AltWeeklies Wire
Going Green? Better Look Past the Labelnew
Marketers know all about your kind -- they know you feel guilty about your consumption, and they're here to take your money. Don't trust them. They "greenwash," and it's a serious problem.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Alli Katz |
04-22-2008 |
Environment
Don't Look to Obama or Clinton for Progressive Drug Reformnew
Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have far superior drug policy plans than Republican nominee John McCain, who claimed to not even know that many federal raids on state-approved medical marijuana patients have taken place. But neither is the reformer this nation's drug policy needs.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel McQuade |
04-22-2008 |
Drugs
We Have Been Blessednew
AltWeeklies Award - Photography
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeff Fusco |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"We Have a 2-Year-Old Daughter," "If You Get Shot, We'll Show Up," "Do We Not Bleed?"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steve Volk |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Targeting the Market," "A Snitch in Time," and "Moving Target"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Christmas Bush"new
AltWeeklies Award - Illustration
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim Gough |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Snowman Robot"new
AltWeeklies Award - Illustration
Philadelphia Weekly |
Justin DeGarmo |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"'Round About": "Faheem, We're Sorry," "Ghetto Fiction," "Blown Hopes"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The Dubliner: "Are Ye About?," "Twilight's Slow Burn," "Defacing Castles"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column
Philadelphia Weekly |
Katie Haegele |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
'Earles and Jensen Present ... Just Farr a Laugh' Gives Prank Calls a New Lifenew
Through a LOL combo of rich character study and absurd gimmicks, the two have crafted some of the funniest phone calls ever captured on tape.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
04-14-2008 |
Comedy
For Philly's Jazz Scene, the Beat Goes Onnew
Pride, defiance and apologetics are close to the surface when one talks about jazz in Philadelphia, an underdog music in an underdog town.
Philadelphia Weekly |
David Adler |
04-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Recipe: Tri-tip Steak Slicesnew
Slices of medium-rare tri-tip steak are perfect for sandwiches, on top of salads or served with a mound of fresh tomato salsa for a locomotive picnic.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
04-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Two Young Filmmakers Document Philly's Crime Epidemicnew
"By the Numbers," a new public service announcement by filmmakers Alec Sutherland and Todd DosSantos and a local organization called the Anti-Violence Partnership, is just a minute long, but it's well worth watching.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
04-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Forty Years After Her Murder, Peggy Reber May be Exhumednew
Authorities are considering exhuming the body of Margaret Lynn "Peggy" Reber, a teenager whose sadistic torture and murder nearly 40 years ago remains unsolved. However, the exhumation was just one of a number of recent dramatic twists in the more than two-year reinvestigation by local police.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich and Martha Shaak |
04-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Peggy Reber, crime & justice
'Unhitched' is Alternately Slick & Soulless and Sloppy & Hammynew
This would be the most repulsive Fox sitcom since The War at Home if not for healthy competition from Back to You and 'Til Death.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
04-07-2008 |
TV
