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Reboot America: A Lesson from Post-Consumerist Cubanew
It sucks that it took a depression to get us here, but historians might just look back on this depression as the event that saved the ecosystem just when we were on the brink of flopping over a climatic tipping point.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
03-13-2009 |
Commentary
What's the Deal with Those Tramping Street Kids?new
There’s a problem in San Luis Obispo. A transient problem. And the problem isn’t the local homeless population, those faces people have grown used to seeing, who in some cases may be old high-school classmates. Instead, the problem is this latest influx of street kids: lots of them.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Patrick Howe |
03-10-2009 |
Culture
Tags: homeless youth, San Luis Obispo
The Dallas Mavericks Go for Broke, But Where Is it Getting Them?new
The Mavericks are still trying to figure out how to win. Still haunted by their monumental implosion. And yes, still affected -- in psychological scars and philosophical strategy -- by that final 6:34 in Miami 32 months ago.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
03-09-2009 |
Sports
Raoul Dufy: The Controversial Aesthetenew
The Mississippi Museum of Art's exhibition, "Dufy: A Celebration of Beauty," is a reminder that the world can and should be beautiful.
Jackson Free Press |
Nientara Anderson |
03-06-2009 |
Art
One Woman's Begrudging Descent Into the World of Strategic Shoppingnew
The recession took my beloved food budget, an extravagant dollar amount I am still unwilling to print, and tightened it down in its mean little grip while simultaneously inflating grocery prices.
North Bay Bohemian |
Beth Hall |
03-05-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: groceries
Legendary St. Louis Attorney Will 'Probably Die in That Chair'new
Legendary St. Louis attorney Frank Anzalone can't envision a time when he'll no longer be practicing law.
Riverfront Times |
Matt Kasper |
03-05-2009 |
Culture
Tags: St. Louis, Frank Anzalone
The New Cocktailiansnew
The farmers market–loving, sleeve garter–wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar are taking over L.A.'s restaurants one glass at a time.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
03-05-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Los Angeles, bartenders
Richard Goodwin's Universal Stage Shownew
JFK speechwriter and Renaissance man Richard Goodwin explores the roots of today's religious wars by channeling 17th-century anti-hero Galileo in a play called Two Men of Florence.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
03-05-2009 |
Theater
How Weird Is Stephon Marbury?new
Brace yourselves, Boston, for the Starbury show, starring Stephon Marbury -- perhaps the strangest pro-athlete ever to suit up in a Celtics uniform.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
03-05-2009 |
Sports
For Many Women, PMS Is Much More Than an Excusenew
For some, PMS can become a monthly nightmare that puts life on hold.
Jackson Free Press |
Katy Rivlin |
03-02-2009 |
Culture
Tags: women's health, PMS
Group Show Presents and Examines Women's Voice and Identitynew
In what is the largest project to date undertaken by the current curator of Baltimore's Park School, Rick Delaney, If I Didn't Care: Multigenerational Artists Discuss Cultural Histories is an exhibition that adds up to more than the sum of its numerous and diverse parts.
Baltimore City Paper |
Alex Ebstein |
02-24-2009 |
Art
As Pop Culture Sucks on Myths, Some Real Vampires Tell Their Storiesnew
I'm sitting in the Winstead's by the Plaza waiting for a group of people I've never met. It's the monthly meeting of Gathering Dusk, a Midwest meet-up club that's primarily for people who identify themselves as vampires.
Crowd-Sourced Graphic Design Has the Profession on Edgenew
Widely perceived as the wave of the future, Crowdspring has also been characterized as the design Antichrist, a force that will destroy the profession.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
02-23-2009 |
Art
Larpers, Gothic Lolitas, Star Wars Freaks and Nintendo Game Devotees Lurk Among Usnew
What drives these otherwise ordinary people, these superfans, to cast off their mortal lives and slip into the realm of fantasy?
Miami New Times |
C. Stiles and John Linn |
02-23-2009 |
Culture
Can People Eat Nutritiously on Food Stamps?new
I spent Feb. 4 through Feb. 10 eating a highly nutritious, low-carb diet for $33.07, or $4.72 per day, less than food stamps provide. For a month in 2007 my wife and I ate a higher-carb -- but still nutritious -- diet for $2.57 per day each.
Boulder Weekly |
Ari Armstrong |
02-23-2009 |
Food+Drink
