Final Friday was started as First Friday about 40 years ago and had various hosts and venues over the decades. For many years before her death, Molly Ivins hosted the once-a-month party at her home. In its last iteration, Final Friday moved from house to house each month with several different hosts throughout the year.
With the beginning of a new decade, because the monthly party has always had a strong association with The Texas Observer and we now have a NEW Texas Observer (in print and online), we decided to rename the event:
The Texas Observer Final Friday.
Like the original parties of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, The Texas Observer Final Friday will be gatherings of Texas progressives—writers, artists, musicians, activists, and a bunch of other folks who care about civil liberties and social and economic justice…..and having a good time on the final Friday of the month.
[If you are from Houston or Fort Worth, McAllen or Texarkana, El Paso or Beaumont….or anywhere else in Texas, start your own Texas Observer Final Friday. If you want to host or add yourself to an email list in your city, email your contact information to [email protected] and we’ll help get you started. And when you get it going, we’ll occasionally send Observer editors and contributors to entertain the assembled throngs.]
[And if you want to host a Texas Observer Final Friday at your home (or favorite bar) in Austin, email us too.]
This month’s Texas Observer Final Friday events:
Houston
Hosts: George & Fran Barnstone
Time: 7 p.m. until no later than midnight
Location: 3450 Binz St., 77004
BYOB, and please bring your choice of finger food to share. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
Assata Richards will speak on “A Holistic Approach to Community Development and Revitalization.”
Huntsville, Walker County
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: 1111 University Avenue, 77340
BYOB, and please bring your choice of finger food to share. Call Connie at 832-969-8545 if you have any questions.
Austin
Host: Amie Rodnick & Larry Smith
Time: 7 p.m. until no later than midnight
Location: 3017 Hatley Drive, 78746
BYOB, and please bring your choice of finger food to share.
McKinney, Collin County
Hosts: Bob & Nancy Button
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Location: The Coffee House Cafe, 6150 Frankford Rd, 75252
San Antonio
Hosts: Carolyn Kelley
Time 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location: 1101 W. Woodlawn (enter from the side street)
BYOB, and please bring your choice of finger food to share.