Daily Arts
Crowdfunding for Readers
Every Friday for the past few months, we've been featuring local film projects' Kickstarter campaigns in the Kickstart Your Weekend series.

4:44PM Thu. Jun. 20, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

Check Out This Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Mondo 'Adventure Time' Show
On Friday, June 21, Mondo Gallery will celebrate opening night of its newest exhibition, featuring 35 artists' works honoring Adventure Time and Regular Show.

2:29PM Wed. Jun. 19, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

Bombshell Incoming
Last fall, Zach booked musical theatre legend Bernadette Peters to bless the Topfer Theatre with its first performance. Now, for the launch of its new TOP Concerts series tonight, the theatre has recruited Peters' screen daughter on the TV series Smash and musical theatre legend in the making Megan Hilty to do the honors.

1:15PM Tue. Jun. 18, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

'Ida,' Ho!
Princess Ida. Not a title that's in heavy rotation on the Gilbert & Sullivan Hit Parade. Indeed, this eighth collaboration by the musical team has never been produced by the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin in its 37 years of mounting their comic operas. Even Artistic Director Ralph MacPhail Jr. hadn't staged the work.

1:48PM Thu. Jun. 13, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

Fitzgeralds Everywhere
With the recent release of Baz Lurhmann’s contemporary take on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, books with any mention of Fitzgerald and co., real or imagined, are flying off the presses.

5:15PM Wed. Jun. 12, 2013, Jessi Cape Read More | Comment »

Who Dares Try to Out-Author the Authors, Onstage and Off the Cuff?
What would that terrific novel be like after the first chapter if the author hadn't gone any farther with it?

12:30PM Tue. Jun. 11, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

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Serving suggestion: Chew on these five brief snacks, as compiled by our bibliophilic Brenner from books that aren't mostly about culinary matters, then order the complete meals of food-for-thought from your favorite booksellers

12:30PM Mon. Jun. 10, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

A Thousand Splendid Words
Khaled Hosseini transcends borders through books. We caught up with the international bestselling author (The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns) about Rumi graffiti, happy accidents, and compulsive writing.

4:45PM Sun. Jun. 9, 2013, Jessi Cape Read More | Comment »

Jimmy Jalapeeno: In Memoriam
Friends of the late Austin painter and photographer Jim Bonar, better known as Jimmy Jalapeeno, will gather to celebrate his life on the morning of Sunday, June 9, at the Eye of the Dog Art Center in San Marcos. Bonar died Wednesday, May 22, after a bout with cancer. The man described as "witty and wise, silly and deep" was 66.

10:30AM Fri. Jun. 7, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

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