Playback: Can Austin Be a Jazz City?

Two venues usher in a new era in Austin jazz. Plus music scholar Bill Bentley brings the Smithsonian Institution to bear at BookPeople.

"...2017), so when the books arm of Washington, D.C.'s Smithsonian Institution invited him to tell the story of rock..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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"...alleged motives of Darwin's critics. He writes that "the institute's long-term project is (in its own words) 'to reverse..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

Diverting Attention

"...alleged motives of Darwin's critics. He writes that "the institute's long-term project is (in its own words) 'to reverse..."

Sept. 24, 2003 Postmarks

Day Trips

Market Square in San Antonio brings a little bit of the Mexican border culture to Central Texas

"...the food is definitely Tex-Mex, and there is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum on the plaza. You don't need a passport..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Summoning The Witch

Writer/director Robert Eggers on making a historical horror

"...would have been near-impossible without the assistance of the Smithsonian Institute's Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts, which is a working..."

Feb. 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

Paleontologist author Richard Fortey comes across like an aging UK dreamboat with a twist of Indiana Jones' wry charisma

"...Natural history museums, such as the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., and the American Museum of..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Books Review by Dan Oko

Event Menu

April 5-13

"...crafts, and food vendors. A TV crew from the Smithsonian Institute Network will also be on hand. Admission is..."

April 6, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the Texas version of the Smithsonian Institute

"...The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the Smithsonian Institute of Texas. The depository of all things Texana..."

April 21, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

We All Need to Watch the Weed Carefully

"...to erase all the history of hemp from our Smithsonian Institute. There is already very little information on hemp..."

May 10, 2005 Postmarks

Day Trips

"...and future through art. As an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute, the New Braunfels museum has access to America's..."

May 2, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Throw the Switch

City Planners Consider Options on the Seaholm Power Plant

"...power plant. Crider is a former director of the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum, and also served..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Day Trips

"...dinosaurs, roadrunners, eagles, and flamingos have appeared at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. and in several magazines, movies,..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dancing About Architecture

Somehow George W. Bush becomes president and takes Jimmie Vaughan with him. Swine.

"...accordion teacher, and "national treasure" as named by the Smithsonian Institute, died this weekend from lung cancer. "Valerio was..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Grove: Anderson's Largest Acquisition

"...Listed in the Smithsonian Institute catalogue of historic Texas places, The Grove is..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Klezmatic Convergence

Rubinchik's Orkestyr

"...In fact, Rubin recently played a gig at the Smithsonian Institute, where he shared a stage with some of..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Dialogue of Poets

Conjunto Aztlan's Movimiento Music

"...In the last 20 years, attention by the Smithsonian Institute and the National Endowment of the Arts legitimized..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Day Trips

"...card; he was a folk art collector for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C...."

July 4, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Big Pow Wow

Cultural Olympiads, The Derailers

"...was a great one. The folks from ACOG, The Smithsonian Institute, the Texas Folklife Resourcers -- everybody involved --..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Music Feature

Michael Frary: In Memoriam

Michael Frary, an influential Texas modernist, painter of Texas watercolors, and longtime UT-Austin art professor, has passed away at age 87

"...artist-in-residence and faculty chairman for the San Antonio Art Institute. A few years later, he headed up I-35 to..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...of years in the form of the Clark Terry Institute. By using the name of the renowned trumpet player,..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Larger Than Life

The late Luis Jiménez created art on a grand scale – and lived life that way, too

"...Moody Park and another of which stood outside the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., for many years...."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Warm up for summer with frozen margs and fests around Texas

"...has been associated with the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville since 2015. From Chile, Sergio..."

May 1, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Five Recommended Art Events This Weekend

How can you lose with a sweet list to use before it's time to choose?

"...Kyle Davis. It starts at 7pm in the Aveda Institute over there near ACC Highland, and there’ll even be..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Total Chaos: The Story of the Stooges as Told by Iggy Pop

"...this bedrock history of rock & roll. One-man memorabilia institute Jeff Gold flew in 100 Smithsonian-worthy Stooges artifacts to..."

June 16, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Food Truck Tuesday: Masa

Louis Cantu brings fusion to W. Sixth

"...in Japanese. Cantu, a graduate of the Texas Culinary Institute, is a veteran of the Austin restaurant scene: at..."

March 7, 2017 Food Post by Thea Newell