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