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Is Aristotle an Embarrassment?

March 16, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

As we have heard countless times in the current attempt to make sense of verbal diarrhea emanating from the White House, WORDS MATTER. As part of the Distinguished Visiting Lecture series at the University of […]

Wild West Texas Comedy

September 20, 2021 0

In 4 words, musical comedy is back! After a less than amusing pandemic that has shut down most theatrical productions for more than a year, the arts scene in Austin is coming back to life. [...]
WELCOME TO AUSTIN

December 27, 2017 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 Bush43 White House

December 29, 2017 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 [...]

Wild West Texas Comedy

September 20, 2021 0

In 4 words, musical comedy is back! After a less than amusing pandemic that has shut down most theatrical productions for more than a year, the arts scene in Austin is coming back to life. [...]
The Perils of the Homeless

August 28, 2021 0

All of those who attend the theatre are secure in the knowledge they have a place to call home. Few such people think the homeless also might have such a place. In the play rain [...]
A Texas “Hit”

January 16, 2020 0

The 2013 play by C. Denby Swansen, The Norwegians, has arrived but not in Austin. Should you care? In a word, yes. If you want to laugh pretty much non-stop for 90 minutes, this is [...]
Christmas in Tinsel, Texas

December 20, 2019 0

What could be more appropriate than a play entitled Dashing Through The Snow just before Christmas? The title is the only appropriate thing about Dashing Through The Snow. Inappropriate is the order of the day [...]
Show People

August 11, 2019 0

Show People is a rather vague play about 4 nutty people coming together to act in a ‘Grand Charade’. The driving force is Tom, who hires a couple to portray his parents in a weekend [...]