Past Events
An Evening with Molly Ivins:
A Roast? Hell, No! It’s a BBQ!
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Garrison Keillor and Joe Ely serenaded Molly with “Today I Started Loving You Again” and “Waltz Across Texas” to open the evening. We listened to Lewis Lapham describe Molly as “a journalist who commits the crimes of arson, making her wit a book of matches.” Kirk Watson entertained us with his dry wit and prodded us to dig deeper into our pockets. Jim Hightower delivered affectionate zingers. Molly’s “boy”- and “girl” friends left us gasping with laughter, and Joe Ely brought us to our feet with “This Land is Your Land.” Mary Margaret Farabee and our indefatigable steering committee created a pitch-perfect evening.
An immense THANK YOU for hilarity, camaraderie, and inspiration—to all who made An Evening With Molly Ivins: A Roast? Hell, NO! It’s a BBQ a rousing success. Thanks to you, the Observer has raised more than $375,000 toward our $500,000 challenge grant!
Roasters (in alphabetical order)
- Ben Barnes
- Roy Blount, Jr.
- Neil Caldwell
- Lou Dubose
- Joe Ely
- Jim Hightower
- Garrison Keillor
- Lewis Lapham
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- Carl Parker
- Mercedes Peña
- Bernard Rapoport
- Dave Richards
- Sandy Richards
- Marilyn Schultz
- Babe Schwartz
- Sara Speights
- Kirk Watson, Emcee
Sponsors
- Tyrant’s Foe
- Anonymous
- Lisa Blue & Fred Baron
- Audre & Bernard Rapoport
- Wayne Reaud and the Reaud Foundation
- People’s Friend
- John Hirschi
- Houston Endowment
- Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation
- Sunny & Shelton Smith
- Activist
- Melanie & Ben Barnes • Lowell Lebermann
- Kevin Barry
- Governor Dolph Briscoe
- Larry Flynt
- Renée & Russell Graham
- Betsy Julian
- Libby & Dale Linebarger
- Lynn & Tom Meredith
- Minton, Burton, Foster & Collins, P.C.
- Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust
- The Pinckolope Foundation
- Alec Rhodes
- Nelson Roach
- George Shipley
- Pat & Bud Smothers
- Agitator
- Anonymous
- Linda Aaker & Bob Armstrong
- Carol Flake & Gary Chapman
- Diane Ireson & Roland Cook
- Janis Monger & Tom Mason
- Frances Barton & Dick Leverich
- Brady Coleman • Alison Gower
- Cherry Kugle • Suzee Oliphint
- Sandy, David, Hallie & Sam Richards
- Dee Simpson
- Becky Beaver & John Duncan
- H. Stanley Bolding
- Mrs. Warren (Kay) Burnett
- Diana & David Burrow
- Liz Carpenter
- Mary Margaret & Ray Farabee
- Suzan & Julius Glickman
- Lawrence Harrington
- Frank Ivy
- Luci Baines Johnson & Ian Turpin
- The Jones Family
- Cele & Sam Keeper
- Betty Lynn & David McHam
- Sissy & Denny Kempner
- Joan & Jeffrey Lava • Nona Niland
- Virginia Lebermann
- Susan Longley
- Annette LoVoi & Jim Marston
- Kathy Guido & Alfred Stanley
- Jack Martin
- Barbara Morgan & Jerry Galow
- Cha Guzman & Gilberto Ocañas
- Robbie Edwards & Bob Kendrick
- Jane & Larry Norwood • Saralee Tiede
- Sara Speights • Jan Demetri & Jim Davis
- Bettye & Bill Nowlin • Eddie Safady
- Betty & Duncan Osborne
- Carl Parker
- Randy Parten
- Janis & Joe Pinnelli
- Jean & Dan Rather
- Suzy & Bill Reid
- Sharron Rush and Ron Hicks
- John Scanlan
- Margot & Grant Thomas • Nancy Scanlan
- Donald Wells, MD
- Melba & Ted Whatley
- Kelly White & Bill McLellan
- Wilson & Goldrick
- Sally & Bill Wittliff • Susan & Jerry Jeff Walker
- Rabble Rouser
- Mary & Bill Arnold
- Robbie & Tom Ausley
- Naomi Aberly & Larry Leibowitz
- ACLU Foundation of Texas
- Ginger & Jack Blanton
- Cheryl Brownstein & Walter Harrell
- Caryn Cosper
- Phil and Chris Dial
- Karen & Steve Farabee
- DeAnn Friedholm
- GSD&M
- James K. Galbraith and Ying Tang
- Jim and Cheryl George
- Jay Harris
- Audrey & Norman Kaplan
- Lisa & Peter Kraus
- Mary Lynn Rice-Lively and Bob Lively
- Jon and Karen Loehman
- Bob Moor
- Bill & Carrin Patman
- Mary Sanger
- Scurlock Foundation
- Babe and Marilyn Schwartz
- Charlotte & John Sharp
Steering Committee
- Mary Margaret Farabee & Margot Thomas, Co-Chairs
Charlotte McCann, Publisher of The Texas Observer
Becky Beaver • Evelyn Bonavita • Frances Barton • Bill Cryer • Jan Demetri Lou Dubose • Karen Farabee • Carol Flake • Deborah Hamilton-Lynne • Melissa Jones Joan Lava • Susan Longley • David McHam • Susan Hays • Betsy Moon • Barbara Morgan • Larry Norwood • Janis Pinnelli • Suzy Reid • Alec Rhodes • Geoff Rips • Nancy Scanlan • Sara Speights • Saralee Tiede • Kelly White • Caryl Yontz
Special Thanks
- Austin Film Festival • Reed Clemons • Bob Daemmrich Photography
Deborah Hamilton-Lynne - Austin Woman • Dave Hamrick - University of Texas Press
Tim Mills & Emily Murphy - Austin Marriott at the Capitol
Mike Nicholson - Picture Box Productions
Alan Pogue (Texas Center for Documentary Photography)
Ben Sargent • Gene Wilde - Miller Blueprint Company
