AltWeeklies Wire
Penrose Risingnew
In a downtrodden section of Detroit known as Penrose, a transformation is taking place through a collaboration of public and private interests, and is poised to resurrect a neighborhood all but lost to drugs and despair.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
05-21-2013 |
Housing & Development
Six Days of the Condornew
James Grady's 1974 pop thriller has some striking similarities to the Boston Marathon bombing.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
05-21-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: James Grady
Short and Sweet, No Longer Obsoletenew
Whether it's coercion from record companies or an imperfectionist's stance on music crafting, bands have a tendency to blend the bad in with the good.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
05-20-2013 |
Music
The Cruel Mysterynew
Extreme tiredness is one of the most frustrating symptoms of lupus.
Jackson Free Press |
Stephanie Carol Newell |
05-20-2013 |
Health
The Mother's Day Shootingsnew
The week following a bloody Sunday in New Orleans.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
05-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Summer Blockbustersnew
Although you wouldn't know it from the wild fluctuations in hot-cold flashes of rain-sunshine forecasts, the summer blockbuster movie season has officially begun.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
05-20-2013 |
Movies
Gatsby In Hell: Flames of Incompetence Consume Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann’s bastardization of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is a demeaning travesty.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-20-2013 |
Movies
We Can Turn DNA into Musicnew
An Eastern Washington University professor creates audio interpretations of living things.
The Inlander |
Seth Sommerfeld |
05-17-2013 |
Tech
Tags: Jonathan Middleton
Triumph for the Humpbacks?new
Why a Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council member wants the whales removed from the endangered species list.
Maui Time |
Anthony Pignataro |
05-17-2013 |
Environment
Tags: humpback whales
Open Season for Animal Abuse Videosnew
Ashley Nicole Richards, who filmed herself torturing and killing kittens, puppies, cats and dogs, was the first person brought up on revised federal crush-video charges -- which backfired magnificently.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
05-17-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Florida Dems Search for a Gubernatorial Candidatenew
The speculation runs rampant as Democrats ponder who will run against Rick Scott.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
05-17-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Mitch Perry
Look Way, Way upnew
Dark-sky preserves offer a light-pollution free look at the cosmic bodies above.
VUE Weekly |
Paul Blinov |
05-17-2013 |
Travel
Tags: dark sky preserve
Great Black Hopenew
Can Nina Turner become the first African-American Democrat to win statewide office in Ohio?
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Parker |
05-17-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Ohio Politics
Capitalist? Terrorist? Don't Be Reluctant to See This Thrillernew
"In that moment [of 9/11], I felt the awe, audacity, the ruthlessness of the act, surpassed only by its genius."
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
05-15-2013 |
Reviews
Mr. Sanford goes (back) to Washingtonnew
You could feel it in the air. The cautious optimism that characterized South Carolina Democrats' anxiety over the prospect of Elizabeth Colbert Busch being elected to Congress was gone. Polling numbers be damned, it was anybody's race going into the special election on May 7, and by the end of the day, it was still a toss-up.
Charleston City Paper |
Sam Spence |
05-15-2013 |
Policy Issues
