AltWeeklies Wire
Art vs. History in Washington DCnew
We found Abner Doubleday in his final resting place, on the west side of Arlington National Cemetery beneath a grand marble obelisk amid more humble tombstones and slabs.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
04-26-2012 |
Commentary
The Fixersnew
Illegal electioneering, a dubious PAC and pay-to-play politics in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
04-26-2012 |
Elections
Guilford School Board Weighs Salary Increasenew
It's been three years since Guilford County Schools' employees have received a raise, and Superintendent Mo Green said it is time for that to change. Green proposed a 1 percent salary increase that would cover all school employees — including bus drivers, teachers, counselors, accountants and more — except for him.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
04-20-2012 |
Politics
Crashing Myrtle Beachnew
They call it Pirate Land, in Myrtle Beach, SC, a place predicated on family fun, seaside mirth and the pleasures of the outdoors: swimming pools, paddle boats, golf carts, all of it.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
04-20-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: myrtle beach
Ideological Purity Tests Roil N.C. Republican Primary Contestsnew
Republicans hold a significant advantage in voter registration in Forsyth County, N.C., and the Republican primary is playing out as a tug-of-war between outspoken conservatives who draw hard lines on issues such as taxation, prayer before government meetings and immigration, and moderates who are willing to work more closely with Democrats.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
04-20-2012 |
Elections
Forums collect feedback on performing arts centernew
The Greensboro Performing Arts Center task force held its first of two public forums last week to collect public input and generate a discussion about the proposed downtown performing arts center.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
04-05-2012 |
Politics
By the Gods, Titans is much more fun the second time aroundnew
Wrath of the Titans (***) is one of those rare sequels that handily surpasses its predecessor. Admittedly, the 2010 version of Clash of the Titans was not the hardest act to follow up — indeed, the mere notion of a follow-up wasn’t entirely encouraging — but the new film is a happy surprise.
YES! Weekly |
Mark Burger |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
Corn-tastic creation pops out of Archdalenew
In early 2010, Chad Huskey was ready for a change. The now 35-year-old Thomasville native was growing tired of the computer repair business and was looking for something more fulfilling and something he would love.
YES! Weekly |
Charles Womack |
04-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
In the strip club with Vince Neilnew
By the time I get to the strip club, Vince Neil is already there, plushed out in the VIP section. He’s tucked into a banquette against the wall, surrounded by the kind of women guys like Vince Neil seem always to be surrounded by: leggy, buxom, mostly naked.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
04-05-2012 |
Commentary
A plan to weatherize 200+ homes in Winston-Salemnew
Sandra Lawson and her 76-year-old mother gave up their trailer in West Virginia about six years ago when they decided to move down to Winston-Salem to be closer to Doris’ other children. The house on Leo Street was the seventh their realtor showed them.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-26-2012 |
Energy
Tags: Energy, Home weatherization
Spanish Lessons in Downtown Winston-Salemnew
I took classroom Spanish for like six years, and I still suck at it.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
03-26-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: latin food winston-salem
What a Rushnew
Is it too late to pile on Rush Limbaugh, America’s most reviled and celebrated talk-radio host?
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
03-26-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Rush Limbaugh
Is the New Jail in Guilford County, N.C. Worth the Cost?new
It's no accident that visitors and residents alike confuse the new Guilford County Detention Center for a benign commercial development — the local sheriff says it was specifically designed to look more like a hospital.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
03-26-2012 |
Politics
Diggy makes Unexpected Arrival in Greensboro
I can hear the screams — high-pitched, sustained, the kind that pierce right through the eardrums and go straight to the brain — from outside the gymnasium of Kiser Middle School, and the kid’s not even inside the building yet.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
03-21-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: diggy simmons, Kiser Middle School
Coalition doesn’t feel friendly towards developmentnew
The irony wasn’t lost on the residents of Northeast Greensboro attending the Citizens for Economic & Environmental Justice last month: While people in east Greensboro have been courting grocery chains to build a store in their vicinity, a developer intends to open a third grocery store in the Friendly Shopping Center area, and the residents nearby don’t want it.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
03-09-2012 |
Housing & Development
Tags: greensboro development
