AltWeeklies Wire
Friendship Gets Retronew
The top destination for fashionistas worldwide Googling "retro clothes" or "mod clothes" -- and in fact, the fourth-highest hit if you simply search "clothes" -- is an Internet boutique based in Pittsburgh: www.modcloth.com.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Melissa Meinzer |
03-17-2008 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Looking at Ordinary Folksnew
At The Warhol, Ron Mueck's sculptures pushes humans out of scale to pull humanity into focus.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Lissa Brennan |
03-17-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
A Conversation with a Ghostbusternew
Shawn Kelly is the 45-year-old founder of the Pittsburgh Paranormal Society, a ghost-hunting group he began in 2006.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
03-17-2008 |
Culture
Rally CAPnew
Pennsylvania governor, advocates looking for support to get healthcare plan into the hands of the uninsured.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
03-17-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Art of the Dealnew
There's big money in studying art ... if you own the school.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
03-17-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Tommy, Can You Hear Him?
Having conquered Ireland, comedian Tommy Tiernan sets his sights on the United States.
NUVO |
Marc D. Allan |
03-17-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
A Black Dog Like Menew
Most humans bast about their colorblindness toward their own kind. In my humble opinion, most humans need to look at their discriminatory attitude toward color, because color discrimination has revealed itself toward pets.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
03-17-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Not for Posersnew
A playlist of good Irish music that has not been tainted by the holiday.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
03-17-2008 |
Music
Rising Above the Mucknew
Barak Obama has the gall to be positive and rise above the muck of negative campaigning. He speaks to the politics of unity.
Jackson Free Press |
Kamikaze |
03-17-2008 |
Commentary
California Prosecutors Asked Crime Lab to Doctor DNA Resultsnew
In a controversial robbery case that sent an innocent 20-year-old California man to prison in 2005, prosecutors told a forensic specialist in a sheriff's crime lab to claim falsely that the man's DNA had been found at the crime scene.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Romp in the Swampnew
Journalist Ken Wells talks about topics from erosion of the Louisiana coast to the humorous antics of the state's politicians.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer and Kelly Bryan Smith |
03-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Crawfish Mountain, Ken Wells
Clean, Green Waternew
With the current bottled-water craze, millions of Americans are paying more money per gallon for water than for gasoline, even though most cities charge less than 1 cent per gallon for municipal water.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
03-14-2008 |
Culture
Shame on You, Hillarynew
The weekend after the Texas debate, I saw Hillary Clinton on television losing her cool over Barack Obama's criticism of her health-care plan. I don't think that I will ever recover from the image of her looking a bit like a crazed televangelist, as she scolded, "Shame on you, Barack Obama!"
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
03-14-2008 |
Commentary
Foreclosure Follynew
Predatory lending, sliding interest rates, the "War on Terror" and a recessive economy over the past eight years have restructured the lifestyles of the working and middle classes who have returned to apartment living.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
03-14-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Challenging the Next Generationnew
A Time Magazine Person of the Year in 2002 and WorldCom whistleblower Cynthia Cooper talks about her book and her desire to challenge future leaders.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
03-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
