Dispatches From the Center of Alt-Reality With Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW

The Meta CEO beams in to predict his future and little else

"...While the world watches in horror as Russian forces continue to pummel the..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Tom Cheredar

"If These Walls Could Talk" at Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery

The artists in this Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery exhibition get the walls not only to talk but to spin some fantastic tales

"...The title of the current exhibition at Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery sets up visitors to..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Local Nonagenarian Author Speaks at BookPeople Sunday

Babette Hughes hosts an event for her Kate Brady mystery trilogy

"...The Hat, winner of 2011-2012 Texas Association of Authors' Historical Fiction..."

July 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Letters at 3AM: The Sadness That Stays

When the world inside you is no longer the world around you, that's called aging

"..."Can Google Solve Death?" Time ran that headline on its cover last September...."

April 18, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Range War at the Dobie Ranch

A bulldozer's intrusion onto 'enchanted' property uncovers the struggles of UT's historic retreat for writers

"...the sun shines down on a clearing dotted with wildflowers. Red-and-gold Indian blankets and top-heavy Mexican hats bob in..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Amy Gentry

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 was a week away, the final music festival of Austin's yearly marathon,..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM: A Prayer at the End of My Rope

The crucial element of prayer is "no alibis"

"...Smith called me the other night to tell me that, in a disembodied way, I'd participated in Smith's meetings...."

Feb. 11, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: 'O' Is for Oligarchy

'Oligarchy' is a big, bad word that defines the country we still call a republic

"...of American Political Science Review: "An oligarchy is an organization characterized by the fact that ... the highest degree..."

April 9, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

The prose themes of Willa Cather are timeless

"...Writing about masturbation just wasn't done in 1919, but Willa Cather got..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

We Come From the Land of the Ice and Snow

Sword drummer Trivett Wingo hammers out an appreciation of Led Zeppelin III

"...Zeppelin III Viking flagship "Immigrant Song." Robert Plant's wordless invocation, Jimmy Page's "threshing oar," John Paul Jones' battering basslines,..."

March 28, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Range War at Commissioners Court

Officials choose up sides over law firm's proposal to privatize tax collections

"...Aleshire left public office in 1998, few people believed that the county's most colorful political maverick would quietly fade..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Mayor's Task Force on the Economy is not completely clear on the concept.

"...At the Real Estate Council of Austin candidate forum last..."

April 18, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM

Our secret fantasies were made public by Elvis Presley.

"...Two, maybe three years ago, in Lubbock, late on a hot weekend night, driving with Deborah on..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.

"...Great cinema, like great painting, teaches that seeing is a..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

The paradox of possiblities exhibited by the 20th century -- from Auschwitz to Ginger & Fred.

"...and Columbine -- the year when many Americans said, at one and the same time, that they were basking..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Long-Awaited Reforms at Austin Police Academy Just Aren’t Happening. Why?

How the fish rots

"...is critical to shifting APD officers away from a "warrior" mindset and toward a "guardian" mindset, as the community..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

There Is a Light That Will Never Go Out at Austin's Drive-In Theatres

Theatres may be shuttered, but the in-car cinema experience still shines bright

"...business is nervous right now. It seemed like cinemas were the first industry to go into a coronavirus lockdown..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...one: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has one 140-day regular legislative session, but can't get the House and Senate to..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Page Two: We're All Monsters Here

On the subject of this year's Halloween cover

"...brutally for itself. It makes a certain fantasy explicit, that a male-dominated legislature that does not care about women's..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Column by Louis Black

No Room at the Health Care Inn

State policies endangering women's lives in the Valley

"...In the wake of 2011's devastating cuts to the state's family planning budget, nine of..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: The Second Story

Remembering the cowardice and dysfunction of the White House on 9 / 11

"...this: "The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek agree the first plane hit at 8:45am EST; The..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

City Hall Hustle: Make Yourself at Home

Neighborhoods split over burgeoning vacation rentals

"..."Vacation – All I ever wanted..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Letters at 3AM

In the world of Charlie Chaplin chaos reigns … and is celebrated: The Little Tramp turns 90

"...and reveled in Sennett's only theme: chaos. One event that sort of makes sense leads to another that makes..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...It's a safe bet that awestruck audiences of the 1850s and 1860s, paying their..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Letters at 3AM

All the tumult, all the culture, all the relentless historical brouhaha, has not changed the irreducible loneliness that haunts us.

"...was born in 1817, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were writing each other the most important letters in the..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Writer-at-Large

"...photograph by Brett Brookshire In America, or at least in Texas, an eight-year-old boy who tells adults..."

May 14, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Books Discussed in This Essay

"...The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-Finance Fraudsters by Greg Palast Penguin..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Call and Answer

It's been a hard spring of politics in Texas; now it's time to relax with a book.

"...After following the Legislature for five months, I welcomed the request from Chronicle..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...years, Robert Schenkkan's LBJ drama All the Way premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; moved to Broadway with Bryan..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...Fox was faced with an emotional quandary. The previous week, a student stole a book from the library at..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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