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Margaritas vs. Mojitos

It's Mexico vs. Cuba, tequila vs. rum, mix vs. muddle, in this battle for lime-infused-libation-sensation supremacy in the Lone Star State

"...Its place in American history was official when the Smithsonian National Museum of American History acquired the world's first..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

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

"...Released by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian as a tribute..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Spongebob and the Lips converge on Austin Studios, and the local IMAX pumps up its technology for 'The Polar Express'

"...roughly the same as that blue whale in the Smithsonian you loved so much as a kid, so this..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Idea for Reagan Memorial

"...tastefully stuffed and propped at the entrance of the Smithsonian Museum, posed with outstretched hand and painted-on smile. Have..."

June 10, 2004 Postmarks

Gathered Treasures

'Collected Response,' the first joint exhibition of artists Steve Wiman and Marjorie Moore, is an extension of their shared passion for collecting

"...her toys and was impressed by visits to the Smithsonian museum, which she remembers as dark and creepy, with..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Malcolm Bucknall + Bale Creek Allen

Malcom Bucknall's classic technique and Bale Creek Allen's witty conceptualism are different as can be, but the contrast is part of what makes this D Berman Gallery exhibit so enjoyable

"...to understand why Bucknall's work is included in the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art. The monkey's big black eyes..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Grandfather fought in the Philippines -- after that, things get kinda blurry …

"...of Americana, not the Library of Congress nor the Smithsonian, but Hollywood. When you see Gone With the Wind..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Our readers talk back.

"...biologist Stanley Salthe, molecular biologist Richard Sternberg from the Smithsonian Institute, and Giuseppe Sermonti, the editor of Rivista Biologia/Biology..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

Diverting Attention

"...biologist Stanley Salthe, molecular biologist Richard Sternberg from the Smithsonian Institute, and Giuseppe Sermonti, the editor of Rivista Biologia/Biology..."

Sept. 24, 2003 Postmarks

Austin Gaming Expo

Something old, something new

"...of the Austin Gaming Expo. A kind of interactive Smithsonian playroom that will showcase Reagan-era consoles like Atari 2600..."

July 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

"...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

"...development of the Hispanic story-song with support from the Smithsonian Institution through March 9. And you can see local..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Hightower Report

Bob Dole scolds us from his taxpayer-funded penthouse; and, "This police rescue is brought to you by: Hooters!"

"...of our national parks to the exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution -- the likes of Microsoft, GE, Nike, and..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Reliant CEO Finds Religion; Edison Has the Vapors

"...Baltimore grew a private museum of what the esteemed Smithsonian Institution now declares to be one of the three..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...clear that beginning around 1997, with the re-release by Smithsonian Folkways of the CD version of the original Harry..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide

"...take classes developed by such higher institutions as the Smithsonian which prepare them for being E/R doctors, actors, or..."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature

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

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...into Chicago's Blues Hall of Fame and later the Smithsonian Institution. That year, he also won two W.C. Handy..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Vintage hotrods and muscle cars at the Marshall Car Museum and Showroom.

"...Vanishing Amphibians, a Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, comes to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

"...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

Considering the date, it's likely all your Christmas shopping is already done, but Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood has some ideas for gifts that keep giving long after the wrapping paper has been thrown away.

"...went all the way to a presentation at the Smithsonian. In 2000 it was a great photo exhibit documenting..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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

Saving All Our Changes

Cyber-castoffs are curated at Austin's Goodwill Computer.

"...virtual museums on the Web," says Bilstein, "and the Smithsonian has a National Museum of American History that contains..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Features Feature by Michael King

Relics of the Past: Some Links

"...The Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., Computer..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Features Feature by Michael King

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

San Antonio streetcar moves to the Northwest

"...exhibit consists of 64 paintings and sculptures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection. The San Antonio Museum, 600..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Sixteen Deluxe Vision Take Me Make Me Never Forsake Me (Sugar Fix)

"...countryish daydream to swaggering riff-rocker is effortless and fluid. "Smithsonian Holding Tank" and "The King Fisher" are each glowing..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

America Gone Awry

Philip Roth's strength as a novelist, Tom Grimes says, is that he never writes as if he's finally reached a point of permanent self-definition. He's always searching for that definition, as a writer, as a Jew, and now, through the aging, reclusive Nathan Zuckerman, as an American.

"...something you might expect to come across in the Smithsonian, like Archie Bunker's armchair. If Elvis started out "passing"..."

June 23, 2000 Books Feature by Tom Grimes

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