AltWeeklies Wire
Maas Appealnew
DJ Timo Maas promotes dance culture with his latest "maasterpiece."
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Back to the Futurenew
The last Star Wars installment succeeds -- mainly by returning us to the first.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-18-2005 |
Reviews
Student Journalist Charged With Misdemeanor Riotingnew
Documenting some "action" outside a club for a class assignment resulted in Quincy Shannon's arrest. Police say he egged a fight on by videotaping it.
Doing It to Deathnew
Give it up for funk classicists Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Great Katenew
On stage in Seattle, Mulgrew does Hepburnāand it isn't a drag. An interview.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
05-18-2005 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Bolton: Right Result, Wrong Reasonsnew

John Bolton is a national liability, and that -- not his record as an employer -- is why Republicans as well as Democrats should vote down his nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
05-18-2005 |
Commentary
"If the Shoe Fits," "Welcome to America," and "Duke of Oil"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
The Monkey Wrench Trialnew
A Republican lawsuit challenging Washington's 2004 gubernatorial election is on shaky legal ground. But if the GOP prevails in a bid to oust Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire, watch litigation become an option in close races everywhere.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
05-18-2005 |
Politics
'Washing of the Brain'new
A new allegation surfaces in the already strange story of the New Gnostic Church.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
05-18-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Band Names: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Columbia Free Times looks at noteworthy band names, pondering the meaning of everything from "...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead" to "Widespread Panic."
Columbia Free Times |
Dan Cook and Kevin Langston |
05-18-2005 |
Music
Burning Man Festival Leaves Afterburnnew
For deviant bingo promoter Lawrence Phipps, the arts festival held in the Nevada desert has become a dangerous lifestyle obsession.
The Dark Lord Speaksnew

George Lucas discusses how Sith compares to Vietnam-era foreign policy in a story filed by film critic Rob Nelson from the Cannes Film Festival.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
05-18-2005 |
Movies
Painting Outside the Linesnew

Jazz pianist Jason Moran talks about Milestone, a piece commissioned by the Walker Art Center and inspired by works by Adrian Piper, Louise Nevelson, Ellsworth Kelly, and others, that he performs this weekend.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Dylan Hicks |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jason Moran
Terror in Training

The roots of 9/11 reach all the way to Oklahoma.
Exactly what was Zacarias Moussaoui doing in Norman when he attended Airman Flight School?
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick and Rob Collins |
05-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Trouble at an Ohio Sikh Templenew

A conflict between cut and uncut members of a Sikh temple in Bedford, Ohio, led to a fistfight and a request from the city law director that the temple remain shut for two weeks to allow tempers to cool.
Cleveland Scene |
Charu Gupta |
05-17-2005 |
Religion