Daily Archives: February 2, 2016

Harry Ransom Center spring events

FEBRUARY

Event Title

Artist Talk with Penelope Umbrico

Event Date and Time

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016, 7 p.m.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Penelope Umbrico’s groundbreaking photo-based installations, video, and digital media works explore the rapidly evolving technologies of image making and the proliferation of images online. Umbrico discusses her use of photo-sharing and consumer websites as an expansive archive as she navigates between producer and consumer. Umbrico’s work is featured in the current exhibition Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions. 

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

Shakespeare in Print and Performance Curator Tour

Event Date and Time

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016, 7 p.m.

*Free tickets will be available at the visitor desk starting at 6 p.m. (if asked in ticket info section)

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts Gerald Cloud and Cline Curator of Theater and Performing Arts Eric Colleary offer unique insight into the exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance. Capacity is limited. Free tickets will be available at the visitor desk starting at 6 p.m.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

MARCH

 

Event Title

Discussion with Bob Woodward and Alexander Butterfield

Event Date and Time

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016, 6 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Bob Woodward and Alexander Butterfield, deputy to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, discuss Woodward’s new book The Last of the President’s Men and Butterfield’s experiences in the Nixon White House. Mark Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Library, moderates the conversation. The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate papers reside at the Ransom Center. Tickets required. Ticket information will be posted to www.hrc.utexas.edu/events.

Location

LBJ LIBRARY AUDITORIUM

The University of Texas at Austin

2300 Red River St.

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

www.hrc.utexas.edu/events

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

Poetry on the Plaza: Sonnets of Shakespeare

Event Date and Time

THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016, 4 p.m.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Join us for a late afternoon reading of Shakespeare’s sonnets and visit the exhibition, Shakespeare in Print and Performance. In conjunction with the Ransom Center’s exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance (through May 29, 2016).

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

Curator Tour: Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions

Event Date and Time

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Jessica S. McDonald, Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography, leads a tour of Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

Lecture with Austin Symphony Music Director Peter Bay

Event Date and Time

THURSDAY MARCH 24, 2016, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Austin Symphony Music Director Peter Bay explores the connections between Shakespeare and classical music and looks at different interpretations of Romeo and Juliet, including works by Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, and Prokofiev as well as Leonard Bernstein’s reimagining, West Side Story. In conjunction with the Ransom Center’s exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance(through May 29, 2016).

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

Lecture: New insights into Shakespeare’s life and career

Event Date and Time

TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016, 4 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Faculty lecture: Douglas S. Bruster, Mody C. Boatright Regents Professor of American and English Literature, discusses some of the most recent discoveries concerning the life and career of Shakespeare, including Shakespeare’s work as a collaborator on a variety of plays and poems. In conjunction with the Ransom Center’s exhibition Shakespeare in Print and Performance (through May 29, 2016).

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

Artist Talk with Marco Breuer

Event Date and Time

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

ARTIST TALK Marco Breuer is known for his radical approach to the photographic medium, employing non-traditional photographic techniques that do not rely on the use of a camera, aperture, or film. He discusses the conventions of the medium and his deliberate misuse of its fundamental materials. Breuer’s work is featured in the current exhibition Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions. 

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

APRIL

 

Event Title

Staged reading of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

Event Date and Time

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016, 7 PM

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Nationally renowned classical actors Fran Dorn and Robert Ramirez from the University’s Department of Theatre and Dance perform in a staged reading ofAntony and Cleopatra. The reading, produced by the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism, also features professional artists from the Austin community. Afterward, enjoy a conversation with the actors about performing Shakespeare.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

Author Nigel Cliff on the Shakespeare Riots

Event Date and Time

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016, 7 PM

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Nigel Cliff, author of The Shakespeare Riots, discusses the 1849 feud between England’s leading Shakespearean actor and American’s first star of the stage that turned into a full-scale riot in New York. With Bardolatry at its height, the struggle centered on the question of who “owned” Shakespeare.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

Exploring Shakespeare through Performance

Event Date and Time

TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016, 4 PM

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

James Loehlin, Shakespeare at Winedale Regents Professor of English, presents “Exploring Shakespeare Through Performance.” Loehlin and students from the Shakespeare at Winedale program highlight the complexity of the Shakespearean text and the interpretive options it provides.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944

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Event Title

The Influence of Folio and Quarto Texts on Performances of Shakespeare

Event Date and Time

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016, 4 PM

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Andrew Carlson, Clinical Assistant Professor and Managing Director of the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism, discusses how textual differences between folio and quarto texts of Shakespeare influence performance choices. The presentation includes a performance of two interpretations of the same Shakespeare scene.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

The University of Texas at Austin

300 West 21st Street

Austin, Texas 78712

URL

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu

Phone

512-471-8944