AltWeeklies Wire
Eccentric Crispin Glover Wants to Show You His Taboo-filled Filmnew
Glover chooses to screen his films personally, instead of going through the normal distribution model of using movie theatres, because he wants to emphasize the interactive element of entertainment. Consider it a throwback to the days of vaudeville.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Michelle Kay |
08-08-2008 |
Movies
In Lincolnville, the Stink of Environmental Racism Grows Strongernew
Why does the Nova Scotian government keep putting dumps in rural black communities like Lincolnville? Because the dump in Sunnyville, a similar community, burned up in a methane fire.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Chris Benjamin |
08-08-2008 |
Environment
Halifax's Ocean Entertainment Tastes Success with Popular "Food-porn" TV Programsnew
It all started in 1997, when Michael Smith was running the kitchen at the Inn at Bay Fortune on PEI. In the garden overlooking the sea, gathering herbs for an evening's service, the chef suddenly thought to himself, "this is so goddam perfect, we should make a television show."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Jessica Linzey |
08-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Olivier Jarda's Smart Talknew
Musician and Rhodes Scholar Jarda returns home to the maritimes from Oxford, home of Radiohead, and a, uh, big university.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Sean Flinn |
08-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diagrams, Olivier Jarda
When are Halifax Politicians Going to Commit to Transit?new
Every politician supports better mass transit - just ask them. But will candidates for regional council commit to real action to create a transit-friendly city?
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
08-08-2008 |
Transportation
Compost Enforcements Threaten Vermont's Solid-Waste Dreamsnew
Last summer, 13 garbage experts covered a 20-by-10-foot wall with sticky notes. As members of a state-sponsored subcommittee studying "organics," they were preparing to tell Vermont's Agency of Natural Resources what should be done with the state's compostable waste.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
08-08-2008 |
Environment
The International Competition in Vermontnew
It's Vietnamese spiking volleyballs at Roosevelt Park, Bosnians rolling bocce balls at Oakledge Park, and Somalis, Sudanese and Congolese heading soccer balls at Starr Farm Park, Leddy Beach and practice fields at the University of Vermont.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley, Matt Scanlon and Mike DiBiasio |
08-08-2008 |
Sports
Mike Gordon Swims Alonenew
The Phish bassist is pretty bored of getting asked if the Phab Phour are reuniting.
Seven Days |
Dan Bolles |
08-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A New Book on Vermont Country Stores Reveals Why They're Here for the Long Haulnew
If you go way back to the foggy beginnings of an average Vermont town, the building blocks of the community stack up something like this: First came the church, and then the town hall, the one-room schoolhouse, the tavern, the harness shop, the blacksmith, the itinerant traders and, last but not least, the general store.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
08-08-2008 |
Nonfiction
Ghost River Brewing Tries to Bring Local Brews to Memphisnew
Memphis, a city of more than half a million people, has only two breweries — the small-batch operation inside Boscos' Overton Square restaurant and Boscos' main brewery on South Main.
The Memphis Flyer |
Simone Wilson |
08-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tom Waits on the Other Side of the Worldnew
Tom Waits descends on Dublin, Ireland, and the whole city is abuzz.
North Bay Bohemian |
Gabe Meline |
08-08-2008 |
Reviews
Oracle and the Mountain Rises From the Depths of Depressionnew
When his previous band, the indie/alt-country outfit the Great Depression, called it quits in late 2003, Dale Naron thought that he was finally done with music.
The Memphis Flyer |
J.D. Reager |
08-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Can the Chinese Olympics Induce the Traditional International Hug?new
I'd like to believe that the controversy that follows any Western discussion of China — be it over Tibet, Darfur, or human rights in general — can become part of the international hug that every Olympic gathering aims to be and not the central distraction (violent or otherwise) we remember from Beijing '08.
The Memphis Flyer |
Frank Murtaugh |
08-08-2008 |
Sports
Ron Burnell of Bunnell Family Winery on Growing in Washington Statenew
Even though it is one of the youngest growing regions on the market, Washington state has quickly gained worldwide recognition with their wines, garnering high ratings from Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast, as well as spotlights in Food & Wine, Gourmet, and The New York Times. It isn't just hype.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Hughes |
08-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Life is a Constant Struggle for Memphis' Undocumented Immigrantsnew
Chioma Diallo, along with her husband and three children, moved to Memphis from Africa in 1994 in search of the American dream. What she got instead was an American nightmare.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
08-08-2008 |
Immigration
