Green Day is Not Playing at Emo's... Or Are They?Photo by GoatLeg SF on flickr Foxboro Hot TubsThursday, May 22Emos (603 Red River St)$20, doors at 8pm [info]Foxboro Hot Tubs, the nom de plume of the latest not-so-super-secret Green Day side project, headline Emo's inside stage tonight. Conjuring up the frantic protopunk energy of The Kinks, MC5 and The... continue reading on Austinist
Wine, Cheese, and Bibliophiles: BookPeople's First Literary Cocktail Hour with Kevin Brockmeierlauren.rabbit/flickr Literary Happy HourTuesday, April 29thBookPeople (603 N. Lamar)$5 or free w/ a copy of the book, starts at 6pm[info]Tonight, before award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier's scheduled 7pm reading from his latest effort, The View from the Seventh Layer, BookPeople will host its first-ever Literary Cocktail Hour on their third floor.... continue reading on Austinist
You Must Be This Happy To EnterImage from Punk Planet BooksThere are many ways to describe how much we've enjoyed a book, but sometimes it's how we physically react that says it best. Elizabeth Crane's latest collection of short stories, You Must Be This Happy To Enter, had us cracking smiles, sometimes laughing and rolling our... continue reading on Austinist
Name That Bookstore!Photo by Your Guide on FlickrIt's time to play the name game! The Friends of the Austin Public Library and their Monster Book Store, located at 5th and Mary in South Austin, are moving and looking for a new, snappier name. They want to tap the collective creativity of Austin.... continue reading on Austinist
Taking Aim At Shooting WarArt by Dan GoldmanAnthony Lappe and Dan Goldman's graphic novel, Shooting War, has it all. It's the story of an amateur journalist stuck in a near-future dystopia. It's a slick, salient brew of political satire and social commentary that touches on the Iraq war, emerging "Web 2.0" technology, immigration and... continue reading on Austinist
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