AltWeeklies Wire
'Falling Man': Return to 9/11new
No piece of fiction has come closer to recreating the atmosphere of that day and the days shortly thereafter.
Sacramento News & Review |
John Freeman |
05-25-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Don DeLillo, Falling Man
War Trauma at Homenew
Just because we're not in Iraq doesn't mean the war isn't affecting us.
Sacramento News & Review |
Shauna L. Smith |
05-25-2007 |
Commentary
Punchlines for Peacenew
The historic Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour brings mirth to Middle Eastern politics.
NOW Magazine |
Debbie Fein-Goldbach |
05-25-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Cannes Can-donew
Solid early screenings suggest 2007 could be a fab year for the fest.
NOW Magazine |
Josh Harkness |
05-25-2007 |
Movies
Maroon 5 Unleashes a Chart Destroyernew
If you're only into Maroon 5 for the music, then this album will be a solid purchase -- lyrically, though, it gets tired fast.
NOW Magazine |
Bryan Borzykowski |
05-25-2007 |
Reviews
The Bravery Mix it Upnew
By no means a terrifically unique or fantastic sophomore album, The Sun and the Moon still manages to avoid mediocrity, and not just because our expectations were so low to begin with.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
05-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Bravery, The Sun and The Moon
Lavender Diamond Forevernew
L.A. visionaries save Mama Earth with music.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
05-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lavender Diamond
Land of Talk: All Actionnew
Frontwoman Liz Powell isn't gonna be your rock 'n' roll pin-up.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
05-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Land Of Talk
Ill Will Towards the Illnew
The mentally unwell do not commit crimes -- they just trigger the occasional tragedy.
NOW Magazine |
Alan Young |
05-25-2007 |
Commentary
Where's the Locally-grown Fruit?new
In a crisis, all those flowers and wines produced by local farms won't sustain us.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
05-25-2007 |
Food+Drink
Has Arnold Opened the Door for the Urbanization of Farms?new
The real Gov. Schwarzenegger is back, and now he's taking on rural California.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nicholas Miller |
05-25-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Syria Set-upnew
U.S. points finger at Syrian government for upheaval in Lebanon, but the area is seething with freelancers.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
05-25-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Will Portland's City Workers Get Screwed?new
Workers will be considered "at will" and can be fired by city commissioners for no reason -- what's unclear, though, is how many bureau employees will be affected by the change, and whose jobs might be at risk when it goes into effect in January.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
05-24-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Oregon Dems Search for a Senate Candidatenew
In the past month, Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio have announced they won't enter the race to take down Republican Senator Gordon Smith, depleting the first-tier list of candidates for the position.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
05-24-2007 |
Politics
Portland Cops Racial Profiling?new
Portland's cop union faced increased pressure to admit that police officers racially profile at the fifth meeting of the mayor's racial profiling committee last week.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
05-24-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
