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WEDNESDAY [18] lecture • KLRU's SPARK Series Welcomes Douglas Rushkoff at The Paramount (7:30pm, Tickets are HALF OFF from Noon-7:30pm!) benefit/film • Friends of the Festival Anniversary Celebration (Cine Las Americas) at 2308 Fortune Drive ($100, 6-9pm) books • Poetry on the Plaza: Living Poets at The Harry Ransom Center (12 Noon) books • The Intimacies Group with Karen Kreps at BookPeople (7:00pm) books • Stephanie Elizondo Griest presents 100 Places Every Woman Should...

Apply below for your chance to score a pair of tickets to tomorrow's Spark lecture: Update: Congrats, RT! [Official Site and Tickets] KLRU's Spark 2007 Engaging Speaker Series with Douglas Rushkoff Wednesday, April 17th The Paramount Theatre 7:30pm...

The penultimate speaker in KLRU's 2007 Spark Series is the ever-fascinating Douglas Rushkoff, a hugely prolific author, teacher, and documentarian who's written extensively on new media, pop culture, religion, and technology as it pertains to society in general. Rushkoff first exposed the world to the emerging cyberculture phenomenon with his 1994 book, Cyberia, and has since published at least ten best-selling books, including Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism (2003) and Media Virus: Hidden...

Spark, KLRU's annual Engaging Speaker Series, brings to Austin some of our nation's foremost authorities in politics, science, literature, and more for lively discussions at the Paramount Theatre. All events, running from January to May, feature a 45-minute presentation given by the visiting speakers followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with the audience. For 2007, Spark turns its eye to issues with a "global impact, social significance and community relevance." Hence, they're kicking off...

One of Austin’s most thought-provoking events returns next year, as Spark: KLRU’s Engaging Speaker Series brings some of the best minds in contemporary sociopolitical society together for five evenings of dialogue. An Austinist favorite, the series offers a chance for citizens to engage directly with experts on issues with a global impact, social significance and community relevance. Spark returns to the wonderful setting of the Paramount Theatre for a series of evenings that feature...