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New Doc on 'A Chorus Line' Misses the Marknew
Reality TV has squandered the great impulse toward cultural-political exploration by turning democracy and the documentary into bread and circuses. This tragedy defeats Every Little Step, the first doc to chronicle A Chorus Line's creation.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-16-2009 |
Reviews
Sonic Youth and Others Play Merce Cunningham's Birthday Bashnew
Sonic Youth wouldn't seem like a good birthday party band for most 90-year-olds. But Merce Cunningham isn’t your average nonagenarian.
New York Press |
Joshua David Stein |
04-16-2009 |
Performance
The Trouble With Safe Sexnew
A visit to NYC's last remaining bathhouses to investigate whether safe sex is still an effective message against HIV.
New York Press |
Seth Michael Donsky |
04-16-2009 |
Sex
Tags: HIV prevention, gay men
Centennial Church Is Falling Downnew
Stories out of Helena-West Helena in Arkansas always seem to be about conflict, often conflict with a racial angle. Even stories about historic preservation tend in that direction.
Arkansas Times |
Doug Smith |
04-16-2009 |
Housing & Development
Public Library Takes the Reins of the Arkansas Literary Festivalnew
For book geeks, spring in Little Rock has gained a whole new appeal in the last few years. That's because of the Arkansas Literary Festival.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
04-16-2009 |
Books
Thirty Years of Art; Six Years of Warnew
Santa Fe's Center for Contemporary Arts, at 30, is all grown-up. Of course, like a lot of kids who came of age during the same period, it has occasionally shirked its responsibilities, struggled to pay the bills and cathartically reinvented itself more than a few times.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Zane Fischer |
04-16-2009 |
Art
Whose House?: Venues Go Off the Gridnew
House shows are usually pretty amazing experiences. Perhaps it’s because the bands that play them could care less about money and would much rather melt faces and blow minds.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alex De Vore |
04-16-2009 |
Music
Tags: indie rock, house shows
Is Obama Shrinking the U.S. Military?new
Get it straight: Obama has proposed increasing the U.S. military's annual budget by $20.4 billion, from $513.3 billion to $533.7 billion for 2010.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
04-15-2009 |
Commentary
The Black Keys: Loud, Simple, and Directnew
Despite their angsty, dolefully themed anthems conjuring sweaty images of hardship and sun-soaked Alabama blacktop, the two white boys from Akron, Ohio, that make up the Black Keys have long insisted they are not a blues band.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
04-15-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Reason Men Want Sex and Women Want to Cuddlenew
Humans have the most highly developed brains on the planet. Yet when it comes to sexual attraction and mate seeking, we're no different from our butt-sniffing animal cousins. Our passions are ruled by the same neurochemicals.
East Bay Express |
Susan Kuchinskas |
04-15-2009 |
Sex
The East Bay's Avant-Garde Music Scene Moves Above Groundnew
The purpose of two monthly concerts is to draw experimental, avant-garde, and improvisational music from the sidelines and into a safe, welcoming, fully permitted space.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich |
04-15-2009 |
Music
Record Store Day Arrives in Charlestonnew
Ironically, after almost 10 years, the plot of Empire Records has never been more current. Just as the film's titular shop faces extinction, so do the last remaining mom-and-pops still stocking discs. But in Charleston, things aren't so gloomy.
Charleston City Paper |
Bryan Reed |
04-15-2009 |
Music
Nonprofits Working Hard as S.C. Legislator Weighs Tent-City Approachnew
South Carolina Rep. Wendell Gilliard has introduced legislation in the Statehouse that would study how the recession has increased the state's homeless population, and he's proposing state-funded tents for those who may be turned away when shelters reach capacity.
Charleston City Paper |
Cara Kelly |
04-15-2009 |
Housing & Development
There's Everything from Rock to Opera at the French Quarter Festivalnew
Gorging on live music is an annual tradition at the French Quarter Festival, long a one-stop shop for New Orleans' club scene.
Gambit |
Noah Bonaparte Pais |
04-14-2009 |
Performance
Bacterial Meningitis Is a Deadly But Preventable Illnessnew
Meningitis continues to kill young adults in the United States, although there is a vaccine effective against most types. One mother's loss led to legislation requiring the immunization for adolescents and college freshmen.
