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Underground in H-Town : A Rich History of Alternative Media
Museum of Printing History: Saluting Houston’s alternative media. By shane patrick boyle | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2010 HOUSTON — Houston has a problem, a memory problem. This is particularly true when it comes to the history of … Continue reading
Honoring the Dead : ‘Eyes Wide Open’
Photo of Eyes Wide Open on the Mall in Washington DC by AFSC.Boots on the ground in Austin this weekendBy Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / September 10, 2008 In February 2005, the display of combat boots and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Exhibitions, GI's, Iraq Veterans, Iraq War, Peace Movement, Texas, War Fatalities
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ART : R. Crumb: Mr. Natural Goes to the Museum
“Mr. Natural” (1974), paint on plywood, from “R. Crumb’s Underground.” Image courtesy of John Lautemann / NYT. R. Crumb’s Underground One of the more than 100 works in this exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Image courtesy … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Comix, Counterculture, Exhibitions, Psychedelia, R. Crumb, Sixties, Underground Culture
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LITERATURE : Road Fatigue
The Beat Generation in the rearview mirrorBy A.G. Mojtabai / July 11, 2008 Even from a distance, it was easy to guess that the clerk with the bowed head at BookPeople was reading behind the counter. Face to face, she … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Austin, Authors, Beat Generation, Books, Exhibitions, Literary Criticism, Literature, UT-Austin, Writers
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Architecture-Bucky Fuller Revisited
Buckminster Fuller stampsInventor, tireless proselytizer, inspirational cult figure, something of a flimflammer. By Witold Rybczynski | July 2, 2008 The Buckminster Fuller exhibition that has just opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has already received … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Exhibitions, Inventors, Museums, People, Sixties, Visionaries
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