AltWeeklies Wire
The Time is Ripe for Urban Fruit Foragingnew
Mid-August is the sticky sweet thick of wild fruit season. Though red and black currants have come and gone, scattering their pea-sized fruit along the banks of the river, plums, apricots, blackberries and apples are currently coming on in spurts.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
08-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
Library Seeks to Save Jefferson’s Papersnew
In three years, Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Articles of Confederation, helped secure French aid for the Revolutionary War and deployed soldiers to fight Native Americans on Virginia’s western frontier. Now, the Library of Virginia is restoring all 2,500 of Jefferson’s executive papers, which date from 1779 to 1781, to ensure they survive as long as his legacy.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-17-2011 |
History
Porn, Piracy, & BitTorrentnew
As the film industry mounts a sketchy legal strategy in response to illegal downloads, many innocent internet surfers are serving as legal cannon fodder while moviemakers and their lawyers line their pockets with plunder.
Seattle Weekly |
Keegan Hamilton |
08-16-2011 |
Tech
Kiss Your Cyberprivacy Goodbyenew
Alex Woodward on a bill that would require your Internet service provider to track your every move online — and turn it over to the government for the asking. Privacy experts are howling ... but Louisiana's congressional delegation isn't sure how they'll
Robbing the Compost Pilenew
Everybody’s eating offal these days. But while the masses crawl over each other to grab the last pickled trotter or poached nasal passages, remember that plants have edible but unused parts too. From spinach root salad to quinoa with carrot tops, this column gives you plenty of options.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
08-12-2011 |
Food+Drink
The fast and the furiousnew
Unpacking the prologue, Colorado Springs' time to shine.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
08-11-2011 |
Sports
The Storied History of Beer Brewing in Idahonew
Back in 1888, Idaho had 33 breweries scattered across the territory, but the excitement then was fueled not by cream ales but by gold and the unquenchable thirst of camp miners.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
08-10-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Rise in Tattoo Removalnew
As tattoo art continues to explode in popularity, so, naturally, does its opposite.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
08-10-2011 |
Culture
A New Latin Quarternew
Michael Joe on how Vietnamese-Americans in eastern New Orleans are adapting to the area's new Hispanic population, and vice versa
Gambit |
Michael Joe |
08-09-2011 |
Food+Drink
Welcome to Creative Loafing's new beer columnnew
First Draft with the Wrecking Bar's Bob Sandage
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Austin L. Ray |
08-01-2011 |
Food+Drink
Sudsy Libationsnew
There's more to the world of beer cocktails than shots and chasers.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
07-27-2011 |
Food+Drink
Radio Snack: Food on the airwaves in Austinnew
Radio remains important to many people as a source of information, entertainment, and tribal connection. Music, news, sports, politics, gossip, religion, drama, and humor all have places across the spectrum of what we still call the dial. Food is no exception.
Austin Chronicle |
MM Pack |
07-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
A Photographer Seeks to Emancipate the Modern Slavenew
For most of Middle America, black men are little more than the images projected from popular media outlets—a tattooed, incarcerated (and unintelligible) Lil Wayne, irresponsible fathers on Maury, and faceless men that fill prison beds at an alarmingly high rate. But for one gay white man, the black man is a source of elegance and beauty and a reminder of our larger cultural history.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Darren White |
07-13-2011 |
Art
The Blogfather: MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey looks to the future.new
Thirty-five miles from Portland is the home of one of Oregon’s hottest tech properties. It’s a long way from the “Silicon Forest” of local startups. It’s an even longer way from those who work in Silicon Valley, their offices bustling with Razor scooters and wunderkinds having mad, Red Bull-fueled coding parties.
Willamette Week |
Ruth Brown |
07-13-2011 |
Tech
And the merry love the fiddlenew
The Swannanoa Gathering has lured its share of legends in its 20 years. The folk-art workshop series, held each summer on the campus of Warren Wilson College, has hosted Mike Seeger, David Holt and Fiona Ritchie, host of NPR’s Thistle & Shamrock.
Mountain Xpress |
Stacy Claude |
07-13-2011 |
Performance
