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Modern Classicsnew
The Martha Graham Dance Company leaves its troubles behind and hits the road.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
10-10-2007 |
Performance
Tags: dance
Managing the Wildsnew
Work continues on a new forest plan, despite controversy over how specific the plan should be.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
10-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Finally, a Reason for America to Learn to Readnew
Just as The Colbert Report is an offshoot of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Colbert's book is best read as a companion volume to Stewart&Co.'s 2004 bestseller America (The Book): A Guide to Democracy Inaction.
Willamette Week |
Ian Gillingham |
10-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
OK, I'll Say It: I Don't 'Support the Troops'new
That is, I don't support them qua troops. I support them as people, just as I support -- or rather, worry, grieve and rage on behalf of -- the Iraqis: as people caught in a senseless, fruitless, apparently endless bloodletting.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
10-10-2007 |
Commentary
Wes Anderson's Man-Boysnew
The thing that elevates The Darjeeling Limited, what makes it a movie well worth seeing, is how aware the director is of limitations -- in his characters and himself.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-10-2007 |
Reviews
The Revisions' Debut Sounds Familiarnew
Debut acoustic album from former punk rockers needs, well, revising.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
10-10-2007 |
Reviews
Blackwater Keeps its Eye on a Tiny California Enclavenew
The company hopes to open a 824-acre paramilitary training facility in Potrero, but wooing the town's 850 residents has been a dicey game.
San Diego CityBeat |
Pat Sherman |
10-10-2007 |
War
Why Won't The New Republic Run Ward Schumacker's Illustration?new
"They're just chicken, I think," the illustrator says. "What you're saying in the article is that you should be able to [curse], but they're saying we can't?"
Tags: media
Reading, Writing, Revolversnew
What a Medford teacher wanting to bring her gun to class could mean for Portland public schools.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
10-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Victory Records' Poison Pennew
To understand how Victory has earned the ire of some of its best-selling bands, one need only look at its contracts. They're not what you'd expect from a company that constantly touts its artist-friendly, "anti-corporate" ways.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
10-10-2007 |
Music
Is the Oregon State Bar Still Committed to Affirmative Action?new
Some lawyers, law faculty and law students are questioning the Bar's commitment to diversity after its award-winning affirmative action administrator resigned last month.
Willamette Week |
Paul Leonard |
10-10-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Victory Records: The Corporate 'Anti-Corporate' Labelnew
Label owner Tony Brummel is notorious. Ex-employees say he's a maniac. Bands like Hawthorne Heights and Taking Back Sunday accuse him of withholding royalties.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
10-10-2007 |
Music
Barack Obama Reminds Me of ... Ronald Reagan?new
I remember those days in 1980 when my friends moaned the coming of Reagan. They feared he would change their world, and they could see that he had the charisma to make it happen -- I think Obama has it, too.
Metro Spirit |
Tom Grant |
10-10-2007 |
Commentary
Up in Smokenew
Minnesota's smoking ban is putting local hookah bars out of business.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
10-10-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
San Francisco's Vice Hotelnew
One of the largest city-funded Care Not Cash hotels was allegedly run as a home for extortion, drug dealing, and other vices.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
10-10-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
