Love for Whitman From Buffalo!

"...Dear Editor, Re: The Whitman CD review [“Texas Platters,” Music, April 11]: I absolutely..."

April 17, 2008 Postmarks

The Good Music Club: Nano Whitman

Meet Nano Whitman via three TGMC clips

"...Music Club turns up another local prize in Nano Whitman. And don't miss the visualists next taping, Monday at..."

April 27, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ventura Enlightened Readers About Whitman!

"...Dear Editor, What a superb introduction to Walt Whitman [“Letters @ 3am,” July 22]! Way to go Michael..."

July 27, 2005 Postmarks

Best Charles Whitman Impression

Wannabe Sniper Outside SXSW

"...UT Tower shooting. In fact, Grant actually played the Whitman-esque character in the film as well. We're glad he..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Best of Austin Feature

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

Charles Whitman in the UT Tower

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins Imagine: It's a sunny Monday,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

The DUFF

Bye-bye bullies and basket cases; enter the DUFF – shorthand for designated ugly fat friend.

"...Directed by: Ari Sandel. Starring: Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Ken Jeong, Allison Janney, Bianca..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Wrong

"...look-alike (and think-alike), Martha has a chance encounter with Whitman Crawford (Pullman), a handsome, sensitive, rich, romantic, Jaguar convertible-driving..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Capital T Theatre's I and You

Lauren Gunderson's play uses Whitman's "Song of Myself" as a vehicle for two teens on the cusp of adulthood to explore identity

"...Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": I knew there was a reason..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson boards another train of ironic whimsy, although this time the train is quite literal and not just the train of thought in his head.

"...the funk experienced in Darjeeling by Schwartzman's character, Jack Whitman. In the feature, Jack joins his brothers, Francis (Wilson)..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monday, Monday

Elizabeth Crook's new novel charts the ripples radiating out from the Whitman shootings

"...flesh underneath may remain a bit scarred, imperfect. Charles Whitman's shooting rampage from the UT tower in August 1966..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by Danielle White

Hope Floats

"...Starring: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman, Michael Paré, Cameron Finley and Kathy Najimy. Hope doesn't..."

May 29, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Fine Day

"...by: Michael Hoffman. Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Holland Taylor, Ellen Greene..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Song About Himself

Walt Whitman's spirit logs on to social media with imagination in this Mickle Maher drama

"...Song About Himself are shards of poetry by Walt Whitman – the title itself an allusion to his verse..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

ABCs of Death 2

Let us count the ways this compilation of 26 short films gets its spook on.

"...Let’s not kid ourselves, though: This is basically a Whitman’s Sampler of poor taste, and a tastier one at..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Howl

Howl is a must-see for Beat freaks and poetry geeks but might not be an enriching experience for newcomers to the work of Allen Ginsberg.

"...poem whose sensibilities bespeak both the Beat logorrhea and Whitman-esque exaltation of the natural world. Additionally, there is the..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The International

This conspiracy thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts never gets past second gear.

"...Salinger and his partner in paranoia, U.S. Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts), who have scoured the earth – from Milan..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Happening

In M. Night Shyamalan's mystery spooker, logic-defying episodes of death and destruction suddenly erupt across America.

"...might've cooked up during a mescaline-fueled all-nighter spent reading Whitman's Leaves of Grass: "Unseen buds, infinite, hidden well …..."

June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The New World

Instead of a great story about the conflicted origins of the American nation, Terrence Malick interrupts his transcendental observations for a dopey love story between John Smith and Pocahontas.

"...movie industry’s techno overdrive, it’s good to have a Whitman-esque filmmaker whom we can rely on to venerate the..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hi-Line

"...A man named Sam Polvino (Alosio) drives to snowy Whitman, Montana, checks into a motel, and looks in the..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Delicate Art of the Rifle

"...his best friends, who is named, ironically enough, “Walt Whitman,” decides to continue his spiritual ancestor's legacy of fine..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Tower'

New documentary will focus on the 1966 UT Tower shooting

"...1966. That's when engineering student and former Marine Charles Whitman killed his wife and mother, climbed the Tower, and..."

April 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

UT Tower Shooting 50th Anniversary

"...memorial unveiling. On Aug. 1, 1966, engineering student Charles Whitman opened fire on campus while perched on top of..."

Aug. 1, 2016 Photo Gallery

Letters at 3AM

No recent commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' shared the poem's spirit or its author's invitation to expand the very definition of 'human being'

"...verbiage in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass? Op-eds, scholarly papers – genteel exercises..."

July 22, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

For Whom the Bells Toll

Lege enacts campus carry on the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting

"...that time, 50 years ago on Aug. 1, Charles Whitman took his first shot while perched on the tower's..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Letters @ 3AM

The author offers notes for a poem that tells how the America of our hearts is a forgotten country.

"...their own ways, their connections strong but oblique. As Whitman taught, a wild culture on a vast continent can't..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Puerto Rican Literature The Land of the Brave Lord

"...is not so different from American writing before Walt Whitman illuminated and energized it, gave it direction and purpose,..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Books Feature

Playback: Record Store Day

Record Store Day – inclusive, not exclusive

"...seconds and receive 50% off anything in the store. Whitman..."

April 19, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tower

Austin-made doc re-creates the UT Tower massacre with stunningly powerful immediacy

"...and humanizes the victims, survivors, and witnesses to Charles Whitman’s shooting spree from atop the University of Texas Tower..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Filmmaker Keith Maitland on Tackling Tower

Innovative doc animates the UT Tower Massacre

"...lore. On Aug. 1, 1966, former U.S. Marine Charles Whitman killed his wife and mother, drove to the UT-Austin..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Right Snuff

Savage survivor and Sex Pistols witness Artly Snuff isn't just another face in Austin's eccentric crowd

"...fresh blood on the sidewalk. The policeman that [Charles] Whitman killed they had just carried away in the ambulance...."

July 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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