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Holiday Spirits
Throwing a Christmas get-together? Here are three seasonal cocktails guaranteed to make your guests jolly.
Columbus Alive |
Brian Lindamood |
11-24-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Bailey’s Irish cream, Lil' smokies
Garbage Gourmetsnew

In today's mass-consumption culture, just about everything you need can be found in the trash for free, provided you know how to look for it.
Columbus Alive |
Bret Liebendorfer |
11-17-2005 |
Culture
Rhyme & Reasonnew
Ursula Rucker insists she’s a poet, not a "spoken-word" artist.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
10-27-2005 |
Performance
Tags: Poetry, spoken word
Making Wavesnew

Christopher Columbus's reputation is still sailing through rough waters after five centuries of controversy, and two activists from the city that bears his name weigh in on how to observe next week's national holiday.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
10-06-2005 |
Commentary
Halloween Treat Or Crime Against Nature?
Jones Soda Co.'s mad flavor scientists come up with a beverage that tastes like a candy that's named for a grain.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
10-06-2005 |
Food+Drink
Angels and Agonynew

Rock 'n' roll poster artist Derek Hess draws on doom, gloom and Captain America for his fine art work.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
10-06-2005 |
Art
Ice Timenew

The Columbus Blue Jackets' go-to asskicker Jody Shelley chats about sticking up for the team and shooting for the playoffs.
Columbus Alive |
Brian Lindamood |
10-06-2005 |
Sports
Viva Las Vegasnew

A nascent photographer finds the neon graveyard for signs of Sin City's past, and shares the results.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-08-2005 |
Art
O.S. Chewnew

Here's a gameday game plan for finding good grub on the way to Ohio State home games.
Columbus Alive |
G.A. Benton |
09-08-2005 |
Food+Drink
Tongues Untiednew
Ryan Agnew and Dietrich Wegner create giant tongues and a human anus that proved the perfect backdrop for Texas weddings.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-01-2005 |
Art
Tags: anus, Georgia O’Keeffe
Giki for Tiki
Say aloha to the reinvention of the dying concept of the fraternal order.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-18-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Raising the Grainnew
Wood carver Edwin Jeffery finds historical, biblical and pop culture figures in his wood and has collectors asking "Why isn't this guy famous?"
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
08-04-2005 |
Art
Tags: Edwin Jeffery, Ray Charles
Hold the Potholdersnew
Columbus indie craft fair cuts up crafting’s frumpy image.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
07-28-2005 |
Fashion
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's a Real Dick
SuperDickery.com builds a compelling case accusing Superman of not only being a dick, but a super-dick.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-21-2005 |
Recreation
The Real Wonkanew
As filmmaker Tim Burton gives us another tour of Willy Wonka’s factory, here’s a guide to the Wonka candies available at your local store.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-21-2005 |
Food+Drink