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Will the Hassle of Dealing with MLB Bury a Documentary About a Cubs Superfan?new
Just days before the Cubs season opener in 2005, amateur filmmaker Paul Hoffman premiered his documentary about Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers at a gala benefit at the Chicago Historical Society. Hoffman figured it was only a matter of time before Woo Life: One Life Saved by the Game of Baseball found a distributor and brought further attention to a cause near to his heart, the plight of Chicago's homeless. But in fact, in three years' time he'd be sitting on a thousand copies of the film.
Chicago Reader |
Jeff Carroll |
06-16-2008 |
Sports
Let's Hear It Again for 'Cornbread Nation'new
Featuring stories from around the South, the collection starts off right -- not with a recipe for shrimp and grits too fancy for its own good but with a lovely essay (and menu) by the doyenne of Southern country cooking, the late Edna Lewis.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Robust Barbecue Reds Jockey for Grillmarksnew
Maybe the best reason for firing up the barbecue this week is to add a few degrees of comfort to the great outdoors with a baker's dozen of recommendations.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Camp Cooks Ignite Creativitynew
While many people at local campgrounds default to weenie roasts, cooking while camping doesn’t have to be that way.
The Georgia Straight |
Carolyn Ali |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Bonnaroo's Comedy Lineup Features Big Laughsnew
The Bonnaroo comedy tent is an oasis in the desert (read: air-conditioned tent in the dusty, hippy-strewn festival wasteland). Performers include Zach Galifianakis, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Posehn and more.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
06-13-2008 |
Performance
Perez Hilton Unveils His New Fashion Linenew
Hilton, rumormonger, blogger and creative force behind PerezHilton.com, a.k.a. "Hollywood's most-hated website," debuted his own fashion line for Hot Topic this weekend.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
06-13-2008 |
Fashion
Lunch with Comedian Doug Bensonnew
You probably know comedian Doug Benson as a Last Comic Standing 5 finalist. But there’s more to Benson than his TV appearances.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Leilani Polk |
06-13-2008 |
Comedy
Is Pasadena's Art Center Gehry-Rigged?new
Arts Center president Richard Koshalek says no, but students and fearful faculty beg to differ.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
06-13-2008 |
Art
With a Halal Slaughter Facility, a Vermont Farmer Becomes an Unlikely Cultural Ambassadornew
Halal meat isn't easy to come by in the Green Mountains. "These people have a right to participate in their religious convictions," Arthur Meade suggests. "And there's no place in the state to do it. I allow people to practice their beliefs in clean, safe conditions. They bless the animals. It's a little bit of home."
Seven Days |
Suzanne Podhaizer |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Take Advantage of North Carolina Farm-raised Troutnew
The locavore provides recipes for faux smoked trout and mixed greens with roasted beets and feta in vinagrette.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Baseball: Where Have All the Black Guys Gone?new
Consider it fallout from the epidemic of black dads abandoning their families. Today, about 50 percent of black kids are raised in female single-parent homes, versus 16 percent of white kids. That trend wreaks unique havoc on baseball. As Indians ace C.C. Sabathia puts it: "It's a sport you play with your daddy."
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
06-13-2008 |
Sports
Who Has the Better Cookie: NYC or D.C.?new
Although both cookies represent cities that occasionally indulge in comparison to each other, the salty oat and the black-and-white defy comparison. So let's not quibble about which city has the better cookie (we do) and start instead from the beginning.
Washington City Paper |
Jule Banville |
06-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
What Happens When Corporate Art Goes 'Urban'?new
Since launching in 2004, the D.C. art collective AM Radio has found some key supporters for their urban art project: People trying to sell stuff to an "urban" demographic.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
06-13-2008 |
Art
Forget Indiana Jones, Meet Illinois Shapironew
A reincarnated Union general's search for the lost crystal skull of Peru.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
06-13-2008 |
History
Remembering Little Flagsnew
In the summer of ;62, my grandfather was dying in the Biloxi, Miss., V.A. hospital, so Grandmother and I would ride over there every day to visit. Death was unacceptable, especially for the man whom I believed hung the very stars in heaven.
Jackson Free Press |
Howard Bahr |
06-12-2008 |
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