AltWeeklies Wire
South America is Bordering on Warnew
Colombia's killing of FARC leader has lefty neighbors revving battle rhetoric.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
03-10-2008 |
International
Tags: international
The Long Road Back to the Big Screennew
After some early success, screenwriter and director Steven Conrad learned the hard way that living can make your art more interesting.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
03-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Steven Conrad, The Promotion
Art Therapynew
Now that he's sober, Bill Current runs a gallery for artists recovering from addiction.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
03-10-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Houston's Wife-Beaters Avoid Prosecution by Leavingnew
Mundane details of procedural policy and staff shortages translate to an officially sanctioned negligence that forces women in danger to beg police for help, but delivers nothing if their assailant isn't around when police show up. Sometimes these women escape to safety on their own ... sometimes they die.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
03-10-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Obama Can Bridge Gaps Between Blacks & Latinosnew
The media and opponents of Barack Obama have spun the notion that all Hispanics have a problem with blacks and especially Obama. This vacuous manner of thinking bears just the kind of ignorance and self styled bigotry that has held this country in its grip for hundreds of years.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ralph McKnight |
03-10-2008 |
Commentary
The Plastic Plaguenew
Even China has found ways to deal with the glut of plastic shopping bags. When will Chicago get it together?
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
03-10-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Solving the Download Dilemmanew
A $5 music levy for web surfers would save our songwriters from online ad stranglehold.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
03-10-2008 |
Music
From Sheet Music to iPodsnew
Charting the rise and fall of the record industry.
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
03-10-2008 |
Music
Code Red for Fort Worth's Public Hospitalnew
Patients, doctors, and activists say John Peter Smith hospital is failing in its primary job: caring for poor patients.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey and Betty Brink |
03-07-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Not-So-Great Heistnew
If The Bank Job were equal to the sum of its parts, it would be spectacular.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
03-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
High-Speed Solutionsnew
The idea of passenger rail travel to major Texas cities picks up speed.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
03-07-2008 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Memphis at SXSWnew
Memphis musicians have been a growing presence at Austin's annual South by Southwest Music Festival, but the Memphis presence at SXSW will be bigger than ever.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
03-07-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
4 Bears Winery Gets Personalnew
Not many wines are named after children's nursery rhymes.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Hughes |
03-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Mumblecore: A New New-Wave Showcasenew
Two of the genre's more prominent works -- Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs and Aaron Katz' Quiet City -- screen this weekend at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Gus Van Sant on 'Paranoid Park'new
"When you're 16, that's the most important time in your life," he says. "It might not be a time when you get much done, but you're influenced by everything that's come your way. By 25, you're going to be much more frozen in your ways."
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
