AltWeeklies Wire
A Lone Star look at this year's Sundance Film Festivalnew
This is finally Texas' year at Sundance Film Festival. On January 17-27, filmmakers from across the country will come together in Park City, Utah, to bring their film to market and pray for distribution, a scandal, or any other form of miracle.
San Antonio Current |
Natalia Ciolko |
01-16-2013 |
Movies
Breaking the Rulesnew
When it comes to making Congress work again, does U.S. Senator Tom Udall have the answer?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alexa Schirtzinger |
01-16-2013 |
Politics
Tags: Tom Udall, Senate Nuclear Option
Phil Gingrey's legitimate screw-upnew
Republicans still can't shut up about rape
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
01-16-2013 |
Politics
The 30 Essential Texas Restaurantsnew
20 critics and food writers team up to determine the most essential restaurants in Texas.
Houston Press |
Katharine Shilcutt |
01-16-2013 |
Food+Drink
Taddy Porter and Filligar are young bands with old soulsnew
Known for occasionally bringing in some killer national and regional talent, Jack's Bar is kicking off 2013 right — on January 20 the venue will host Taddy Porter and Filligar, a dynamic duo of solid young rock bands.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
01-16-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Flying Rats Live Another Daynew
My thoughts on the head flying rat are well known: He’s a thug who obstructed the investigation of a double homicide in 2000 and yet somehow is regarded with the same reverence normally reserved for non-murderous professional athletes who’ve enjoyed long careers.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
01-16-2013 |
Sports
A Ban on Hypocrisynew
Liberals and conservatives should re-examine the basics of our public debates.
Fort Worth Weekly |
E.R. Bills |
01-16-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: newtown shooting
The Real History of #yeswecanseconew
Jose Canseco owes my friend Jarrett an apology and an audiobook.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Danny Cross |
01-16-2013 |
Tech
Will Eisner's The Plotnew
The father of the graphic novel debunks history's most notorious anti-Semitic tract
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
01-16-2013 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Will Eisner
Turning Off the Spigotnew
Texas has changed its tune on turning kids into criminals, but Fort Worth may be lagging behind.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey |
01-16-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Juvenile Offenders
Mummies of the World at the Witte Museumnew
What is it about kids and mummies? Maybe it's sheer exoticism, ghoulish delight, or their strange similarity to the familiar name for mother, but there's no denying that children are fascinated by the wrapped remains associated with the glory days of the Egyptian pharaohs.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-16-2013 |
Art
Marion Cotillard shines on trite 'Rust and Bone'new
For most of Rust and Bone, Marion Cotillard plays a legless woman. Though the corporeal deficiency is a hardship for the character, Stéphanie, an orca trainer whose limbs are amputated after she is attacked by a whale, it is a boon to the actor.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
01-16-2013 |
Movies
After three decades, Yo La Tengo isn't ready for definition just yetnew
"I've always felt that if we're playing it, it's us. It's a legitimate part of our lives and our personalities, and something that we feel so strongly about that we committed it to a record."
Farm to Glassnew
A distillery in St. Augustine, Fla. partners with local farmers to grow a rare heirloom sugar cane for premium rum production.
Folio Weekly |
Kara Pound |
01-16-2013 |
Food+Drink
Tags: craft rum, heirloom sugar cane
Heavy Liftingnew
Olympic weightlifting: not just for muscled-up meatheads anymore.
North Bay Bohemian |
Nicolas Grizzle |
01-16-2013 |
Health
