Irby's Interesting Links

Brazosport Center for the Arts & Sciences Theatre, art gallery, science museum, planetarium.

The Clarion Performance Center Located on the campus of Brrazosport College.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Great art museum. Architecture by Rafael Moneo, Mies van der Rohe, William Watkin.

The Menil Collection, Houston World-class art museum. Architecture by Renzo Piano.

Contemporary Arts Museum Art museum for the modern imagination.

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth One of the best museums in Texas. Architecture by Louis Kahn.

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth An elegant structure for art. Architecture by Tadao Ando.

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth A great collection of art. Architecture by Philip Johnson.

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Metropolitan art museum. Architecture by Edward Larrabee Barnes.

The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin A great collection of art on the University of Texas campus.

Rice Design Alliance, Houston An organization for design excellence.

The Arts Alliance of Clear Lake Multi-use arts organization.

T.E.D. Ideas Worth Spreading A conference of technology, entertainment, and design.

Saint John’s Illustrated Bible A wonderful combination of vision and word, art and manuscript.

Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. The on-line interface of the Presbyterian Church.

Interfaith Relations, National Council of Churches An organization for the encouragement of communications.

The Rothko Chapel, Houston A great place for introspection. Architecture by Philip Johnson, Howard Barnstone, Eugene Aubry.

Foreign Policy Association An organization for information, education, and development.

CIA World Facts A website of government data and facts about countries around the world.

Urban Legends A website focused on separating popular truth from fiction.

Annenberg Political Fact Check A website dedicated to actual in-time data rather than hype.

Houston Theater District A common website for several arts organizations.

- Society for the Performing Arts, Houston Houston Society for the Performing Arts.

- The Alley Theatre, Houston Theatre and stage productions.

- DaCamera, Houston Music performances, with occasional multi-media.

- The Houston Symphony The Houston Symphony Orchestra.

KUHF Houston calendar A calendar of events for the Houston arts.

Friends of Music, Rice University Annual chamber ensemble concert series.

Festival Hill at Round Top A Central Texas delight of art, music, and literature.

Keeping Score PBS music series. Michael Tilson Thomas directing the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

Library of Congress, U.S.A. The nation’s great library.

The Smithsonian Institute The museum of our national experience and history.

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Dedicated to the study of the arts and humanities. University of Texas.

Engines of Our Ingenuity, UH/PBS Archives of the great radio presentations from the University of Houston.

How Stuff Works An interesting website for things we often want to know.

How To Do Just About Everything As it reads, a general website for lots of things.

American Society of Interior Designers Web interface for the professional designer.

Dale Chihuly, glass artist A wonderful website of glass art and graphics.

Austin International Poetry Fest Website for the largest poetry festival in Texas, held each year in April.

Houston Poetry Fest Website for the Houston Poetry Fest held each year in October.

American Academy of Poets Website for the American Academy of Poets.

Texas Poet Laureate Weblink to the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate, Larry D. Thomas.

Sol Magazine A great on-line poetry e-zine.

Astronomy Picture of the Day Wonderful astronomical photographs every day.

Star Date, UT McDonald Observatory Astronomical and educational information from the McDonald Observatory.

Spaceweather.com A website for nightly sky and space information.

UT Current & Historic Map Collection An outstanding collection of maps.

Museum of the History of Science, Florence One of the world’s unique museums for knowledge. Florence, Italy.

Texas Ornithological Society Website for the study of a great natural treasure of Texas.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology A wonderful website for bird identification.

Rabun Gap - Nacoochee School An historic private high school in the mountains of northeastern Georgia.

Brazosport College The great local college down the street.

Epicurian.com A delightful website for epicurian aficionados.

Better Sleep Council Web interface for the bedding industry.