September 15, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsHow do you make the world go ’round? The Ransom Center’s Coronelli Celestial globe (ca. 1688) is almost five feet high and depicts several constellations labeled in Italian and Latin. To coincide with the current exhibition, Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works, the technology and digital services department developed a virtual model of the globe for our website. Photographer… read more
September 10, 2009, Filed Under: Theatre + Performing ArtsPlaywright Terrence McNally’s connections Four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally is a frequent focus of theater news these days.
September 8, 2009, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsFrom the Galleries: Poe in popular culture Poe’s influence on varied and broad swaths of popular culture—hard-boiled detective fiction, horror and suspense films, song lyrics, crime-scene-analysis dramas, graphic novels—seems to prove Allen Ginsberg’s claim that “everything leads to Poe.” Immortalized in the minds of readers and fans—as well as in television, film, t-shirts, and collectibles—Poe continues to… read more
