January 12, 2017, Filed Under: FilmInterview with Matthew Weiner, creator, executive producer, writer, and director of the series Mad Men The archive for the acclaimed drama Mad Men, one of television’s most honored series in history, has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center. The donation was made by Matthew Weiner, the series creator, executive producer, writer and director; and Lionsgate, which produced the critically acclaimed series. To mark this… read more
September 28, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsHoudini speaks to the living The trick is to bring Houdini back. Show him to us. Let us hear him speak, watch him make his magic, feel his presence among us, let Houdini live again!
September 20, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching“Life on Mars?”: That is the question for David Bowie, H. G. Wells, and NASA Responding to news of the singer’s passing in January 2016, the official NASA twitter account tweeted “Rest in peace, David Bowie. ‘And the stars look very different today.’” For Bowie, one of humankind’s hitherto unanswered questions was