AltWeeklies Wire
A New Generation Redefines Craftwork on its Own DIY Termsnew
While old-school craftwork was forged by economic necessity and practicality as much as creativity, today's craft movement is both artsier and slipperier. It carries echoes of both '70s macrame power and '90s grrl power. It has a fierce anti-consumerist message, yet it's based on making and buying things.
Wine Trips on the Roads Less Travelednew
Napa and Sonoma valleys are the obvious choices when plotting a trip through wine country. But there are other pleasures to be found by going where many haven't ventured: Santa Barbara and Mendocino counties and Willamette Valley, Ore.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Bruce Maurey Backs Up the Band. With Color.new
While the up-and-coming jam band Equaleyes rocks the house, Maurey is busy painting it.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
05-07-2008 |
Art
The Perfect Food Shortagenew
With the United Nations aboard the local/organic bandwagon, global agriculture and distribution systems may get an assist in a more sustainable direction.
San Antonio Current |
Ari LeVaux |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Portland's Bike-based Food Businesses are Picking Up Speednew
Bicycle-based food businesses are sprouting like daisies, from a bike-based "cookie CSA" to a three-wheeled, single-origin coffee cafe.
Willamette Week |
Deeda Schroeder |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
One Artist's Leap Of Faith on the Post-Katrina Gulf Coastnew
Mississippi artist H.C. Porter documented two years of life on the post-Hurricane Katrina Gulf Coast, culminating in more than 50 mixed-media paintings rendering real Mississippians and their struggles.
Jackson Free Press |
Terri Cowart |
05-07-2008 |
Art
How Jeremy Williams' Death Devastated Orange County's First Pro Mixed-Martial-Arts Teamnew
In late 2006, when Marco Ruas was forming the Condors, he approached Williams about joining the team. Williams had quit fighting four years before to be a coach.
Lowcountry High Rollers Hope to Bring Roller Derby to Charlestonnew
A lot of girls in the area long to be named Miss South Carolina. More power to them. But only one girl in the land of pluff mud and seersucker suits decided that she would take on the name of Philly Phuck and refashion herself as a rock'em, sock'em roller derby queen.
Charleston City Paper |
Kinsey Labberton |
05-07-2008 |
Sports
Texas' Founding Contribution to Fast-Food Culture Hangs Onnew
Almost nine decades after the chain was born, only one Pig Stand remains, old No. 29 on Broadway in San Antonio. In its faded, pastel glory, it lingers like the last of an ancient species, rescued from the limbo of bankruptcy court, crouched below the interstate.
The Texas Observer |
John MacCormack |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
I Officially Denounce Flavor Flavnew
I simply cannot overemphasize how important Public Enemy has been to my life. Frankly, that's why I've never publically addressed the post-Public Enemy phenomenon of Flavor Flav's fame. But between Flavor of Love, I Love New York, and Charm School, he continues to rule over a televised empire based on ignorance, and I can stay silent no longer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
05-06-2008 |
Commentary
Fueled by Ramennew
I wondered if I could live for 30 days on the food stamp allotment without resorting to Wal-Mart, Hamburger Helper or the drive-through dollar menu. I put $162 in cash in an envelope and started the experiment.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
05-06-2008 |
Food+Drink
Can Pizza-Flavored Beer Really Be Any Good?new
To make sure you're keeping it classy, the creators of Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer recommend drinking the beer in a wine glass to get the full aroma. I obliged when I tried the beer last week; it's surprisingly decent and not at all what I expected: I didn't throw up.
New Haven Advocate |
Erin Lynch |
05-06-2008 |
Food+Drink
Reality Bitesnew
When a young chef tries to save teen lives through food, his students prove his toughest critics.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim McGinnis |
05-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Wetboys Skate for Funnew
It was fun while it lasted -- but now MTV wants to mainstream Colorado's weirdest skateboarders.
Where Should the Focus of Olympic Protest Lie?new
The pre-emptive repression of political speech of Olympic athletes is mind boggling. The entire reason the Olympics are even in Beijing is political in nature -- an effort by the West to embrace China as a 21st-century economic and military superpower. So why shouldn't athletes be allowed to voice protest?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Dave Zirin |
05-05-2008 |
Sports
