September 21, 2011, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsMaterials on display for musical "Rappahannock County" Rappahannock County, a new musical theater piece about life during the Civil War, will be performed tonight and tomorrow night at McCullough Theater at The University of Texas at Austin. The Ricky Ian Gordon-Mark Campbell work was co-commissioned by Texas Performing Arts to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American… read more
September 20, 2011, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsCommentary Magazine Archive Donated to Ransom Center Commentary magazine has donated its archive to the Ransom Center. Founded in November 1945, just months after World War II, Commentary magazine was established to reconnect assimilated American Jews and Jewish intellectuals with the broader Jewish community and to bring the ideas of young Jewish intellectuals to a wider audience.… read more
September 19, 2011, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + EventsQ&A: Author Nicole Krauss While studying art history in graduate school, novelist Nicole Krauss spent hours in the library researching Rembrandt, only to find that she preferred imagining the details of his life instead. “Beyond looking at his paintings, no amount of research would ever take me there. But a novel might,” Krauss said.… read more
