Open House at the Austin Book Arts Center

The city’s epicenter of old-school book tech invites you to visit!

"...You should be warned, citizen, that the Austin Book Arts Center is a hotbed of disruptive technology...."

Sept. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Book Arts Center: PUSH Print! Party at the Central Library

This annual fundraiser features what they call “a book arts rock star”

"...makes perfect sense that Amanda Stevenson of the Austin Books Arts Center would refer to Richard Kegler as a..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Texas Book Festival's Read Warriors

Book lovers charge the Texas State Capitol this weekend

"...need for proof is a visit to the Texas Book Festival, where thousands of readers descend on the Texas..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...newly announced list of authors for the 2016 Texas Book Festival. With 280 authors on board – among them..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart

"...Leonard Pitts, Robert Christgau and Jessica Hopper? The Texas Book Festival, natch. And for its 20th edition, the annual..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Culture, Arts, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Don't let the heat get you down

"...Thursday 15, First Light Books..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...John Hodgman will all be at the 2019 Texas Book Festival, along with over 300 other authors, all of..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mayor's Book Club Says: "Read Local"

The 2020 choice? Three dozen books, all by Austin authors

"...ways of doing things. So why should the Mayor's Book Club be any different?..."

July 2, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Visual Arts Top 10

Best Art, 1996

"...Best of the Best at Women & Their Work:..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival

First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books

"...of the first authors to attend this fall's Texas Book Festival, taking place Nov. 11-12 in the Texas Capitol..."

July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

KRAKATHOOOOM!! Free Comic Book Day Is Soon Upon Us Once Again!

Annual giveaway of popular sequential art stirs area interest, desire

"...players (and many of the minor ones) in the comic-book industry flood the shelves with special issues for Free..."

May 3, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...Texas Book Festival authors, friends, and coordinators gathered at The Contemporary..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...to an impeachment trial that will surely inspire investigative books (and maybe a bodice ripper?), but by November, its..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Margo Price, Will Hurd Headed to Texas Book Festival

Celebration of literature, Nov. 5-6, releases full author lineup

"...just been announced as part of this year's Texas Book Festival (Nov. 5-6, online and at the Texas State..."

Sept. 7, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Goes Hybrid in 2021

October fest blends the virtual and a return of live events

"...The Texas Book Festival survived the pandemic in 2020 with a completely..."

May 17, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2020: Isabel Wilkerson on Caste

Festival talk highlights structural foundations of U.S. divisions

"...In 2010, just before that year’s Texas Book Festival and a panel on her book, The Warmth..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Michael King

10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall

So much creative energy flowing to quench your cultural thirst

"...there anything … worthwhile going on in Austin’s fine arts sector this fall?..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Events Post

Texas Book Festival Scales Back In-Person Programming

COVID puts the kibosh on State Capitol as a venue

"...The Texas Book Festival had already planned for a hybrid festival this..."

Sept. 13, 2021 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Institute of Letters Honors Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires

Longtime writer and critic one of 17 inducted in TIL

"...and elegance is a most apt description for Chronicle Arts & Culture Editor Robert Faires. How fitting, then, that..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival’s Literary Libations Events Start This Week

Cocktails and books go together like poetry and pickle backs

"...Booze and literature are well-established as bedfellows powerful enough..."

Aug. 6, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre

Leading Austin cultural institutions face slashed finances

"...An out-of-the-blue email from the National Endowment for the Arts has blown a massive hole in the finances and..."

May 5, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...cultural heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Openings, Ballet, and Books in Our Recommended Arts Events

Find some arts this week

"...like no other.   – Cat McCarrey Greater Austin Book Festival..."

May 10, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Tom Gauld at the Texas Book Festival?

Yes! Yes! The man himself! Signing! Chatting! Breathing!

"...Here’s the 2017 Texas Book Festival, taking over the State Capitol grounds on Saturday..."

Nov. 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...For the arts and culture to take root in a city, to..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Off Beat: KB Brookins’ Poetry Book-Turned-Art Exhibit

“Freedom House: An Exhibition” heads to Prizer Arts and Letters

"...of the same name, opening April 13 at Prizer Arts and Letters. Based on their experience as a queer,..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

A Book for Bibliophiles

"...The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making by Adrian Johns..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Feature

Talkin’ Chicken With Jacques Pépin at the Texas Book Festival

The revered culinarian's latest book showcases paintings and stories of poultry and more

"...familiar with this French chef, educator, television personality, and cookbook author. ..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

Mayor's Book Club Befriends Lincoln

Our 2016 read is Stephen Harrigan's A Friend of Mr. Lincoln

"...well be called a politic choice for the Mayor's Book Club, Hizzoner Steve Adler has made the annual tradition's..."

May 2, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sexy Empowerment, Terror Tuesday, Book Adaptations, and More Weekday Recos

Local event suggestions for the arts inclined

"...movies of all time.   – Richard Whittaker The Book Club Was Better: Annihilation..."

July 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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