Postscripts

For the fourth year in a row, Austin short story writer Tom Doyal has been invited to participate in the Texas Bound program of the annual Arts & Letters Live series at the Dallas Museum of Art. Doyal's "Suppressing the Grief Response" will be read by Dallas actor Katherine Owens at 6:30 and 8:30pm on April 7 in the museum's auditorium. Doyal's story won second prize in The Austin Chronicle's 1993 short story contest. For tickets, call 214/922-1219 or
214/922-1220.

* THU, FEB 27: Diego Vazquez, Jr. will read from his debut novel, Growing Through the Ugly, at Barnes & Noble, 7-8pm. Growing Through the Ugly is set in El Paso, the story of a child-turned-soldier who grew up along the Texas-Mexico border... Poet Maxine Kumin will give a reading at 7:30pm in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center's fourth floor auditorium on the UT campus. Kumin's most recent book is Connecting the Dots; her Up Country received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize. The event is sponsored by UT's Texas Center for Writers.

* FRI, FEB 28: Toad Hall will celebrate National Pig Day with various pig-related activities for the boys and girls ages 4-9, including a dramatic performance of Mrs. Potter's Pig. $6 admission; 6:30-8pm.

* SAT, MAR 1: Restaurateur extraordinaire Eddie Wilson will sign the second edition of his Threadgill's -- The Cookbook at Borders at 3pm. He will be accompanied by poster artist Jim Franklin, renowned for his music posters for Wilson's Armadillo World Headquarters, and the Threadgill's Troubadours, the musicians who provide the music at the legendary restaurant every Wednesday.

* WED, MAR 5: Pulitzer Prize finalist Tim O'Brien (Going After Cacciato; The Things They Carried) will give a reading at Jessen Auditorium in the Old Music Building on the UT Campus at 7:30pm. The event is sponsored by the Texas Center for Writers.

* ONGOING: Half Price Books' "Just Read" program has been expanded to include a "Just Draw" program, wherein every time a child draws a book character on a Half Price bookmark, Half Price will donate a book to a national literacy project and the bookmark will be displayed in Half Price stores through Mar. 1...