Recommended Events for This Week’s Cooling Temps

Fairies, succulents, and lowriders in this weekend’s suggested happenings

"...Queen of the Hop (Diane Lane) and Soldier Boy (Michael Paré) comes to her rescue. But the look and..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Book Review: Edendale by Michael Ventura

Former “Letters at 3am” columnist celebrates the early days of Hollywood in new novel

"...Novelist, screenwriter, and essayist Michael Ventura is no stranger to the ways of Hollywood...."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...piece for the Austin American-Statesman's Aug. 25 edition, or Michael Ventura's huge five-page Raul's spread featuring plenty of Skunks..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Fearless Texas Singer-Songwriter and Playwright Jo Carol Pierce Has Died

Known for honky-tonk manifesto Bad Girls Upset by the Truth

"...“This woman should be a legend,” wrote Michael Ventura in his “Letters @ 3AM” Chronicle column upon..."

Dec. 5, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...masses now filling the club. After The Austin Sun's Michael Ventura marveled at their aggro take on Larry Williams'..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Godspeed Michael

"...Dear Editor, Such a pleasure to see Michael Ventura's “Letters At 3AM” make a return to the..."

Nov. 28, 2021 Postmarks

First Thing to Turn to

"...Dear Editor, To Michael Ventura, whose “Letters at 3AM” were for years the..."

Nov. 27, 2021 Postmarks

Until the End of the World

Writing is not what I live for, it’s how I live

"...all nervy. The pandemic delayed publication until now. – Michael Ventura..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael Ventura

We Have an Issue: Artistic Creation Can Happen Anywhere

TikTok viral hitmakers, an old-school columnist who writes to live – this week it's all about making art no matter what

"...direction, we also have a moving personal essay from Michael Ventura about the drive to keep writing after his..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...by Michael Ventura..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

SXSW Adds Glass Animals, Girlpool & Black Lips

Artist roster expands by 162 acts

"...Michael Doucet et Lâcher Prise (Lafayette, LA.)..."

Feb. 27, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Here We Go Yet Again

Michael Ventura revisits his "Letters at 3am" Columbine column

"...Michael Ventura retired his long-running "Letters at 3am" column in..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Chronolog Post by Michael Ventura

Holiday Viewing: The Gospel According to St. Matthew

“The most sublime Texts ever written”

"...be both a devout Communist, and a devout Catholic. Michael Ventura described the film eloquently in his Letters at..."

Dec. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Releases Final Artist List

Ryan Adams, Lil Yachty, Neko Case, and 184 more

"...Michael Blume (New York, NY.)..."

March 4, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Norwood Found Guilty

Case closes on 1988 murder of Debra Baker

"...somewhat dodgy credentials. (Taylor runs an unaccredited lab in Ventura County, Calif., and spent a few years during the..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...Sea Tattoo Company about a block from our office (Michael Corcoran lived in the back storeroom). We had arranged..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Review: Keanu

Comedy duo screens work in progress

"...Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are best known for escalating..."

March 13, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Ramble On

Jan. 21, 2016 Postmarks

From the Vault: “The Guilt of Frank Sinatra”

As ASO toasts Sinatra in concert, we revisit a Michael Ventura classic

"...the bandwagon and dusting off a favorite piece from Michael Ventura, who retired his Letters at 3AM column just..."

Dec. 29, 2015 Arts Post by Michael Ventura

Page Two: Picking Up the Conversation

The Chronicle at 34

"...Hitchhiking cross country to a wedding many years ago, Michael Ventura passed through Lubbock and visited a house where..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: It's 3:01AM

Michael Ventura puts his column to bed

"...and Amy Smith. Now the issue you hold has Michael Ventura's last column...."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM: As Time Goes By

"I'm not quitting. I'm turning," says Michael Ventura in his final column

"...Michael Luciano Ventura was born in Italian East Harlem of..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Ventura Will Be Missed

"...at my longtime favorite column, “Letters at 3AM” by Michael Ventura. Could this truly be Ventura’s penultimate essay in..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: A Long Goodbye

In the first of four parting columns, Michael Ventura announces his decision to end his bieweekly column

"...had a stroke. The lasting casualty is my infamous Ventura stamina. That guy who'd work many, many hours straight,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Anything for John

The making of John Cassavetes' 'Love Streams,' as witnessed by Michael Ventura

"...know a little about it." That's Austin Chronicle columnist Michael Ventura talking about John Cassavetes' next-to-last film, which was,..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Loved, Loathed, Lip-Synched Ventura

"...your best, your second-best, etc., and I agree with Ventura, you don’t suck, but you just aren’t eternal enough...."

July 24, 2014 Postmarks

'Slap Noir'

BigBoy Medlin's dark comic novel of West Texas: an excerpt

"...Earlier this year, longtime Austin Chron­icle columnist Michael Ventura explained how James BigBoy Medlin's novel Slap Noir..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Oligarchy Is the Problem

"...Dear Editor, In "That Word 'Oligarchy,'" Michael Ventura nails it [Letters at 3AM, July 11]. The..."

July 12, 2014 Postmarks

July Is Crime Month

As summer heats up, the 'Chronicle' runs afoul of the law, in fiction and nonfiction

"..."BigBoy" Medlin, legendary Austin Sun columnist and co-screenwriter with Michael Ventura of the film Roadie. It coincides with Medlin's..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'God Bless Us, Every One!'

"...Dear Editor, The first sentence in Michael Ventura’s piece on Christmas [“If We Make It Through..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Postmarks

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