On Thursday, a scholar named Randolph Lewis, of the University of Oklahoma, comes to the Harry Ransom Center to speak. Resolved: The recent explosion of documentary film has not helped the genre at all, instead causing it to conform to televisual norms, and pushing its filmmakers to use less "literary imagination" in their creative processes. We guess that means that in order to get on board with this argument, you kind of have to believe... more ›

WEDNESDAY [2] [music] Ghost of the Russian Empire, Lomita, Fire v. Extinguisher, Moth Fight at Beerland LINK [music] "Wax Wednesdays" at Ruta Maya (8pm) LINK [music] Rhett Butler at Cactus Café ($7, 8:30pm) LINK [music] Free Nugs & the Kickbaxx, The Hudsons at Threadgill's LINK [music] Abba Yo Yo's, End of the Year at Snake Eyes Vinyl (7pm) LINK [music] Teenage Symphony, The Shells, Economy at The Chain Drive (9pm) LINK [music] Band of Heathens... more ›

Robert De Niro is donating his extensive collection of original scripts, notes, costumes and props from his many films to UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. Throughout his career as one of America's most legendary actors, De Niro has been known for stockpiling heaps of materials from his films. "I kept the stuff because I used to go to wardrobe fittings and I'd see something from this movie and that movie, and I'd ask myself,... more ›

Now that the FBI informant credited with exposing the Watergate scandal has revealed himself, it's only a matter of time before the pivotal communications between Deep Throat and Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are shown to the public. more ›