AltWeeklies Wire
Troubled Waters: The Klamath River Messnew
The Klamath River of Oregon and California is an object lesson in what can go wrong when people start tinkering with natural ecosystems, and a paradigm of what's wrong with the way rivers have been managed in the West.
The Source Weekly |
H. Bruce Miller |
10-09-2007 |
Environment
'Friday Night Lights' Remains Grounded in the Everydaynew
The best show you didn't watch last year, this ratings-challenged small-screen adaptation of Buzz Bissinger's book zeroes in on dashed hopes and broken dreams in the town of Dillon, Texas -- where high school football is the be-all and end-all and about the only way most folks can muddle through.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
10-09-2007 |
Movies
Recipe: Baked Oystersnew
This quick recipe for two works well at home.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
10-09-2007 |
Food+Drink
Philly Dance Fest Takes the First Stepnew
The day-long festival hopes to build on the success of TV dance shows.
Philadelphia Weekly |
J. Cooper Robb |
10-09-2007 |
Performance
Tags: dance
The Battle to Make Conscious Hip-Hop Coolnew
Soul Genesis hopes to reengergize hip-hop by lending it a life-affirming purpose.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
10-09-2007 |
Music
'The Jane Austen Book Club': The Slight Fluffnew
Underdeveloped, unbelievable women, borderline gross romances, and talky bits -- shh, it's not over yet!
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
10-09-2007 |
Reviews
'Naked on the Internet' Looks at Risks and Restrictions of the Internet's Pornographic Gazenew
Though the title implies some To Catch a Predator moralizing, what's found inside is just the opposite: a guide for women considering breaking into sex blogging or other online sex specialties.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
10-09-2007 |
Nonfiction
Looking for Feminism in Baltimorenew
Is contemporary feminism composed of nothing more than a few true believers preaching to the converted, while the average American woman lives her life, mostly content with her options and opportunities?
Baltimore City Paper |
Heather Harris |
10-09-2007 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Gogol Bordello's Gypsy Punk is Intoxicating and Invitingnew
The band is the living link between our past -- when mankind roamed the earth in bands and extended tribes, wild, hungry and free -- and our ever-uncertain future, the globalized polyglot network in which everyone knows everything about anything except who they are and how to live in the world.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
10-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gogol Bordello
Yale Loses Military Recruiting Lawsuitnew
On the first day military recruiters were on campus, protests ensued.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
10-09-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Doctor is Out for Poor Familiesnew
Republicans say expanding health care for poor kids is a step toward "socialized medicine" -- so what?
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
10-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: SCHIP, Health & Science
'Somewhat Lacking'new
A scandal-mired Oakland charter school is a cautionary tale of lax oversight.
Pasadena Weekly |
Rashi Kesarwani |
10-09-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
'It Could Happen Here'new
Local students want their say on issues of race and violence, but felt shut out of a Dr. Phil show discussion on the Jena 6.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman |
10-09-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Battle of the Multiplexnew
Hollywood unleashes a wave of films related to the war on terror, including In the Valley of Elah, The Kingdom and Rendition.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
10-09-2007 |
Movies
Wandering Through Ontario's Wine Countrynew
Ontario farm country is perfect for grapes -- Lake Erie and Lake Ontario provide a microclimate that keeps summers from getting too hot and winters from getting too cold.
Metro Times |
Kelli B. Kavanaugh |
10-09-2007 |
Food+Drink
