AltWeeklies Wire
A Philly Running Club Aims to Help Homeless Mennew
Back on My Feet is a group of homeless men who have woken up around 5 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday since July 3 to run one to 10 miles each morning.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Kristin Pazulski |
10-02-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
What's Art Got to Do With Massachusetts' Casino Gamble?new
Casinos do add jobs and tourism, but they also stomp on industry elsewhere -- Connecticut concert halls and stadiums have seen all the best touring acts get sucked up by the deep-pocketed Mohegan Sun.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-02-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Everywhere He Goes, Devendra Banhart Sees Trailsnew
Trying to pin the man down for a normal interview is a bit like trying to send him a postcard -- by the time your message arrives, he's already somewhere else.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
10-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Devendra Banhart
Pennsylvania's Sprawl = More Greenhouse Gasesnew
A new report, Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, details how rampant sprawling development has changed how we travel and how that adds up to more greenhouse gases.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
10-02-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Are Dan Clowes' Graphic Novels 'Borderline Pornography'?new
Apparently in Guilford, Ct., they are.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-02-2007 |
Books
Organ Harvesting: A Thorn in Beijing's Olympic Crown?new
Falun Gong and others claim the Chinese government has targeted members of dissident groups for arrest and, in some cases, execution, after which their organs allegedly have been harvested for transplants.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Aisha Sattar |
10-02-2007 |
International
Tags: international
High-Profile Dems Skip Key Abortion Votenew
Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd could have undone a regressive, four-year-old Bush administration policy on family planning, had they shown up to vote.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
10-02-2007 |
Politics
Joe Matt's 'Spent' Isn't as Good as Pornnew
Joe Matt's newest graphic novel is the most unflattering self-portrayal -- addicted to pornography, misogynistic and disgustingly self-absorbed -- ever essayed in comics.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
10-01-2007 |
Fiction
Recipe: Tofu Ricottanew
For use in lasagna or for stuffing other pastas.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Staff |
10-01-2007 |
Food+Drink
Soy What?new
Think tofu's a bland, flavorless joke? Think again.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
10-01-2007 |
Food+Drink
Sean Penn Redeems Himselfnew
I'm greatly relieved to report that Into the Wild, Penn's fourth behind-the-camera effort, feels like something of a breakthrough for the recently stagnating genius.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Beans |
10-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
Robert Benton on Nudity and 'Feast of Love'new
If there's a near-constant in the films written or directed by Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer, Nobody's Fool), it's that they tend to have an unusual amount of bare flesh for mainstream Hollywood fare.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
10-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Feast of Love, Robert Benton
Director Nicolas Roeg on the Ups and Downsnew
Whatever the reasons for his career's decline, Roeg is back in form with Puffball, his first theatrical feature since 1996's barely released Two Deaths.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
10-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nicolas Roeg, Puffball
'Brand Upon on the Brain!' is a Deranged Spectaclenew
It's too bad everyone can't see Guy Maddin's latest in the form it was originally intended. Presented in Toronto and New York with live sound effects, narration, and even singing, Maddin’s silent movie was created with the idea of being "a lavish spectacle for the masses," in the director's own words.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brand upon the Brain!, Guy Maddin
'Halo 3': Hype Masternew
Halo 3 ends the trilogy with an understandably flashy conclusion designed for its devout fanatics; it also glorifies everything the game's detractors hate with gleeful schadenfreude.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
10-01-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
