May 2008
"Ominous Parallels: El Salvador as Foreshadowing" LECTURE THURSDAY, MAY 22, 7 P.M.
Associate Professor of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte presents "Ominous Parallels: El Salvador as Foreshadowing."
June 2008
Last day to see Kerouac scroll EXHIBITION SUNDAY, JUNE 1, NOON-5 P.M.
Last day to see the scroll manuscript of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road in the exhibition On the Road with the Beats.
Rebel Classics Film Series: The Wild One FILM SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 7 P.M.
László Benedek's The Wild One (1953), starring Marlon Brando.
Violet Crown Radio Players perform episode of Perry Mason PERFORMANCE THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 7 P.M.
The Violet Crown Radio Players produce an episode of Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason in a live recreation of a 1950s radio broadcast.
JESSEN AUDITORIUM
"Memory and Reconciliation: Civil War and Trauma in El Salvador" LECTURE THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 7 P.M.
Ricardo Ainslie, Professor of Educational Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, presents "Memory and Reconciliation: Civil War and Trauma in El Salvador."
Luke Savisky and Graham Reynolds in Film Action 7 performance art MULTIMEDIA FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 9 P.M.
Luke Savisky and Graham Reynolds present Film Action 7, an outdoor projection, dance, and music performance in the plaza, using the Ransom Center's building as the canvas.
Rebel Classics Film Series: Rebel Without a Cause FILM SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 7 P.M.
Nicolas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955), starring James Dean.
July 2008
Violet Crown Radio Players perform episode of Dangerous Assignment PERFORMANCE THURSDAY, JULY 10, 7 P.M.
The Violet Crown Radio Players produce an episode of Dangerous Assignment in a live recreation of a 1950s radio broadcast.
JESSEN AUDITORIUM
Austin Chamber Music Center performs tribute to Beats PERFORMANCE THURSDAY, JULY 17, 7 P.M.
The Austin Chamber Music Center presents the Tosca String Quartet in a tribute to the Beats, featuring Boston composer Lee Hyla's arrangement of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl."
JESSEN AUDITORIUM
Rebel Classics Film Series: Look Back in Anger FILM SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 24, 7 P.M.
Tony Richardson's Look Back in Anger (1958), starring Richard Burton.
General Info
All events take place at the Ransom Center unless otherwise noted and are subject to change. Please be aware that the Ransom Center's Charles Nelson Prothro Theater has limited seating.
Ongoing Events
Free docent-led tours of the exhibitions Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m.
Performances of Beat Voices at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from February 23 through August 3
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