AltWeeklies Wire
The World’s Most Expensive Male Prostitutenew

Loved by aristocrats and immortalized in literature, Denham Fouts remains virtually unknown in his own hometown.
Folio Weekly |
Richard Wall |
06-20-2012 |
Features
Super PAC Black Dropsnew

CD Productions has raked in more than $150,000 in campaign payments—but does it exist?
Santa Fe Reporter |
Alexa Schirtzinger |
06-20-2012 |
Elections
Fast Becoming Furiousnew

After a federal scandal, some firearms dealers say they've become the scapegoats.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-20-2012 |
Politics
Teen's Letter About Life in a Violent City is Hand-Delivered to President Obamanew

Four people in 18-year-old Edgar Pagan's life have been been killed on the streets of Philly. Last week, he wrote a letter about the city's violence & failing schools that was hand-delivered to President Obama asking for help.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha and Edgar Pagan |
06-20-2012 |
Education
Pickup Basketballnew

After spending ungodly hours watching the NBA this playoff season, it's time to get off your ass, lace up your sneakers, and get on the court.
San Antonio Current |
Matt Stieb |
06-20-2012 |
Sports
Tags: basketball
Wes Anderson's Alternate Magic Kingdomnew

Moonrise Kingdom is a big delicious box of whimsy.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
06-20-2012 |
Reviews
Indiana unemployment steady despite lagging economynew

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development revealed that 7,700 private sector jobs were created in May and the unemployment rate remained at 7.9 percent.
Music streaming revenue is finally an industry reality. So where's all the money?new

How much money does the music industry make when streaming music is the only way anyone is streaming revenue?
Orlando Weekly |
Doug Freeman |
06-19-2012 |
Music
Rally Protests Contraceptive Rulenew
American and Christian flags stood on equal footing in front of the U.S. Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., as about 60 people gathered to protest a rule that requires health-insurance plans to cover contraceptives.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
06-19-2012 |
The War on Women
Cellar production short-circuits 'In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play'new

What's the buzz? Well, for starters, the San Pedro Playhouse has inserted The Vibrator Play into its Cellar (ahem), and in some ways it's a competent production of Sarah Ruhl's critically acclaimed work.
San Antonio Current |
Thomas Jenkins |
06-19-2012 |
Theater
DNC 2012 Notebook: Adding a banana to the Uptown viewnew

Wednesday, Chiquita unveiled its logo on the side of the NASCAR Hall of Fame building.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mary C. Curtis |
06-19-2012 |
Elections
Something Fiction: 'Botany' EPnew

Thanks to their amorphous explorations of genre and musical color, Something Fiction is a difficult group to pin down, placing themselves willfully and delightfully outside the boundaries of convenient classification.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews
The Dos and Don'ts of the Chinese Buffet
The Chinese buffet — all buffets, in fact — is a value proposition, costing a bit more than a regular lunch but if you do it right, you can get your money’s worth and then some.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
06-19-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Chinese Buffet
The Power of White Flournew

Children's book teaches important lesson.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Anita Overcash |
06-19-2012 |
Fiction
Glee Goes Glamnew

A highly polished, utterly false musical approximation of a rebel yell: The Musical!
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-19-2012 |
Reviews