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Small Dogs, Lofty Dreamsnew
More than one hundred dachshunds will compete in Golden Gate Field's Wiener Nationals.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
08-22-2011 |
Performance
Endurance Ridenew
How Colorado put together a world-class cycling event (without really making a fuss about it.)
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
08-18-2011 |
Sports
Fort Worth Library's Contem?orariesnew
Big names — and even bigger ideas — abound in this impressive group show at the Fort Worth Library.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
08-18-2011 |
Art
Nevin Shapiro Can Kiss My Assnew
Nevin Shapiro dubbed himself "Little Luke" in a so-called investigative report by Yahoo! Sports claiming all sorts of corrupt shit Shapiro committed while he was a booster of the University of Miami athletics program. The claims even include hooking up football players with prostitutes and buying them bottles at Mansion. That punk could never be me.
Miami New Times |
Luther Campbell |
08-17-2011 |
Sports
Library Seeks to Save Jefferson’s Papersnew
In three years, Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Articles of Confederation, helped secure French aid for the Revolutionary War and deployed soldiers to fight Native Americans on Virginia’s western frontier. Now, the Library of Virginia is restoring all 2,500 of Jefferson’s executive papers, which date from 1779 to 1781, to ensure they survive as long as his legacy.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-17-2011 |
History
The Seeded Side of New Orleansnew
An independent school in the traumatized Lower Ninth Ward has taken root in a washed out grocery store. Helping local youth succeed while revitalizing a neighborhood, Our School at Blair Grocery focuses on life skills, farming, environmental studies, and history.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
08-16-2011 |
Food+Drink
Porn, Piracy, & BitTorrentnew
As the film industry mounts a sketchy legal strategy in response to illegal downloads, many innocent internet surfers are serving as legal cannon fodder while moviemakers and their lawyers line their pockets with plunder.
Seattle Weekly |
Keegan Hamilton |
08-16-2011 |
Tech
Kiss Your Cyberprivacy Goodbyenew
Alex Woodward on a bill that would require your Internet service provider to track your every move online — and turn it over to the government for the asking. Privacy experts are howling ... but Louisiana's congressional delegation isn't sure how they'll
Preparing for an Allergen-Free School Yearnew
There's little that strikes fear in the heart of parents of children with food allergies like the start of a new school year. That was certainly the case for me five years ago when I packed the backpack of my son, who is allergic to nuts, loaded up his inhaler, Benadryl and EpiPen for the first week of kindergarten.
INDY Week |
Joyce Clark Hicks |
08-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Allergies
Cage Fightnew
A deal is struck between the Humane Society of America and the United Egg Producers which will significantly increase the amount of space chickens have to spread their wings and be chickens. But not for 18 years.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
08-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
American Sardinenew
It’s getting harder to justify eating seafood. But wild sardines are a tasty, cheap, and guilt-free pleasure. This column explores how and why to cook sardines.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
08-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Robbing the Compost Pilenew
Everybody’s eating offal these days. But while the masses crawl over each other to grab the last pickled trotter or poached nasal passages, remember that plants have edible but unused parts too. From spinach root salad to quinoa with carrot tops, this column gives you plenty of options.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
08-12-2011 |
Food+Drink
The fast and the furiousnew
Unpacking the prologue, Colorado Springs' time to shine.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
08-11-2011 |
Sports
The Storied History of Beer Brewing in Idahonew
Back in 1888, Idaho had 33 breweries scattered across the territory, but the excitement then was fueled not by cream ales but by gold and the unquenchable thirst of camp miners.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
08-10-2011 |
Food+Drink
