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Barnes: Austin’s talent for plans
Austin: City of Event Planners. The number of immense, minutely planned social events continues to proliferate in Austin. South by Southwest, for instance, lassos music, film and tech into a 10-day event that the New Republic’s Noreen Malone recently called: “The defining gathering of a generation, an annual Woodstock for ...
Emancipet, Austin SoundWaves, Toast of the Town
Fifty of the 500 animal lovers gathered for the Emancipet lunch sat at the same table. That's right, co-chairwoman Mary Tally sat a full 50 of her friends at a long table near the front of the Four Seasons banquet hall. Among those, elbow-to-elbow, were Mike Martinez, Walter Wilkie, Carla McDonald, ...
Gaffigan’s ‘Dad is Fat’ packed with dark parental humor
The night my wife and I brought our prematurely born daughter home from the hospital in 1998, I fell asleep with the baby in my arms. In a recliner. In suburban Chicago mid-March. In a poorly heated family room addition to our house. When I woke up, freezing, she was ...
Monday’s pick: Crystal Esquivel speaks at BookPeople
Austin-based foodie Crystal Esquivel will speak Monday evening at 7 p.m. at BookPeople. The registered dietician and popular blogger will sign copies of her most recent book, “Austin Chef’s Table,” a cookbook that compiles 52 recipes from some of the city’s most celebrated restaurants, including Casa de Luz, La Condesa, ...
Monday's pick: Author E.C. Osondu at BookPeople
Epaphras Chukwuenweniwe “E.C.” Osondu weaves together bleak yet engaging stories about life in his native Nigeria in his debut collection of short stories, “Voice of America.” Released in 2011, “Voice of America” is far from an easy read, but Osondu’s vivid prose — occasionally tempered with his unique sense of ...
Readers recall Dallas columnist Paul Crume fondly
Even newspaper columnists who died almost 40 years ago retain the respect of their readers. Our story on Dallas Morning News columnist Paul Crume, which ran Jan. 5 in the Life & Arts section, heartened his admirers. Austin author Cyndi Williams recalls that her brother was mentioned in one of ...
Out & About: Daily columnist reflected on the state of the state
The small red volume beckoned from the bottom shelf of a used bookshop in Rockport. The dust jacket revealed a black cowboy boot rendered in a rough woodcut style. The title read: “A Texan at Bay.” Oh dear. What is this? A digest of cornpone sayings reported in cringe-worthy dialect? ...
Coffee-table books feed pop culture obsessions
If you’re stumped for a gift-giving idea, the solution may be found in the pop culture obsessions of those on your naughty or not list. Chances are there is a corresponding book on the market to feed their fascination. Fifty is such a nice, round number, and it is the ...
Recommended books for the bibliophile on your holiday list
There’s no getting around it, tablets and e-readers are here to stay — at least until some new technology renders them obsolete. But most likely there will always be those book lovers among us who hold dear the weight of a hefty hardback book in their hands, who relish the ...
If you know Willie, ‘Roll Me Up’ is fun but no revelation
“Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,” the song, is a surprisingly spry sing-along from Willie Nelson, not the blunt — ha! — bit of ham you’d expect from a tune with such a name. It offers us crotchety country conservatives the best access to Snoop Dogg since ...
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