AltWeeklies Wire
Punchlines for Peacenew
The historic Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour brings mirth to Middle Eastern politics.
NOW Magazine |
Debbie Fein-Goldbach |
05-25-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Cannes Can-donew
Solid early screenings suggest 2007 could be a fab year for the fest.
NOW Magazine |
Josh Harkness |
05-25-2007 |
Movies
Maroon 5 Unleashes a Chart Destroyernew
If you're only into Maroon 5 for the music, then this album will be a solid purchase -- lyrically, though, it gets tired fast.
NOW Magazine |
Bryan Borzykowski |
05-25-2007 |
Reviews
The Bravery Mix it Upnew
By no means a terrifically unique or fantastic sophomore album, The Sun and the Moon still manages to avoid mediocrity, and not just because our expectations were so low to begin with.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
05-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Bravery, The Sun and The Moon
Lavender Diamond Forevernew
L.A. visionaries save Mama Earth with music.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
05-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lavender Diamond
Land of Talk: All Actionnew
Frontwoman Liz Powell isn't gonna be your rock 'n' roll pin-up.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
05-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Land Of Talk
Ill Will Towards the Illnew
The mentally unwell do not commit crimes -- they just trigger the occasional tragedy.
NOW Magazine |
Alan Young |
05-25-2007 |
Commentary
Where's the Locally-grown Fruit?new
In a crisis, all those flowers and wines produced by local farms won't sustain us.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
05-25-2007 |
Food+Drink
Syria Set-upnew
U.S. points finger at Syrian government for upheaval in Lebanon, but the area is seething with freelancers.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
05-25-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Baseball Japanese-stylenew
In Japan it's all about the balloons, not the bobbleheads.
NOW Magazine |
Jeremy Murray |
05-18-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Ecoholic: Reusable Bagsnew
Do you know an ethical source for canvas bags? I can't imagine that the people who make the $2 ones in China are getting a fair wage.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
05-18-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Alt.Health: When Peeing's a Painnew
Tame urinary tract infections with D-mannose and bearberry leaf.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
05-18-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Mercenary Mightnew
Journalist Jeremy Scahill manages to lift the curtain on this secretive, highly armed group of freebooting mercenaries and in the process shows an even uglier side of a very ugly war.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
05-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
Daddy's Girlsnew
You might pick up this book expecting some of Canada's best-known female writers to deliver accounts of trauma and brutalization at the hands of their fathers -- forget about it; these dads are for the most part inspiring or benign.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
05-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
Electrelane: Lit Upnew
The femme quartet is so over darkness.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
05-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Electrelane
