AltWeeklies Wire
The worlds of the suddenly hot George Saundersnew
George Saunders reads in the FHI Garage in Bay 4 of Smith Warehouse
N.C. food insecurity is risingnew
North Carolina lawmakers form study committee to tackle issue of hunger, food deserts
Spike Jonze's Her is dazzlingnew
Retro-futuristic romance with the most sincere of faces.
Tags: Spike Jonze, Her
Gewürztraminer: It's in your facenew
Given its tropical character and its warmth, gewürztraminer is most appropriate in winter.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
01-09-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: gewürztraminer
After a sex change for its singer, Against Me! returns reinvigoratednew
Laura Jane Grace is the first rock musician to come out as transgender in the midst of fame.
The misplaced priorities of college footballnew
Gregg Easterbrook is intent on saving college football.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-27-2013 |
Commentary
What to pair with dessert winesnew
Dessert wines can be far more complex and satisfying than any solid dessert—and they're fat-free, too.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
12-11-2013 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Dessert Wines
After centuries of silence, Afro-Colombians add their distinct voices to pop culturenew
"More than for us as artists, it's for the people of Chocó. To be able to tell the people in the world that Colombia is much more than cocaine, than marijuana and coffee and violence, right?"
Tags: Afro-Colombians
Dallas Buyers Club is a drama of the AIDS crisisnew
As good as Matthew McConaughey is here — and this is the performance of his suddenly rising career — he is repeatedly upstaged by Jared Leto.
Tags: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Delivery Man is a grown-up comedy for Vince Vaughnnew
All of its unexpected merits are not meant to suggest that Delivery Man is great; hell, it's hard to definitively qualify it as good.
Tags: Vince Vaughn, Delivery Man
Obamacare: a symptom, not the diseasenew
In trying to provide equitable health care, the U.S. is hamstrung by the founding fathers.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-22-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: healthcare
Somewhere under the rainbow...new
The Human Rights Campaign evaluated 291 U.S. cities, including six in North Carolina, for fairness and inclusiveness in city laws and policies.
To act or reactnew
I feel conflicted about how to deal with the problem of homelessness.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
11-22-2013 |
Commentary
Can police prevent domestic violence simply by telling offenders to stop?new
“We recently started something called the Offender-Focused Domestic Violence Initiative. Too many guys were beatin’ on women."
INDY Week |
John H. Tucker |
11-15-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: domestic violence
Sexual harassment, Super PACs and frackingnew
N.C. Museum of Natural Science's board executive committee meets about sexually inappropriate advances; Super PAC injects cash into Durham elections; Pro-fracking attorneys assured N.C. lawmakers that horizontal drilling is safe.
