AltWeeklies Wire
A Big Boy at Christmasnew
He’s practically vibrating in the seat next to me, this kid. Just 9 years old, recently made privy to the Big Christmas Secret, and he’s beside himself on this, his first Christmas mission on the other side.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
12-23-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: christmas, santa claus
How I Learned How to be a Professional Laughernew
In Los Angeles, the humor stakes are so high that live-audience sitcoms are turning to laughter ringers, folks so good at guffawing they're planted the audience and get everyone else cackling at the right moment.
L.A. Weekly |
Joel Warner |
12-23-2011 |
Comedy
Predictions and Apocalyptic Visions for 2012new
Republicans filibuster outgoing President Obama's congratulatory phone call, and more fearless predictions for 2012.
Artvoice |
Artvoice Staff & Readers |
12-23-2011 |
Commentary
Morning Owl Farm Has Its Ducks in a Rownew
Without the subsidies and economies of scale enjoyed by industrial agriculturalists, local-food farmers are often trapped between their ideals and the limits of what consumers, even those who value local food, will pay.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
12-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
A Turning Point for San Antonio Film?new
Whether the topic is music, film, or any of the arts, really, it’s always easy to put down a small market, especially if you live in close proximity to a big market like Austin.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-22-2011 |
Art
Tags: El cine
5 Ways To Eat Baby Jesus This Christmasnew
Tis the season for weird nativity scenes! Hungry believers 'round the internet are celebrating the birth of Jesus birth with food replicas of that Bethlehem night. Sacrilegious or sacrilicious?
OC Weekly |
Michelle Woo |
12-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
How to Make a Basic Accordion Booknew
If you're feeling crafty this holiday season, handmade books are a great gift to give. You can fill them with photographs, collages, poems, or leave them blank for others to fill in.
Charleston City Paper |
Anna Kate Lister and Savannah Rusher |
12-22-2011 |
Recreation
Casual Champagne and Cognac Cocktailsnew
Champagne and cognac are dress-up drinks in most people's minds. But snifters and smoking jackets are not always required to enjoy brandies and sparkling wines. There are cocktails that may even benefit from using the more generic product.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
12-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
Winter Squash for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Pienew
Everything you need to know about cooking with winter squash, including a recipe for chocolate pumpkin pie.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
12-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
Oakland Needs a Sports Do-Overnew
If a city can reinvent itself, why can't a basketball team?
East Bay Express |
Kibby Kleiman |
12-21-2011 |
Sports
Year of the Fight Clubnew
Why hipsters love boxing and boar-hunting.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
12-21-2011 |
Culture
Our Favorite Letters of 2011new
Readers sound off on Birthers, MC Hammer, Iron Maiden, and iPads.
East Bay Express |
Staff |
12-21-2011 |
Commentary
Winter Solstice Reminds Us Who We Really Arenew
On Dec. 22, 2011, at 5:20 a.m. (UTC), the sun will reach its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. That moment will be the winter solstice, and it will come at the end of the longest night of the year.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
12-21-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Winter Solstice
The Christopher Hitchens Interview I Screwed Upnew
I only had a couple of encounters with the man, but both were memorable, and one was particularly painful.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
12-16-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens Was Outrageously Fierce, Classy in a Madison Debatenew
Hitchens had all the facts at his disposal and a devastating way of presenting them.
Isthmus |
Dean Robbins |
12-16-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Christopher Hitchens
