AltWeeklies Wire
Critical Affectionnew
In his welcome debut, Rene S. Perez II tells stories about his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Tucson Weekly |
Christine Wald-Hopkins |
08-16-2012 |
Books
Revisiting the great Convention Center black holenew
There we go again. Or rather, there they go again. Local leaders keep spending hundreds of millions on our Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, and on its next-door Grand Hyatt hotel, in the hopes that the local convention business will boom.
San Antonio Current |
Heywood Sanders |
08-16-2012 |
Housing & Development
Proud Terinew
Artist Teri Greeves beads 'em to the punch.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
08-16-2012 |
Art
Gen Con 2012: Choose your own adventurenew
You call the shots at Gen Con, the world's largest gaming convention, taking place this weekend in the Indiana Convention Center.
NUVO |
Robert Annis |
08-16-2012 |
Recreation
Mexican President-Elect Peña Nieto vs. #yosoy132new
Mexico's president-elect may not look like he's got problems, but he does.
San Diego Reader |
Lorena Mancilla |
08-16-2012 |
International
The Axe Mannew
Why rock stars love Jon Hill's custom guitars
Cleveland Scene |
Jeff Niesel |
08-16-2012 |
Music
People in the Palacenew
In the quirky documentary 'Queen of Versailles,' the wealthy subjects are surprisingly sympathetic
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
Jonesing for Jasonnew
Matt Damon—and good writing—are sorely missed in this Bourne flick
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
The return of Café Tacuba, Mexico's artsy roots rockersnew
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the self-titled debut of Café Tacuba, the band that turned the world of Latin alternative music upside down with an unusual early format of a drum machine, acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, and a high-pitched charro-sounding singer wearing guarache sandals and a straw hat.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Campsite Killernew
Cold case: Eight years ago, Estevan Montaño was murdered during a hunting trip in the Santa Ritas
Tucson Weekly |
Brian J. Pedersen |
08-16-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Walk or Take Sun Tran!new
Some Pueblo High students are surprised to learn their school buses have been sent elsewhere
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
08-16-2012 |
Education
'Ruby Sparks' fizzles behind Zoe Kazan's tweepulsive screenplaynew
Vanity Fair had the right idea late last year when it started recapping episodes of the comedy series New Girl by categorizing each of Zooey Deschanel’s idiosyncrasies as either “adorkable” (a personality trait described as dorky and adorable) or “tweepulsive” (the same trait, but at a more cloying level).
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
08-16-2012 |
Reviews
The Nurse, The Rapist and Their Shady Charitynew
He nearly beat his wife to death, but the Ironwood State Prison resident wants you to donate to his anti-domestic-violence charity.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
08-16-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Prince Edward Maryland
Attack of the Comic Repostersnew
The Oatmeal and FunnyJunk do battle, involving lawyers and other unfunny junk.
San Diego Reader |
Ian Pike |
08-16-2012 |
Cartoons
Coming of Agenew
Brandi Carlile's genre-busting new album debuts in the Top 10
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
08-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
