Briscoe Center for American History

  • Plan A Midsummer’s Dream Trip to Winedale

    We all have those special Texas summer places that draw us back—the dance pavilion at Garner State Park, the swimming hole at Krause Springs, a particular stretch of Padre Island. Ever since English professor James “Doc” Ayres founded the Shakespeare at Winedale program in 1971, the Theatre Barn at Winedale has been one of those…

    Clayton Stromberger
    Plan A Midsummer’s Dream Trip to Winedale

  • Foodways Texas Moves to UT Austin’s American Studies Department

    Created with flickr slideshow. Foodways Texas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and honoring the Lone Star State’s unique food cultures, has moved to the American Studies Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Modeled after the Southern Foodways Alliance, the nonprofit represents a movement to document Texas’ food culture through oral history…

    Jessica Sinn
    Foodways Texas Moves to UT Austin’s American Studies Department