AltWeeklies Wire
On the Firing Linenew
Tucson, Ariz. is in the center of the nation's new fight against gun violence.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
01-31-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, U.S. Gun Laws
This year's Oscar shorts, in four programsnew
There's a strong crop of Animated Short Film nominees this year, and unusually, none of the nominees are CGI. In fact, there's a welcome return of old-school animation, with hand-drawn and stop-motion animation among the candidates.
Kombucha Culturenew
An underground 'booch community brews in Charlotte, N.C.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Keia Mastrianni |
01-30-2013 |
Food+Drink
Colorado Springs pot delivery may be illegalnew
Driven by the theory that if something's not forbidden then it's allowed, entrepreneurs are making money
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
01-30-2013 |
Drugs
Battered but unbowed, Mike Daisey brings his new show to Durhamnew
American Utopias—which tackles Burning Man, Disney World and Zuccotti Park, the locus of Occupy Wall Street—is an outgrowth of Daisey's long interest in mythmaking and totemic objects.
Tags: Mike Daisey
Interview with 'The Invisible War' director Kirby Dicknew
Q: The Invisible War premiered at Sundance last year, shortly after news broke on San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base scandal.
San Antonio Current |
Joy-Marie Scott |
01-30-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hatebreed keeps metal and punk influences intactnew
Core values
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
01-30-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hatebreed
Abandoned by the U.S. government, hurricane-ravaged Staten Island turns to the Occupy movementnew
All Veronica Skibinski wants is a yellow tag. She had one two weeks ago, so she hired a crew to gut her home in Midland Beach, four blocks from the ocean on Staten Island. Mold-covered drywall and water-logged appliances were hauled to the curb. Thousands of dollars were spent installing new heating and electrical systems.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
01-30-2013 |
#OCCUPY
Environmentalists, landowners and Valero await decision on the Keystone XL pipelinenew
The town of Wells is easy to overlook, just a few blocks of homes and a school stretching along a busy state highway.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-30-2013 |
Environment
'The Invisible War': will a win at the Oscars change anything for raped women in the military?new
Of this year's Oscar-nominated films, none is more relevant to Military City, USA than Kirby Dick's The Invisible War.
San Antonio Current |
Joy-Marie Scott |
01-30-2013 |
Movies
A$AP Rocky: 'Long. Live. A$AP'new
A$AP Rocky’s Long. Live. A$AP is the latest ushering in of rap relevance.
San Antonio Current |
M. R. Brown |
01-30-2013 |
Reviews
Toro y Moi: 'Anything in Return'new
Toro y Moi, AKA Chaz Bundick, makes a play for radio spots but may find himself lodged in the final rotation spot of the party's vinyl playlist.
San Antonio Current |
M. R. Brown |
01-30-2013 |
Reviews
'Pretty Vacant': the Sex Pistols and Esteban Jordan meet in a SA film classicnew
It's hard to hold a DVD of Pretty Vacant, the short film by Jim Mendiola — it burns your hands
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
01-30-2013 |
Reviews
Late Night at the Lanesnew
Traipsing through the North Bay's few remaining bowling-alley bars
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
01-30-2013 |
Recreation
Sexual abuse victims testify in Lackland hearingnew
In the summer of 2011, a single trainee came forward to claim she was raped by her instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-30-2013 |
Crime & Justice
