AltWeeklies Wire
Concussions Trump Guns in the NFLnew

NFL shows sympathy for Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher; minimal thoughts for his 22-year-old girlfriend Kasandra Perkins after Belcher's act of murder-suicide.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
12-07-2012 |
Sports
Tags: Kasandra Perkins
Blood Sportnew

Carlos Condit, mixed martial arts' 'Natural Born Killer,' heralds the rise of combat sports in New Mexico.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Joey Peters |
12-05-2012 |
Sports
Tags: MMA, Carlos Condit
Birth of a Comicnew

Jacksonville artist takes 'Dan in Space' to New York Comic Con and dreams of more adventures.
Folio Weekly |
S. Carson Howell |
12-05-2012 |
Art
Like Them Applesnew

Getting to the core of the Northern California craft cider boom.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
12-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: hard cider, craft cider
Tall Tales From a Condemned Spacenew

As Calgary's old Herald building awaits its date with a wrecking ball, one old scribe looks back on what it stood for.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Bob Blakey |
11-30-2012 |
History
Gimme Eldernew

“I want to show the wrinkles,” 60-year-old photographer Hal Kahn says of his forthcoming show, which consists exclusively of portraits of senior citizens.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
11-28-2012 |
Art
Black Friday Forevernew

Let's express gratitude for what makes America great: Capitalism!
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
11-28-2012 |
Culture
Tags: Black Friday
The Earthiest Roastnew

A gourmet meal is cooked in compost.
Seven Days |
Corin Hirsch |
11-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Agriculture
Guy Fieri and the Perils of Middlebrow Foodnew

The bad food diaries.
Charleston City Paper |
Robert Moss |
11-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
Really Good Chitnew

An Oregon brewery grows their own really good chit. But this chit is different. It's one of beer's most important ingredients: malted barley.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Mike Tessier |
11-15-2012 |
Food+Drink
The New Cold Warnew

On the front lines of the costly fight for America's high-tech future.
Seattle Weekly |
Caleb Hannan |
11-09-2012 |
Tech
A Burning Issuenew

Burning wood is back, baby. Maybe it never left. Several factors are perhaps contributing to the swift upturn in popularity of home heating via woodstove.
Planet Jackson Hole |
Jake Nichols |
11-09-2012 |
Culture
Early Calgary's Boozy Bad Boynew

Bob Edwards was a boozer, a satirist, a fearless editor and a precursor to the great gonzo journalists of the '60s.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Drew Anderson |
11-08-2012 |
History
Shirtless Hurricane Horse-Man Wishes He Had Worked Out Morenew

Jimmy Kruyne, an account executive when he's not being a horse, says he bought a horse mask online a few years ago for random moments just like this.
Washington City Paper |
Will Sommer |
10-29-2012 |
Culture
Scary Sudsnew

These pumpkin beers are less than smashing.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Mike Tessier |
10-25-2012 |
Food+Drink