AltWeeklies Wire
The FBI in Sin Citynew
Newly declassified FBI documents paint a (sometimes comic) picture of the agency's activities in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas CityLife |
Jason Whited |
06-10-2011 |
History
The Hidden Dandelions in Gudjon Bjarnason’s Wreckagenew
The current exhibition “DySTOPic ProgressiONs” fills the main room at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center with Gudjon Bjarnason’s trademark sculpture made of blown-up building materials. The works on view were made recently with C-4 and other explosive materials and the assistance of a team of pyrotechnicians supervised by the San Antonio Police Department Bomb Squad.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
06-10-2011 |
Art
Q&A-Hole: The Bar Belle interviews Tom Greennew
Interviewing celebs: The good, the bad and the bitchy.
LEO Weekly |
Sara Havens |
06-08-2011 |
Commentary
Fallen Ridernew
High school basketball phenoms Jason Kidd and J.R. Rider once vied for Alameda stardom. Now, one is playing for an NBA title, while the other's life is in shambles.
East Bay Express |
Paul Gackle |
06-08-2011 |
Sports
CSAs: Produce to Your Doornew
Plus: Recipe for kale chips.
INDY Week |
Joyce Clark Hicks |
06-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: CSAs, Kale Chips
Baseball's Robin Hoodnew
The number of inner-city black youth who play baseball has declined rapidly, but Jeff Humphrey is helping keep dreams alive in the urban East Bay.
East Bay Express |
Paul Gackle |
06-03-2011 |
Sports
Eating Local: A Challenge or a Snap?new
The New Orleans locavore movement.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
06-03-2011 |
Food+Drink
Why Is Portland Google's Guinea Pig?new
Google has been all over Portland lately. Billboards, stickers, concerts, promos—there are more rainbow "o"s downtown than rainbow flags these days.
Willamette Week |
Ruth Brown |
06-03-2011 |
Tech
Tags: Google
Roots in the Garden of California’s Bohemianew
Charles Fletcher Lummis, L.A.’s “renaissance man” from the turn of the last century, began building El Alisal in 1897. Later, he liked to throw soirées on Saturday nights there among the sycamores on the Arroyo Seco. That is the memory people will try to recreate at El Alisal and along the arroyo when artists, poets, musicians and dancers celebrate “Charles Lummis Day” on Sunday, June 5.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
06-03-2011 |
Commentary
The Vampire Woman of Mexiconew
With two sets of titanium horn implants, permanent fangs and pretty much every square centimeter of her body covered in tattoos, Mexico's "Vampire Woman" has become an instant weblebrity.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
06-02-2011 |
Culture
Tags: Lady Gaga, Mariajose Cristerna
This Side of Paradise: MOCA Jax celebrates the weird art of the Rev. Howard Finsternew
Folio Weekly chronicles the life of the artist Reverend Howard Finster (1916-2001) and the exhibit "Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Finster."
Folio Weekly |
Dan Brown |
06-02-2011 |
Art
Mozelles Does it Fresh and Southernnew
Mozelle’s is no five-star joint — it’s far too casual and comfortable for that — but it has a degree of funkified class and artful presentation that has created a buzz among Greensboro locals.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
06-01-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Mozelle
Meet Up, Break Innew
A night with Louisville’s urban explorers.
LEO Weekly |
Anne Marshall |
06-01-2011 |
Recreation
The Decline Of Nudismnew
Either we're all letting it all hang out now, or we're more uptight than ever.
Hartford Advocate |
Greg Beato |
06-01-2011 |
Culture
Transgenderism and Transsexualism are Expressions of Life-Loving Inventionnew
By living their lives, transpeople invite everyone to question his or her assumptions. The invitation is a reminder to us all that change is what we are.
