South Austin Popular Culture Center » In The News http://southaustincenter.org Formerly known as the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:05:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Memorial Wall featured in Culture Map http://southaustincenter.org/2011/12/04/memorial-wall-featured-in-culture-map/ http://southaustincenter.org/2011/12/04/memorial-wall-featured-in-culture-map/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:50:22 +0000 webanna http://southaustincenter.org/?p=689

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One of Austin’s newest online news sites featured our memorial wall this weekend. “Their influence is felt every day and this event serves to acknowledge and pay tribute to them,” Shelley Seale wrote in her article, ‘The South Austin Popular Culture Center honors Austin artists with a memorial wall.‘

Have you come to visit yet? Let us know your impressions of the wall.

 

 

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This is Volume 1, Issue No. 29 of the Austin Sun, an alternative newspaper in the 1970s. Articles like these will be on display at the South Austin Popular Culture Center Sept. 11, 2010 through Oct. 23, 2010.

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Bill Narum, a key figure in Houston’s counterculture in the late 1960s and early ’70s, passed away Wednesday night at his home in Austin. The cause of death was an “apparent heart attack or something that took him quickly while sitting in his studio at the art table in his chair,” said Narum’s close friend Margaret Moser, who profiled him for the Austin Chronicle in 2005.

]]> http://southaustincenter.org/2011/02/05/bill-narum-memoirals/feed/ 0 Rag Radio: Austin’s Rock ‘n Roll Art http://southaustincenter.org/2010/07/02/rag-radio-austins-rock-n-roll-art/ http://southaustincenter.org/2010/07/02/rag-radio-austins-rock-n-roll-art/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:17:26 +0000 webanna http://samopc.org/?p=347 Thorne Dreyer of Rag Radio on KOOP, 91.7 FM talks with Leea Mechling and Henry Gonzalez of the South Austin Popular Culture Center. In the hour-long interview, they “discuss Austin culture since the 60s and 70s; its history of exhibitions featuring major graphic and poster artists; and the Memorial Wall featuring fallen heroes of Austin and Texas culture. We also remember the unique early rock and roll scene in Austin, especially the iconic Armadillo World Headquarters — and the graphic art that evolved with it.” (Click here for the original link.)

]]> http://southaustincenter.org/2010/07/02/rag-radio-austins-rock-n-roll-art/feed/ 1 The Tale Of The Flying Iguana http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/03/daddy-os-giant-green-iguana-heads-home-to-the-zoo/ http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/03/daddy-os-giant-green-iguana-heads-home-to-the-zoo/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:30:03 +0000 webanna http://samopc.org/?p=188 Bob “Daddy O” Wade’s iconic iguana has traveled thousands of miles across the country. Thirty two years later, “Iggy” has found his way home to Fort Worth.

Local News Report (Includes raw video of Iggy’s journey): Giant Iguana Statue Flies To New Home At FW Zoo (Source: KTVT)
Photo Gallery: ‘Iggy’ at the zoo (Source: Star-Telegram)
News Report: 40-Foot Lizard Lands at FW Zoo (Source: KXAS)
News Report: Iguana airlift? You know Austin is involved (Source: Statesman)
News Report: Bob ‘Daddy-O’ Wade’s iguana sculpture finds a home at Fort Worth Zoo (Source: Dallas Morning News)
Video: Giant Iguana Takes Flight (Source: Fox Carolina)

Wade was one of the South Austin Popular Culture Center’s featured artists in 2009. The show, 40 Years of Blood, Sweat and Beers, was an historic survey of his creations, including never-seen before originals and other funky stuff.

]]> http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/03/daddy-os-giant-green-iguana-heads-home-to-the-zoo/feed/ 1 “Museum/Gallery Documents Austin’s Contributions to Pop Culture” http://southaustincenter.org/2008/09/05/museumgallery-documents-austins-contributions-to-pop-culture/ http://southaustincenter.org/2008/09/05/museumgallery-documents-austins-contributions-to-pop-culture/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:25:45 +0000 SAMOPC_Director http://samopc.org/?p=224 ViewPoints.com writer jmdobies recommends the South Austin Popular Culture Center (formally known as the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture). Click here to read the article.

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  • Blogger LUKSKY tells the tale of how her typical Tuesday led her to the museum… and next door to Planet K with her five-year-old daughter.
  • Bloggers at Keeping Austin Awesome created a photo tour of their trip.
  • Suska muses about grey Sundays in Austin.
    • ]]>     http://southaustincenter.org/2010/05/01/a-couple-of-art-trips/feed/ 0     Nels “Jagmo” Jacobson feature in Alarm Magazine http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/27/nels-%e2%80%9cjagmo%e2%80%9d-jacobson-feature-in-alarm-magazine/ http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/27/nels-%e2%80%9cjagmo%e2%80%9d-jacobson-feature-in-alarm-magazine/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:49:09 +0000 webanna http://samopc.org/?p=322 Poster Art: Nels “Jagmo” Jacobson’s fortuitous relocation: “It was a move to Austin, Texas in 1978 that touched off my fascination with poster art,” says Nels Jacobson, better known as psychedelic-poster artist Jagmo. “That move changed my life.” Click here to read more.

    ]]>     http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/27/nels-%e2%80%9cjagmo%e2%80%9d-jacobson-feature-in-alarm-magazine/feed/ 0     Political Activism And Marilyn Buck http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/27/political-activism-and-marilyn-buck/ http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/27/political-activism-and-marilyn-buck/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:52:16 +0000 webanna http://samopc.org/?p=324 Click here to read News 8′s coverage of Marilyn Buck’s story, “Fundraiser for radical reigniting debate about political activism,” which previews the fundraiser and invites the audience to comment on political activism.

    ]]>     http://southaustincenter.org/2010/06/27/political-activism-and-marilyn-buck/feed/ 0     Popular Culture Center Among Spinner’s Best Of Weird Austin http://southaustincenter.org/2010/03/31/popular-culture-center-among-spinners-best-of-weird-austin/ http://southaustincenter.org/2010/03/31/popular-culture-center-among-spinners-best-of-weird-austin/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:49:24 +0000 SAMOPC_Director http://samopc.org/?p=198

    Click on the image to read the full article.

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