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Fresh and Brightnew
Ceviche is a traditional Peruvian fish dish that combines sweet, sour and spice.
Jackson Free Press |
Ingrid Cruz |
04-14-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: ceviche
My Dove Springs... And Oursnew

Sure, everybody knows about Slacker and SXSW and "Keep Austin Weird." But that's not the whole story, not by a long shot. One Austin ex-pat reflects on life growing up in "the '44," and what it says about an Austin divided.
Austin Chronicle |
Sam Ramos |
04-14-2014 |
Culture
RIP Ultimate Warriornew

Santa Fe resident Warrior was a 2-time WWF Intercontinental Champion. After pinning Hulk Hogan in WrestleMania VI’s main event, he became the only wrestler in history to hold both the WWF’s Intercontinental and Championship titles.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
04-10-2014 |
Sports
Our Kind of Sexnew

Oakland has become the epicenter of a movement to create a more realistic portrayal of queer- and female-centric sex.
East Bay Express |
Madeleine Key |
04-10-2014 |
Sex
Curating San Francisconew

Gallery evictions signal a major shift in the art world, with the technology boom serving as the problem and its potential solution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Laura B. Childs |
04-10-2014 |
Art
Bye Bye, College Sportsnew
Last week, the Northwestern football players won the right to unionize when regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago, Peter Sung Ohr, ruled that players are employees, not just students.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Flynn |
04-04-2014 |
Sports
Tags: NCAA Sports
Homegrownnew

Sick of genetically modified, waxy cucumbers? Of oversized, tasteless strawberries? Of hormone-injected meat products? Then think about trying a CSA this summer and fall…because nothing beats homegrown, local and fresh.
Worcester Magazine |
Katie Benoit |
04-04-2014 |
Food+Drink
Fixing Wikipedia's Women Problemnew

Wikipedia editor Sarah Stierch hosts a women's history-focused Wikipedia edit-a-thon at UC Berkeley to help improve the site's coverage of women.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
04-04-2014 |
Performance
Big Dreams, Tiny Housenew

Inspired by the Tiny House Movement, a growing number of people nationwide have rejected the idea of bigger is better to its fullest extreme, building or purchasing homes that have the bare minimum of what is needed to live a comfortable life. Several individuals in Worcester County in Massachusetts have adopted this minimalist lifestyle.
Worcester Magazine |
Brian Goslow |
04-03-2014 |
Culture
Aziz Ansari: The Modern Romantic of Comedynew

You know him as the government employee with the most swagger (Tom Haverford, Parks and Recreation), the rambunctious, Oligocene-era rabbit pirate Squint (Ice Age: Continental Drift) and the guy at James Franco’s party who gets kicked into hell’s sinkhole by Kevin Hart (This is the End). And, of course, just as standup comedian Aziz Ansari. We caught up with Ansari via the interwebs while he was doing book research in Tokyo to chat modern courtship, Parks and Rec and his superior sartorial style.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
03-31-2014 |
Comedy
Eight Years After Leading the Nation in Scoring, Adam Morrison Looks to the Next Chapternew

Adam Morrison was once one of the most famous basketball players in the country. But when his NBA career went sideways, he came back home and started over.
The Inlander |
Mike Bookey |
03-28-2014 |
Sports
Tags: Sports, NCAA Basketball
Common Ground in the GMO Debate?new

Recent online dialog about genetically modified food shines a ray of hope on the discussion.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
03-27-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: GMOs
Central Massachusetts Tattoo Festival 2014new

The Massachusetts tattoo scene has grown in leaps and bounds since its legalization in 2000 and Zaza Ink, located at 287 West Boylston St. in West Boylston, has been doing their part to bring artists and enthusiasts together with the Massachusetts Tattoo and Art Festival, now in its eighth year.
Worcester Magazine |
Josh Lyford |
03-27-2014 |
Culture
Spring Arts Preview 2014new

As life begins to reappear and grow around us this spring season, Worcester's cultural spaces will do the same with thought-provoking artwork and performances. In this year's Spring Arts Preview, we present a comprehensive guide to the area's biggest and smallest art exhibitions, film screenings, musical performances, theatrical acts and author talks, in addition to a few outside of Central Mass. From this year's Latino Film Festival, to a listing of cultural happenings at area colleges, Worcester Magazine's 2014 Spring Arts Preview is a keeper for everything arts related this season.
Worcester Magazine |
Brittany Durgin |
03-27-2014 |
Art
Meet the Wild, Drunken Hobo Clowns Terrorizing Charlestonnew

The clown freaking out the town of Northampton, U.K., or the newer one creeping on Staten Island have nothing on these crass clowns in downtown Charleston, S.C. City Paper scores a bizarre interview.
Charleston City Paper |
Corey Hutchins |
03-26-2014 |
Culture