AltWeeklies Wire
V-Day, No Waynew

Eight Valentine's Day cards you don't want to receive.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
02-13-2013 |
Culture
How Nashville Became the Bombnew

How did Nashville get to be the 'It' city?
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley, Steve Haruch, Christine Kreyling, J.R. Lind, Elizabeth Jones, Ashley Spurgeon, Jack Silverman, D. Patrick Rodgers, Laura Hutson, Dana Kopp Franklin and Hannah Hyde |
02-08-2013 |
Culture
Tags: Nashville
Black Friday Forevernew

Let's express gratitude for what makes America great: Capitalism!
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
11-28-2012 |
Culture
Tags: Black Friday
A Burning Issuenew

Burning wood is back, baby. Maybe it never left. Several factors are perhaps contributing to the swift upturn in popularity of home heating via woodstove.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Jake Nichols |
11-09-2012 |
Culture
Shirtless Hurricane Horse-Man Wishes He Had Worked Out Morenew

Jimmy Kruyne, an account executive when he's not being a horse, says he bought a horse mask online a few years ago for random moments just like this.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
10-29-2012 |
Culture
PEZ in Shownew

How a New Mexico artist is living the sweet life.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limon |
10-18-2012 |
Culture
The Jousternew

Jouster Jeffrey Hedgecock of Ramona, California is one of just three Medieval armourers in the U.S.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
10-18-2012 |
Culture
Under Cover (Up) Assignmentnew

Experts spill some ink on remedying bad tattoos.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Zoltan Varadi |
10-13-2012 |
Culture
Creative Typesnew

A New Jersey transplant to Oxnard, Lincoln Kamm has the ability to make you question reality.
Ventura County Reporter |
Essie Lustig |
10-11-2012 |
Culture
Character Drivennew

He's part donut, part jalapeño, a quarter cupcake and all-around awesome.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
09-26-2012 |
Culture
Building Communitynew

Katie Creyts is taking art out of the classroom and into the real world.
The Inlander |
Carrie Scozzaro |
09-25-2012 |
Culture
Tags: teaching
40 years in Atlantanew

The best Atlanta has to offer, past and present, spanning four decades of CL
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
CL staff |
09-20-2012 |
Culture
Diets That Divide Usnew

Once upon a time, people didn’t really think too much about what they ate, as long as there was food on the table. Things are different today.
Ventura County Reporter |
George Warner |
08-24-2012 |
Culture
Tags: vegan, vegetarian
San Diego to San Francisco—by Bikenew

Held every October, the Million Dollar Challenge is a fundraising bike ride for challenged athletes in which participants cycle down the California coast from San Francisco to San Diego. The reverse route, however, can be considered a bucket-list item for cyclists.
San Diego Reader |
Bessy Leszczynski |
08-24-2012 |
Culture
Art, Bikes and Rock ’n’ Rollnew

Rock musician. Fine artist. Cycling champion. If lifelong Springfield resident Jeff Williams does not qualify as a genuine renaissance man, he’ll have to do until one comes along. In addition, these disparate areas of interest have built on each other throughout a 30-year career, in often unexpected ways.
Illinois Times |
Scott Faingold |
08-23-2012 |
Culture