AltWeeklies Wire
Down the Chisholm Trail Once More
By the time 1972 presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm died on New Year’s Day at the age of 80, her name had dropped off our nation’s radar. A documentary that premieres on PBS Feb. 7 sheds light on the lady with beatnik glasses, bird’s nest hair and defiant personality.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
01-13-2005 |
History
Unrestricted Movementnew
Genderqueer choreographer Sean Dorsey refuses to be boxed in.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rita Felciano |
01-12-2005 |
Performance
Missourians Eat More Beaver and Other Wild Gamenew
To faithful customers of Scott Harr's food stall, wild-game meat is as much about cultural tradition and family heritage as it is about cutting-edge vittles. Call it four-legged comfort food.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
01-12-2005 |
Food+Drink
Quality Wine Comes In a Boxnew
You can find Tindindi wine at Northwest Costco stores. The chardonnay is fresh, juicy, round, dry and acidic enough to be voluptuously food-friendly while genteel enough for drinking on its own. The cabernet sauvignon is a marvel.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
01-12-2005 |
Food+Drink
Video-Game Champ Makes His Living Playingnew
Surprising for someone who's played video games as much as 12 hours a day since he was 4, world video-game champ Matt Leto is not a nerd; he's a well-spoken athlete. Major League Gaming signed Leto, known as Zyos, to play Halo professionally in 2003.
Dallas Observer |
Paul Kix |
01-10-2005 |
Video Games
Tags: Halo 2 Xbox
State Ethics Training Violates Professor's Ethicsnew
After failing the state's new ethics test, an Illinois State University professor declares himself an "ethics outlaw."
Illinois Times |
John K. Wilson |
01-10-2005 |
Commentary
Burning Womennew
The guys make a lot of noise – but women are increasingly making Burning Man happen.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
01-07-2005 |
Art
Till Death Do Us Partnew
Defining -- or redefining -- marriage is not an easy thing to accomplish.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
01-06-2005 |
Commentary
Hot Damn, Here Are Some Super-Sexy NFL XXX Postseason Predictions!new
Mass hari-kari? NFL Europe? Asperger's Syndrome? Hot photos of Vanessa
Williams? It’s all here in the ultimate alternative NFL postseason preview!
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
01-06-2005 |
Sports
Grapes Entice Tourists to Upstate New Yorknew
Wineries are the fastest growing industry in New York State's Finger Lakes region, and winery-related tourism has grown 800 percent in the past 15 years. Second of two parts
City Newspaper |
Rich Gardner |
01-06-2005 |
Travel
Corkscrew: Suggestions for Expanding Your Wine Horizonsnew
After witnessing the decline of relaxation, it's time to chill out and start enjoying life again. To jumpstart this idea, here are 10 wine resolution suggestions for 2005.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
01-06-2005 |
Food+Drink
Etiquette Guidelines for Food on the Facenew
A diner wonders if she'll have bad dinner-party karma because she silently enjoyed the spectacle of a fellow guest with food stuck on his face.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
01-06-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
How Will the Iraqi Election Work and What Will be the Result?new
On Jan. 30, Iraqis will vote in their country's first direct, multiparty election since 1953. Iraqis had plenty of free and fair elections during Saddam Hussein's reign. The only catch was that you had to freely and fairly vote for Saddam and his Baath Party henchmen.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-06-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: WAR
Jim Warren Meets Vampirellanew
He built a multimillion dollar empire out of monster magazines, plastic skulls and dirt from Count Dracula's estate, only to lose it to real-life terrors. But now, Jim Warren is ready to rise again, along with the woman who inspired it all.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
01-06-2005 |
Art
The World According to Playwright Karen Wurlnew
With an abundance of tough "life experience," it's no surprise that Karen Wurl draws on her background for her intimate, darkly comic work. Her latest play, Miss Macbeth has its world premiere at Atlanta's Essential Theatre beginning Jan. 10.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-06-2005 |
Theater
Tags: theater
