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'Virus Thirteen' Invades Austin
If you were feeling reasonably healthy this spring, consider the not-too-distant future Austin setting of Virus Thirteen: Texas is blisteringly hot, human genes are cancer-proof, smoking is completely illegal, and a drug habit or a body mass index over 30 will get you sent to a government-run health camp.

9:11AM Sat. Apr. 6, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

Tarantino Costume Party Will Not Get Medieval On Your Ass
There's a costume party at Spider House tonight, and its theme is any Tarantino movie you really really like.

9:43AM Fri. Apr. 5, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

'Mad Men' Hits the Books
Any good Mad Men fan knows the AMC classic about an advertising agency in the Sixties is back for its sixth season this Sunday (April 7, 8pm), but the ultra-fans have been busy dressing up in Don Draper's signature suits, doing their hair like Peggy and Joan, and sipping Old Fashioneds like it's going out of style.

3:56PM Thu. Apr. 4, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

Point Your Face at Demetri Martin
"I was on the street. This guy waved to me, and he came up to me and said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' And I said, 'I am.'" – Demetri Martin

12:19PM Thu. Apr. 4, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

What the Hell is a Raw Paw and Why Does It Have a Labyrinth?
"Raw Paw is an Austin-based publisher, record label, and creative platform providing paper trails for at-risk artists."

3:35PM Wed. Apr. 3, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Bringing Afghanistan Home
In the overworked and stress-filled days when I was working as a writing tutor in my university program, I learned something valuable: There's nothing college kids love more than to gripe about how overworked and stressed they are.

4:00PM Tue. Apr. 2, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

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Nobelity Project Hosts Book Drive
Books can take you places you'd only dream. But somehow the books have to get to those places too, right? The Nobelity Project – activist Turk Pipkin's pet project – is hosting a book drive and needs your help.

12:00PM Tue. Apr. 2, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

April Is National Poetry Month
It must be a sign:
"National Poetry Month"
fits in a haiku.

12:07PM Mon. Apr. 1, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

From the Vaults: My Enemy/My Niece
Over many seasons and years, Ethan Edwards hunts for his young niece Debbie, who has been kidnapped by Comanches shortly after the end of the Civil War. It's the crux of the 1956 Western, The Searchers, John Ford's great American classic which stars John Wayne as Ethan and Natalie Wood as Debbie.

5:00PM Fri. Mar. 29, 2013, Marjorie Baumgarten Read More | Comment »

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