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Late-season Reflections in the ’Domenew
I had the pleasure of sitting behind the river-side end zone in the Louisiana Superdome — excuse me, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome — a couple weeks ago as my beloved New Orleans Saints leveraged a convincing 31-17 victory over the Detroit Lions, paving their way to a division championship and playoff berth.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
12-15-2011 |
Commentary
Winston-Salem Residents Voice Concerns About Police Checkpointsnew
During a Dec. 10 town hall meeting at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, the ACLU of North Carolina unveiled maps of Winston-Salem reflecting 244 driver’s license checkpoints by the Winston-Salem Police Department over an 11-month period. The ACLU is concerned that checkpoints are concentrated primarily in minority neighborhoods.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
12-15-2011 |
Politics
Soccer Tournament Brings Immigrants and Refugees Togethernew
Andrew Young and his wife Betsy Renfrew have been working with immigrants and refugees in Greensboro, particularly the Montagnard community, connecting with an array of people and organizations to build relationships and collaborate to address some of the issues immigrants and refugees face. YES! Weekly sat down with Young to learn more about what these communities are working on and how he’s been connecting with people he wouldn’t otherwise come in contact with.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
12-15-2011 |
Politics
Government: Unpaid Payroll Taxes Diverted for Personal Benefitnew
The United States government rested its case against Greensboro businessman Greg Harrison last week, following testimony from an IRS revenue officer that the defendant’s staffing companies failed to pay nearly $16 million in payroll taxes to the federal government over a five-year period, and that $6.2 million was transferred from staffing company accounts over the years to entities for Harrison’s benefit, including homes, movie productions, a yacht and other businesses. What the testimony didn’t explicitly point out but what is deducible through basic math is that those transactions still leave almost $10 million unaccounted.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
12-15-2011 |
Politics
Pres. Hall Leader on Big Easy Christmasnew
For all that hurricanes and oil spills can take away, tradition isn’t among them. At least not while institutions like Preservation Hall exists. After a series of commemorative shows at home, the famed jazz club’s house band is preparing to celebrate 50 years as the standard bearers for New Orleans jazz by doing what they do best: hitting the road for a special performance at Carnegie Hall in January. Until then, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band is evangelizing other Big Easy musical traditions with their Creole Holiday tour, coming to SECCA in Winston-Salem this Friday. Below, Preservation Hall Cre- ative Director and tuba player extraordinaire Ben Jaffe, son of hall founder Allan Jaffe, waxes on NOLA holiday traditions influenc- ing seasonal music and how relationships formed during the recording of the band’s 2010 benefit album have shaped the institu tions future.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-15-2011 |
Music
Will Bexar County’s No-refusal Blood Draws Dismantle the Effectiveness of Traditional DWI Defense?new
District Attorney Susan Reed has been on a steady crusade for over two years to push Bexar County into full-time no-refusal territory, setting up a legal framework to draw blood from any suspected drunk drivers who refuse a breath test any day of the week.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
12-15-2011 |
Features
Winners, Losers, and Unanswered Questions in Smoke-free SAnew
When the city rolled out its sweeping smoking ban this summer, eager to make the Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights list of smoke-free cities, the winners and losers were obvious.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado and Michael Barajas |
12-15-2011 |
Features
Area Distilleries Putting Texas Flavors on the Mapnew
When President Jimmy Carter made home brewing legal in 1978 the newly legitimated hobby spawned fledgling brewmasters across the country.
San Antonio Current |
SCOTT ANDREWS |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Two Current Critics Choose Their Favorite Drinking Songsnew
There’s a whole cannon of Holiday’s material we could choose from, but it’s her rendition of the standard “One More For My Baby (And One More For the Road)” that’s top shelf, an aching last-call confession to her bartender on a love affair gone awry
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker and J.D. Swerzenski |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Bands Are Not the Only Thing on Tour at Ten Elevennew
Ten Eleven is well known for putting on some of the best indie/hardcore/unclassifiable shows in SA, but lately the Ave. B venue has been courting a different crowd: beer aficionados.
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
SA Punk Pioneer Jeff Smith on the Sober Lifenew
In the bad ol' days, the frontman for the Hickoids knew how to kick 'em back. He used to drink stuff that wasn't even invented yet.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-15-2011 |
Features
The Triangle's Top 10 Albums of 2011new
During a year when several of the Triangle's best-known bands didn't release records, area acts released, by my count, at least 30 albums that will henceforth belong in forever rotation.
Getting Dragged into Tourist Row? San Antonio's Hidden Drinking Spots to Ease the Painnew
As San Antonio denizens, we all live in fear of it. It usually happens around the holidays, or in the dastardly drought that is summer. We avoid it. But it’s always there, waiting: the Alamo.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol, Scott Andrews, Chuck Kerr, Bryan Rindfuss, Adam Villela Coronado and Veronica Salinas |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Brave Resident Tasters Put Several Especial Bottles to the Testnew
'Tis the season when booze meets billboards all over town and flossy liquor images fill the pages of consumer magazines.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
What SA’s Bartenders (Slash Therapists, BFFs, Secret Crushes) Wish You Knewnew
Four Aggie fans are sitting in a bar, sipping beers, and spending an afternoon being ornery over a football game against their most bitter rivals, the Longhorns.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
