SXSW: Pushing the Envelope With People of Letters

The Australian literary event revives two dying arts

"...Dear People of Letters,..."

March 13, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Showcase: People of Letters

Tuesday, March 12, 9:30pm, 18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn

"...Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire founded Women of Letters, a literary salon in Melbourne, Australia, in..."

March 8, 2013 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"...contacted Austin attorney Derek Howard to explore the prospect of filing a civil rights lawsuit. For several months, she..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Femmes Fatales: Rounding up Austin's Women of Mystery

"...Maxwell, Nancy Bell While driving on a lonely stretch of road, I get inspired. I see an abandoned farmhouse..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature by Anna Hanks

Out of Commission

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

"...as lizard-skin boots on Victoria Regina: 20 oil portraits of leading figures from the British literary scene at a..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bullock Museum Commemorates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Texas

“Sister Suffragist” tackles the timeline of women’s rights

"...On the second floor of the state history galleries, guarded by the zinc and..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Post by Savana Dunning

A House of My Own: Stories From My Life

In this collection of essays, letters, lectures, and more, Sandra Cisneros opens wide the doors to the house of her life

"...A House of My Own: Stories From My Lifeby Sandra Cisneros Knopf,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

Senate Confirms Abbott's Nominee for State Office of Administrative Hearings Chief

Governor's list has hundreds of unconfirmed "holdover" officials

"...The State Office of Administrative Hearings recently welcomed a new Chief Administrative..."

May 2, 2019 News Post by Michael King

AAAFF 2022 Review: Hidden Letters

Documentary explores a secret Chinese language created by women

"...mother to daughter for centuries in China, forming bonds of sisterhood and survival. Those secrets are finally translated in..."

June 28, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Traces of Red

"...even in their imaginations, with a corpse. Audaciously, Traces of Red uses the same device and, by doing so,..."

Sept. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...It was one of those days when Dagoberto Gilb was about to start..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Letters at 3AM: Why a Duck?

The Marx Brothers were funny but they weren't kidding

"...Groucho pursued his education almost 'til the end of sixth grade. He wrote that Chico was "the only..."

July 27, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Perry Continues Assault on Women's Health Care

Perry ends the WHP and blames it on the feds

"...Tuesday evening (a day early) this week, the Texas Women's Health Program was set to expire Wednesday, March 14,..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Battle of the Sexes

Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs

"...Billie Jean King played out as the circus sideshow of the “Me” Decade, promoted as a symbolic confrontation between..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Letters to Juliet

There's a lovely little arthouse movie buried in this romance starring Amanda Seyfried, although the film's commercial aspirations get in its way.

"...spill – and that’s putting it generously – then Letters to Juliet is like the safety shower in your..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Kings of Mean

The worst legacy of this administration is the terrible behavior it fostered in its citizens

"...that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Louis Black

In the Name of Ann Richards

AISD's School for Young Women Leaders is a district showcase – does its glittering reputation hide a darker side for teachers and students?

"...a story about the hard-drinking, hard-talking, silver-haired pit fighter of Texas politics. But she believed in redemption. She once..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...from the daily papers in candlelit rooms to residents of towns and cities in post-Civil War Texas, it seems..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The End of the Tour

Fictional but satisfying portrayal of a David Foster Wallace interview by a Rolling Stone reporter

"...masterwork Infinite Jest, which launched him into the stratosphere of celebrity authors, a position with which Wallace was famously..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters @ 3AM

Something in me still wants to be a World War I fighter pilot – which is not only nuts, but helps me understand why we will always make war

"...Like most boys, my favorite form of play involved fantasies of becoming a man and killing..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

The institution of marriage has been undone by the changes brought about by modern technology and therefore has nothing to fear from the legalization of gay marriages.

"...those two unknown people threaten the possible future marriages of your kids? How are you being harmed by the..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters of Intent

Possible rape victim Virginia Glore has found a champion in Charlotte Johnson.

"...Charlotte Johnson will tell you, she's never been much of a letter-writer. But in October, after reading the Chronicle..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

The stakes were suddenly higher. There was more possibility in the night and in their lives than they'd yet considered. The work of art itself gave them the energy to fulfill its expectations...

"...Thirty years ago a friend of mine -- we'll call her Jane -- was living..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Stephen Harrigan on A Friend of Mr. Lincoln

The Austin writer reveals the vision behind his portrait of the 16th president as a young man in his new novel

"...Of course we think we know the man on the..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

Our national self-doubt and self-conflict are nothing new, but what is new, in the last 40 years or so, is a state of confused and conflicted values. It is the signature of our era that we live in a world so unstable that its limits may be tested merely by a bumper sticker.

"...Driving 19th Street in Lubbock alongside the sprawling edifices of Texas Tech, the little tin-can car in front of..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

The Gospel according to Mel is not as it was

"...Art about Jesus rivals and often overwhelms the Gospels as a source of Christian feeling..."

March 5, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

In 2002, cinema has been the healthiest of our arts. The movies' range and variety relieve what has otherwise been a bleak time for our culture and our Constitution.

"...I walked out of Far From Heaven after a little over an hour,..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Weekend Tip: Queens of Cattle

Capitol Visitors Center honors women who rocked the Texas cattle boom

"...became Austin's herd du jour, fearless frontier blazing Texas women broke gender norms way back during the 19th century..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Post by Carmen Rising

The Keepers of Your Silence II

Letters at 3 AM

"...ancient taboo. At the time, Europe was a continent of state-enforced religions, where royalty's word was all and all..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

From the Vault: “The Guilt of Frank Sinatra”

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

"...tomorrow’s night Austin Symphony concert My Sinatra with Cary Hoffman – we couldn’t help jumping on the bandwagon and..."

Dec. 29, 2015 Arts Post by Michael Ventura

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