AltWeeklies Wire
Street Theatre: Michael Vick Turns Downtown Into a Spectator Sportnew
Protestors behind the federal courthouse on Bank Street share with reporters their thoughts about Michael Vick, accused of participating in dog fighting.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
08-02-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Mass Appealnew
Rising gas prices, dwindling road funds and growing suburban ridership -- why mass transit is an offer metro Richmond can't refuse.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
06-07-2007 |
Transportation
Walter Witschey Is Having the Time of His Lifenew
The bespectacled director of the Science Museum of Virginia is about to retire -- but his other life as a rattlesnake-dodging, jungle-searching Maya archaeologist is just starting to take off.
Style Weekly |
Richard Foster |
03-15-2007 |
Science
Tags: science museum, Walter Witschey
Empty Promisesnew
People may be visiting Richmond's convention center, but there's little evidence that the region’s $170 million investment is paying off.
Style Weekly |
Scott Bass |
03-01-2007 |
Economy
Dirty Containersnew
If drugs are still smuggled through ports by the thousands of pounds each year, what's to stop a terrorist from slipping a radiological "dirty" bomb into a container?
Style Weekly |
Tim McGlone and Amy Biegelsen |
02-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Gender-Bendernew
As courts grapple with same-sex marriage laws, a new twist emerges: How do you define man and woman?
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
07-20-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Truth and Consequencesnew
An uncomfortable silence reigns at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Style Weekly |
Greg Weatherford |
07-14-2006 |
Media
Questioning Creation Gets You Firednew
After adjunct professor Jim Sparks publicly decried a biology textbook the university adopted for its introductory-level biology classes -- questioning whether the text had creationist leanings -- VCU has dismissed him.
Style Weekly |
Brandon Walters |
07-06-2006 |
Education
Death of a Salesmannew
CarMax's success is not just a business-school study of innovation and survival, it's a story of civic pride.
Style Weekly |
Scott Bass |
07-06-2006 |
Business & Labor
VQR Who?new
How did the tiny Virginia Quarterly Review make such a big splash in the magazine industry?
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
06-29-2006 |
Media
Starring on Court TVnew
John Oliver, a medium and local bookstore owner, joins psychic profilers and paranormal investigators at long-cold crime scenes to see what they can detect on Court TV.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
06-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Morchower Faces Chargesnew
The lawyer representing the family of a girl who's murder sparked national news is being disciplined by the state bar.
Style Weekly |
Donna Gregory |
06-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Home on the Rangenew
The gun club says it’s just exercising its rights, but angry neighbors say it's like living near a war zone.
Style Weekly |
Brandon Walters |
06-14-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Taking the Straight Roadnew
You can become an ordained Presbyterian minister if you're gay -- as long as you don't tell anyone.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
06-01-2006 |
LGBT
Within These Wallsnew
Richmond's Child Advocacy Center is working to change.
Style Weekly |
Brandon Reynolds |
05-25-2006 |
Children & Families
