AltWeeklies Wire
Director Dora Peña Refuses the Mommy Tracknew
Married for 12 years and with three boys between the ages of two and 12, Peña has beaten the odds and refused to become another teen-pregnancy statistic. It's been an exciting -- albeit exasperating -- road.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dora Peña, The Dreamhealer
Bookstore Offers Textbook Rentals to Studentsnew
The University of Virginia has joined a small alliance of higher ed institutions in offering alternative avenues for students to obtain their required reading.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jon Schroeder |
09-19-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Three the Hard Waynew
Marc Yamaoka, Phil Nisco and Chris Alfaro wanted to open a hot new nightspot -- but first, they had to fight Santa Ana City Hall.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
09-19-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Rising Temperatures Change Loire Valley Whitesnew
The result, especially among France's signature sauvignon blancs, is that formerly lean and racy wines have taken on fleshier qualities.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
09-19-2007 |
Food+Drink
The Internet's Not-So-Anonymous Sexnew
Why the feds are placing heavy new requirements on hookup websites.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
09-19-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Ultimate Party Cruisenew
The pitch for the high-seas bacchanalia was all about sex -- the payoff was anything but.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell |
09-19-2007 |
Culture
An All-Star Tribute to Ella with True Crednew
Fifteen of Fitzgerald's favorite standards are honored here by some of the best performers in the pop and jazz world.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
09-19-2007 |
Reviews
San Antonio Graffitti Artists Resist Gallery Trendsnew
Supher sees his graffiti as both a rebellious act and an artistic expression. He also considers his illegal outdoor work an easily accessible, unconventional way to view art.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-19-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Manu Chao's Global Soundtrack Rolls Onnew
In many ways Chao's strongest album to date, La Radiolina is also his most electrified and may disappoint fans accustomed to the stripped-down acoustic style of his first two offerings.
Tags: La Radiolina, Manu Chao
Trendzilla: On Designer Jeansnew
"You like that there's some highly recognizable stitching on your butt that allows people to know exactly how much you spent."
Tags: fashion
Terence Blanchard Returns to a Classic Soundnew
In this wrenching album, the jazz trumpeter emerges from a long electric phase that followed his late-'80s collaborations with Donald Harrison and informed the soundtracks he wrote for Spike Lee.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-19-2007 |
Reviews
Woman Found Dead 17 Years Ago Remains Unidentifiednew
In the years since the remains were discovered in Texas, true-crime buffs were chattering online, spending their free time researching missing and unidentified persons -- and amateur sleuths across the country were drawn to this unidentified Texas girl, to her sapphire ring.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
09-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Kafani Takes to the Rap Game Strictly for Scrillanew
Kafani thinks and talks fast -- in phone conversations he demands to get things "fast, like, ASAP." And he wants his money fast.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kafani, Money is My Motivation
'Kala' is a Party Record with a Point of Viewnew
Arular struck just the right balance of radical politics, innovative production and round-the-way appeal for critics and clubgoers to go apeshit, and this follow-up follows suit.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
09-19-2007 |
Reviews
