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Stir It Upnew
Low breaks pace from their past with The Great Destroyer.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
02-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New Romanticsnew
Lying, cheating, swapping, memory erasing, and attempted homicide -- these days, date movies are not for the faint of heart.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lynn Rapoport |
02-09-2005 |
Movies
Horrid Horrornew
Hide and Seek leaves viewers with questions, like: Why is Robert De Niro trying to destroy his career?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hide and Seek, John Polson
Out of Thin Airnew
The writer fell 15 feet while climbing in the North Cascades last summer, and might have died were it not for the people he met along the way.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
02-03-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Botanists Set Out to Chronicle Our Biological Heritagenew
From the command center of Missouri Botanical Garden, brigades of taxonomists are fanning out to identify all the continent's plants, past and present. Their results will be recorded in the 30-volume Flora of North America encyclopedia.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
02-01-2005 |
Science
Divorce Mediator Was Not the Lawyer He Claimed to Benew
Gary Karpin operates what he says is a booming one-man mediation business called "Divorce With Dignity." Two clients say he preyed on vulnerable divorcees, both romantically and financially.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
02-01-2005 |
Children & Families
On Miami's Streets, Crack Killsnew
A man known on the streets as Santa Claus experiences the death of his life in a pipe, on a bike, in a lot.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
02-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
When Will Barack Obama Find His Voice on Iraq?new
The new senator from Illinois was an early opponent of the war, but now his silence is showing.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
01-28-2005 |
Commentary
Inauguration Protesters Fear What Will Come Nextnew
The co-founders of the feminist publication Xika carried an adrenalized sense of purpose after attending protests at George W. Bush's inauguration. Their experiences in D.C. also compelled them to re-examine their opinions about democracy, tolerance and societal change.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
01-28-2005 |
Politics
Apocalypse Soonnew
New books by Jared Diamond and Christopher D. Cook parse out details of the end of the world as we know it.
Baltimore City Paper |
Scott Carlson |
01-26-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Camelot Legacy Endures in Miaminew
Anthony Kennedy Shriver, who has called Miami Beach home since 1992, is increasingly looking like the Democrats' best chance for taking Florida's gubernatorial seat from the term-limited Jeb Bush in 2006.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
01-25-2005 |
Politics
Lesbian Student Shut Out of Tradition
She's a senior in high school. She's a lesbian. And because she isn't girlie enough for her principal, she's been banned from the yearbook.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Clark Armstrong |
01-25-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: Kelli Davis, tuxedo
Bringing Down a Damnew
It was 1923 when engineers flooded Yosemite's magnificent Hetch Hetchy Valley. If building the O'Shaughnessy Dam can be seen as a glorious accomplishment of the 20th century, would tearing it down be a worthy testament to the 21st?
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
01-24-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Film Feels More Like Tragic Love Story Between Man, His Ridenew
Are We There Yet? amusingly plays off Ice Cube's crabby demeanor, but for every laugh, there's a lame joke or a shameless bid for sentiment. Rather than ask are we there yet, just stay home.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Are We There Yet?, Brian Levant
Taking His Leave: Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst Finds Life Elsewherenew
If you’ve ever been to Omaha, you understand why Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst has spent the last 10 years being so damn depressed.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
