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Wizard World in the ATX

Best new comics day ever! First the big-screen adaptation of Kick-Ass is booked for SXSW, then we heard that 30 Days of Night creator Steve Niles will be in town in May 2011 for the World Horror Convention. Now the Wizard World pop culture convention confirms it's coming to the capital of Texas this November.

5:00PM Wed. Jan. 6, 2010, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Hard-Boiled at B&N

All most Hollywood scribes had to show for the 2007 writers’ strike was a strike beard, but Lou Berney went and wrote himself a novel – and a well-reviewed one at that.

5:42PM Tue. Dec. 29, 2009, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Pimp That Kindle, and Other Gift Ideas for Book Lovers

Honestly, the rise of e-readers makes our soul hurt, but that doesn't change the fact that key individuals on our holiday gift-buying list are Kindle converts. So what to get that very special futurist in the family?

1:13PM Tue. Nov. 24, 2009, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Monster Jam

Moody Center

Freedom + Juneteenth: A Night of Jubilation at Pease Park

Kids Block Party
at Central Library

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Stretching Performance Barriers

"Before becoming a mother I had no concept of little children or how any of us have come into this world, as if I just sprouted." The John L. Warfield Center presents Angela Kariotis' new show this Thursday & Friday.

4:53PM Thu. Nov. 19, 2009, Frank J. Rivera Read More | Comment »

Sister Jessica Explains It All for You

If girls – that's girls, not ladies, women, or grrrls – fail to save rock & roll as planned, it won't be for lack of instruction manuals.

4:02PM Mon. Nov. 16, 2009, Cindy Widner Read More | Comment »

'Redefining Beauty' party and signing tonight

Karla K. Morton, the 2010 Texas State Poet Laureate, reads tonight from her new collection of poetry, Redefining Poetry, which deals with her own battle with cancer, from diagnosis through to treatment, as in "Eyelashes"; (after the jump) and then recovery.

3:49PM Fri. Nov. 13, 2009, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Where Art Meets Craft

"Let's make a book, y'all," urges the Austin Makes a Book project. With that potent mix of can-do and down-home, how could you say no?

3:03PM Fri. Oct. 30, 2009, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Room To Read Fundraiser Tonight

This evening (10/15), from 6-10pm, Room to Read will host a fundraising dinner at the Clay Pit featuring contemporary Indian cuisine, dance, and music. Proceeds go to promote education scholarships for girls, local language children’s books, and library construction in India.

11:17AM Thu. Oct. 15, 2009, Ashley Moreno Read More | Comment »

Claudio Sanchez: My Life in Comics

It's been a big week for Claudio Sanchez: Not only did his band Coheed and Cambria rip up the LiveStrong stage at Austin City Limits, but his new comic Kill Audio hits the racks.

1:07PM Wed. Oct. 7, 2009, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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