AltWeeklies Wire
Easy Laugh: An Interview With Lily Tomlinnew
She might be nearly 70, but Lily Tomlin bounces with the enthusiasm of a high school cheerleader, and her mind never stops moving. Her laughter is rich and familiar, and comes frequently throughout the 35 minutes spent talking to her before she embarks on a cross-country tour.
Charleston City Paper |
Andrea Warner |
02-11-2009 |
Performance
Tags: comedy, Lily Tomlin
Photos from the Frontnew
Combat photographer and Air Force veteran Stacy Pearsall is part of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art's inside look at the War on Terror.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
01-28-2009 |
Art
If Only 'Mirror's Edge' Played to its Many First-Person-Player Strengthsnew
The bulk of the experience works very well and is fun. The combat sections are laborious and can become frustrating, but you are motivated to push through them, so that you can get back to the excellent running and acrobatic portions.
Charleston City Paper |
Kyle Hilliard |
12-10-2008 |
Video Games
Obama's Historic Victory and What Kulture Klash 3 Really Meansnew
Is it more than an arts party? Does it have anything to say to arts organizations struggling to attract younger audiences? What does it suggest about 21st-century attitudes about our experience of the arts?
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
11-12-2008 |
Performance
Photographer Jerry Siegel Reveals the New in Familiar Southern Scenesnew
There's no human life in any of Jerry Siegel's photos, just the suggestion that it's still there. Humanity seems to be waiting silently on the edge of the frame, never in a rush to get back. Life has slowed down, slower than the usual Southern way.
Charleston City Paper |
Laura Stokes |
11-12-2008 |
Art
Exploring the Philanthropic Potential of Social Networkingnew
Against a backdrop of a Wall Street meltdown, ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the most expensive presidential campaign in history, reaching out has become much more than a process of tapping tried-and-true donors. So nonprofits around Charleston are increasingly tapping the philanthropic potential of social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.
Charleston City Paper |
Dan McCue |
11-05-2008 |
Tech
Does Being an Artist Make You a Liberal?new
It's easy to see how the cost of education and a housing crisis affect the health of the citizenry.
But reading a novel or watching a play? That's not so easy to see. Hence, we don't hear about it much.
Even so, there is a long intellectual tradition of making the case for the arts in politics.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
Guerilla Artist Shepard Fairey Takes a Giant Step into the World of Politicsnew
As he waited behind bars during the Democratic National Convention in August, the two worlds that Shepard Fairey now inhabits -- one where he's a street artist, the other as an impassioned supporter of Sen. Barack Obama -- collided in the strangest of ways.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-09-2008 |
Art
The Zero Life: Two Weeks, a Zero-Waste Kit, and No Trashnew
From the moment you wake up and brush your teeth, wash your hair, and shave your face with products packaged in non-recyclable containers, you're contributing to the waste stream. Trying to live without generating trash is next to impossible. But we decided it was worth a shot.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-25-2008 |
Culture
Gaming Needs Good Journalismnew
That a major magazine is willing to devote any ink to gaming represents another chance to show the Wii-loving casual masses that our passion is as beautiful, complex, and vital as the new disc by Television on the Radio. But sans perspective, what we end up with is hosannah-laden stories like Vanity Fair's "review" of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
09-24-2008 |
Video Games
Sucking Chrome: Google's Latest Browser Steals the Best and Ignores the Restnew
Yeah, it looks neat and works pretty damn quick. But, so what? You might be surprised by my recommendation about what to use it for, but let's take a look anyway.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
09-17-2008 |
Tech
Architect Cameron Sinclair Aims to Marry Design and Developmentnew
On the Open Architecture Network website, created by TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair, you will find global shelters made out of straw bales, shipping containers, and beer crates.
Charleston City Paper |
Eugenia Payne |
09-17-2008 |
Art
Power Trip: The Science -- and Force -- of Ass-Kickingnew
Playing with power is the most basic reason most of us park our asses in front of our consoles in the first place -- the opportunity to end a day, a day in which the most powerful thing you may have done is to text an underling, with virtual superpowers and superweapons in order to shred the bejesus out of a big-ass mythical beast.
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
09-10-2008 |
Video Games
Cookie Caper: Secure Browsing Flaw Reveals a Nasty Exploitnew
I was crushed to see the Cookie Monster has been dabbling in "grey hat" SSL exploit hacking. The gleefully delusional crumb muncher is the mascot of a new cookie-snatching hack that can collect your login info on Gmail, Netflix, or even your bank. Well, he's not real, but the danger is.
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
09-03-2008 |
Tech
Madden Match: Brett the Jet is the New Curse of the Gamenew
Electronic Arts surely thought they had finally found a can't-miss dodge to the legendary Madden Curse — you know, the maybe-it's-really-true phenomenon that holds that any athlete who appears on the cover of videogaming's most-hyped annual franchise is sure to suffer a career-altering injury (Daunte Culpepper, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb) criminal ignominy (Ray Lewis, Michael Vick again), or a stinkbomb season (Vince Young).
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
08-20-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
