Well, while we were all was guessing The LBJ Library, Hogg Auditorium or The Frank Erwin Center, UT has announced that the February 21 Democratic Debate will officially be held at The Recreation Sports Center. more ›

It's just been announced that President Clinton is coming back to Austin. He's scheduled to deliver the convocation address at UT's LBJ School of Public Affairs on May 20. UT President William Powers had this much to say: "The LBJ School was formed as an expression of President Johnson's faith in government to serve democracy by building a more just society. It is fitting that this year's convocation speaker at the LBJ School is a... more ›

The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin and Austin's Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority are set to receive $4.35 million in funds from a newly-passed Congressional appropriations bill. The LBJ Library will receive $1 million to make repairs and to tie it to the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has received some heat lately from Democratic challenger Barbara Radnofsky, set the bill in action. Cap Metro will get $3.35... more ›

Since becoming independent of United Nations trusteeship (administered by Belgium) in 1962, the east African nation of Burundi has been wracked by ethnic conflict between the Tutsi (who dominate the country's government and international trade, such as it is) and the Hutu (who constitute more than 80 percent of the country's population). In the past 10 years, more than 200,000 people have been killed in Burundi, and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced. more ›

MONDAY [music, swing dancing] Paris 49 weekly set at the Continental Club, 6:30-8:30, No Cover! [music] The Wind-Up Bird, Dirty Projectors, Vuk, at Nat Baldwin at Emo's [lecture] LBJ School's Future Forum series hosts "Genocide: Personal Perspectives from Burundi". LBJ Library, 7pm TUESDAY [film] Jean Luc Godard's Breathless at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, presented by the Austin Film Society [film] Fast Times at Ridgemont High and American Graffiti at Paramount State Theatre (through Wednesday) [music]... more ›