AltWeeklies Wire
Showtimenew
The downtown performing arts center in Missoula, Montana, faces a pivotal six-month stretch. Can planners turn a grand vision into reality?
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan, Jason Wiener and Skylar Browning |
03-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Child Soldiernew
If you were put off by the Caucasian self-obsession of Blood Diamond, A Long Way Gone serves as a refreshing correction.
Jackson Free Press |
John Dicker |
03-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Match Made in Hollywoodnew
Sofia Blanc de Blanc champagne is the perfect example of all that Francis Ford Coppola has done right in producing wine in California.
Jackson Free Press |
Farley Walker |
03-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
Watchin' Itnew
BodySoul brings you practical tips for losing weight.
Jackson Free Press |
Lea Thomas |
03-22-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Hands Off My Mowernew
Rev. Cletus: "Even daughters and sons sue their mothers and fathers on Judge Judy, while most of the poor resort to crime. (He discovers his riding lawnmower is stolen.) I rebuke that thief in the name of Jesus!"
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
03-22-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Charrette or Charade?new
In the charrette on flooding the Pearl River basin and creating LeFleur Lakes, public input, environmental concerns and equitable development were belittled in pursuit of development serving the interests of the wealthy and powerful.
Jackson Free Press |
Daniel Johnson |
03-22-2007 |
Commentary
'Balance' or Pandering?new
The Clarion-Ledger's version of balanced, "objective" reporting is Molly Ivins vs. Ann Coulter, the NAACP vs. the KKK.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
03-22-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Boxers, Cows, Horses and Hogsnew
Just a week after scuttling a popular tax cut on groceries at the behest of Gov. Haley Barbour, Sen. Tommy Robertson helped pass a tax cut on sporting and livestock events.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
03-22-2007 |
Politics
The Untold Story of African-American Resistance to the Klannew
Despite civil rights mythology, groups like the Deacons for Defense were advocating armed resistance long before the Black Power Movement, and they may even have had help from Malcolm X.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-22-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
All the Things That Make Us Laugh and Crynew
Seth McFarlane's success with Family Guy and American Dad might make him a contender to succeed Kurt Vonnegut as America's resident ironic wit -- if it weren't for The Winner.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-22-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Markymanshipnew
Shooter is plainly concerned with some of those base human appetites to which the cinema has proven so conducive over the ages -- namely voyeurism and murderous violence -- but mysteriously unconcerned with squandering them.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Antoine Fuqua, Shooter
The 'Meat' and 'Missile' Mannew
The renowned documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is busier than ever.
INDY Week |
Douglas Vuncannon |
03-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Frederick Wiseman
Wine's Odd Men Outnew
Unusual red blends make fascinating drinking.
INDY Week |
Arturo Ciompi |
03-22-2007 |
Food+Drink
I've Got a Feelingnew
Something wickedly awful this way comes.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mennan Yapo, Premonition
Split Decisionsnew
What's true of the 1960s can be said of a David Lynch film -- if you remember it, you weren't there -- and that isn't always a good thing for filmgoers.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
03-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Lynch, Inland Empire
