AltWeeklies Wire
Illinois Governor Touts Latest Health Initiativenew
Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to offer health coverage to the state’s quarter-million uninsured children plays to mixed reviews, as critics point out the state has put the screws to other health-care
programs.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
10-14-2005 |
Science
State Fights Claim of Woman Raped at Mental Health Centernew
Lisa Weisser was raped in 1994 in a state mental-health facility -- and has been seeking justice ever since. Her rapist got a slap on
the wrist, and returned to the streets, where last year he threatened another woman.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
The Power of Sisterhood
The Wisconsin writer's upcoming book is about a woman who died too soon and whose funeral honors all women who have loved and lost, and who grieve and still need to live.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Another Look at Frailty
In an email interview, Bee Season author Myla Goldberg discusses her new novel set during the flu pandemic of 1918, her musical and spelling prowess, and her fondness for "the full spectrum of language."
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society Means Business��
Guitar-slingin' hellraiser Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society brings the trad-metal on their new album.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Spirited Stuff��
Led by singer-guitarist Caleb Followill, indie-rock quartet The Kings of Leon deliver the rough-edged rock��
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Burdens of Being the FOUND Guy
The creator of FOUND magazine has a collection of short fiction out, and he says he had to urge Simon & Schuster not to publish it in a flushable format.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Fellowship of Bro’s��
The Diesel Brothers indulge in rock and otherwise -- and release debut disc to their audience in Charleston, S.C.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Oscillation & Power Chords��
The up-and-coming Charleston, S.C., twang-rock trio let it all hang out in the noisy power-pop of their debut disc.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dig the New Soul Man��
Known best as the frontman for Soul Coughing, Mike Doughty proudly demonstrates a new-found sense of independence.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love, Death and the Paranormal
It took art professor Audrey Niffenegger 14 years to complete her latest book, and she hopes readers of her best-selling The Time Traveler's Wife "will not be so startled" by her new illustrated novel "that they choke on their coffee."
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Curing Jamie Handleynew
One Portland, Ore., family pushes a fix for the autism "epidemic."
Willamette Week |
Angela Valdez |
10-13-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
9021Woah!
Self-consciously cool hyphenated heist hybrid Domino is utterly and consistently ridiculous, just one of the main reasons for the film's relentless awesome-ness.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tony Scott, Domino
From Kiev, With Lovenew
Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz jumps from stage diving to scene stealing in Everything is Illuminated.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Special Deliverynew
Hip-hop is all about representing where you're from and making it cool, even if, like Columbus, Ohio's witty and wily Envelope, you're from the aging hippie residential part of town.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
