AltWeeklies Wire
How to Destroy a Citynew
Two books try to upend familiar systems; one succeeds.
The Stranger |
Paul Constant |
08-15-2013 |
Books
St. Petersburg's Pier Warsnew
With a final vote imminent, a look at the forces that shaped the battle over the St. Pete Pier.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
08-15-2013 |
Business & Labor
Tags: St. Petersburg Pier
Public Art, Private Decisionsnew
Atlanta's public art policy aimed at preventing controversy might also step on free speech.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Debbie Michaud |
08-15-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Happy Trails? The Battle Over a Bike Pathnew
Everyone agrees that bike paths are great, except for one man who spent a decade trying to protect an AIDS garden.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
08-15-2013 |
Housing & Development
Advice—Lots of Advice—for Jeff Bezosnew
We asked various journo types, from public radio hosts to media empire queens, to offer Jeff Bezos their two cents on how to run the Washington Post. Normally we'd advise the owner to stay the hell out of editorial operations. Now we ask Bezos to ignore that advice so he can follow all this advice on how to meddle most effectively.
Washington City Paper |
Jonathan L. Fischer, Guy Raz, Tyler Brûlé, Mark Athitakis, Mike Riggs, Arianna Huffington, Dan Kois, Kara Swisher, Mario R. García, Ryan Kearney, Mike Paarlberg, Betsy Rothstein, Jason Cherkis, Ted Scheinman, Andrew Beaujon and Benjamin R. Freed |
08-15-2013 |
Media
Tags: Jeff Bezos
The Somerville Files: A Four Part Investigative Seriesnew
For 10 months, three reporters dug into the unseemly political underbelly of the City of Somerville, where the power and privilege of an elite few has dominated and perverted municipal progress for decades. The Somerville Files is the culmination of their work, which pulls back the hip urban Somerville facade to reveal a shadow government amidst both turmoil and transition.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro |
08-15-2013 |
Housing & Development
What if Nikki Haley Runs for President in 2016?new
South Carolina's hip, young governor has a compelling story. Nikki Haley is the state's first female and minority chief executive, a conservative suburbanite in spike heels with a Dixie drawl.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
08-15-2013 |
Elections
Kissing Oscar Wildenew
Jade Sylvan is an award-winning poet, author, performance artist, yoga teacher, and bon vivant based in Cambridge. Or as she puts it: “Troubadour, Eschatologist, Bum.” Her latest book, Kissing Oscar Wilde: A Love Story in the City of Light is out October 3—here’s a sneak peek at the first few chapters.
Dig Boston |
Jade Sylvan |
08-14-2013 |
Excerpts
Bushwhacking Through California Parksnew
Years of state and federal budget cuts, including federal sequestration earlier this year, have resulted in overgrown trails, dirty bathrooms, and garbage-strewn picnic areas.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-14-2013 |
Environment
Right to Bare Breastsnew
Not all exposure is indecent. Just ask the topless model arrested in downtown Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jessica Blankenship |
08-14-2013 |
Civil Liberties
How Asheville, N.C. got an in-town Chick-fil-A drive-thrunew
Chick-fil-A will open half a mile from downtown Asheville, a progressive city with a nationally recognized local food scene. Since 2005, the property where Chick-fil-A will open has entangled residents in a debate about what Asheville should look like in the future.
Mountain Xpress |
Emily Patrick |
08-14-2013 |
Housing & Development
What you mean when you order a "dry" winenew
We ask the word "dry" to do sensory work for us, using it as a catchall for any number of preferences.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
08-14-2013 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Dry Wine Meaning
Adventure Starts Herenew
Summer’s lush tail-end is here. The season has been stewed to perfection, and now it’s time to surround yourself in nature. Time to climb a mountain and scream with the eagles. Time for a hike.
Dig Boston |
Scott Murry |
08-13-2013 |
Recreation
A Celebration of George Duke, a Great Musicion and a Good Guynew
The death of keyboardist George Duke at 67 last week brought back memories of the ‘70s when I smoked dope with him nearly every day.
Random Lengths News |
lionel Rolfe |
08-12-2013 |
Music
A Deeply Melancholic Statenew
A couple of days ago I was in a deeply melancholic state because of various personal struggles, including health and financial issues and an ex-wife I still love, but it all is leavened with the sense that as one approaches the end of life, the world becomes a much more apocalyptical place.
Sitting here in Los Angeles, I gazed at recent photographs of Nelson Mandela in South Africa wearing a kind of a beatific smile. It left me wondering if he really felt that sanguine about the planet he is leaving soon. I pondered these matters in part because it evoked some powerful links in my own life.
Mandela, as we all know, was a compatriot of another great Apartheid leader--Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who I saw in 1999 at Westminster Abbey in London at a memorial for the violinist Yehudi Menuhin--who also is my uncle.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
08-12-2013 |
Commentary
