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Presidential Losers on Parade!

Looks like we do still have Dick Nixon to kick around some more, after all.

3:10PM Fri. Jan. 24, 2014, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Kanye West, in his trademark sunglasses and a background of Van Gogh inspired swirls, is next to Eminem, who is looking thoughtful with his middle finger resting under his chin. Hung along the wall is Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Missy Elliot, and Jay-Z. They’re part of Janis Fowler’s Rap Royalty series.

1:00PM Fri. Jan. 24, 2014, Claire Gordon Read More | Comment »

Under the Boardwalk

When Sarah Cornwell moved to Austin in 2007, she was just another aspiring writer with a messy draft of a novel and a dream. This week she returns to BookPeople to celebrate the publication of that novel, What I Had Before I Had You, with Harper Collins.

12:00PM Wed. Jan. 22, 2014, Michael Agresta Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

The City We Built: Black Leaders of Austin

Black Pearl Books

Louisiana Surf Department, West Texas Exiles, William Harries Graham at Continental Club

Belles & Chimes Austin Night at Pinballz Arcade

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Ransom Riggs Has a Hollow City for You

The bestselling author Ransom Riggs makes a book-tour stop at Austin's favorite bibliotheque this night, to present his follow-up to the engagingly macabre Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

11:20AM Tue. Jan. 21, 2014, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Lights Come on for Third Moontower

Hold your laughter, please. You'll want as much in reserve as possible come April when Austin is visited by Aziz Ansari, Maria Bamford, Mike Birbiglia, Dennis Miller, JB Smoove, and, oh yes, Kids in the Hall – plus 100 more comics, all courtesy of the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival.

10:45AM Tue. Jan. 21, 2014, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

A Poet's Paper Trail

Billy Collins is one of a few American poets who can easily fill a few hundred seats for a reading of his work. He’ll do just that when he appears at the Paramount Theatre on Thursday, fresh off the heels of this week's major announcement that the University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center has acquired the popular poet’s archive.

8:57AM Tue. Jan. 21, 2014, Amy Smith Read More | Comment »

Everybody Wants a Few Good Dates

Even in these digital times, with everything synced and cross-referenced through all our devices and saturating the Cloud until it rains tears of data on our multitasking heads …

11:00AM Thu. Jan. 16, 2014, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Review: American Idiot

Glancing around Bass Concert Hall at the opening of the touring edition of the rock opera American Idiot, it was clear that the points of reference for audience members included everything from the Sex Pistols’ 1978 performance at Randy’s Rodeo to last year’s apparently underwhelming version of Chicago in this same venue.

3:00PM Wed. Jan. 15, 2014, Stacy Alexander Evans Read More | Comment »

Farewell, Neal Barrett Jr.

A sad and somber day for Texas literature: Neal Barrett Jr,, one of the pioneers of slipstream fiction, has passed away at age 84.

1:30PM Tue. Jan. 14, 2014, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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