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Kiss Guitarist Paul Stanley Talks About His New Passion: Paintingnew

That art ranges from serene to immediate, while touching on themes Kiss never would. It's important to him that his art not be seen as some by-product of Kiss. "At the end of the day, if you know you're buying pieces of art because I sing 'Love Gun,' you're probably better off spending the money elsewhere."
Dig Boston  |  Rob Turbovsky  |  04-24-2008  |  Art

Make a Statement With a Bright Handbagnew

Those misshapen, deflated-balloon body bags gals have been dragging around on their shoulders for four or five years now are quickly making an exit -- thankfully.
OC Weekly  |  Vickie Chang  |  04-23-2008  |  Fashion

Why You Don't Need to Feel Guilty About Eating at 7-Elevennew

I proudly declare (from on high, if necessary) that I regularly eat pre-packaged sandwiches from 7-Eleven.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Nathan Dinsdale  |  04-23-2008  |  Food+Drink

How the Web Has Changed Writingnew

Back in the 1990s, I taught writing using books and movies -- there was only one possible kind of output: linear narratives written on sheets of paper. When I recently returned to teaching writing, I couldn't imagine teaching writing using books and linear narratives. I taught writing by showing my students how different software applications could help them structure their writing.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Annalee Newitz  |  04-23-2008  |  Tech

Kulture Klash 2 and the Authenticity of an Emerging Arts Brandnew

Charleston's one-night arts event tweaks the standard strategies of arts marketing and sells nothing but the idea of itself.
Charleston City Paper  |  John Stoehr  |  04-23-2008  |  Art

PETA Presses Al Gore to Take on Meat-Eatingnew

For more than a year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has hassled Gore to set an example by not eating animal flesh, and more important, to use his group, the Alliance for Climate Protection, to explain that vegetarianism is an important tactic in the fight against global warming.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Alex Felsinger  |  04-23-2008  |  Food+Drink

The Eco-Friendly Ways of Virginia's DelFosse Vineyardsnew

It has long been gospel that Virginia wines will never be organic; the sheer number of bugs and mildews pretty much necessitate spraying. But organic is sooo hippy dippy 1990s anyway; sustainability is what's hot.
C-Ville Weekly  |  J. Tobias Beard  |  04-23-2008  |  Food+Drink

Sex Files: There's Help for Survivors of Sexual Abusenew

For most women -- and men, for that matter -- overcoming past sexual abuse takes effort.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Annette Owens  |  04-23-2008  |  Advice

Tech Advice for Dissident Bloggersnew

Blogging is free speech's last frontier against government suppression. It's cheap (free), accessible (easy), and worldwide in seconds (bitchin!). Governments in need of control over information know this -- and they're pissed. So how do you get the word out?
Charleston City Paper  |  Joshua Curry  |  04-23-2008  |  Tech

The War of the Tasty Appetite Suppressorsnew

It's the old diet doc versus the marketing gun!
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Deirdra Funcheon  |  04-22-2008  |  Food+Drink

Ask a Mexican!new

"Is it racist to call a Mexican working at a coffee shop a 'beaner'?"
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  04-22-2008  |  Comedy

Meet the Klansman Who Helped to Found Orange Countynew

How Dr. Henry William Head's KKK membership was wiped from the Orange County history books is really a story of how local scholars highlight selected parts of our story.
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  04-22-2008  |  History

War Zones, Shipwrecks and Romance Caught on Cassettenew

What follows are excerpts from three tales, discovered on discarded cassette tapes. Three men, at different stages in their lives, reflect on relationships -- with their parents, with strangers in a strange land and even with a buzzing 1920s city named Detroit.
Metro Times  |  Rebecca Mazzei  |  04-22-2008  |  Culture

Shedding Light on the Olympic Torchnew

China wants the torch to travel through the nations of Western Europe and the United States as well as Tibet as a way to spread the gospel of China's global reach. The torch's 1936 route was also planned with political considerations in mind. The torch was carried exclusively through European areas where the Third Reich wanted to extend its reach: particularly southeastern and central regions.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Dave Zirin  |  04-22-2008  |  Sports

Nora Pouillon Was Organic When Organic Wasn't Coolnew

Long before "organic" and "local" were on most people's food radar, Pouillon was serving organic food at her namesake Washington, D.C. restaurant. Opened in 1979, Restaurant Nora became the first certified organic restaurant in the country in 1999.
Isthmus  |  Erika Janik  |  04-22-2008  |  Food+Drink

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