AltWeeklies Wire
Aerial Eroticanew

Three St. Louis-area women take burlesque to new heights.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
01-23-2006 |
Performance
More Than Smoke and Mirrorsnew

You may have heard that magicians never reveal their tricks, but that's only partly true.
Eugene Weekly |
Danny Cross |
01-20-2006 |
Performance
Logging for Votesnew
If there was no ecological nor economic rationale for the Biscuit salvage project in the Siskiyou National Forest, why did the Forest Service push it?
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
01-20-2006 |
Environment
Flash in the Pannew
Chef Boy Ari reports firsthand on efforts to rescucitate northeastern Brazil's drylands.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
01-20-2006 |
Food+Drink
Mrs. Smith Goes to Moshingtonnew
Yes, that is Jada Pinkett Smith rocking out with Wicked Wisdom.
Montreal Mirror |
Lateef Martin |
01-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wicked Wisdom
The Sun Never Setsnew
From emergency stand-in to emerging standout, Sunny Duval does it all.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
01-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Razin' La Razanew
Whether posing as protesters or cutting off speeches, Orange County police are clamping down on immigrant-rights activists.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
01-20-2006 |
Immigration
Throwing Out Darwinnew

The latest skirmish in the culture wars may be coming to a school near you.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Wayne Garcia |
01-20-2006 |
Religion
Think Globally, Act Yokelly
Dog Days positions BR549 as a group of new traditionalists well versed in, but not mesmerized by, country form.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
Grit and Polish
Removed from Merchant Ivory's upholstered interiors, the not-quite-romance seems nearly as grand as the world's conflicts.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
Jersey Barriers
This gritty and heartbreaking film interweaves the stories of three teenage girls living in the most crime-ridden parts of Jersey City.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
Martyrs and Miracles
This film is competent, but for any except the church-basement crowd, the theme will probably be a deal-breaker.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
How the West Was Wan
The New World accepts more of the Pocahontas legend than might be expected, responding not with a countermyth but with lyricism and ambiguity.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-20-2006 |
Reviews
'Til Death Do They Partnew
Two cartoonists muse on the merits of matrimony in new books.
Cleveland Free Times |
Pamela Zoslov |
01-20-2006 |
Fiction
Catching the Neighborhood Monsternew
How "citizen journalists" in Cleveland exposed an alleged pedophile with grand plans.
Cleveland Free Times |
Michael Gill |
01-20-2006 |
Crime & Justice