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MONDAY [17][music] The High Flyers at Continental Club (10pm) (link) [lecture] Josh Rushing, future host of a show on Al Jazeera International and "accidental media star" in "Control Room," speaks at UT LBJ Auditorium (7pm) (link) [art] Opening Reception for Michael Schliefke's newest works, "What If We Could Get It All Back?" at bolm Studios (6pm-11pm) (link) [film] Oscar-Nominated Documentary shorts at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link) [film] Anime Movie Monday at Ventana del Sol (7:30pm)...

Terry Gross and Fresh Air are not single-minded when it comes to the ‘holiday season.’ In the spirit of Chanukkah, she will have on two authors today who celebrate another Jewish rite of passage, the Bar/Bat Mitzvah. The old school ones.

All right everyone, at 7PM today Austinist expects you to get off your fanny and head down to BookPeople to help them celebrate their receipt of PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BOOKSELLER OF THE YEAR AWARD. That's the whole of the U.S.A., folks. BookPeople CEO Steve Bercu will be on hand to introduce the award, along with Austin mayor Will Wynn, Spike Gillespie, and several other Austin favorites. There will be music by Dao Strom, live balloon...

Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer made his literary debut back in 2002 with Everything Is Illuminated. From critics and readers alike the semi-autobiographical tale garnered rave reviews and plunged him almost overnight into the media spotlight. Which naturally left us asking the inevitable question: what have we accomplished in our lives? But anyways.