AltWeeklies Wire
Virginia Wine 2.0new
Michael Shaps is making Virginia wine work in a new way.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
02-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Women of The Yearsnew
Forget SI's vacant swimsuit smiles -- here are 20 babes whose babeness matters.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey, Emily Flake, Violet Glaze and Bret McCabe |
02-19-2008 |
Commentary
You + Me + Her + Himnew
We penetrate the world of multi-partner relationships and get the scoop on the Duke City's polyamorous community.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
02-19-2008 |
Culture
Is Western Culture Being Drowned By a Jism Tsunami?new
Porn isn't just the elephant in the room -- it's the naked elephant going "uh uh uh" as it frantically masturbates into the face of a bored lady elephant.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
02-19-2008 |
Commentary
Paul Polak Pumps Up Third World Farmers' Incomenew
He's been called the Johnny Appleseed of the treadle pump -- a simple foot-powered irrigation device that's enabled millions of farmers making $1 a day in places such as Bangladesh and Zambia to produce bigger crops and earn more.
Boulder Weekly |
Frank Greve |
02-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Practically Alive: The Art of Taxidermynew
Stuffing animals is far from a lost art at Wilderness Taxidermy & Outfitters, which mounts some 600 animals a year.
Mountain Xpress |
Kent Priestley |
02-15-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Radiation Therapynew
Low-power but high-minded, 105.9 FM The Radiator builds up steam in Burlington.
Seven Days |
Dan Bolles |
02-15-2008 |
Media
Tags: radio
Renegade Road Rally Spans from England to Gambianew
Here's a great getaway idea: Buy a 20-year-old $400 Volkswagen with 98,000 miles on eBay from a guy in England, get a good friend to fly with you to pick it up and then drive it through France and Spain, ferry to Morocco and drive through Mauritania and Senegal to Gambia. Then donate the car to a charity.
Shepherd Express |
Gary Knowles |
02-15-2008 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Onstage, the Sex Workers' Art Show Exploits Younew
Tour organizer Annie Oakley lists some aims of the show: Reveal sex workers as human; gain respect; demand rights; free one another from exploitation. But in practice, the show's intentions get a little murkier.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
02-14-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Wikipidiotsnew
On Wikipedia, anonymous users fight for control of the information you read on the popular online encyclopedia.
Tags: Wikipedia, computers & technology
Subversive Suppers: Sneak Peeks into Secret Eatingsnew
Supper clubs dance on the fine line between dinner party and illegal restaurant. It's basically just a bunch of hungry people getting together for a meal, yet once you start charging money at the door or passing around a donation jar, some would say it becomes something else.
Dig Boston |
Jennifer Cacicio |
02-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sex Workers' Art Show: More Than Bang for the Bucknew
The show is a humanizing, edifying, fun and possibly even moral event for anyone who has cast wanton eyes on a sex worker.
Dig Boston |
Marli Guzzetta |
02-13-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Female Architects Talk Shopnew
Thirty years ago, architecture was a man thing. Few women braved the drafting room, and even fewer stepped foot on construction sites.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
02-13-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Looking for Love in all the Cyber Placesnew
First comes curiosity and then a click or two on the proper sites.
Urban Tulsa Weekly |
Siara Jacobs |
02-13-2008 |
Culture
Three Reasons to Hate Facebooknew
Poking is just the beginning.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
02-13-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
