Neal Spelce will join the LBJ Library's Fall FestivalNovember 21, 2022
Noon - 3 PM
About this event
Celebrate fall and do some early holiday shopping at the LBJ Library on Monday, November 21. Our Fall Festival features activities for kids, a drawing for unique prizes, sweet treats, and an opportunity to meet local authors and vendors who sell items in our store. Join us from 12 – 3 p.m.
Museum Admission includes:
Local vendors featuring hand-painted clothing and handmade jewelry
Tax free purchases in the store
Treats from the Johnson’s favorite recipes
White House China crafting for the kids
New exhibit showcasing artist Porfirio Salinas, LBJ’s favorite artist
Give-aways!
Local authors who are experts on the Johnsons will sign books and help you find just the right gifts for your list
Jean Schuler: At the Table with LBJ and Lady Bird: History, Humor, True Texas Recipes
Mark Updegrove: Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency, Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency
Louann Temple: Lady Bird Johnson: Deeds Not Words, LBJ: The Can-Do President, A Biography for Beginning Historians
Neal Spelce: With the Bark Off: A Journalist’s Memories of LBJ and a Life in the News Media
HOPE AND HARD TRUTH: A LIFE IN TEXAS POLITICSNOVEMBER 6, 2022
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
in the Texas Monthly TentColorado & 11th St.
Join Neal for this Session at the Texas Book Festival November 6 In-person in the Texas Monthly Tent
Note from Neal:
I'm thrilled to be moderating this 'in-person' session at this year's Texas Book Festival. Mary Beth Rogers and I have known each other, and go way back to the early Ann Richards era. I hope to see friends and new faces at this session--it's going to be fun!
About Mary Beth Rogers:
Mary Beth Rogers served as Ann Richards’s campaign manager and chief of staff, a television executive, college professor, and government official. She is the author of several books, including Barbara Jordan: American Hero and Turning Texas Blue: What It Will Take to Break the GOP Grip on America’s Reddest State.
FROM TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL & BookPeople:“Mary Beth Rogers has led an eventful life rooted in the weeds of Texas politics, occasionally savoring a few victories—particularly the 1990 governor’s race when, as campaign manager for Ann Richards, she did the impossible and put a Democratic woman in office. She also learned to absorb her losses—after all, she was a liberal feminist in America’s most aggressively conservative state.Rogers’s road to a political life was complex. Candidly and vulnerably, she shares both public and private memories of how she tried to maintain a rich family life with growing children and a husband with a debilitating illness. She goes on to provide an insider’s account of her experiences as Richards’s first chief of staff while weaving her way through the highs and lows of political intrigue and legislative maneuvering.Reflecting on her family heritage and nascent spiritual quest, Rogers discovers a reality at once sobering and invigorating: nothing is ever completely lost or completely won. It is a constant struggle to create humane public policies built on a foundation of fairness and justice—particularly in her beloved Texas."
No registration is required to attend. Events are FREE and open for all to enjoy! Book Ticket events grant ticket holders priority seating, signing, and book at event. This year’s Book Ticket events are Janet Evanovich, Nelson DeMille, and Jacques Pépin.
Book Sales and Signing
BookPeople is the Texas Book Festival’s official bookseller. BookPeople will be on-site selling books for all featured Festival authors in the Main Book Sales Tent and Children’s Book Sales/Signing Tent, both on Congress Avenue. You can also buy Festival books year-round at the BookPeople TBF online store.
Parking
Free parking is available in State Lot parking garages on San Jacinto and 15th Streets. Accessible parking is available at the Capitol Visitors Parking Garage at 1201 San Jacinto Blvd. If you require special accommodations, please contact the Texas Book Festival prior to your visit at 512-477-4055 or email: bookfest@texasbookfestival.org.
For More Information Please Visit: https://www.texasbookfestival.org/
Join us on Thursday, June 2nd at 6 pm with author Neal Spelce. Neal and Cari will talk about Neal's new book:
WITH THE BARK OFF: A Journalist’s Memories of LBJ and a Life in the News Media“Neal Spelce is one of those rare people who can’t make a move without stepping into history, which is why his memoir is so fascinating and rewarding. He was on the scene when Lyndon Johnson got a very public enema, when he shouted ‘Yee-haw’ in the Taj Mahal, and finally when he was laid to rest on the Pedernales. In1966, Spelce was also the newsman who alerted the world, under fire and in real time, to the then-unimaginable horrors of a mass shooting. All that, and he also consulted on Ann Richards’ wardrobe at the 1988 Democratic convention, and may very well be the only living soul to know the meaning of the word ‘Thermostrockimortimer.’”
Happy Hour 6 pm - 6:30 pmThe conversation begins at 6:30 pm, followed by Q&A
Please register at the "Tickets" button above. You'll see the option to register for in-person or online events.
The tickets are $19 per person (+taxes) for the in-person event and include admission and light refreshments. Wine & beer will be available for purchase.
There is no charge if you are attending via zoom. Registration is required to receive the zoom link. You will be sent a link to connect to the Zoom event. It will come from: noreply@event.eventbrite.com Sometimes emails from Eventbrite end up in the spam or a "promotions" folder.
Should you not have your Zoom link on the day of the event, please text: 1-339-234-0625 for help.
