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Critick’s Pick: Selenanew

I loved director Gregory Nava’s El Norte but I hated Mi Familia/My Family.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-22-2011 |
Reviews
Bachmann: Tea Party represents 90% of Americansnew

On the final stop of her tour of South Carolina, GOP presidential hopeful and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann praised the Tea Party and promised a strong military.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
08-22-2011 |
Elections
Becoming El Ellenew

Post Stanford degree, post-circus, post Lovemakers, Lisa Light finds herself, again.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
08-22-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lisa Light, The Lovemaker
Jeff Bridges: Jeff Bridgesnew

Jeff Bridges, aka "The Dude," has temporarily set aside his acting career to focus on music.
San Antonio Current |
David H. Monnich |
08-22-2011 |
Reviews
Small Dogs, Lofty Dreamsnew

More than one hundred dachshunds will compete in Golden Gate Field's Wiener Nationals.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
08-22-2011 |
Performance
Out With the Oldnew

HAIRSPRAYFIREANDGIRLS is an entirely new adventure for these Tucson music veterans.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
08-22-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
San Antonio’s New Smoking Ordinance Explainednew

Smoking, according to City Code, is “inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant, or other combustible substance in any manner or in any form.”
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
08-22-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: smoking ban
Cash and Carrynew

Why are your tax dollars feeding the pro-life machine?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
08-22-2011 |
Policy Issues
Matisyahu Whispers on the Power of the Spiritnew

Even though “King Without a Crown” is a great track, the big moment in Live at Stubb’s (2005) — Matisyahu’s second, breakthrough album recorded in Austin — is “Lord Raise Me Up.”
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-19-2011 |
Music
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matternew

Gamers are typically no sufferers of hardship.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
08-19-2011 |
Nonfiction
Jay-Z and Kanye West: Watch the Thronenew

Watch The Throne is easily the most anticipated rap release in 2011.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
08-19-2011 |
Reviews
Glambilly: White BBQ Saucenew

What makes Glambilly so great isn't in a song, but a monologue.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
08-19-2011 |
Reviews
Lamar Smith’s Push to HALT the DREAM Actnew

Two bills snaking their way through Congress, both with equally catchy names, show just how polarized the debate over immigration has become.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
08-19-2011 |
Immigration
Falling in Love With Anne Hathawaynew

Anne Hathaway sadly swims. Anne Hathaway sadly rides her bike. Anne Hathaway sadly signals a left turn.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
08-19-2011 |
Reviews
West Memphis Three are Freednew

Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin were released from custody Friday in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The three men plead guilty in exchange being released for time served.
The Memphis Flyer |
Flyer Staff |
08-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice