AltWeeklies Wire
The Secrets (and Sadness) of Living in a Women's Dormnew
For $1,000 a month I’d get two meals a day and daily maid service. My room would be outfitted with a single bed, dresser, small closet, desk and sink. And I’d be surrounded with women of all ages and backgrounds. But I soon realized it was also utterly dispiriting.
New York Press |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
02-05-2009 |
Culture
Tags: New York City, communal living
Long Cheng Livestock Market Slays Your Meal in Front of Younew
A St. Paul slaughterhouse lets you watch as your dinner is butchered.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
02-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: butchers, Twin Cities
Proud and Unbowed: Chattanooga’s African American Historynew
African American history is American history. There is no excuse not to learn the history that paved the way for their existence.
Folks Hoping to Start a Community Garden in San Diego Are Closer to Farmnew
Two years since the International Rescue Committee set out to start the New Roots Community Farm in San Diego's City Heights, the first physical sign of progress came into view: a chain link fence.
San Diego CityBeat |
Rebecca Tolin |
02-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Mixed Emotions, No News in the Respectful 'Betrayed'new
Beneath its critical take on the American "mission" Betrayed puts Iraqi voices in the service of that other insular project: that of redeeming the myth of American moral superiority, even while foregrounding the play's composite but real-life Iraqi protagonists.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Robert Avila |
02-04-2009 |
Theater
Hipsters and the Emergence of Altpornnew
Altporn is, on a basic level, porn that features models who are representatives of real-life subcultures like goth, punk, rave, emo, rockabilly, and hipster.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Juliette Tang |
02-04-2009 |
Culture
Tags: pornography, altporn
Cabernet Francnew
Without cabernet franc, Bordeaux blends on both banks would lose much of their complexity.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-04-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine
Henry Rayburn: Gone, Far Too Soonnew
The loss of Henry Rayburn — artist, architect, activist, volunteer, world traveler, and world-class charmer — is a shock to the art community, the LGBT community, as well as his many family members and friends.
San Antonio Current |
Sarah Fisch |
02-04-2009 |
Art
Tags: visual arts, Henry Rayburn
Breedlove the Beautiful Boynew
Artists know the long tradition of the Beautiful Boy, the male Lolita whose siren song has transfixed sculptors and painters for millennia and led many a hapless older man (and more than a few women) astray.
Willamette Week |
Richard Speer |
02-04-2009 |
Art
Law & Border Hypocrisy, Part 982,776new
The Mexican can’t help but grin extra-grande when he hears people profess to love legal immigrants and hate the illegal ones.
Tags: Immigration, humor
Theirs Could Have Been Web 2.0's Wonder-Boy Success Storynew
Set to make millions with their YouTube-beating technology, the upstarts in Lifted Logic found a better market for their talents.
Disgruntled Prosecutors Scribble Complaints About the New Boss on a Blognew
The reformation of the Harris County district attorney's office remains incomplete. Murray Newman's blog has lately become a sort of bathroom wall for disgruntled prosecutors, the place to go to write something mean about the boss.
Houston Press |
Randall Patterson |
02-03-2009 |
Tech
Terry Bowden Ends His Decade-Long Coaching Sabbaticalnew
Terry Bowden, the scion of coaching legend Bobby Bowden and the former head coach at Auburn University from 1993 until 1998, takes over the reigns at the University of North Alabama in Florence.
Birmingham Weekly |
Matt Hooper |
02-03-2009 |
Sports
How Atheists Are Botching Their War on Religionnew
The atheist lobby and its standard-bearers attack all religion as dangerous and delusional. But religion can be a life-enriching experience that promotes community feeling and social values. Should we Imagine No Sports because of steroids, concussions, and Pioneer Square knife fights?
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
02-02-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: atheism, church-state separation
Passion for Movement: A Master of Afro-Caribbean Techniquenew
The University of Wisconsin got it right when they hired assistant professor Chris Walker, who serves as artistic director of the UW's groundbreaking, hip-hop-oriented, First Wave urban arts learning community.
Isthmus |
Susan Kepecs |
02-02-2009 |
Performance
