AltWeeklies Wire
The Perfect Food Shortagenew
With the United Nations aboard the local/organic bandwagon, global agriculture and distribution systems may get an assist in a more sustainable direction.
San Antonio Current |
Ari LeVaux |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tennis Fuelnew
I always crave a submarine sandwich after playing tennis. I'm not exactly sure why that is, but a six-inch grilled chicken on wheat with lettuce, olives, cucumbers and honey mustard hits the spot right on.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Chistine Bolton |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Lawd Tells Hit Like It Isnew
Although this is Hawkins' first and last novel, it is apparent that he had a keen knack for storytelling that was as honest as his long career as a judge. As a writer, he had a feel for humanity that is reminiscent of John Steinbeck (especially Grapes of Wrath), and a feel for the common-man language of Erskine Caldwell.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
05-07-2008 |
Fiction
Green Presidential Candidate Kat Swift Throws a Lasso in the Ringnew
San Antonio's newest perennial candidate is using her Minervan powers to shake down the last few uncommitted primary voters to save the world from anti-human, corporo-fascist domination.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
05-07-2008 |
Politics
Mostly Marfanew
Wherein Ashley Lindstrom reflects on her Marfa Film Festival adventure.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
05-07-2008 |
Movies
'Speed Racer' is So Shallow It's Scarynew
There are no hidden depths in a cartoon originally translated from the Japanese as Mach GoGoGo. And, to their credit, directors Andy and Larry Wachowski have not tried to find any.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
05-07-2008 |
Reviews
I'm No Elitistnew
Leaders who instill hope and progress into the minds of the people are ridiculed and/or eliminated, while opportunists make promises they forget. Therefore, the people on the bottom become angry, apathetic and bitter, and they cling to nothing that takes them nowhere.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
Prom Nightnew
Morgan Freeman and film crews were met with opposition when he decided to fund and document Charleston High School's first integrated prom. The idea of separate proms in this day and age is ridiculous. In fact, as a proud Mississippian, it's embarrassing.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
Portland's Bike-based Food Businesses are Picking Up Speednew
Bicycle-based food businesses are sprouting like daisies, from a bike-based "cookie CSA" to a three-wheeled, single-origin coffee cafe.
Willamette Week |
Deeda Schroeder |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Obama: The Other White Meat
Barack Obama promises change. When he gets the chance to start a national conversation about U.S. foreign policy, however, he punts.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
3 Doors Down Go To Krypton and Backnew
Emerging from small-town Mississippi, 3 Doors Down burst onto the post-grunge alternative-rock scene in 2000 with hit single "Kryptonite" from the band's first album A Better Life.
Jackson Free Press |
Jeri Lynn Ostrander |
05-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 3 Doors Down
'187 Reasons' is a Journey of the Soul, Race and Identity, Power and Strugglenew
Herrera's assemblage of essays, poems of varying degrees and form, songs and mixed-media work aims to confront what seems to be an eternal impasse for the Chicano: straddling the fence of an imaginary U.S.-Mexican border, hobbling at the edge of an identity and never quite being able to step onto one side or the other.
Jackson Free Press |
Brandi Herrera Pfrehm |
05-07-2008 |
Poetry
'No Pay' Into 'Co-Pay'new
High fuel prices, housing and credit crisis and the economic recession have affected the way folk spend their dollars.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
A Clear Path for the Journeynew
Growing up with a strong loathing and sense of resentment toward whites, it was difficult for me to take a look in the mirror and realize that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, regardless of race or status.
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folayan |
05-07-2008 |
Commentary
One Artist's Leap Of Faith on the Post-Katrina Gulf Coastnew
Mississippi artist H.C. Porter documented two years of life on the post-Hurricane Katrina Gulf Coast, culminating in more than 50 mixed-media paintings rendering real Mississippians and their struggles.
Jackson Free Press |
Terri Cowart |
05-07-2008 |
Art
