December 2017 – SUN NEWS AUSTIN

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Bit of Americana: A Christmas Story

December 30, 2017 Cliff 0

For one last blast of Christmas fun in 2017, drive your sleigh over to the Long Center for the musical comedy A Christmas Story. The production has its roots in a movie that hit theatres […]

Christmas at the Bush43 White House

December 29, 2017 Cliff 0

Christmas in 2005 at the George Bush White House was a much more elaborate affair than the 1967 Christmas profiled in a companion story on the Sun News Austin website. That one was when Lyndon […]

WELCOME TO AUSTIN

December 27, 2017 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

The first post to the news website Sun News Austin features a welcoming embrace from First Lady Laura Bush. This exclusive Sun News Austin picture was taken in the House Chamber of the Texas State […]

Christmas at the LBJ White House

December 26, 2017 Cliff 2

President Johnson and his family did not usually celebrate Christmas at the White House, but his wife Lady Bird persuaded him to do so in 1967. The charm of that event is currently on view […]

Christmas at the LBJ White House

December 26, 2017 2

President Johnson and his family did not usually celebrate Christmas at the White House, but his wife Lady Bird persuaded him to do so in 1967. The charm of that event is currently on view [...]
Fire & Brimstone in Paradise

January 21, 2019 2

Paradise is not all it’s cracked up to be. A Los Angeles Times story recently began with this sentence: “The fate of Paradise was cast long before a windstorm last month fueled the deadliest fire [...]
Peter Noone

January 14, 2019 2

For a rollicking good time, there is nothing better than a Herman’s Hermits concert. The carefree persona of lead singer Peter Noone, an original member of the band from 1964, has remained constant for 55 [...]

A Diverting Piece of Lunacy

February 18, 2019 0

Fans of Sherlock Holmes are quite familiar with his famous case The Hound of the Baskervilles. I remember having dinner at the Sherlock Holmes pub in London, which featured (right beside my table) the well-preserved [...]
A Postcard on Ballet

February 17, 2019 0

Four dances performed by Austin Ballet this weekend gave us an insight into choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. “I wanted to give a postcard of what is Annibel,” she explained, speaking of herself. “I see myself [...]
The Feud

February 17, 2019 0

Those seeking comic relief on an unusual topic need go no further than the Doughtery Arts Centre on Barton Creek, very close to the famous Terry Black’s BBQ. The menacingly handsome Phil Rodriguez stars as [...]
Mighty Joy in Georgetown

February 4, 2019 0

In the musical revue Pump Boys and Dinettes, currently playing at the Georgetown Palace, all shades of country music are on tap. Nostalgia is the key word here. A return to a slower, kinder time: [...]
A Thought Shower with Hedwig

February 2, 2019 0

Hedwig first paraded her David Bowie-like persona on the Austin stage in 2002. That was at the smaller stage at the Zach Theatre, but this time she is packing in the crowds on the big [...]

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