Augusten Burroughs, of family-dysfunction fare, offers a new book for Christmas
Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009
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Books offer bread recipes that eliminate the need for kneading
| |Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009
Newly released books are bringing the disappearing bakery into home kitchens.Read more
Keillor reschedules, Cussler sets appearance
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Garrison Keillor, who canceled an Oct. 7 Bass Hall appearance due to illness, has rescheduled his night as part of the Star-Telegram author series for 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Texas Hall on the UT-Arlington campus. The creator of A Prairie Home Companion, who has a new novella, A Christmas Blizzard, will talk with former Star-Telegram books editor Jeff Guinn about the book and his work and will offer tales from fictional Lake Wobegon. There also will be a Q&A session with the audience and a book-signing. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. No previous requests for the Oct. 7 event will be honored. For two tickets, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Garrison Keillor at UTA, c/o The Star-Telegram, Box 1870, Fort Worth, TX 76101, Attn: Melinda Mason.Read more
Serial killers, bad dogs, late bloomers, mammograms, the lady who wrote, "If I’ve only one life, let me live it as a blonde!" — Malcolm Gladwell can write engrossingly about just about anything.Read more
'Very small’ book club shows that size doesn’t matter
| |Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
On a Thursday evening, with a thunderstorm rumbling in, a group of friends is gathered in Patrick McKeon’s warm Monticello living room, talking over The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. As the sun sets and a downpour begins outside, they sip red wine and Blue Moon and get down to business, analyzing everything from the characters’ motivations to the art on the book’s cover.Read more
New and notable: Music fans will find 'Who Shot Rock and Roll’ illuminating
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
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Calvin Littlejohn's photographs are black history in sharp focus
| |Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
When Calvin Littlejohn arrived in Fort Worth in 1934, it was a very different place.Read more
North Texas author Deborah Crombie feels at home in Britain
| |Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
Deborah Crombie loves North Texas. Honest.Read more
Favorite 'ACL' performers contribute to 'Music in the Kitchen'
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
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'Beer Across Texas' finds microbreweries in unexpected spots
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
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Friday Freebies: October 30- November 6
Check the Things To Do forum on mom2momdfw.com every week for a list of free things to do in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Former Cliburn head to play role in reviving once-prestigious Tchaikovsky competition
Just a few days before the April telephone call, Richard Rodzinski had read a lengthy profile of famed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev in The New York Times Sunday Magazine.
