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The United States emerged from World Featuring more than 00 items that War I with wealth and power and an urge highlight and define the era, the exhibition to remake itself. In the decade’s struggle illuminates the achievements and events to define the future of America, a plethora that characterized the period. The exhibition of issues were argued and fought out in runs from January 0 to July 29 at the poetry, novels, political tracts, music and Ransom Center at The University of Texas the movies. The exhibition takes a deeper at Austin. look at many of the crucial events and ideas that shaped the period. With the opening of this exhibition, the Center begins its commemoration of its 50th As these fundamental issues came to the anniversary year. The American Twenties surface, the idea of the “modern” was is the first of one of many exhibitions and crystallized and the “American” century programs planned in a year dedicated to born. “Celebrating the Imagination.” “The exhibition offers visitors a unique opportunity to witness the emergence of a distinctly modern American culture,” Phillips said. Themes explored in this all-gallery exhibition Courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center Ernest Hemingway in a World War I uniform. of materials drawn from the Ransom The uniform he wears is most likely from his Center’s collections include “Remembering service in the American Red Cross. the War,” “Babbitts and Bohemians,” “Modernist Monuments,” “Strike!,” “The by animating characters and themes Rise of Women,” “The Dream Factory: Los examined therein. One piece is performed Angeles,” “House and Home,” “Cops and each weekend on Saturday and Sunday at 1 Robbers,” “Cowboys and Indians,” “The and pm. The pieces rotate each weekend New Negro,” “In the American Grain,” through July 29. “The Voice of the People,” “New York” and The American Twenties can be seen at the “Chinese Shadows.” Ransom Center Galleries on Tuesdays This spring, in conjunction with the exhibition through Fridays from 10 am to 5 pm, with The American Twenties, the Harry Ransom extended Thursday hours until 7 pm. On Center presents the museum theater Saturdays and Sundays the galleries are program Voices of the American Twenties. open from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are Courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center The program includes four short one-act closed on Mondays. Free, guided tours of Gordon Conway plays, approximately six minutes each, the exhibition are offered every Saturday at Presentation drawing in the “Jazz Lint” series designed to complement the exhibition 2 pm. n Ca. 1924-1928 7 d o : around town : m a y 2 0 0 7 The Full Monty Arts On Real and Naughty Austin Productions Present Yet-Another-Austin-Premier Arts On Real Theater and Naughty Austin doing much better: Dave is depressed and Productions, one of Austin’s most popular convinced his wife isn’t interested in their theater-producing teams, embarks on its marriage anymore; Malcolm has to take eleventh year of successful Austin shows care of his mom and is suicidal; and Harold with the Tony-Award winning musical, has been lying to his wife for six months The Full Monty, with music and lyrics by about his unemployment. David Yazbek, directed by Blake Yelavich, The Full Monty opens May 17th at Arts After stumbling across Keno at a musical direction by David Blackburn, and on Real Theater, and will run Thursdays, Chipendales dance club and seeing how choreography by Walter Songer. Fridays and Saturdays for seven weekends. many women are paying to see Keno (fifty Tickets are $25 to $5 and now available Naughty Austin Productions begins its dollars times a thousand women equals... online at www.artsonreal.com/tickets.html eleventh season of producing hit Austin “a lot of money”), Jerry realizes that if they or by calling (512) 72-2787. shows with this fantastic musical comedy can do it, so can he. The guys pull together, about self-respect, self-esteem, and all of adding Horse and Ethan to the line-up. Arts On Real Theater celebrated its fourth the things we hide behind. But Jerry realizes that they have to offer anniversary at its location April 1st, and something that the “real thing” doesn’t..