Salman Rushdie in ATX on Sept 6
The Forrest Four-Cast: August 26, 2019
On Friday, September 6 at 7:00 pm at the First Baptist Church (901 Trinity St), catch international best-selling author Salman Rushdie in conversation about “Quichotte” with Austin-based reviewer Maya Smart.
Inspired by the Cervantes classic of the same general name, this novel centers around Sam DuChamp, a mediocre writer of spy thrillers. DuChamp creates the character Quichotte, a courtly, addled salesman obsessed with television, who falls in impossible love with a TV star. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho, Quichotte sets off on a picaresque quest across America to prove worthy of her hand, gallantly braving the tragicomic perils of an age where anything can happen. Meanwhile his creator, in a midlife crisis, has equally urgent challenges of his own.
Rushdie is the author of 13 previous novels, including “Shame,” “The Satanic Verses,” and “Haroun and the Sea of Stories.” My favorite of these 13 works is the 2010 release “Midnight’s Children,” because the telepathic powers of the protagonist Saleem Sinai anticipates and foretells many of the problems and pitfalls of the age of social media.
To attend the Friday, Sept 6 event in Austin, you must purchase a ticket. Each ticket admits one person, plus includes a copy of “Quichotte.” The Salman Rushie event is presented by BookPeople.
Innovation-Focused Events in Austin for the Week of August 26
August 26: Introduction to User Experience Design
August 26: Action Design ATX
August 26: Austin WooCommerce Meet Up
August 26: Austin Hispanic Hackers Meet Up
August 26: Learn to Code: Loops & Logic
August 27: How Confidence Affects Gender Equality
August 27: Resume Reboot
August 27: Founders Stories with Jamie Catanach & Bob Fabbio
August 27: Austin XR Meet Up
August 27: Austin Startup Meet Up
August 27: Austin On Rails
August 27: Austin Mobile & Indie Game Dev Meet Up
August 27: Python Fundamentals: Data Science Immersive Prep
August 28: Lunch n’ Learn with Orangetheory Fitness
August 28: Software Engineering Immersive Info Session
August 28: Introduction to Digital Marketing
August 28: Army S&T Summit Networking Social
August 28: Product Management Austin Meet Up
August 28: Austin Ethereum Meet Up
August 28: Austin IoT Meet Up
August 28: Discover the Future of Data Science
August 29: ReactJS
August 29: Make Mother Earth Great Again
August 29: Austin Music Producers Meet Up
August 29: An Introduction to Data Science and Modeling
August 28: Introduction to Python
August 29: Python Fundamentals: Data Science Immersive Prep
More Upcoming Austin Innovation Events
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Sept 6: SXSW Community Service Awards entry deadline
Sept 6: SXSW Pitch early entry deadline
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Sept 6: Salman Rushdie Book Reading
Sept 9: Austin Fast Start Mobility Innovation Pitch Event
Sept 11: Mark McClain of SailPoint at ACG Central Texas
Sept 14: ContentATX3
Sept 14: Springdale General Block Party
Sept 17: Austin Forum: Data, Privacy, Freedom & Ethics Debate
Sept 17: PowerUp Tech Talk with Evan Loomis
Sept 19: Mighty Big Day
Sept 19: EquitySpace: Designing for an Inclusive Community
Sept 19–21: Creatives Meet Business Experience 2019
Sept 22–26: Austin Startup Week
Sept 30-Oct 1: ARTIFACT
Oct 2–4: ComNet 19
Oct 4–6: Austin City Limits Festival, Weekend 1
Oct 11–13: Austin City Limits Festival, Weekend 2
Oct 26–27: Texas Book Festival
Oct 29: Girlstart Game Changers Luncheon
Oct 29: Naturally Austin Pitch Slam 2019
Nov 4–8: Austin Design Week
Nov 6: SpaceATX
Nov 13–14: Time Machine 2019
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Jan 12: 2020 Austin Startup Games
March 13–21: SXSW 2020
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Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
