AltWeeklies Wire
Allergen-Safe Soup From Holiday Leftoversnew
Soups are forgiving vessels for holiday leftovers. You can add or subtract vegetables and spices, use broth or water and decide the amount of meat to include.
INDY Week |
Joyce Clark Hicks |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Petro Statenew
Alberta's economy is dominated by oil and gas, but critics contend that it also dominates government policy.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Drew Anderson |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
Chomsky to Occupy: Move to the Next Stagenew
Noam Chomsky has advice for the Occupy movement, whose encampments all over the country are being swept away by police. The occupations were a "brilliant" idea, he says, but now it's time to "move on to the next stage" in tactics. He suggests political organizing in the neighborhoods.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
12-15-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Unbalanced Dietnew
Residents of North Charleston's poorest neighborhoods have easy access to junk food, but not fresh fruit and veggies.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-15-2011 |
Poverty
Let's Talk About Sex: Is Atlanta Uptight?new
Our new sex columnist wonders if the city is willing to open up for her new column, Are You Shaved?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Melysa Martinez |
12-15-2011 |
Sex
Oil and Water: Will They Mix?new
With drillers starting test wells, fracking's uncertainties float to the surface.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
12-15-2011 |
Environment
Two Glimpses Into the Often Overlooked Musical Diversity of Durham, N.C.new
Two music scenes thrived under (most of) our noses in 2011 -- a vivid belly dance picture and accompanying Middle Eastern and Arab live music both sacred and secular, and a young, eclectic jazz scene that increasingly makes its digs in downtown Durham.
Tags: Durham Music
The Year in Music 2011new
Musically, in the Triangle, there's an awful lot that we don't get to every week. At the close of this year, we check a few of those pockets.
Tags: Year in Music 2011
The Once-Blighted American Chestnut Makes a Comebacknew
Once a stately member of the Eastern hardwood forest ecosystem, up to 4 billion American chestnut trees fell victim to a blight during the 1930s and 1940s, virtually scouring the species from its native habitat.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
12-14-2011 |
Food+Drink
Holiday on Icenew
Spending Christmas at the bottom of the world.
North Bay Bohemian |
Samantha Larson |
12-14-2011 |
Travel
Tags: Mt. Vinson, Seven Summits
Mormon Celebrity Meltdownnew
A drug-fueled journey through the Mormon film business.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Stephen Dark |
12-14-2011 |
Features
Hall & Oates: Guilt, Pleasurenew
In a more reasonable world, no one would ever have to closet their love of Hall & Oates.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-14-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Hall & Oates, Guilty Pleasures
Tintin is Box-Office Goldnew
"Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles."
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-14-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Tintin
Occupy Atlanta Takes a Simplistic View of Foreclosure Salesnew
Auctions of vacant homes help the public, not hurt
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Elizabeth Warren |
12-14-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Occupy, Quan, and the Recallnew
Some of the people behind the troubled recall campaign against Mayor Jean Quan are opponents of Occupy Oakland, but it may be the occupiers who oust her from office.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-14-2011 |
#OCCUPY
