Public Notice
Fundraising season is upon us ...
By Kate X Messer, Fri., Oct. 15, 1999
Oh, yeah. That's us. We are all over fashion in our cutoff army pants and prison hockey team jersey. Oh, yeah. Fashion question? Just ask us. We'll dispense trend tips like hautes to the feedbag, baby. We have more style in the tip of our little finger than -- well, than anybody else who has absolutely no taste or fashion sense. Errr, in all honesty, we leave the glamour to the big boys who can set you on the runway to lookin' good. That's why we have a Style Avatar (hint, hint: cheap plug for Stephen Moser's "After a Fashion" column on page 147), and why we recommend that you get your tasteless booty on down to the Fall Fashion Show '99, Wed, Oct 20, 8pm, at Club DeVille. Vintage and new chic-ery will be pranced about as revelers view the latest from area boutiques By George, Blue Velvet, Limbo, Mélange, Pink Moon, Service, Shiki, Therapy, and those naughty noirers at Blackmail, all to benefit the Lesbian Gay Rights Lobby of Texas. 326-7670.
Mountains
We feel sheepish announcing that October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month here in the middle of the month. Breast Cancer Resource Center has already had their big to-do, featuring a viewing of Climb Against the Odds, a film about a crew of breast cancer survivors and their attempt to reach the summit of Mt. McKinley. From all accounts, it was an inspiring success. Fortunately for us janey-come-latelies, KLRU will feature an Encore Airing of Climb Against the Odds this Fri, Oct 15, 10pm, right after a breast cancer-specific Austin at Issue. The month's events don't end there. In fact, they cross right over into next month. A Celebration of Life luncheon featuring guest speaker Liz Carpenter happens at the Four Seasons, Fri, Nov 5, 11am, and the annual Austin Race for the Cure one-mile walk/run and 5K race to benefit the Dallas-HQ'ed Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation will be held Sun, Nov 7, 8am. BCRC, 472-1710; Race for the Cure, 427-4833.
Pitter-Patter
Walking (or running) is a great way to manifest the perfect metaphor for the struggle against whatever suffering it is that your favorite cause addresses ("One step at a time" and all that --). Betcha didn't realize how poetic every single one of those kilometers or dollars you rack up actually is.
It's All Good
We apologize for the "wham-bam, thank-you-ma'am" nature of some of this week's notices, but as the lush, dusty brown of summer fades into the vibrant, dusty brown of autumn, Austin finds that fundraising season is upon us.
