AltWeeklies Wire
Review: FSDC Book Launchnew
Shared Heritage premieres a rarity in the Indy world: the artist-produced zine. 'FSDC,' or 'Fountain Square Don't Care,' incorporates the work of eight promising artists.
Review: Bad Boys of Dancenew
The Bad Boys of Dance is sexy, athletic, entertaining and fun.
NUVO |
Rita Kohn |
11-08-2011 |
Performance
Unclothed: Exposing the Art Nudenew
Gary Mitchell's "Symmetry" will be the talked-about photo of "Unclothed: Exposing the Art Nude."
How Local is Local?new
From barley to bottle in Virginia.
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
11-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Review: The Wood Shownew
Gallery 924's latest show - a collection of wood-based and wood-inspired artwork - is highlighted by a sculpture by Tom Tedrowe and a beguiling painting by April Schafer.
John Casey's Talent Poolnew
A collaborative affair at Swarm Gallery.
East Bay Express |
DeWitt Cheng |
11-07-2011 |
Art
Teach the kids well...about Seurat and Chihulynew
The pilot to Nate Heck's atypically hip children's TV show 'Artrageous with Nate' is airing on WFYI, with plans for syndication and a Pepsi Refresh grant afoot.
New Gmail iPhone App Gets Yankednew
Google launched its first-ever Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Wednesday, but was forced to yank it from Apple's App Store within minutes due to a bug.
Boise Weekly |
Eric Lach |
11-03-2011 |
Tech
Laughing Dog Fights For a Share of Local Hop Cropnew
"I love hops," he said in the earnest tone of a true believer. "To me, hops are what make beer beer."
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
11-03-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Elegant and Stylish Macintosh Focuses on Intense Flavornew
The Macintosh, the newest venture from Steve Palmer's Indigo Road Restaurant Group (which operates Oak, O-Ku, and the Cocktail Club), solves that dilemma, giving Bacon a new venue in which to more fully explore his distinctive culinary style.
Charleston City Paper |
Robert Moss |
11-03-2011 |
Food+Drink
OTB: Serving the Developmentally Disablednew
Clients of Outside the Box will showcase their artwork at the “A Cause for Elegance” event at the Athenaeum ArtSpace to raise funds for 20 local nonprofit causes.
Losing our Humanity: Politics and the Death of Compassionnew
If U.S. politicians are an example of humanity—many of you are snickering—how has empathy shaped politics?
Tags: politicians, humanity
NPR vs Lisa Simeone: politics, opera, and Occupynew
While musing on this week’s review of “The Orient Expressed,” the large survey show now at the McNay that focuses on the congruence of Japanese and Western art known as Japanisme, a recent quote by music critic Lisa Simeone — recently punished by National Public Radio for her involvement in the Occupy DC protests — jumped to my attention.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-03-2011 |
Art
How Warships and the Floating World Led us to Art Nouveaunew
While politicians and pundits continue to rail about the need to secure our border to the south, offering helpful suggestions like an alligator-infested moat paired with a big, big fence, perhaps we should all just stop for a moment and remember that other gate we left wide open.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-03-2011 |
Art
Tags: art nouveau, border control
Guadalupe Helps Keep Day of the Dead Thrivingnew
The day of the dead — which has one foot in ancient Aztec culture and another in the exploitation of Misfits T-shirts — is all about being alive. At its most secular dia de los muertos, with its sugar skulls, sweet day of the dead bread, and those colorful paper offerings to the underworld, may easily be written off by the uninitiated as about as spiritual as that Tim Burton claymation movie Corpse Bride.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
11-03-2011 |
Art
