AltWeeklies Wire
Erik Osborn Wanted to Be a Big-Time Developer, But He Could Land in the Big Housenew
Denver developer Erik Osborn thought One Lincoln Park would be his towering achievement. But a grand jury slapped him with an indictment on charges that he'd stolen money from his multimillion-dollar construction projects.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
03-23-2009 |
Housing & Development
A Fight Brews Over Secure Wrap's County Contract at Miami International Airportnew
Secure Wrap's contract with MIA is up and things are getting interesting again. Secure Wrap has a squad of high-powered lobbyists to protect it from competitors who want in on the action. The company needs all the help it can get.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
03-23-2009 |
Business & Labor
Feds Say a Cutler Bay Man Funded Irish Terrorists Through the Port of Miaminew
A Cutler Bay man funneled money to the Irish terrorists who murdered two British soldiers in Belfast earlier this month, federal prosecutors say in a complaint unsealed in Miami-Dade court.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
03-23-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Guards Are Preying on Inmates at a Miami Federal Prisonnew
Officers and employees sexually assaulting inmates without fear of any consequences is a widespread problem afflicting federal prisons across the nation.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
03-23-2009 |
Crime & Justice
John Malkovich Is Great; the Movie Is Gentlenew
Malkovich's Buck possesses what The Great Buck Howard lacks: the single-minded, lesson-free compulsion to entertain.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-23-2009 |
Reviews
Branford Marsalis: King of Kingsnew
A revered jazz saxophonist's life with Leno, Sting, and a decade-old quartet.
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Cunningham |
03-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Lifting of Seattle's Strip-Club Moratorium Makes Strange Bedfellowsnew
After almost two decades of staving off people seeking to open new strip clubs, Seattle finds itself in the awkward spot of defending them.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-23-2009 |
Politics
Tags: Seattle, strip clubs
Intelius and the Dubious Art of 'Post-Transaction Marketing'new
A checkered success during the dot-com bubble, Naveen Jain has come charging back with a new venture—and the complaints are rolling in.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-23-2009 |
Business & Labor
Nicolas Cage Finds a Way of 'Knowing'new
Nicolas Cage saw parallels between Knowing's relationships and his own family bonds.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
03-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'12' Examines Masculine Archetypes in Modern Russianew
Beleaguered ideals regarding compassion and freedom from prejudice were the subjects of the Americanski version of 12 Angry Men. Mikhalkov, best known for his 1994 Oscar-winning Burnt by the Sun, is more interested in the philosophical and political elements.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
03-23-2009 |
Reviews
Old-Growth Roots Give Red Cedar Inspirationnew
Born from the ashes of the psychedelic-tinged project Sister Ray, Red Cedar boasts some of Vancouver's most dedicated musicians. While the group's name is not yet a mainstay on the tattered show posters plastered around town, the quintet has been working at a feverish pace since forming last March.
The Georgia Straight |
Jenny Charlesworth |
03-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: indie rock, Red Cedar
With Foodie Foresight, Eat Well and on Budgetnew
Times might be tough, but with a little foodie foresight, you won't be so broke that you'll have to resort to stone soup.
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
03-23-2009 |
Food+Drink
Wunderkind Josh Beamish Grows Upnew
This season, Josh Beamish has taken his MOVE: the company to New York and back. Hard to believe he founded it at just 17.
The Georgia Straight |
Janet Smith |
03-23-2009 |
Performance
'The Lost City of Z' Maps an Amazon Mysterynew
As David Grann describes him in The Lost City of Z, British explorer Percy Fawcett was the last of the Victorian era's hard-bitten adventurers, a man who waded "into uncharted realms with little more than a machete, a compass, and an almost divine sense of purpose."
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
03-23-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Land of Marvels' Foreshadows Iraq Debaclenew
John Somerville, Barry Unsworth's archaeologist hero, is a typical Edwardian abroad. He's a wealthy Englishman who means to do well by others, but in Land of Marvels he's at sea in an ocean of stones.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
03-23-2009 |
Fiction
