AltWeeklies Wire
Gunkist Orangesnew
The Citrus War of 1936 is the most important event in Orange County history you've never heard of.
Tags: history
Las Vegas Stripnew
Vintage vixens of yesteryear meet up with the neo-burlesque starlets of today at the 16th Annual Miss Exotic World Pageant, one big glittering bridge to the ecdysiastical generation gap.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
06-07-2006 |
History
The Kent State Conspiraciesnew
What really happened on May 4, 1970?
Cleveland Free Times |
James Renner |
05-04-2006 |
History
Tags: history
A New Billy the Kid?new
The mad search for the bones of an American outlaw icon has come to Arizona.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
04-12-2006 |
History
Tags: history
Potentially Controversial Worknew
Decades before the Depression, Margaret May Dashiell was fascinated by the omnipresence and activities of black working people -- was she reinforcing racial stereotypes or recording personalities?
Style Weekly |
Edwin Slipek, Jr. |
03-21-2006 |
History
Tags: history
Black Atlanta Disappearsnew
Skip Mason has collected more than 3,000 posters, newspaper clippings, weathered photos and other odds and ends in order to help tell the story of black Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-23-2006 |
History
Tags: history
Bring the Paine!new
Screw fat old Ben Franklin and his 300th birthday -- Philadelphia should be celebrating a real revolutionary, the man without whom there'd be no America.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
02-13-2006 |
History
Tags: Thomas Paine, Tom Paine
Homecomingnew
One hundred and forty-one years after the Sand Creek Massacre, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians are reconnecting with their heritage and history in Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn |
Joshua Zaffos |
12-12-2005 |
History
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Killer Queennew
Mr. Rae Bourbon, a drag queen who was a headliner while Truman Capote was in Kansas City researching In Cold Blood, became tangled up in another murder.
Raze the Roofnew
Greed, neglect, and the bulldozer's blade chew away at the work of Francis Abreu, Fort Lauderdale's master builder.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
11-22-2005 |
History
Chasing Down Deannew
Fifty years after his death, America is still obsessed with James Dean. Was he that good, or is it just clever marketing that keeps the legend alive?
San Luis Obispo New Times |
John Peabody |
09-29-2005 |
History
Tags: history
Paradise Regained: Detroit's Legends of Burlesque Reminiscenew
The most famous exotic dancer in the history of Motown, Lottie The Body, and fellow stripteaser Toni Elling recall the glamourous days of burlesque in the 1960s and the struggles they faced as African-American dancers.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
08-03-2005 |
History
Folkcatcher: a lyrical legacy -- the story of the Campbell Folk Schoolnew
The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N. Car., has turned 75 years old. Modeled on Danish folkehojskoles, the principal founder was the model for the lead role in Maggie Greenwald's film "Songcatcher." Courses at the school cover all the things folks make and do: crafts, music, cooking, etc.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
03-18-2005 |
History
Fighting Under a Green Bannernew
History has nearly forgotten the story of the San Patricios, a battalion of U.S. Army deserters -- many of them Irish -- who fought for Mexico against the United States.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
03-17-2005 |
History
Down the Chisholm Trail Once More
By the time 1972 presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm died on New Year’s Day at the age of 80, her name had dropped off our nation’s radar. A documentary that premieres on PBS Feb. 7 sheds light on the lady with beatnik glasses, bird’s nest hair and defiant personality.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
01-13-2005 |
History
