AltWeeklies Wire
With T.O., the Cowboys' Loss Is Buffalo's, Um, Lossnew
Without the sabotaging, self-aggrandizing receiver who for the last three seasons has constructed impressive stats while imploding the locker room, the Cowboys are a less talented team. They're also a better team.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
03-16-2009 |
Sports
Simplify, Simplifynew
Voluntary simplicity is not just good for your budget and peace of mind; it's also good for the planet.
Jackson Free Press |
Brandi Herrera Pfrehm |
03-13-2009 |
Culture
Too Blessed to Be Stressednew
Joy for the economically challenged comes with the stimulus package working in full effect, baby.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
03-13-2009 |
Comedy
Underground Dinner Parties Add Mystery to Bored Diners' Schedulesnew
Paired is a series of underground dinner parties in which a chef partners with an artist and creates a meal inspired by the artist's work.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
03-13-2009 |
Food+Drink
Reboot America: A Lesson from Post-Consumerist Cubanew
It sucks that it took a depression to get us here, but historians might just look back on this depression as the event that saved the ecosystem just when we were on the brink of flopping over a climatic tipping point.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
03-13-2009 |
Commentary
Montreal's Edgy Women Festival Breaks Down Barriers and Wants You to Do the Samenew
Living on the edge of arts, disciplines and gender politics for six nights only is the Edgy Women Festival, Studio 303’s annual celebration of boundary pushing artists.
Montreal Mirror |
Lina Harper |
03-13-2009 |
Performance
Latkes vs. Hamantash at MITnew
An annual debate pits six MIT academics in a battle to determine the superior Jewish treat — the three-cornered pastry made with a variety of fillings or the fried potato pancake.
Boston Phoenix |
Ian Sands |
03-12-2009 |
Food+Drink
Double Exposure: Michael P. Smithnew
The work of cultural photographer Michael P. Smith, who died last year, is exhibited in two New Orleans venues, with one creating digital reproductions of rarely or not before seen images.
Tags: photography, Michael P. Smith
What's the Deal with Those Tramping Street Kids?new
There’s a problem in San Luis Obispo. A transient problem. And the problem isn’t the local homeless population, those faces people have grown used to seeing, who in some cases may be old high-school classmates. Instead, the problem is this latest influx of street kids: lots of them.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Patrick Howe |
03-10-2009 |
Culture
Tags: homeless youth, San Luis Obispo
The Dallas Mavericks Go for Broke, But Where Is it Getting Them?new
The Mavericks are still trying to figure out how to win. Still haunted by their monumental implosion. And yes, still affected -- in psychological scars and philosophical strategy -- by that final 6:34 in Miami 32 months ago.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
03-09-2009 |
Sports
Exploring the Phenomenon of the Lesser Showbiz Brothernew
It's not unusual for siblings to enter similar lines of work. They share the same genes, after all. But when siblings enter a field in the public eye—be it sports, politics, or entertainment—how one compares to the other(s) becomes, well, quite public.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
03-09-2009 |
Performance
'Halo Wars': Trying to Command In Order to Conquer
In videogames, killing someone is easy. Telling someone else to kill someone is hard.
The Inlander |
Marty Demarest |
03-09-2009 |
Video Games
Raoul Dufy: The Controversial Aesthetenew
The Mississippi Museum of Art's exhibition, "Dufy: A Celebration of Beauty," is a reminder that the world can and should be beautiful.
Jackson Free Press |
Nientara Anderson |
03-06-2009 |
Art
Our Time Has Comenew
The Ghetto Science Department of Transportation is getting a financial boost from the stimulus package.
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
03-06-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: humor, federal stimulus
One Woman's Begrudging Descent Into the World of Strategic Shoppingnew
The recession took my beloved food budget, an extravagant dollar amount I am still unwilling to print, and tightened it down in its mean little grip while simultaneously inflating grocery prices.
North Bay Bohemian |
Beth Hall |
03-05-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: groceries
