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Aloha Icebergs: Winter Surfers on the St. Lawrence Go With the Floesnew
Montreal surfboard maker Corran Addison and a small group of truly hardcore surfing junkies have taken to surfing noted local spots on the St. Lawrence River and the Richelieu River in Chambly in the dead of winter — when the only things typically hanging are icicles.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
01-30-2009 |
Sports
Montreal Company Pops the Smoothie Market with Fair Guarananew
What makes Goarana different, says Jerome Pelletier, is that it tries to maintain respectful relations both with the producers and the environment of the Brazilian Amazon, where the plant is grown.
Montreal Mirror |
Matt Jones |
01-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
Laray Mayfield Basks in the Glow of 'Benjamin Button'new
How was Laray Mayfield's day last Thursday? Nothing special -- the Middle Tennessee native fixed some coffee, sat down in front of the TV, and watched the movie she cast rack up more Oscar nominations than any other film made in 2008.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
01-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
If Not for a Special Election, English Only Would Have Prevailed in Nashvillenew
It's heartening that the Nashville's progressives seem able to stop daydreaming about love and harmony long enough to run an effective campaign. But not by any stretch is this the dawning of a new day or a crippling blow to intolerance in our city.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
01-30-2009 |
Policy Issues
Steve Ganaway: Business Mogul or Nashville's Numbers King?new
Listening to Nashville businessman Steve Ganaway talk earnestly about community development, it's hard to believe he's a man with the time — much less desire — to run a sprawling numbers game. Then again, Ganaway's business is show business, where perception and reality have always been worlds apart.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
01-30-2009 |
Business & Labor
Tricks of the Horror-Shop Businessnew
When you absolutely, positively need that dead baby overnight, BJ Winslow is the man to see.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
01-30-2009 |
Culture
Tags: BJ Winslow, horror shops
West Coast Sound: Kaki Kingnew
Kaki King on Timbaland, playing solo and being frightened by the Cure.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
01-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kaki King, folk music
The Sundance Experiencenew
If the highs weren’t as high as those of some Sundances past — no radical, out-of-left-field debut features or eight-figure sales deals to write home about — neither were the lows as dispiritingly low.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-30-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Sundance Film Festival
Couscous de Coeur: 'The Secret of the Grain'new
The French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche is that rare thing at the movies these days: an intelligent humanist.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-30-2009 |
Reviews
A New 'Ban' Would Allow 20 Areas Citywide Thick With Billboardsnew
The Los Angeles city planning department’s proposed outdoor-advertising rules and billboard ban is not much of a ban at all.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
01-30-2009 |
Housing & Development
Shepard Fairey Talks Imaging, Obama, and Handcuffsnew
For the past 20 years, Shepard Fairey has stickered, wheatpasted, and postered the streets of cities all over the world.
Boston Phoenix |
Evan J. Garza |
01-30-2009 |
Art
Tags: street art, Shepard Fairey
Hip-Hop Mamas from the Suburbsnew
These ladies aren't rapping, scratching records, or writing graffiti (not yet, at least), but they are preserving the art of — no shit, really — breakdancing.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
01-30-2009 |
Performance
Pot Reform Backlash in Massachusettsnew
Since the state's 2008 ballot initiative lowering penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana passed resoundingly, local law enforcement has been scrambling for unofficial overrides.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Farone |
01-30-2009 |
Drugs
Will a New Safety Law Bankrupt Small Businesses?new
Many manufacturers and retailers of children's products, along with book publishers, artisans, concerned parents and consumers, even the American Library Association, have begun to panic about the monumental scope of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act's impact.
North Little Rock Rep Is America’s Highest-Ranking Greennew
With his silver hair, sunglasses, and crisp black suit, Richard Carroll certainly looks the part of a state legislator. Currently, he's the highest-ranking Green in the United States.
Arkansas Times |
David Koon |
01-29-2009 |
Politics
