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'A People’s History of Sports in the United States'

In A People’s History of Sports in the United States ($26.95, The New Press), author David Zirin welcomes the reader to the proverbial adults table of American sports with a historical blow-by-blow of social engagement, race relations, gender struggles, and political upheaval that have surrounded some of our favorite pastimes.

12:17PM Fri. Mar. 5, 2010, Timothy Braun Read More | Comment »

Fiddler on the Roof at Bass

The road show of “Fiddler on the Roof,” in Austin through Sunday, is a thoroughly enjoyable production of the classic play. Veteran actor Harvey Fierstein plays Tevye, reprising his lead role in the record-breaking Broadway revival. It’s a great play - if you go, mazel tov.

3:08PM Thu. Mar. 4, 2010, Katherine Gregor Read More | Comment »

Tinkering With Death

University of Houston law professor and Texas Defender Service litigation director David Dow's new memoir The Autobiography of an Execution (Twelve, $24.99) is a quietly written and devastating indictment of the death penalty in general, and of its practice in Texas in particular.

5:14PM Mon. Feb. 22, 2010, Jordan Smith Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Showgirls

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

Summer Storytime at the Blanton at The Blanton Museum of Art

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

A Perfect Day for Talking About Bananafish

It should come as no surprise that included in the Harry Ransom Center's holdings is some of J.D. Salinger's unpublished correspondence. (Seriously, is there anybody the HRC doesn't have a file on?) The hoi polloi will get to hear excerpts from these letters and more at an upcoming tribute presented by the HRC and American Short Fiction.

4:27PM Tue. Feb. 16, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Austin Gets Spiked

Ever since Wizard World announced that it would be bringing its sci-fi and fantasy convention to Austin, speculation has been high about the guest list. The first three confirmed names were fun, but the latest will get some pulses pounding: James Marsters, the one and only Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

8:37PM Tue. Feb. 9, 2010, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Go Greek

The classics keep on ticking, and tickling the imagination of modern authors – in these first two months of 2010 alone, we’ve seen David Malouf’s Illiad-reimagining Ransom and Zachary Mason’s The Lost Books of the Odyssey. Now Austin author Katharine Beutner has got into the act, too, with Alcestis.

8:53AM Sun. Feb. 7, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

The Carillon: Update

Chef Josh Watkins (who drew national attention as executive chef at the Driskill Grill) unveiled his refreshed “New American Grill” menu at a media party last Thursday at The Carillon. The food was spectacularly good; the downside is the University of Texas restaurant’s academic-institutional feel.

8:28PM Mon. Feb. 1, 2010, Katherine Gregor Read More | Comment »

Ghost Riding

It may be ten months away, but Wizard World has already announced three special guests for the Austin leg of their pop culture convention.

4:37PM Fri. Jan. 29, 2010, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Undead Alert!

BookPeople hosts a reading tonight for local author BJ Burrow, whose novel The Changed is about an ordinary guy who becomes a leading agent in the fight for undead rights. You know what that means, right? Zombies at BookPeople!

4:11PM Fri. Jan. 22, 2010, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

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