AltWeeklies Wire
Long-awaited High West Distillery Open for Businessnew
Finally, the long-awaited Park City location of High West Distillery is open for business. Fans of Utah’s first legal distillery since 1870 and its High West Rendezvous Rye, Vodka 7000 and “Bourye” (a blend of bourbon and rye with a beguiling jackalope on the label) have reason to celebrate.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Virginia Rainey |
12-15-2009 |
Food+Drink
Bless Our Dronesnew
The drone operator, typically a high school graduate from Marion, Ind., sits safely on the ground in a control module somewhere in Australia; he looks at a screen and flies the drone with a gaming handset similar to what he uses to play Mario Bros.
Weekly Alibi |
Alex Limkin |
12-15-2009 |
Commentary
Not so Pretty in Pinknew
Has feminism been replaced by the pink-ribbon breast cancer cult? When the House of Representatives passed the Stupak amendment, which would take abortion rights away even from women who have private insurance, the female response ranged from muted to inaudible.
Metro Times |
Barbara Ehrenreich |
12-15-2009 |
The War on Women
She Comes in Colors: Niagara's Tale is Pure Detroitnew
Niagara — the same woman who did time with the late Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton in the universally cultish bands Destroy All Monsters and Dark Carnival — whose drug-fueled, gun-toting, sexually vivid pop art is known the world over.
Metro Times |
Brent Callwood |
12-15-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
EPA Looks Into American Cement Permitnew
In early October, neighbors of American Cement got word that the city had approved the permit to extend operation to 24 hours a day. The station at 4702 Carlton NW is a few blocks from Mountain Mahogany Community School and La Luz Elementary.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
12-15-2009 |
Environment
Snowboarder Steve Fisher Hits a Double Cork in the Road on his Way to the Olympicsnew
The U.S. Snowboarding team pays for Steve Fisher's travel, training and health care — an important factor, given the two reconstructive surgeries he's had on his right wrist since he joined the team as a rookie in 2003.
At Florida Memorial University, Surviving Assaults is Part of the Curriculumnew
A student named Robert tools his Toyota Camry in semicircles around campus and points out past crime scenes. "That's where the kid was thrown into the lagoon," he says nonchalantly as he drives. "The student center's where the riot went down... There was a shooting at that bookstore."
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
12-14-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Why Slavic Immigrants are the Most Visible Face of Opposition to Gay Marriage in Washingtonnew
To them, the issue isn't just about homosexuality. The bigger fear is that the government will start dictating how they practice their religion, in an echo of the oppression they experienced at the hands of communists.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
12-14-2009 |
LGBT
Sen. Patty Murray, After a 'No' on Iraq, Has the President’s Back on Afghanistannew
One of 23 senators who rolled the political dice and voted nay on the Iraq War, Murray and her colleagues have been cast at the least as prescient and at times heroic. But now, Murray has declared her support for Obama's plan for Afghanistan.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
12-14-2009 |
Politics
Biodiesel Blows Up, but Not in a Good Waynew
Interest in biofuels has sank, a drag for one Seattle start-up called Imperium Renewables, which built a gigantic biofuel-production plant in Grays Harbor County. Earlier this year, the company laid off most of its staff at the plant... and on Wed., Dec. 2, there was a massive explosion there.
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
12-14-2009 |
Environment
The Midwest's First Celebration of all Things Yaoi: Where the Screaming Never Stopsnew
Yaoi (pronounced "yowee") is stories of beautiful, deeply emotional boys who are desperately in love with each other. One can find these erotic tales in Japanese comic books or watch the animated versions on DVDs that are sold at mainstream bookstores.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
12-11-2009 |
Books
Will Actor and Country Has-been Jeff Bridges Finally Snag the Elusive Oscar?new
Jeff Bridges is a physical presence who leads with his body in a way that often obscures the intelligence he lends his characters — a gallery of American manhood in all its compromised, destroyed or hopeful ambiguity.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brentwood's Toxic Grave: Historic Dumping Grounds Finally Get Testednew
After years of promises to complete tests and determine what is really buried there, indications show that the historic Veteran's Administration property has not been well monitored. A disturbing collection of abandoned soldiers’ tombstones have sat for months.
L.A. Weekly |
Michael Collins |
12-11-2009 |
Environment
Eastwood on the Pitch: At 79, Clint tackles Mandela in 'Invictus'new
It’s the 24th day of filming on Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, the 30th film he has directed in a career that now spans more than a half-century — and, as usual on an Eastwood set, if you didn’t know they were shooting a major Hollywood movie here, you’d be none the wiser.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Keanu Reeves on Rebecca Miller's Unconvincing 'Private Lives of Pippa Lee'new
How much you may or may not enjoy The Private Lives of Pippa Lee depends on either a) your interest in a crowded genre (stifled housewife wonders if she has wasted her life) or b) your interest in watching good actors do interesting work with material that is less than top shelf.
Artvoice |
Peter Rainer |
12-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
