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Ice-Cream-Truck Drivers Peddle Treats and Cruise the Open Roadsnew
Ice cream trucks seem stuck in time; there's not so much room for ingenuity. Just put some Popsicles in a freezer, get a van with a speaker system and a loopable MIDI track, and chase children. That's as advanced as that system is going to be.
New Haven Advocate |
Brianna Snyder |
06-16-2009 |
Food+Drink
Roberto Benigni Puts His Love for Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Onstagenew
The exuberant and very talkative Italian clown Roberto Benigni's one-man show In Tutto Dante is built around Benigni's passion for Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, and -- though performed mostly in English -- culminates in a reading of a canto in Italian.
Chicago Reader |
Tony Adler |
06-15-2009 |
Theater
A Dumpster Diver Loses His Right to Rummage at Vanderbilt Universitynew
Vanderbilt officials say their concern isn't theft—it's lawsuits. Dumpster diving isn't a big problem for the university -- they've never arrested anyone for Dumpster diving, and they continue to issue warnings of trespass charges for repeat offenders.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
06-12-2009 |
Culture
What's the Count? Anything and Everythingnew
Numbers, numbers, numbers. Major-league baseball swims in them, and 21st-century technology makes it all too easy to raise the numerical sea level. The latest milestone got us wondering which stats are really worth the obsession.
Shepherd Express |
Frank Clines and Art Kumbalek |
06-12-2009 |
Sports
Touring Anarchists Stop in Louisville, Pushing Propaganda and Sipping Lattesnew
Jeff Redmond and Casey House are a pair of anarchist revolutionaries on a bright green school bus, promoting The Zeitgeist Movement. Recently they stopped in Louisville to drum up support.
LEO Weekly |
Farrah Johnson |
06-11-2009 |
Culture
The Strange Saga of Geronimo's Skullnew
Out there somewhere, lost for 146 years, there really is the head of a great Apache leader, taken in the most violent and ignominious means imaginable. With the exception of his family and a few historians, no one knows a thing about him.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
06-11-2009 |
History
The Photographer's Art of Imposing on Her Subjectsnew
No matter what the subject, Sylvia Plachy expresses an awkward intimacy through her lens.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Harding |
06-10-2009 |
Art
Tags: Sylvia Plachy, photography
New Orleans Theater Company Slices Up the Camp Classic 'Valley of the Dolls'new
Forty years before Lindsay, Britney and Paris, there were Neely, Jennifer and Anne, whose bedhopping, booze-swilling and "doll"-popping gave readers a peek into the tawdry side of showbiz.
The Disturbing Pleasures of Edward Goreynew
If you weren't watching PBS with your parents back in the early '80s, then this San Antonio exhibition is a fine introduction to Gorey's singular oeuvre.
San Antonio Current |
Gillian Fassel |
06-10-2009 |
Art
The Sometimes Illegal and Often Dangerous Sport of Urban Explorationnew
Urban exploration, or "urbex," is about seeking out forgotten stories, about searching for the places of which we know nothing, about turning down the dirt roads we’ve never before noticed and, above all, trying to understand them.
Weekly Alibi |
Ty Bannerman |
06-09-2009 |
Recreation
Tags: urbex, Albuquerque
Colorado's Parkour Pioneers Are Running With Itnew
Thanks to a concrete fountain in Skyline Park and other celebrated parkour hot spots like Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the University of Colorado at Boulder campus, Colorado has become a destination for the parkour community across the country and beyond.
The Texas Rangers Give Their Fans Something to Cheer Aboutnew
Even with Josh Hamilton on the disabled list, the Rangers have given their fans hope, entering June with the second-best record in baseball.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
06-08-2009 |
Sports
'Transformers' Celebrates 25 Years with an All-Out Pasadena Gatheringnew
Transformers will reach a milestone when fans of all ages pack the Pasadena Convention Center for BotCon 2009, celebrating both 25 years of robotic success and the June 24 release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Pasadena Weekly |
Marry Pivazian |
06-08-2009 |
Culture
Tags: BotCon 2009, Transformers
Memories of Stan Van Gundynew
"Beleaguered" would be the perfect word to describe Stan Van Gundy's brief career in Madison as the University of Wisconsin's men's basketball coach, if "disheveled" wasn't also available. But now he stands on the brink of redemption.
The Latest in Pittsburgh's 'Gestures' Series Is a Thoughtful Examination of Our Sense of Placenew
The 12th in the Gestures series at Pittsburgh's Mattress Factory was themed to suggest connections to place, and the artist's ability to be attuned to the many layers of an environment.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Melissa Kuntz |
06-08-2009 |
Art
