AltWeeklies Wire
Movie Buzz: Low-Concept Fare Takes Over Movie Houses
Critically lauded movies are being run out of movie houses by low-concept fare like Paul Blart: Mall Cop and My Bloody Valentine 3-D.
Metro Spirit |
Mariah Gardner |
01-12-2009 |
Movies
George W. Bush, Texas' Prodigal Son, Returnsnew
George W. Bush is returning here to live, and that means people in our community are going to have to live with him. So my question remains: How?
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
01-12-2009 |
Commentary
Fair To Midland's Still Getting Definednew
Audiences are eating up Fair to Midland's newest material, even as the band remains uncertain about it.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
01-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Dems Have Taken Control of Wisconsin State Gov't. Now What?new
The good news: With the new Legislature's inauguration earlier this week, state Dems now control both the Legislature and the executive branch for the first time in more than two decades. The bad news: They face the worst political and economic conditions in modern memory.
Mayor Urges Public Support to Help Save The Orchestras of Pasadenanew
Pasadena has always had a rich tradition of providing a home for fine orchestras. But today, with the country's teetering economy, something that residents have pretty much taken for granted over more than eight decades may be lost as tough economic times take a heavy toll.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
01-12-2009 |
Music
What's So Funny About Cancer?new
Breast cancer memoirists all seem to agree that laughter is pretty good medicine.
Chicago Reader |
S.L. Wisenberg |
01-12-2009 |
Books
Single-Sex Schools Test the Limits of Equal Opportunity in Public Educationnew
New Village Charter High is part of a national mini-boom in single-sex public education. Many of the single-sex schools across the nation have opened in the past three years, thanks to federal regulations that have effectively loosened non-discrimination laws that had often barred their operation.
Pasadena Weekly |
Elizabeth Zwerling |
01-12-2009 |
Education
The Wailers Honor the Memory of Bob Marley by Continuing the Social Revolutionnew
The core of what has become a family tree of musicians began in 1963, when Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston, Peter McIntosh, Beverley Kelso, Junior Braithwaite and Cherry Smith united as a ska band known as The Teenagers.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
01-12-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
California's Great Olive Oil Floodnew
In the past decade, armies of trees have taken root in the Central Valley, the northern Bay Area wine country, and the Central Coast hills. California is still just a baby in world production, but has paced itself to enter the ranks of the world's leaders in olive oil milling in the next 15 years.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Alastair Bland |
01-12-2009 |
Food+Drink
Would You Vote for Roland Burris?new
Illinois voters have been asked this question repeatedly. Usually the answer is no.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
01-12-2009 |
Politics
'Revolutionary Road' Needs Some Cheese for its Whinenew
Seldom has such an intelligent, impeccably mounted film seemed so far removed from the contemporary cultural mood as Revolutionary Road.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-09-2009 |
Reviews
Why Is Israel Bombing Gaza?new
Israel is attacking Gaza because Gaza was attacking Israel because Israel was attacking Gaza. Ctrl-A. Ctrl-C. Ctrl-V. Repeat. Instead of talking about which side is at fault, let's focus for a minute on all the innocent people who are suffering.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
01-09-2009 |
Commentary
Tower of Power Celebrates 40 Years with Reunions and a Rebootnew
It's not simple luck that Tower of Power is celebrating 40 years as a band. It's more like a freakin' miracle.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
01-09-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Busting Balls: 20 Ways To Improve Sportsnew
We blow the whistle on the ridiculous rules and quirks that make the games lame.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould |
01-09-2009 |
Sports
The World of Cryptids: A Creature Featurenew
As our planet edges closer to the apocalypse, the escapist, fantasy world of cryptozoology -- literally, the study of "hidden animals" -- is suddenly coming to life.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
01-09-2009 |
Animal Issues
