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Start: 3:00 pm
During the 1990s, Austin achieved "overnight" success and celebrity
as a vital place for independent filmmaking. Directors Richard Linklater and
Robert Rodriguez proved that locally made films could capture a national
audience. Their success helped transform Austin's homegrown film community
into a professional film industry. Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids
chronicles Austin's colorful movie history with revealing interviews from
Richard Linklater, Robert Rodriguez, Mike Judge, Quentin Tarantino, Matthew
McConaughey, George Lucas, and more. Alison Macor explores how Austin has
become a proving ground for contemporary independent cinema. BookPeople
will also be partnering with the Austin Film Society for this event, and a
portion of sales from this book tonight will go to AFS. Don’t miss out on
this great event about Austin! Today at 3PM.
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Start: 7:00 pm
The Austin Area Interreligious Ministries book club meets the second
Monday of every month at 7PM on BookPeople's third floor. This month they
are discussing The Mystic Heart by Wayne Teasdale. Members of any and every
faith are welcome to attend.
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Start: 10:30 am
That lovable and wacky musician, Ms. Staci, is back at bookpeople to read you some of her favorite stories and sing some of her favorite songs. Put your dancing shoes on! Come on down this morning at 10:30 AM.
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Start: 10:30 am
This morning we are having a very mellifluous storytime for all you young songbirds out there. We'll be reading the gorgeous picture book, There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback along with other lyrical tales that will leave you on a high note! This morning at 10:30 AM.
Start: 7:00 pm
The assassination of President Kennedy is perhaps the most memorable
event of the 20th century. During that time of tragedy and turmoil, over
1.5 million letters of condolence were sent to Jacqueline Kennedy, and would
remain untouched for nearly 47 years. In Letters to Jackie, historian Ellen
Fitzpatrick shares 250 of these letters creating a snapshot of American
grief. Tonight at 7PM.
Start: 7:00 pm
Whether you're a casual fan or you’re obsessed and possessed by
horror, Graveyard Tales will score big on your creep-o-meter. In addition
to unearthing the finest, scariest horror around (and possibly an undead or
two), we'll also be checking out some cool DIY projects for home,
entertainment and fashion. Bosco and Katie will have a frightening read and
a cool project you can do in your spare time, meeting the second Wednesday
of every month at 7PM. So, come check us out - it'll be a scream! This
month’s book is Brimstone by Douglas Preston.
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Start: 6:00 pm
After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school
where they met, Bianca and Lucas seek refuge with Black Cross, an elite
group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or risk
certain death at their hands. But when Black Cross captures her friend--the
vampire Balthazar--all her secrets threaten to come out. Soon, Bianca and
Lucas have orchestrated Balthazar's escape and are on the run, pursued not
only by Black Cross, but also by the powerful leaders of Evernight. Yet no
matter how far they run, Bianca can't escape her destiny. Join us this
evening for a thrilling and fantastical event with YA author Claudia Gray
and her highly anticipated third installment in the Evernight series,
Hourglass. This evening starting at 6:00PM.
Start: 7:00 pm
Praised by Time Out as “philosophical, formally innovative and
fascinating,” Ten Walks/Two Talks combines a series of sixty-minute,
sixty-sentence walks around New York City and a pair of dialogues about
walking—one of which takes place during a late-night ramble through Central
Park. Join authors Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch as they perform excerpts from
their exciting, hilarious debut. “No ordinary tour guide, Ten Walks/Two
Talks is an associative journey where scents, noises, people, and buildings
are meticulously described through the eyes of intensely attentive
explorers” (The Architect’s Newspaper). Austin’s walkers must not miss this
event! With a special pre-SXSW appearance by indie filmmaker/actor Alex Karpovsky.
Tonight at 7PM.
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Start: 7:00 pm
Kevin Quinn is a standard-variety American male. As his relationship
with his girlfriend approaches a turning point, and his career seems
increasingly pointless, he decides to secretly fly to a job interview in
Austin. Aboard the plane, Kevin is simultaneously attracted to the young
woman in the seat next to him and panicked by a new wave of terrorism in
Europe and the UK. He lands safely with neuroses intact and full of hope
that the job, the city, and the girl from the plane might yet be his chance
for reinvention. His next eight hours make up this novel, a tour-de-force of
mordant humor, brilliant observation, and page-turning storytelling.
BookPeople is thrilled to host Austinite Jim Hynes and his new novel Next,
tonight at 7PM.
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Start: 11:30 am
Come bend and stretch and waaaake up! Certified yoga instructor Krista Phillips will be here to not only read a story or two, but to lead our young ones in short and lively yoga lesson. This morning at 11:30 AM.
Start: 1:00 pm
Do you have a Zombie plan? Do you have a team of strategic
individuals lined up to help you through the treacherous and potential
zombie apocalypse? If so, you’re probably a BookPeople employee. If you do
and you don’t work here, you should join us for our sure to be spectacularly
messy and awesome Zombie Field Day. We’ll have ‘backyard Olympic-style
competitions—included but not limited to 3-legged zombie races, Jello brain
eating, simulated zombie head smashing, and much more. Get a zombie
makeover at the event and revel in sick festivities. In addition to this
madness, we’ll have zombie fiction author Stacey Jay here with her
fabulously hilarious/Buffy-esque novel, Undead Much? a sequel to the
extraordinarily funny and clever, You’re So Undead To Me. For more
information or questions about our first ever Zombie Day, please send emails
to bookkids@bookpeople.com.
RSVP your 3-member teams at rsvp@bookpeople.com
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