AltWeeklies Wire
The Rise in Tattoo Removalnew

As tattoo art continues to explode in popularity, so, naturally, does its opposite.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
08-10-2011 |
Culture
A New Latin Quarternew

Michael Joe on how Vietnamese-Americans in eastern New Orleans are adapting to the area's new Hispanic population, and vice versa
Gambit |
Michael Joe |
08-09-2011 |
Food+Drink
Welcome to Creative Loafing's new beer columnnew

First Draft with the Wrecking Bar's Bob Sandage
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Austin L. Ray |
08-01-2011 |
Food+Drink
Spicing Up Sexy Storytellingnew

Stronger curation and stricter time limits do wonders for Bawdy Storytelling.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-28-2011 |
Performance
Sudsy Libationsnew

There's more to the world of beer cocktails than shots and chasers.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
07-27-2011 |
Food+Drink
North vs. South: A tale of two Tampasnew
She's seen the city from both sides now.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
07-26-2011 |
Commentary
Smoking or Non-Smoking? Letting the Customers Decidenew

How a New Orleans pub went non-smoking for a day ... and will try it again this week.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
07-20-2011 |
Recreation
Hot in the Kitchennew

As Cleveland's food scene explodes, more chefs are getting burned.
Cleveland Scene |
Douglas Trattner |
07-20-2011 |
Food+Drink
Biting the Big Applenew
San Francisco performers prepare for the New York International Fringe Festival.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
07-16-2011 |
Theater
Radio Snack: Food on the airwaves in Austinnew

Radio remains important to many people as a source of information, entertainment, and tribal connection. Music, news, sports, politics, gossip, religion, drama, and humor all have places across the spectrum of what we still call the dial. Food is no exception.
Austin Chronicle |
MM Pack |
07-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Intentionally or Not, Political Art Month Breeds Rabbits and Maizenew

It’s been two years since Contemporary Art Month decamped from its traditional summer home for the tourist-friendly month of March, but Gene Elder claims he doesn’t give a damn.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
07-14-2011 |
Art
Artifacts: Deborah Kuetzpalin Vasqueznew
One of the artists in the NALC show at R Gallery is Deborah Kuetzpalin Vasquez, whose paintings and drawings deal with themes of feminine empowerment from an Out Queer Latina and Indigenous viewpoint.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
07-14-2011 |
Art
Epic Intentionsnew

With 63 cities down and 437 to go, artist Timothy Bruehl is painting the world, and nothing can stop him.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
07-14-2011 |
Art
The Sexuality of Androgynous Singingnew

What is it that makes gender-ambiguous voices so different and appealing?
A Photographer Seeks to Emancipate the Modern Slavenew

For most of Middle America, black men are little more than the images projected from popular media outlets—a tattooed, incarcerated (and unintelligible) Lil Wayne, irresponsible fathers on Maury, and faceless men that fill prison beds at an alarmingly high rate. But for one gay white man, the black man is a source of elegance and beauty and a reminder of our larger cultural history.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Darren White |
07-13-2011 |
Art