Carpenter Builds Up West Lake Candidates

Liz Carpenter confirms letter in support of West Lake candidates.

"...thought it was worth checking in with Texas legend Liz Carpenter to see if the letter signed by her,..."

May 11, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

He Came and He Went Longhorns, Liz, and Damn Good Food

"...Barbara Jordan, and former press secretary to Ladybird Johnson, Liz Carpenter. It was heady stuff. Wired Secret Service agents..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Q&A: Gloria Steinem

Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday

"...activist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem is the 2016 Liz Carpenter lecturer at the University of Texas LBJ Auditorium..."

Sept. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Highlights From Gail Collins' Lecture

NYTimes ed delivered the 2013 Liz Carpenter Lecture on Monday night

"...enlightened and charmed a full house for the 2013 Liz Carpenter Lecture on Monday evening...."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Lily Tomlin, Citizen of Austin

The comedian on our town, Ann Richards, and getting hitched

"...and workshopped her second; bonded with Ann Richards and Liz Carpenter, both of whom shared her birthday; and even..."

Feb. 27, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival

Photos by John Anderson

"...Uppity Women, Unite!With Liz Carpenter, Celia Morris, and Liz Smith..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Tit for a Tat

Five Snapshots in the Struggle Against Breast Cancer

"...and found Rollo and Kandi in the kitchen embracing. Realizing the soap operatic look of the clinch, Kandi pulled..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Features Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

One of the family passed on this week. The Style Avatar's sister remembers the Houston Chronicle's Maxine Mesinger.

"...performance of "'Til There Was You" and political commentator Liz Carpenter provided the laughs while AMFAR's Dr. Mathilde Krim..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Committee Chair Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie. He proposed exploring extending legalized gambling but warned, "Frankly, the figures that I've looked..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature

In Person

"...Molly, Liz, and Jim at Borders..."

May 22, 1998 Books Feature

After a Fashion

Stephen puts a human face on football ...

"...hooting and hollering afterward over the phone with Mme. Liz Carpenter. "She was as hopped up on football as..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

S.O.S vows to fight Stratus deal on Edwards Aquifer land, TARAL supports pro-choice candidates and raises money.

"...likely nominate two or three Supreme Court justices," said Liz Carpenter, reading her own quote from a promotional poster...."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

AWPC: Women's Caucus = Women's Endorsement

AWPC returns to its feminist roots, but not everyone's happy

"...of the Seventies feminist movement, including local Democratic icon Liz Carpenter, who died March 20. Carpenter founded the Texas..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

The Starbucks Showdown continues; and readers voice their opinions on last week's Best of Austin issue.

"...Thanks for the beautifully written story about Liz Carpenter, a true Texas institution ["Miz Liz," Sept. 15]...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column

Parks and Rec: If You Build It ...

Is Austin's appetite for fountains bigger than its wallet?

"...The Liz Carpenter Fountain opened in 2007 as an interactive water..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, March 25-April 1

"...LIZ CARPENTER PUBLIC MEMORIAL commemorates the achievements and mourns the..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature

The Carol You Don't Know

There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

"...she left me alone. And I stood there and realized – I'll never forget it because it came over..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Is Stephen your style avatar or Eddie Izzard? Who was that man behind the shades at the Texas Film Hall of Fame?

"...and I). Other luminaries in attendance included the indomitable Liz Carpenter, the glamorous and glorious Dr. Carolyn Farb, and..."

March 19, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Did that gal on the local news crew DHOH? With so many great stylists in Austin: why, why, why??? And guess who was seen at Starlite again?

"...Fritz Robenalt. Hill's longtime friend and mentor, the wonderful Liz Carpenter, will be among the wedding party, as will..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Whose hair made Stephen say, "DHOH!" at the GG's this year, and who was TLWIH? And that's just the national scene. … Locally, which partygoers were also BOAers and who counts as Stephen's NBF??? U must read 2 C!!

"...This is a coup for Hill, who also represents Liz Carpenter, among others...."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Noon-12:45pm CExt. #E2.014 The Arab World Elizabeth Fernea..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Where They're Coming From

Connecting the Dots of Texas Writers Month 2002

"...terms of funding and finance, as well as the decentralized nature of Texas Writers Month itself. This is not..."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Postscripts

First Marco Perella told us about the apparently very funny experience of being a nobody in his Adventures of a No Name Actor; now Bruce Campbell wants us to know what it's like to be both a B-movie king and a regular Joe.

"...next weekend, July 5-7. On Thursday, July 5, 6:30-9pm, Liz Carpenter, Kinky Friedman, Mary Willis Walker, Dyanne Fry Cortez..."

June 29, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

After a Fashion

This week, join the Style Avatar for the second installment in a series about local fashion photographers.

"...it deserves. In vibrant color or stark black-and-white, from Liz Carpenter to Frank Zappa, Wolfson shoots from the heart...."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postscripts

Is the movie better than the book? In the case of Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, that old argument seems a bit moot.

"...Jr.'s restless imagination has settled most recently on ... lizards. In The Prophecy Machine (Bantam Spectra, 342 pp., $6.50..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Upcoming events in September.

"...See http://www.English.swt.edu/TKL/proulx.html for more information or call 512/ 245-7681... Liz Carpenter will be talking about her new book Start..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Texas politicians just decided who the state's next poet laureate is.

"...that belied B&N's status as a faceless corporate behemoth... Liz Carpenter will be talking about her new book Start..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Naked City

With barely a week to go before the primary, District 48 candidates Mandy Dealey and Ann Kitchen square off with local TV ads; meanwhile, the Republican contenders sort themselves out.

"...national political circles, like Lowell Lebermann, Ben Barnes, and Liz Carpenter...."

March 3, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

Sex Is Good for Texas

"...Gov. Ann Richards, and author/ex-Lady Bird Johnson press secretary Liz Carpenter. Held Friday at the Capitol Marriott, the panel..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Monday's neighborhood meeting want it to stay there. Aeschbach specializes in methadone treatment for recovering heroin addicts, but from..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature

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