Thursday, June 11, 7 p.m., Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe. To kick off the Orientalist Silents Film Series, the Harry Ransom Center screens George Melford's film "The Sheik" (1921), starring Rudolph Valentino.
Sheik Ahmed (Valentino) desperately desires fiesty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious desert tent-palace.
The free-spirited Diana recoils from his advances and yearns to be released. Only after being kidnapped by desert bandits does Diana realize she has grown...
Poetry on the Plaza presents "Poets from the Age of Mark Twain"
Wednesday, Nov. 3, noon, Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe. The Harry Ransom Center presents "Poets from the Age of Mark Twain" as part of its Poetry on the Plaza series....
Austin Film Festival Preview: AFF Presents Features Ed Burns,...
www.austinfilmfestival.comIn addition to film premieres, parties and conference panels, Austin Film Festival is also known for offering special screenings accompanied by commentary from the...
2010-2011 Poetry on the Plaza Kickoff [Reading Preview]
Wikipedia Poetry on the Plaza: Actors from the London Stage: Greece is the WordWednesday, September 29Harry Ransom Center (21st & Guadalupe)Free, 12p-1p[info] Lunch hours usually are, in...
Austin Writers and the HRC Celebrate David Foster Wallace...
Image of Wallace from More Intelligent Life Consider the Archive: An Evening of David Foster WallaceTuesday, September 14Jessen Auditorium (Homer Rainey Hall, 21st street at University...
Consider the Archive: An evening of David Foster Wallace...
Tuesday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m., Jessen Auditorium, Homer Rainey Hall. The Harry Ransom Center commemorates the opening of the David Foster Wallace archive with readings of Wallace's work by...
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