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Texas Public Radio Still in the Saddle is the title of a new exhibition at the Briscoe Museum that examines westerns of the 1970s and 1980s. For a guy who earns his spurs today writing about westerns, Andrew Patrick Nelson wasn’t a fan as a young boy. “I grew up in the superhero and science fiction-saturated popular culture of the ‘80s and ‘90s,” Nelson explains. “Westerns weren’t something I really encountered until I started studying film in college. And once I started watching them, I just became hooked.” Nelson’s writing on westerns concentrates on the time period following the classic era, which was defined by stoic riders, noble sheriffs, outlaws, and one-sided portrayals of Native Americans. By the 1960s, a new generation of filmmakers and stars turned Hollywood on its head following the collapse of the studio system, and audiences hungered for more complex storylines and portrayals of the frontier. ....
/ Weather and climate science affects every living thing on the earth – and severe weather can have a devastating effect on humans, animals, and agriculture. As we enter the summer, all eyes are on the Gulf of Mexico as storm season begins and the Texas coast braces for deadly hurricanes. How does storm prediction work? What new developments are being made in the accuracy of forecasting and measuring tropical storms, as well as those over land? Join us at our next Think Science virtual panel as we study storm prediction, and learn how signals from space (such as NASA s CYGNSS program) can help us on earth. ....
/ Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) sells Joe Buck (Jon Voight) on contacting a would-be pimp in Midnight Cowboy. In 1969, an X-rated movie filmed in Texas and New York shocked the world when it became a sensation, capturing the number three spot at the year’s box office, and eventually winning an Oscar as Best Picture. “Midnight Cowboy” stars Jon Voight as Joe Buck, a naïve Texan who leaves his home in Big Spring to seek fortune in the Big Apple as a male hustler catering to affluent women. Things don’t go as planned. The hapless Joe strikes out time and again, winding up broke, turning small-time tricks on 42nd street. Along the way, he befriends a low-life named Ratso Rizzo, played by Dustin Hoffman, fresh off his successful debut in “The Graduate.” The two form an unlikely friendship that helps them survive the harsh reality of the big city. ....