Apparently food writing as is big as Neil Young and Van Morrison: The Omnivore's Dilemma and Food Rules author Michael Pollan has been added to the 2010-11 UT Performing Arts calendar for "An Evening With Michael Pollan" on December 10th. No word on whether he's playing acoustic or with a backing band. In addition to speaking at giant auditoriums, Pollan has become the most recognizable face of the sustainable food movement, emphasizing support of local farmers, a decreased reliance on store-bought boxes of food products, and a generally more thoughtful approach to what one eats. His book The Botany Of Desire also led to a PBS documentary in 2009. more ›

Michele Norris, host of NPR's All Things Considered, will be in town next week. The Mary Alice Distinguished Lectureship, William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Visiting Professionals and the School of Journalism at UT Austin are sponsoring her lecture titled "Listening to America in an Election Year: Did the Press Get it Right?" Her lecture next Thursday is free and open to the public. more ›

Not one to let politicians bogart the limelight, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is coming to UT Austin next Wednesday, February 20, for a special student- and faculty-only lecture. more ›