AltWeeklies Wire
'Wall-E: Machine Dreams' is a Rare, Humanistic Adventurenew
Wall-E's game play is entertaining, breezy and fairly addictive. As Wall-E, you roll across garbage heaps, past dust storms and through spaceships.
Isthmus |
Doug Elfman |
07-28-2008 |
Video Games
ChiRunning is a New Approach to Running Injury-Freenew
What if all -- or even most -- of those running injuries you've sustained over the years were attributable to poor biomechanics? What if someone suggested a running technique that could forestall a recurrence of your Achilles tendonitis or plantar fasciitis, relieve your chronic knee and ankle pain and help prevent more muscle pulls?
Alt Farmers Share in the Farm Bill's Bounty, but at What Cost?new
Even if the same law shovels tons of subsidies to rich farmers and agribusiness giants, the little guys growing organic food are at least catching some of the crumbs.
Isthmus |
Marc Eisen |
07-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Pairing Your Music with Your Winenew
The music you listen to while drinking really can significantly affect the taste of wine. Researchers in the Applied Psychology department at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh have found that, in fact, certain music really does go with certain wine.
Isthmus |
Anne Strainchamps |
06-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Comic Book Heroes: Madison Has Produced Greats of Graphic Storytellingnew
From lefty cartoonists to cutting-edge illustrators, underground comix got a start here.
Sports Bloggers Don't Deserve the Indignation of Mainstream Commentatorsnew
Blogs are not the enemy. As with any medium, there are good actors and bad. Sports fans are supplementing their consumption of mainstream columnists with their favorite blogs, not choosing one over the other.
Holistic Vineyards: Biodynamic Wine is Greenernew
Critics call it "vineyard voodoo"; others refer to it as "supercharged organic." In fact, biodynamic agriculture dates back to 1924, when Austrian philosopher-scientist Rudolf Steiner gave a series of lectures in which he argued that modern farming had lost its spiritual connection to nature.
Isthmus |
Anne Strainchamps |
05-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Bike Polo Brings a Familiar Game to the Asphaltnew
It's a warm Sunday afternoon on the tennis courts at a Madison park, and two teams of three riders -- each with a mallet in one hand, handlebars gripped in the other and both feet on the pedals -- are going after a street-hockey ball yet somehow avoiding collisions with each other.
Honey is Good for More than Just Foodnew
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and elsewhere are exploring uses of honey for a number of ailments, from diabetic ulcers to the effects of radiation treatments.
Isthmus |
Andrew McDonnell |
04-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
Nora Pouillon Was Organic When Organic Wasn't Coolnew
Long before "organic" and "local" were on most people's food radar, Pouillon was serving organic food at her namesake Washington, D.C. restaurant. Opened in 1979, Restaurant Nora became the first certified organic restaurant in the country in 1999.
Isthmus |
Erika Janik |
04-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Resourceful Home Brewers Grow Their Own Ingredientsnew
Growing some of the plants needed for that five-gallon batch of beer will bring new meaning to the term hand-crafted. Plus, growing your own beer ingredients is a great way to brew green.
Isthmus |
Robin Shepard |
04-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Forty Years After His Death, King's Legacy Lives Onnew
Like Dec. 7, 1941, Nov. 22, 1963, and Sept. 11, 2001, April 4, 1968 is a date that's forever etched upon many people's minds.
Hooray for Chardonnaynew
The oft-derided wine is still ready for its close-up.
Isthmus |
Anne Strainchamps |
03-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Slow Food Movement Comes to University of Wisconsinnew
Slow Food UW is one of the first-ever college chapters of the famous international network (and the second Slow Food group based in Madison).
Isthmus |
Terese Allen |
02-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Hops Shortage Could Raise Beer Pricesnew
The shortage stems from major crop failures in Europe, growing beer sales in China and South America and, thanks to the weak dollar, rising exports of American hop varieties. It is expected to last through 2008, and the market could remain unstable into 2011.
Isthmus |
Robin Shepard |
01-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
