AltWeeklies Wire
Nazinga's Heavy Weightnew
West Africa's Ranch Nazinga keeps functioning, but at a high eco-price.
NOW Magazine |
Patricia McGregor |
10-19-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Ecoholic: Halloween, Without Scary Toxinsnew
"Any ideas on dressing up for Halloween without plastic costumes and chemical makeup?"
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
10-19-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Alt.Health: Gut Reaction to Probioticsnew
Beware: some of those touted living organisms could be dead.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
10-19-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Nikita Lalwani on Being a Booker Long-Listernew
Her edgy debut looks at the devastating conflict in an immigrant family between a child math prodigy and her demanding parents.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
10-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gifted, Nikita Lalwani
'We Massacred Them'new
Armenian genocide bill in U.S. has Turks threatening to block military supply line to Iraq.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
10-19-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Alt.Health: Down in the Dumpingnew
Cure constipation with dandelion root, soaked raisins and leg lifts.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
10-12-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
It's Local, but Is it Green?new
While carbon- and chem-heavy local grub fails sustainability tests, a new label might help put Ontario fare back at head of eco pack.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
10-12-2007 |
Food+Drink
Shell Games on Sanibelnew
Collecting is the isle's major tourist activity, but birds are beautiful, too.
NOW Magazine |
Henry Golden |
10-12-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
'Cease' is High-Water Mark of Contemporary Yacht Rocknew
At some point, Band of Horses must've realized that being the poor man's My Morning Jacket wasn't going to keep them in flannel, so they've softened their approach, strengthened the melodic component of their compositions, tightened up the harmonies and cranked up the repetition of catchphrases.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Band of Horses, Cease to Begin
Sandro Perri Scopes Folknew
Polmo Polpo sound scientist unplugs.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
10-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sandro Perri, Tiny Mirrors
'Elizabeth: The Golden Age': Thin Lizzienew
When a director starts marshalling wordless heavenly choirs in the third act, you know his picture's in trouble.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
'We Own the Night' Works if You Ignore the Finalenew
The first 90 minutes are very good, though, and they mark a leap forward for a director whose thrillers previously wavered between dour and depressing.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James Gray, We Own the Night
Evan Rachel Wood, the Princess of Californianew
It girl is now free to explore more grown-up roles -- and her inner rock chick.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
10-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: King of California, Mike Cahill
'Turtle Valley' is All Fired Upnew
Gail Anderson-Dargatz's latest is part mystery, part memory story, part eco-conscious tale, but a rare take on illness in the context of a marriage is what makes it a winner.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
10-12-2007 |
Fiction
Burma Callingnew
Should we boycott China for propping up brutal regime? Activists can't decide.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
10-12-2007 |
International
Tags: Burma, international
