AltWeeklies Wire
Best of Flash Fiction: October 2012new
The fairy tale is a timeless tale. But we love to update, rearrange, reconfigure the familiar to make it new and more applicable, but the beautiful sometimes horrifying center still quivers, groans, and blushes (albeit what we consider to be the "center" shifts with time). Johanna DeBiase proves this with intelligence, humor, and creative insight in her "Time Upon Once: 3 Tales."
San Antonio Current |
Lyle Rosdahl |
10-31-2012 |
Original Work
"Champagne taste on a beer budget" blogger Christina Coker reports from the front lines of Fashion Weeknew
Day four of Fashion Week San Antonio featured the 5th annual Avant Garde Going Green fashion show, held at The Educational and Cultural Arts Center of Texas A&M University.
San Antonio Current |
Christina Coker |
10-31-2012 |
Fashion
Rebozos weaves women's stories from two languagesnew
In an era when books are being banned, hers included, San Antonio's poet laureate Carmen Tafolla is mindfully doing what she does best: documenting the lives of those whose hard work and fierce spirit offer the preceding generations shoulders upon which we unwaveringly, if not consciously, stand.
San Antonio Current |
Laurie Ann Guerrero |
10-31-2012 |
Books
PlayMakers Rep's Imaginary Invalid: "Ain't that some shit!"new
Should you see Imaginary Invalid, gentle reader? The answer has a lot to do with how much crap you're willing to put up with—literally.
Martial arts way of life leads RZA to 'The Man with the Iron Fists'new
Introduced to Hollywood in the late '90s, RZA — Grammy-winning hip-hop MC/producer and co-founder of the Wu-Tang Clan — thought he would try something different when filmmaker Jim Jarmusch asked him to compose music for his new action-drama Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai. It was not a gig he thought would lead to anything.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
10-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Malibu Country' has it all: moldy oldies, boobs, and gay mockingnew
Start-Ups: Silicon Valley (9pm Mon, Bravo)
Bravo usually focuses its reality series on good-looking socialites or business people.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
10-31-2012 |
TV
Between the Buried and Me hotter (and better) than evernew
After 10 years as one of the hardest-working bands in heavy music, North Carolina's Between the Buried and Me is finally starting to get its due.
San Antonio Current |
leonard Pierce |
10-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Pro-Life View on Dronesnew
U.S. drone strikes violate the sanctity of life.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
10-31-2012 |
War
Contamination Destinationnew
Officials contend that Treasure Island is safe, but residents say health problems abound.
East Bay Express |
Ashley Bates |
10-31-2012 |
Environment
Holy War on Womennew
Scolded by the Vatican, Nuns in America find themselves between men and God.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
10-31-2012 |
Religion
Cody Critcheloe's SSION needs no Ke$hanew
With directing creds for the likes of Santigold, Peaches, and CSS, his own flick (2009's Boy), and the album artwork for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it's a damn miracle that Cody Critcheloe has time to perform with his first artistic endeavor, the inimitable SSION.
San Antonio Current |
Matt Stieb |
10-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Colorado's standoffnew
Scott Gessler's search for illegal voters.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
10-31-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Scott Gessler, Illegal voters
Ten Reasons to Vote This Year ... or Notnew
With such paltry return on your ballot investment, why would you spend your time, gasoline, or brainpower on voting, whether you are Republican, Democrat, minor party, or independent?
San Antonio Current |
jeffrey Wright |
10-31-2012 |
Elections
The Bittersweet Lifenew
A stroke, brain tumor and the loss of his sense of taste haven't kept Chef David Guerrero out of the kitchen.
Houston Press |
Katharine Shilcutt |
10-31-2012 |
Features
