AltWeeklies Wire
Homeless and Hungry: Portraits by Michael Northrupnew
"I think what interested me was their blatant exposure," the writer says of the men and women who use small squares of cardboard, or even just a plain Styrofoam cup, to make a very public appeal of need. To him, "they just screamed, hey, somebody take a picture."
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Northrup |
03-16-2010 |
Economy
Aqua Velva Man: Success Means Never Having to Say You're Sorrynew
“Well, I’m not apologizing for anything,” said Mit Romney. (Mit downsized his name at the same time he downsized his domiciles, so people would forget that he is the richest guy to ever run for president.)
Salt Lake City Weekly |
D.P. Sorensen |
03-16-2010 |
Commentary
The LDS Church Eyes Barren Wetlands as a Future City Within Salt Lake Citynew
What is now home mostly to birds, mosquitoes and deer flies would eventually house up to 70,000 people in “a variety of neighborhoods with a range of housing types for a diverse population,” according to an update of the 2009 draft of the Northwest Quadrant Master Plan.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Katharine Biele |
03-16-2010 |
Religion
Game Changer: A Company Stimulates Gamers’ Sense of Touchnew
Haptic technology is to our sense of touch what graphics are to our sense of sight, explains Tom Anderson, CEO of Albuquerque company Novint. “Our technology gives you a sense of touch in computing,” he says.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
03-16-2010 |
Tech
'Sweetgrass' is a Raw, Open-Eyed Elegy for the American Cowboynew
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, the husband-and-wife filmmaking team behind Sweetgrass, apparently prefer the term “recordist” over the term “director.” Once you see the documentary, you might be inclined to agree.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
03-16-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Sweetgrass
Tim Burton-Johnny Depp Combo Comes in Colors and Whimsy, but Lacks Tensionnew
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is everything you hoped it would be. Plants with human faces, checkerboard landscapes, forced perspective, day-glo colors and macabre pranks abound in his recasting of Lewis Carroll's classic as a warped tale of Victorian-age feminist empowerment.
Metro Times |
Jeff Meyers |
03-16-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton
Get the Buzz: Why Bees are a Sweet Addition to City Lifenew
When I was a kid, my mother used to make a big jar of honey and fresh-squeezed lemon juice every winter. The thick, bittersweet concoction was our cough medicine, and we would gladly line up for a spoon of that rather than cod liver oil or castor oil — both of which were also freely passed out among us.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
03-16-2010 |
Environment
Chaos Contained: Review of 'Green Zone'new
As long as you don't enter Paul Greengrass' Green Zone expecting Bourne 4 or a totally accurate history lesson, you should emerge sufficiently entertained and possibly even enlightened with regard to the real reasons behind America's involvement in the Iraq war.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jeff Sneider |
03-16-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Green Zone, Paul Greengrass
Post Bus-Shelter Ad Ban, 'Avenue Q' Set to Attack More of Colorado Springs' Sensibilitiesnew
If you snuck into the theater as the lights went down, slid into your seat and listened for a moment, you might blurt out that Avenue Q is basically grown-up Sesame Street.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
03-16-2010 |
Theater
After Nearly 40 Years, Aztec Two-Step is Still The Onenew
Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman, the folk duo known as Aztec Two-Step, have been compared to another fairly acclaimed folk/pop twosome. The comparisons had become so pervasive that ATS recorded their album Time It Was: The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook as a tribute.
New Haven Advocate |
Brian Baker |
03-16-2010 |
Concerts
Fortunately, Peter Hedges Decided Against Writing A 'Serious' Booknew
Peter Hedges’ novel The Heights is crying to be filmed. I assume it will be and I recommend everyone read it before you’re forced to buy a copy with a stupid movie tie-in cover.
New Haven Advocate |
Eva Geertz |
03-16-2010 |
Fiction
Tags: The Heights, Peter Hedges
Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell Waddles Toward Lame-Duck-Itudenew
No matter what Gov. M. Jodi Rell tries to say or do these days, the message many people are hearing is “quack, quack, quack.” Connecticut doesn’t get any money out of a pool of federal transportation funding. “Quack.”
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
03-16-2010 |
Politics
Swedish Exploitation Mystery: Stieg Larsson Gets Posthumously More Famous
The first film adaptation of the late Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson's posthumously published "Millennium Trilogy," "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is an enigmatic mystery thriller fired by the growling intensity of its goth-girl heroine Lisbeth Salander (ferociously played by Noomi Rapace).
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-15-2010 |
Reviews
Maybe it's Time for Philadelphia to Consider Banning Pit Bullsnew
On the weekend of Feb. 19, there were three serious pit bull attacks across Philadelphia. A 52-year-old woman nearly lost her left hand to one of the dogs. Ten-year-old Philip Sheriff was found facedown on a ballfield, his right arm almost severed.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jacob Lambert |
03-15-2010 |
Animal Issues
Snout to Tail: Breaking it Down Swine-Stylenew
Head: In this salumi-savvy scene, even options as uncommon as culatello and guanciale are everyday parlance. Which is why the la ventricina teramana, hand-crafted at Le Virtu, grabbed our attention.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Adam Erace and Tim McGinnis |
03-15-2010 |
Food+Drink
