AltWeeklies Wire
Most Texas Wines Are Not What They Seemnew
Behind the cellar door of the "Texas wine" industry.
Houston Press |
Jeremy Parzan and Katharine Shilcutt |
06-13-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Texas wine
Reporter Asked to Remove Facebook Post About Sale of Newspapernew
In an unintentionally ironic move (coming from a company that, for the next three weeks, still calls itself Freedom Communications) Carmen Boles, content director for the Colorado Springs Gazette, told Barrett Tryon to "remove [a Facebook link to an L.A. Times story] per our social media policy which you signed upon employment."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
06-13-2012 |
Media
Improvising, Not Compromisingnew
Why Joe McPhee's forty-year journey keeps coming back to Chicago.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
06-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wal-Mart Has Been Blessednew
On the eve of opening day for rural Humboldt County's first Wal-Mart, Pastor Jeff Beltz invokes Jesus Christ, and eager consumers rejoice.
North Coast Journal |
Andrew Goff |
06-12-2012 |
Religion
The Axe Prepares to Fall at The Times-Picayunenew
Individual meetings between Times-Picayune employees and managers are set to begin early Tuesday morning. The meetings will spell out job offers and severances.
Why San Antonio's missions won't clear the UN's World Heritage Listnew
The San Antonio Franciscan missions' likelihood of making the prized World Heritage List — which includes cultural and natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Taj Mahal — got a boost last Friday when U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed their nomination at a press conference held at Mission Concepción.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
06-09-2012 |
Commentary
Idahoans Create Films on the Fly at I48new
Like drinking a little too much now and then, what brings filmmakers back to the contest year after year is the fact that they made a movie. And from time to time, they made a good movie. And as much as the short time frame limits the production scope, it also opens doors when filmmakers can't second-guess creative instincts.
Boise Weekly |
Josh Gross |
06-09-2012 |
Movies
Tags: I48 Films
Yet again, Republicans deny women their rightsnew
The Senate Minority blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, telling women across the country that they are not entitled to the same pay as their male counterparts.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Erin Tracy-Blackwood |
06-09-2012 |
Politics
Home Sweet Barnew
People have transformed unfinished basements, barns, garages and family rooms into what resemble full-service pubs.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tonya Jameson |
06-09-2012 |
Culture
Grade Expectationsnew
Do audiences want to know everything before they see a movie?
Orlando Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-09-2012 |
Movies
Facebook and Amendment 1new
Like twigs and sticks caught in a spring current, social media rafts us together into new solidarities—holy and unholy—in the rapidly emptying channels of its newsfeed.
A Brief History of Chess Recordsnew
When crafting a history of the blues, starting with the story of two Jewish brothers fresh off the boat from Poland may seem an odd place to begin.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
06-09-2012 |
Commentary
Why Jenny McCarthy is the real play on 'Love in the Wild'new
This show is a huge improvement over The Bachelor and other dating series that get all dewy-eyed about true love.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-09-2012 |
TV
Tags: Love in the Wild
Private Prisons, Public Problemsnew
Sometime around 3 o'clock on May 20, a disturbance at the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss., erupted into a full-scale melee.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
06-08-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Soldier of Misfortunenew
Claims of a cover-up in the killing of a Detroit man in Iraq.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-08-2012 |
War
