Barrel Bottom in Sight: Last 100 Copies of Catherine Anspon’s “Texas Artists Today” Signed in Houston Tonight for Lawndale
After a year-long odyssey of statewide book signing events and tireless promotion, the last 100 of the 3000 copies of the first edition of Texas Artists Today, Catherine Anspon’s Texas-sized book on Texas contemporary artists is being signed and sold off to benefit Houston’s Lawndale Art Center tonight from 6-9pm at PaperCity’s pop-up Curate Bookshop [...]
Ideson Library Re-Opens: Houston Architectural Jewel Buffed to a New Shine
The renovated and expanded Julia Ideson Library in downtown Houston opened yesterday after a five-year, $32 million restoration. In addition to restoring the gorgeous Spanish Revival interior of the original 1926 building, named for Houston’s first professional librarian, a new 21,000 square foot archival storage wing houses the collections of the Houston Metroplitan Research Center. [...]