Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman

Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman

About the program:

20,000 Years of Austin History.From the arrival of humans to the global city of the 21st Century.

Michael Barnes writes about the people, places, culture and history of Austin. The Texas native grew up in Houston and graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in drama and history before earning his Ph.D in theater history and criticism from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Barnes has written for the Austin American-Statesman since 1989 and has many awards, including the 2016 Liz Carpenter Lifetime Achievement Award from Women Communicators of Austin. His work is available in book form through the five-volume "indelible Austin" series, which is drawn from his newspaper columns.

Join us and enjoy a great breakfast with a phenomenal storyteller. 

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