Mary Margaret Farabee, who was the original spark and ... A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing ...

The Paramount Theatre last week acknowledged its debt to a woman who helped restore the once-derelict venue, by putting her name in lights: “Mary Margaret Farabee: One of Austin’s Greatest.

She was 73. A Dallas native, Farabee came to Austin in the late Fifties to attend the University of Texas, and after her graduation with honors, she made the city her home. Over the next three ...