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April 25, 2006
Calvin Trillin joins Molly Ivins for Evening To Benefit Texas Observer in Houston Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Houston, TX - April 19, 2006 - The Texas Observer, the state's leading light in investigative reporting, will bring its own former editor, nationally syndicated columnist Molly Ivins, and Calvin Trillin, author, journalist, and humorist, to Houston May 23 for an evening of conversation at Hamman Hall on the Rice University campus.
Proceeds of the event will go to the Observer's Maury Maverick, Jr. Fund for Cantankerous Journalism, which has made possible such revelations as the unlawful drug busts in Tulia and the casino machinations of Grover Norquist and other Tom DeLay cronies.
Sissy Kempner and Olive Hershey of Houston, chairs of the event, described the evening as "a roasting and toasting of everyone on the political and social scene."
Molly Ivins is the celebrated author of: Bushwacked, Life in George Bush's America, co-authored with Lou Dubose; Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?; Who Let the Dogs In?; and other books of political humor. Her articles have appeared in Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, and Mother Jones. She has been a commentator for NPR, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and 60 Minutes.
Calvin Trillin has been hailed as "perhaps the finest reporter in America," and "a classic American humorist." While he is perhaps best known for his antic books on eating (The Tummy Trilogy; Alice, Let's Eat), Trillin has also written serious journalism, comic political verse, and fiction. He writes for The New Yorker, Time, and The Nation, and has appeared on The Tonight Show and Late Night with David Letterman. His forthcoming book, A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme will be released later this year.
Since 1954, when Houstonian Frankie Randolph founded The Texas Observer, this feisty little magazine has pilloried fat cats and tycoons, winning national awards for its fearless reporting. As Travis County D.A. Ronnie Earle said, The Texas Observer "gets it."
Tickets are $25 for general admission and available through the Observer at www.texasobserver.org or at 512-477-0746 through May 19, and at the door beginning at noon on the day of the event.
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