AltWeeklies Wire
Renaissance Festival Provides Respite for "Mundanes"new
"Rennies" who spend hundreds of dollars on historical garb may look weird to some, but if you're going to escape from what they call the Mundane World, why not transport yourself to a fantasy-based Renaissance that exists for only a month and a half in the middle of nowhere?
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
11-16-2004 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
William J. Clinton Presidential Center to Open in Little Rock Nov. 18new
The Clinton Center, with its accompanying Clinton School of Public Service in the remodeled historic Choctaw Railroad Station, inarguably lands Arkansas in the 21st century and gives city leaders hope of a bright future for Little Rock.
Arkansas Times |
Leslie Newell Peacock |
11-11-2004 |
History
The Downfallnew
A recovered fictional manuscript tells a chilling tale of a planet named Terra, uninhabitable after an unprecedented and mysterious event.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
11-11-2004 |
Commentary
Karma Cleanser: Are My Hours Actually Working Affecting My Karma?new
My co-workers are logging 60 hours a week, but I figured out that I can log into our system from home and create the appearance that I'm working, even if I'm just surfing or watching TV. But then bad things started happening.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
11-11-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Corkscrew: South African Winemakers Get the Funk Outnew
Gone are the rhinoceros dung and antelope hoof aromas, replaced by delicate fruit, oak and florals. Perhaps it's time to introduce South Africa to your watering hole.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
11-11-2004 |
Food+Drink
Southern Writer Ventures Forth to Fathom America's Favorite Foodsnew
At turns comic, giddy and philosophical, John T. Edge introduces his readers to Leslie Austin and his Creole fried chicken; fried pies flavored with Coca-Cola; the odd marriage of chicken and waffles; and a New Mexican who adds green chili to the apple pies he sells.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bill Addison |
11-11-2004 |
Food+Drink
Charles Nelson's Meditations on Race, Identity and Public Spacenew
Atlanta-based artist Charles Nelson is like some great below-the-radar indie band: beloved by a few, unknown to many.
Part of the reason he's below the radar, and also why his work feels like such a shot of adrenaline on the Atlanta art scene, is because Nelson is not in the business of pleasing anyone.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-11-2004 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Don't Panic: What's Gonna Happen When Yasser Arafat Dies?new
Other than decomposing, the first process that Arafat's death will initiate is the one to succeed him. Arafat's is a mighty big towel to fill. So big, in fact, that his underlings have decided to get a head start by jockeying for good positions already.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
11-11-2004 |
Commentary
G.W. Makes the World Go 'Roundnew
Mo'tel Williams Records and the Ghetto Science team bring to you the single "G.W. Makes the World Go 'Round." Chorus: And G.W. makes the world go ‘round -- another sad fairy tale. What will happen to us now? What’s down the road ahead? G.W. makes the world go 'round.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
11-10-2004 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
I'm a Decent Human Being, Toonew
Christians think homosexuals are hell-bound, but we're actually pretty decent people. And quite a few of us want to love God, too. So let us.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
11-10-2004 |
Commentary
A Blue Statenew
Young artists from San Francisco and Los Angeles are well represented at the Orange County Museum's California Biennial. A thematically related traveling exhibit, "Baja to Vancouver: The West Coast and Contemporary Art," encompasses an even broader geographic and psychological range.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Glen Helfand |
11-10-2004 |
Art
How to Break Up With a Married Mannew
It's common knowledge that dating someone who's wed to another is a very bad idea. An affair shows the heights of stupidity otherwise clever people will climb when tangled up in a mire of depression and loneliness.
New York Press |
Judy McGuire |
11-10-2004 |
Advice
The Blame Gamenew
Handyman Carl Spackler came forward yesterday to admit that a door he installed on former Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy's Greenwood Village house several years ago was not hung to code.
Through a Glass, Darklynew
Men's Health toasted Denver as the "Drunkest Big City in America." How it gained that reputation can be learned by reading the Denver magazine Modern Drunkard and a book on the history of Denver saloons.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun and Staff Writers |
11-09-2004 |
Food+Drink
No Virgins, No Velvet: Latin Art Is Being Redefinednew
This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opened "Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America." The exhibit has been called the most important event for Latin American art in the history of the United States.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
11-08-2004 |
Art
