP Capital$644,000 Harlan..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...3, American Berserk Theatre and Density512 Mike Ooi (Officer Robert Douglas), Pet Dick, Jarrott Productions Amber Quick (Abby Pollock),..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

FronteraFest Short Fringe, Week Two

For an evening that included a mutilated cat, a self-loathing writer, and selling one's soul, the second Thursday at the 2006 FronteraFest Short Fringe proved surprisingly upbeat

"...unfortunate feline appeared in "Terminals," a tag-team effort by Robert Berry and Cris Edwards, who alternated sharing a story..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Local Bestsellers

This week's list of bestsellers is from Congress Avenue Booksellers, 716 Congress.

"...& the Southwest, 1513-1900 by James C. Martin and Robert Sidney Martin..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Books Column

Matthew Vaughn and the Mystery of the Real Author of Argylle

Director discusses "surreal" TikTok conspiracies

"...was Taylor Swift (because Conway wears cardigans), and J.K. Rowling (who writes spy novels under the pseudonym of Robert..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Heartland Theatre Collective's The Vineyard

The reasons to see this staging of Nicole Oglesby's new drama are the thorny questions it leaves you to answer

"...answers detrimental to our experiences as readers/viewers/audiences? (*cough* J.K. Rowling retconning Harry Potter on Twitter *cough*) Art doesn't always..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Qmmunity: Interns, Writers Wanted

Join the team, cheer on a team, and find your queer events here

"...the world's only LGBTQ startup weekend. Thu.-Sun., April 11-14. Robert B. Rowling Hall, 300 W. MLK, UT campus. $25...."

April 12, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

HackOut Makes Safe Space for Budding LGBTQ Entrepreneurs

Tech queers converge on Austin for the four-day event

"...place Thursday, April 11 through Sunday, April 14, at Robert B. Rowling Hall at UT's McCombs School of Business..."

April 9, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alex Puente

Qmmunity: Less Space, More Hate

Plus events to queer tech and fundraiser for QueerBomb's 10th anniversary

"...new breed of queer entreprenuers. Thu.-Sun., April 11-14. UT Robert B. Rowling Hall, 300 W. MLK. $0-25. www.swhackout.org. Q'd..."

April 5, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Straight Out the Trailer

Examining the current overwhelming white trash influence in popular culture

"...on the New York Times bestseller list as J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. In the July 5 issue of..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling..."

April 28, 2000 Books Column