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What's That on Your Blog? Fred Schneider, Part 2
One part of the B-52's/Superions front man was not enough.
"...The 1894 Grand Opera House in Galveston still has tickets for..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Off the Record
Back in the saddle at the Phoenix Saloon, Woxy pulls the plug, and the latest on the Cactus Cafe
"...Prohibition. It's where William Gebhardt invented chili powder in 1894 (his Original Eagle Brand Chili Powder is still available),..."

April 2, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill
Hollywood is an electric dragon
"...opened in Manhattan at 1155 Broadway on April 14, 1894. "The front of the establishment was garnished with an..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
James Brown, pants in Paris, and more
"...In 1894, an Austrian engineer named Hans Hörbiger predicted there was..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Letters at 3AM: The Script Needs a Rewrite
Cinema history as it's been commonly taught is just plain wrong
"...her as a secretary for his photography business in 1894. How a 21-year-old secretary became the premier force of..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

A Year Later
Galveston marks Ike anniversary with celebrations of recovery and rebirth
"...inspired hope. The reopening of the island's historic Grand 1894 Opera House, the return of the Old Quarter Acoustic..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Letters at 3AM
America's ideal of liberty shaped the country's finest authors
"...Like Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961). With the most no-nonsense vision of any American writer..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Landmarks on the Menu
"...home that houses the venerable Green Pastures restaurant in 1894-95.In 1916, lawyer Henry Faulk and his wife, Mattie Miner..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Mothership Connection
Space is place for the hip-hop race
"...first time since Gustav Holst wrote The Planets in 1894. Intergalactic Projection Screens..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Basinger's fowl collection and breadcrumbs for boo-boos
"...the House Judiciary Committee.Twenty-thousand telephone companies were started between 1894 and 1903...."

June 22, 2007 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Family Reunion at Cafe Caprice
The Tankersleys gather at their old home, now the Constantines' Cafe Caprice
"...G. Tankersley (1890-1958) and his wife, Mary Lea Tankersley (1894-1991), probably in 1937. Tankersley descendants from all over Texas..."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Film
Interviews and reviews
"...shoemaking company founded in Zlín by Tomas Bata in 1894. Directors Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope take former Bata..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

Contesting Zinn's Point on Slavery
"...did not officially abolish slavery until 1910, Korea in 1894, Brazil 1888. Also, why did the Paris Peace Conference..."

Feb. 13, 2006 Postmarks

The Gary Cooper Collection
Rarely did he singe the big screen with his craft, yet his dimpled impassivity was ready-made for audience personification
"...though as with More Treasures From American Film Archives 1894-1931, which anthologized Lubitsch's riveting 1925 silent Lady Windermere's Fan,..."

June 24, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

November is Dvorák month in Austin!
The University of Texas is marking the centenary of Dvorák's death with an ambitious multidisciplinary festival called "New Worlds: Dvorák in Search of America."
"...brilliantly fruitful visit to our country from 1892 to 1894, during which he served as director of the New..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Summer Fun
Oh, Galveston
"...GRAND 1894 OPERA HOUSE Much like Austin's beloved Paramount, Galveston's Grand..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Day Trips
A beautiful area of Texas, Wharton County has hundreds of stories to tell
"...who was killed in the line of duty in 1894. To see a statue of a different kind, check..."

May 7, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er
Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts
"...one of Austin's early black-owned businesses -- built in 1894. He had already decided the second floor should be..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Loving and Fighting
A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary
"...Blackshear Elementary traces its roots back to at least 1894, when a grammar school for "colored" youth in Austin..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Grow and Prosper
With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.
"...around almost as long as Hyde Park. Established in 1894 by a preacher and his congregation of 11 souls,..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Exhibitionism
Salome: Under the Veils, No Heart
"...This 1894 play by wit and dramatic luminary Oscar Wilde (scribe..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Review

Day Trips
"...a perfect reason for a trip to the coast. 800/821-1894...."

March 19, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips
"...John Ward Lockwood (1894-1963) helped establish the University of Texas art department in..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Wilde Life
"...for his condemnation of the Queen's sinful marriage. Wilde's 1894 play takes a few liberties with the Biblical account,..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

To Preserve and Protect
The HRC's Texas Dante and India Alice
"...Collection of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in November 1969. Weaver (1894-1978) was the world's most prodigious collector of Carroll, whose..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Megachurch Miracle
Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches
"...on four Hyde Park sanctuaries since its founding in 1894, the latest being a 2,600-seater completed way back in..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy

Big Land, Big Stories,& One-Eyed Jacks
Western Roundup
"...time he saw the Chisos Mountains on August 31, 1894. For Townsend the scenery `was so awe inspiring' that..."

April 18, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Music Amidst Used Furniture
The History of the Red River Strip
"...This doesn't change by the time you reach the 1894 Sanborn's map, but there's a lot more stuff in..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature

Arts Recommended: 57th Annual Art Faculty Exhibit: Huntington Art Gallery
"...from the sexually charged "The Kiss" and "Puberty" in 1894 and '95, to the angst-ridden 1896 and '97 "Death..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

The Bio of John Wesley Hardin The Fortysomething Killer
"...Hardin wrote while imprisoned in Huntsville (from 1878 to 1894) and his autobiography, written after his release, provide a..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Arts Feature

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