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Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Are You Experienced?
In a new ad campaign, the Blanton redefines 'art,' raising questions about what it means
"...the Blanton puts it in a unique position among museums today: first, in its engagement of the public through..."
June 30, 2006 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Waste Facility, the Austin Public Library, and all city-run museums, recreation, and senior activity centers will be closed July..."
June 30, 2006 News Feature
A Curiosity, Tough to Crack
The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: Don Bernier's 'In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian'
"...a much tamer documentary about private collections in roadside museums. Then they encountered Elizabeth Tashjian, who, at 89, physically..."
June 9, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
Letters at 3AM: Effete!
It's never too late to see yourself as you are
"...to pray at the cathedral and go to the museums. But these men, they were about to do what..."
April 14, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
Art Outside
Art Outside reinvents the art show by placing art outside of its normal context, in a wood filled with 120 plots, each occupied by a different visual artist
"...Art is that stuff that hangs in galleries and museums, yes? The stuff that adorns the walls in waiting..."
March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Day Trips
Take the Texas music heritage tour and learn more about Texas' homegrown talent, such as Bob Wills, Buddy Holly, and more
"...to find one of the most interesting Elvis Presley museums in the country. Simon Vega served in the Army..."
March 10, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
The Last Shall Be First
New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin
"...of buildings and across their facades, creating art in museums and across the entire First Street Bridge. The first..."
Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Hightower Report
You don't have to be a gabillionaire to maximize your philanthropic impact; and White House's favorite government contractor mistreating foreign workers in Iraq.
"...I'm no gabillionaire, able to plaster my name on museums and such."..."
Dec. 9, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower
Larkin's Journey
New York choreographer Regina Larkin keeps coming back to Ballet East
"...the stage manager, and we'd go out to the museums because I really believe that how could I touch..."
Dec. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad
Food-o-File
Much ado about Manor Road; plus, Ahmad Modoni returns from Oaxca and sadness at the Chicago Dog House
"...to take us around, and so we saw everything: museums, churches, hundreds of art galleries, restaurants,” Modoni told me..."
Nov. 18, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
'Secuestro Express'
Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'
"...she's one of the board members of the World Museums of Tolerance for the Holocaust, because she was a..."
Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King
Home From Home
Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return
"...to the Central Texas Red Cross and the Southeastern Museums Conference Fund. For tips on talking to kids about..."
Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
Funny Ha Ha
In his microbudget debut, writer/director Bujalski shows a superb knack for capturing real moments (the stuff that happens between all the big moments) and the residue of our half-fulfilled inclinations.
"...outside more, to befriend a co-worker, and to visit museums. Elsewhere in the film she pines for a guy..."
July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Assassination Vacation
In this summer of rising oil prices, school finance woes, and escalating bloodshed in Middle Eastern war zones, nothing says getaway like a visit to the home of an obscure 19th-century presidential assassin, right?
"...the assassin's bullet, Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley. Cemeteries, museums, the spots where the killers struck and where they..."
July 8, 2005 Books Review by Robert Faires
The Real Austin?
The capital of Texas ... a great place to hook up and throw up
"...extremely energetic kids apparently won't be visiting the local museums any time soon, or swinging over to catch the..."
July 8, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass
Day Trips
Charles Kincaid's Grocery Market in Fort Worth
consistently gets listed as one of the best burger joints
in the U.S.
"...district. "Folks can visit some of the world's top museums and then top it off with a greasy burger,"..."
March 4, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
After a Fashion
Signs, signs, everywhere signs! Sigh! Is the (now)
controversial Gomi Kitty really a sign?
"...its plethora of visual art, some of it in museums and galleries and some of it on our streets..."
Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Day Trips
A look back at 2004
"...at the bottom of Matagorda Bay in 1996. Eight museums around the bay and the Bob Bullock Museum in..."
Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Letters at 3AM
Despite the change in inhabitants, the buildings,
people, and mood of the old immigrant neighborhoods
haven't changed. The streets still whisper the same
cautionary advice: Survive and get out.
"...is a way to fight. And go to the museums, it's just a subway away, find out how huge..."
Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura
Texas, Art Texas
When it comes to Lone Star art, Rebecca Cohen wrote the book (finally!)
"...gutters, write a comprehensive guide to all the art museums and galleries in Texas. Now, that last need might..."
Oct. 15, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Definitely Famous
Heart's Nancy Wilson, younger, wiser
"...to town, we find all kinds of adventure – museums, theme parks, fairgrounds...."
Sept. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Topping Out the Blanton
That tree on the roof? Means the new museum is A-OK.
"...Art, long recognized as one of the foremost university museums in the country despite being kind of stuck in..."
Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Day Trips
Kerrville-Schreiner Park is no longer a state park, but it is better than ever
"...hosted annual picnics since 1902. Miss Ima furnished two museums on the site, which also includes a picnic area..."
Aug. 13, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
The Art of the Business of Art
Gallery owners David Berman, Wally Workman, and Steve Clark talk about their lives promoting artists and selling art
"...this together. As a result, many local galleries and museums pay dues to be part of a collective called..."
July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin
Day Trips
'The Texas Post Office Murals: Art for the People' bridges the gap between coffeetable art book and travel guide
"...of the murals have become the centerpiece of regional museums like those in Braham, Baytown, and Borger...."
July 9, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Talking Art at the Top
The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene
"...makers behind one section of Austin's art community: its museums. As they tell it, art in Austin is more..."
July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin
The Kids Stay in the Pictures
When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids
"...assistance in getting the finished film into festivals or museums or wherever they might best be served and seen."..."
June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
In Search of the Wild Art
'Cracks in the Pavement' leaves art objects in unexpected spaces throughout the city
"...We associate it with museums and galleries, rooms enclosed by walls where art is..."
June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Summer Fun
Oh, Galveston
"...GHF is the umbrella group for a number of museums and attractions, including the county's historical museum at 2219..."
