AltWeeklies Wire
Patron Saints of East Bay Graffiti Finally Get Their Propsnew
A graffiti battle's inclusion in a literary festival says something about the current status of the medium. Now that hip-hop is the domain of pointy-headed intellectuals, it's not surprising to see graffiti follow suit.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-08-2008 |
Art
Rabbit Ridge Comes Through when Other Chardonnays Disappointnew
I bought the Rabbit Ridge Central Coast Barrel Cuvee Chardonnay ($8.48), and I concur: its distinctive fruity aroma, dryness, and medium body make a white wine that this red-wine lover would gladly try again.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
10-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Third Annual Mr. Hyphen Festival Subverts Popular Stereotypesnew
The concept for Mr. Hyphen had its genesis at a staff meeting about a year after Hyphen magazine's 2003 founding, though it didn't come together until 2006.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-01-2008 |
Culture
Is the Slow Food Movement Out of Reach for the Poor and Working Class?new
Social activists, like Brahm Amadi, director of People's Grocery in West Oakland, are questioning the Slow Food movement's relevance in a place as stratified and class-based as the Bay Area.
East Bay Express |
Alastair Bland |
10-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
Warm Weather Partners Well with White Wines, Especially Those Made to Lastnew
Say what you will about the quality of its contents, but it's widely accepted that the bag-in-a-box method of packaging is superior to bottling when it comes to preserving wine that's been opened. So I've pitted Trinchero Family Estate's Wine Cube brand of boxed wines, sold exclusively at Target, against $10-and-under value wines to see how they measure up.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
09-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, Target, summer, white wine, boxed wine, Pinot Grigio, Trinchero Family Estate, Wine Cube
Start-up Unseen.tv Hopes to 'Demystify' Part of the Internet Porn Industrynew
Founder Igor Urisman hopes to democratize the cyberporn industry ... and make it more respectable.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-17-2008 |
Tech
LOL, OIC, and WTF at ROFLThingnew
Meet the latest academic discipline and realm for cultural criticism: Internet culture studies.
East Bay Express |
Elsa Kim |
09-10-2008 |
Tech
'Spore' and the Evolution of Gamingnew
The new PC game Spore from Maxis lets users create life itself -- but what if video gamers don't want to evolve?
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
09-10-2008 |
Video Games
Last Days of the Oakland Raidersnew
When the team's lease at McAfee Coliseum expires in 2010, will the Raiders follow the Athletics in the search for a new home?
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-04-2008 |
Sports
The Wine Spectator Hoax Reminds Us to Do Our Homeworknew
While the Spectator's plight was greeted with an unseemly amount of gleeful schadenfreude in the blogosphere, I'm sure more than a few editors and critics laughed nervously at the news -- perhaps thinking back on which oaf their own research shortcuts might not fare too well under similar scrutiny.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
09-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Wineau: Où Est le Cork?new
Traditional, regulation-laden France begins to embrace new closures.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
08-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Olympic Marathon Runner Magdalena Lewy Boulet is Back on Tracknew
After failing to make the team in 2004, she had to start from scratch for this year's Olympic qualifier.
East Bay Express |
Kibby Kleiman |
07-24-2008 |
Sports
After Ten Years in Berkeley, Eric Drooker Still Dreams of New Yorknew
His drawings have a very specific time and place (Brooklyn or Manhattan, usually in the 1970s, almost always the same view), but they employ metaphors that anyone could pick up and understand. His mass-produced poster art, some of which is collected in the new postcard book, Slingshot, operates in much the same way.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-24-2008 |
Art
An Afternoon in Napa: Your Plan for 'Adult Disneyland'new
Napa Valley's scenery, and more importantly its wines, can be truly transporting. I suggest going on a weekday afternoon (come on, you can play hooky for a few hours this summer, can't you?) and visiting two wineries at most.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
06-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sleeping Around Craigslist: Casual Sex is Anything but Casualnew
It takes a woman about a thousand words and a condom to get laid on Craigslist. But for a woman to be laid properly -- by a passionate lover who knows what he's doing -- well, that's a whole different ball game. We should know: We are both middle-aged women who have spent the past eleven months sleeping around Craigslist.
East Bay Express |
Anna Reed and Lily Penza |
06-18-2008 |
Culture
