AltWeeklies Wire
'Hawaii's Wounded Knee': Remembering the Olowalu Massacrenew
In late January 1790, an American sea captain slaughtered more than a hundred Hawaiians there in a massacre that though largely forgotten today, was every bit as horrific as Wounded Knee.
Worcester's best kept secret: The American Antiquarian Societynew
The American Antiquarian Society, situated on the corner of Park Ave. and Salisbury Street in Worcester, Mass., houses much of the documented early history of the United States — in fact, six out of 10 paper items printed in the country’s first 100 years can be found in its enormous collection that includes letters, booklets and pamphlets by our founding fathers.
Worcester Magazine |
Brian Goslow |
01-31-2014 |
History
Imagine: John Lennon on Long Islandnew
A little-known tale about the Beatle's adventures along the North Shore and its influence on Double Fantasy.
Long Island Press |
Christopher Twarowski |
10-05-2013 |
History
You Write "Theatre," I Write "Theater"new
Why are some folks so passionate in their preference for "theatre" or "theater"? History illuminates the sociopolitical aspects of the argument.
Jonestown's Medicine Mannew
A young Houston physician designed a lethal cocktail that killed more than 900 men, women, children and babies at a place that was supposed to be a paradise but is better known as Jonestown.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
01-30-2013 |
History
New MLK Recordings Reveal Thinking Before Birmingham Protestsnew
Just released recorded conversations between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesuit Priest Fr. Albert Foley offer insight into the civil rights leader's thinking as the Birmingham Protests were underway and just before King would write "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
Tall Tales From a Condemned Spacenew
As Calgary's old Herald building awaits its date with a wrecking ball, one old scribe looks back on what it stood for.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Bob Blakey |
11-30-2012 |
History
Early Calgary's Boozy Bad Boynew
Bob Edwards was a boozer, a satirist, a fearless editor and a precursor to the great gonzo journalists of the '60s.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Drew Anderson |
11-08-2012 |
History
Letters from the End of the Worldnew
The letters of Testuzo Hirasaki, a Japanese-American interned at the Santa Anita racetrack (dubbed "Santa Japanita") following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
San Diego Reader |
Jeff Smith |
08-30-2012 |
History
Tags: Japanese Internment
Nixon's Swiss Stashnew
Did a secret money stash of President Nixon's help finance a San Diego suburb?
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
07-18-2012 |
History
The Rise and Fall of the Easy-Bake Ovennew
I'll tell you about the hardscrabble times, the lean years, when we Toughskins-wearing moppets baked cakes in an oven using two measly light bulbs. And they weren't even compact fluorescent!
Tags: Easy-Bake Ovens
Urban Myth: Ozzy Osbourne Pissed on the Alamonew
On January 19, 1982, a month after he stole headlines by biting the head off a bat during a concert, British heavy metal rock star Ozzy Osbourne gained even more notoriety when he was arrested in San Antonio for urinating on the memorial cenotaph in Alamo Plaza.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
04-18-2012 |
History
The Bloody, Sexy Beginnings of Valentine's Daynew
When you're giving your significant other overpriced flowers and candies tomorrow, remember this: You're celebrating the brutal beheading of a dude who just wanted to help horny youngsters.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
02-14-2012 |
History
Tags: Claudius the Cruel, St. Valentine
Library Seeks to Save Jefferson’s Papersnew
In three years, Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Articles of Confederation, helped secure French aid for the Revolutionary War and deployed soldiers to fight Native Americans on Virginia’s western frontier. Now, the Library of Virginia is restoring all 2,500 of Jefferson’s executive papers, which date from 1779 to 1781, to ensure they survive as long as his legacy.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-17-2011 |
History
Virginia's Neglected Patch of Civil War Battlefieldsnew
Over a century after the real skirmish, the Battle of Waynesboro unfolds on a privately held piece of land that once belonged to Confederate Major William Patrick.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
06-28-2011 |
History
