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The Texas Redneck Games: A Redneck State of Mindnew

But don't confuse these hard partyers with white trash.
The Texas Observer  |  John MacCormack  |  09-10-2007  |  Recreation

Chess as a Summer Jobnew

Sign painter Cecil Locke has figured out how to play his favorite game all season -- and make a buck off it too.
Chicago Reader  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  09-10-2007  |  Recreation

Fall Guide '07new

Puccini's Turandot heralds a season of operatic proportions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Multiple  |  09-06-2007  |  Recreation

ISP: The Little Engine that Couldnew

Scrappy East Atlanta venue shuts its doors for now.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Lee Valentine Smith  |  09-05-2007  |  Recreation

Redneck Olympicsnew

The Redneck Olympics, which gets under way on Saturday in Memphis, features such redneck contests as bobbing for pigs' feet and the popular mud-pit belly-flop.
The Memphis Flyer  |  Chris Davis  |  08-31-2007  |  Recreation

Tug Versus Tugnew

For a day, New York's harbor tugs push against each other, not super cargo carriers.
New York Press  |  Becca Tucker  |  08-30-2007  |  Recreation

Pure Poetry: San Diego CityBeat's Annual Bar & Club Guidenew

In honor of a good drink and a good rhyme, CityBeat broke out the rhyming dictionaries and hit up some of our favorite watering holes to create as accurate-as-possible lists of amenities.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Kelly Davis, Edwin Decker, Sheena Hamilton, Troy Johnson, Kia Momtazi, Kinsee Morlan, Justin Roberts, David Rolland, Tina Safi, AnnaMaria Stephens, Kim Swain, Eric Wolff and Candice Woo  |  08-30-2007  |  Recreation

Revenge of the Nerdsnew

More know-it-alls are taking to the bars to show off their big brains and pickle them at the same time.
Westword  |  Adam Cayton-Holland  |  08-27-2007  |  Recreation

These Boots Are Made For It Allnew

The wrong footwear can make an outdoor excursion challenging, if not miserable -- take care in picking your boots, and don't let the new, lighter style of boot trick you into a bad hiking trip.
Jackson Free Press  |  Reed Branson  |  08-15-2007  |  Recreation

The Party Starternew

DJ Preston Craig is determined to put Atlanta's club scene on the map, and he's not letting anything — including a debilitating disease — stop him.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Mara Shalhoup  |  08-02-2007  |  Recreation

Perils of a Waterfront Paddlernew

Traffic jams, tankers and smoggy speedboats make for treacherous Toronto kayaking.
NOW Magazine  |  Roger Brook  |  07-27-2007  |  Recreation

The People's Park: Kings Dominion Always Takes You Backnew

A writer reflects on one of his old haunts, Kings Dominion, about what has changed and what hasn't.
Style Weekly  |  Brent Baldwin  |  07-18-2007  |  Recreation

Kings Dominion Always Takes You Backnew

Could I still enjoy myself at the famed theme park as a skeptical, some would say cynical, adult -- someone who at 35 is fairly wary of a lifetime of target marketing and corporate cross-promotion?
Style Weekly  |  Brent Baldwin  |  07-18-2007  |  Recreation

Nerdwatching: Geocachingnew

Team Alamo, the world's leading geocaching team, is dragging its GPS gear all across the country.
East Bay Express  |  Kara Platoni  |  07-18-2007  |  Recreation

It's 'All Luck and Driving' Out at the Demolition Derbynew

A demolition derby is not a tidy affair -- at the height of an eight-car heat, the air is pungent with exhaust fumes and mud clods are flying into the crowd.
Isthmus  |  Jason Joyce  |  07-16-2007  |  Recreation

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