Dance of the Century

Rhoda Winter Russell reflects on a historic life in dance and the Mary Wigman connection

"...Rhoda Winter Russell remembers Mary Wigman addressing her, rolling the "r" and lowering the pitch to emphasize the final..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...Strunk. Derek is nonverbal and has autism, and his mother brings him to Aus­tin for weeklong, one-on-one communication therapy..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...March 22 was a slow day on the News desk. This was Austin in campaign season, not..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

UT student frequency KVRX struggles to stave off the nationwide downturn in collegiate media

"...Ben Cox scrambles up the stairs and into the on-air booth with a load..."

May 11, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...Keith Hampton still had not heard a word from the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Time was of the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: The Never-Ending Story

Checking out of politics, checking in with the press

"...[Note: Two editing errors that appeared in the originally published version of this column have been corrected..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly

Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

"...If it's fair to posit that the Austin Music Scene, referred to so reverentially it practically..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM

We did not fall from the Garden; we journeyed away

"..."Woodstock," the song – written and recorded after Woodstock, the concert..."

July 31, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Aaron Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian matters throughout the Philadelphia..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Winning the West

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

"..."Hello, my name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I'm Apache, and I am president of the National..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Homer, the epic poet of ancient Greece, invented the cinematic close-up

"...Homer, the epic poet of ancient Greece, invented the cinematic close-up...."

April 24, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3am

The "Situation" is upon us: China and Southern Asia can support their own growth and have no more use for us

"...before our last presidential election, this column ran with the headline "Welcome to the Situation." After huffing and puffing..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Art of the State

Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts

"...When Ricardo Hernandez started working with the Texas Commission on the Arts, Dolph Briscoe was in..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Along the Bias

Lack of media objectivity cuts all ways

"..."When the legend becomes fact, print the legend!"..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Taco Kings, Besieged

A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense

"...The four members of AVATACO, a newly formed association of..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

The Notorious Irving Klaw

My grandfather's photography studio made him rich and Bettie Page famous. It also made him into a target for Fifties censors. So, what has director Mary Harron made of him?

"..."Her story is interesting. It's a culmination between the very funny, cheesecakey pin-up stuff and the bondage stuff...."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Rick Klaw

The Utter Daveness of Dave!

A farewell tribute to artist and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club Dave Bryant

"...A self-made man, artist, and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club, Dave Bryant is moving to the..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Letters at 3AM

The great days of the United States of America are over: Our country is now important economically only because of its citizens' consumption

"...The administrations of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hot Spot

How Richard MacKinnon and the Wireless City Project are making Austin the center of the tech universe – again

"...Richard MacKinnon is changing the city of Austin on a fundamental level. For a..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Battle on the Shuttle

For aggrieved UT drivers, the buck stops at Capital Metro

"...former Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1549 President Cordie Ray, the basis for the ongoing and fractious labor dispute between..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

In the next presidential election, only the Democrats can be counted on to preserve the Bill of Rights

"...Two weeks ago I documented the George W. Bush attack on the Bill of Rights:..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Attorney General John Ashcroft is stuffing our Bill of Rights into the shredder

"...In the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses, the presidential..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Within or Beneath the Din

"...There is no act more communal than speech, a shared..."

May 30, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The House Adjourns to Oklahoma

The House Dems may be losing the legislative wars, but they're finally winning the PR battle.

"...The good news is that for at least three days..."

May 16, 2003 News Column by Michael King

The Evidence of Things Unseen

Is Bush lying about Iraq? Can he prove that he's not?

"...On Nov. 21, The New York Times reported FBI Director Robert S. Mueller's..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...100 years, readers of literate nonfiction have gravitated to the brand names, the household names, of the historical profession..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

The $975,000 Question

The Hole in the Wall needs to dig itself out of one.

"...The Hole in the Wall has always been here and..."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Letters at 3AM

In setting up a "shadow" government, the Bush administration has flouted its obligation to obey and enforce the Constitution. September 11 may be the best thing to happen to Bush totalitarians.

"...Byrd, 84-year-old conservative Democrat of West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful and..."

March 22, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Last Sunset

The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo

"...This is the story of a family trauma. The loss of a..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood

Letters at 3AM

The 21st Century Announces Itself

"..."New York, the capital of the 20th century" -- so Norman Mailer..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

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