AltWeeklies Wire
Developers Conference Reveals the Brains Behind the Gamesnew
The Game Developers Conference isn't about selling video games, it’s about making video games.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
03-17-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Pads to Save or Trash Africa?new
Environmental blogger Deanna Duke, while channel-surfing five weeks ago, happened upon a commercial for Always pads. Thanks to a new $1.4-million campaign by Procter & Gamble, the ad explained, girls in African villages will receive disposable pads so they can go to school.
The Georgia Straight |
Pieta Woolley |
03-17-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Saul Williams Aims to Break the Color Barriernew
With nudges from Trent Reznor, Williams realized it would be simpler to take the reins rather than explain himself or The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! to a marketing department.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
03-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hawksley Workman Celebrates Springnew
Workman loves to talk -- perhaps even more than he loves to play music.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
03-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Canadian Films Seek More Screen Timenew
A Canada-only theater? It's one possible solution to the ongoing problem of ensuring Canadian films a fair run on our own screens.
The Georgia Straight |
Craig Takeuchi |
03-17-2008 |
Movies
Sumac Ridge Estate's Big Gun Moves and Shakes Onwardnew
There are plenty of big guns on the B.C. wine scene, and one of the biggest is Harry McWatters.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
03-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Zarah Ghahramani Fearlessly Chronicles Her Time in Tehran's Worst Jailnew
In 2001, Ghahramani was grabbed off the streets of her native Tehran and taken to the city's notorious Evin prison, where countless political prisoners-together with prostitutes, thieves, murderers, and the criminally insane have been held without trial, and beaten, tortured, and killed.
The Georgia Straight |
Jillian Hull |
03-17-2008 |
Nonfiction
Alt.Health: Mangosteen: Miracle or Mania?new
Exotic fruit may be packed with antioxidants, but is $25 juice the best way to get them?
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
03-17-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Ecoholic: What's the Greenest Wine Container?new
What do you think of Tetra Pak and plastic alternatives to glass?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Slaves to the Sheafnew
Blame our addiction to wheat for rising prices — not hungry Third Worlders.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-17-2008 |
Food+Drink
Beyond Four Wallsnew
Robert Maurice's stairwell death shows you can have digs and be homeless.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
03-17-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Burning Questionsnew
Was Ryerson University's poster-toasting sign of racial tensions or random vandalism?
NOW Magazine |
Sigcino Moyo |
03-17-2008 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Nicole Atkins Rides a Wavenew
The Jersey shore girl with the big Roy Orbison voice will conclude her first tour in Philly.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tim Whitaker |
03-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neptune City, Nicole Atkins
Mala Rodriguez Gets Wickednew
Spain's sexy female MC rounds out a night of Latino hip-hop.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
03-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mala Rodriguez, Malamarismo
Opposing Scientologynew
Protesters gather outside the new Philly HQ.
Philadelphia Weekly |
St. John Barned-Smith |
03-17-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
