AltWeeklies Wire
Tastes Like Chickennew
Want to eat local meat? One way to counter the big ag, big slaughterhouse trend is mobile slaughter units.
Eugene Weekly |
Ephraim Payne |
08-17-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: chicken farming
The NYPD's Poor Judgment With the Mentally Illnew
Shereese Francis was in mental distress. After police arrived, she was dead.
The Village Voice |
Nick Pinto |
08-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
The 'Dirty' Southnew
Mississippi's power plants make it one of the nation's dirtiest states for air pollution.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-17-2012 |
Environment
No Sanctuarynew
People dropping dogs off at the refuge trusted they were sending them to the best place possible. Not exactly.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
08-17-2012 |
Animal Issues
Music For Miles and Menew
My nephew, Miles Jackson, emerged with a full head of spiky, dark hair. I began telling him about tunes immediately.
Jackson Free Press |
Garrad Lee |
08-16-2012 |
Music
Brutal and Poeticnew
Author of numerous non-fiction books, award-winning author Peter Heller's first foray into fiction gives readers an unusual look at one possible future.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-16-2012 |
Fiction
Laugh 'Til You Crynew
Anita Modak-Truran reviews "The Campaign."
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Seven Minutes, Two Daysnew
The 48 Hour Film Project is no walk in the park. On the weekend of Aug. 17-19 when filmmakers gather in the capital city to participate in this exhaustive competition, they will have no idea what's ahead for them.
Jackson Free Press |
Sara Sacks |
08-16-2012 |
Movies
A More Intolerant Nationnew
This week, a local dentist showed up on Facebook agitated that we had dared publish a story about guns in a public-health context.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
08-16-2012 |
Commentary
Chilling docudrama 'The Imposter' plumbs the depths of the human psychenew
Stare deep into the eyes of French-Algerian criminal Frédéric Bourdin and it is evident he has no conscience.
San Antonio Current |
Kiki Martinez |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Director Bart Layton confronts "The Chameleon"new
Getting to the truth wasn't going to come easy for director Bart Layton. He knew this even before he turned on the video camera and gave serial imposter Frédéric Bourdin a platform to do what he does best.
San Antonio Current |
Kiki Martinez |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Semi-losers and 'Inbetweeners' checking the British pulsenew
Based on a British series, The Inbetweeners puts its finger on high school’s “in-between” cohort.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
08-16-2012 |
TV
Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man in the Universenew
For his latest comeback—and first album of new material in 18 years—this R&B titan of the 1960s and '70s went to England.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Sasha Go Hard: Do You Know Who I Am?new
Young rapper/vocalists like Rye Rye and Azealia Banks epitomize a post-millennial sass that's all about eclecticism.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Time Traveling: Neil Young Journeysnew
Documentary takes a road trip down singer's past.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Pat Moran |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
