Tonight, the Blanton Museum's monthly B Scene event is being held in honor of James Michener's 100th birthday. There will be readings by fellows from UT's Michener Center for Writers (who, seriously, are inhumanly physically attractive and talented), at 8pm sharp. There will be periodic guided tours of the Blanton's Michener art collection. There will be music by Julia LaShae and Stay Gold. There will be birthday cake and a cash bar offering, among other things, the Austin-famous Blantini. more ›

Remember when Air America came to Austin? Now there's a new show called Workin' It that airs in 50+ markets around the country (not in Austin, unfortunately). more ›

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The novel's protagonist is one David Neisen, a man with a serious leaning in his fight-or-flight complex towards the latter.  As a child, he bears witness to - and is partially responsible for - the death of his closest friend, who drowns while the two engage in otherwise commonplace horseplay.  Rather than, say, running like hell to the authorities of his small Wisconsin town of Black Hawk, David instead opts to continue along his oblivious way.  Later, when the boy's corpse washes ashore, David has no satisfying response to the sheriffs' frustrated interrogations, save for the fact that this was simply how he reacted to the situation. more ›