Arts & Minds

Staples event brings independent zines, comics, etc. to Austin

by Philippe Daetwyler / Posted on Mar 07, 2011 | No Comments

Staple Media expo is back in Austin this week end March 5th&6th at the Marchesa Hall and Theater. Chris ”Uncle Staple” Nicholas answered our [...]

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Why Jonathan Franzen’s “Freedom” Is The Most Overrated Recent Novel

by Anis Shivani / Posted on Feb 24, 2011 | No Comments

Jonathan Franzen has written a poignant book about coming of age in the Midwest of the 1970s, the discontents of family, searching for identity [...]

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Austin’s Carnaval Brasileiro brings a bit of Rio to Central Texas

by Michael May / Posted on Feb 07, 2011 | No Comments

  This past weekend Austin hosted it’s premier annual bacchanalia, Carnaval Brasileiro. The event, which has been going since 1975, is modeled after what’s [...]

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Jump into the Rabbit’s Year!

by Philippe Daetwyler / Posted on Feb 04, 2011 | No Comments

Thursday was the Chinese New Year. For centuries now, this tradition has been celebrated on days between January 21st and February 20th, depending on the [...]

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough

by Michael May / Posted on Jan 21, 2011 | No Comments

Observer columnist Ruth Pennebaker will be reading from her latest novel, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough this Sunday at 3pm at [...]

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