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Can You Copyright Stage Direction?new

Lawsuits over Urinetown haven't helped decide the matter.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
08-26-2008 |
Theater
1968: A Wild Time in Madisonnew
Like the rest of the nation, the Wisconsin capital was awash in chaos, confusion, confrontation and change.
Can Cole Hamels Save the Phillies?new
It's a cliche, but with great power comes great responsibility. As Hamels -- mild-mannered, injury-prone, 24 and playing for a contract on a veteran team -- emerges as the Phillies' clear ace, the time for him to assume that responsibility has come.
Philadelphia City Paper |
E. James Beale |
08-26-2008 |
Sports
The Japanese Condiment That will Make You Give Up Soy Sauce Forevernew

The first time I ever heard about nikiri wasn't at a sushi bar, where you'd expect to learn about the Japanese sauce that's lightly brushed onto bite-size pieces of fresh nigiri.
Washington City Paper |
Tim Carman |
08-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
I am the Eggplant, Goo-goo-g'joobnew

There are lots of reasons we should or might learn to like eggplant if we don't already. A meaty vegetable that can beef up stews, stand in for or complement pasta, stretch sauces and be made into a number of low-fat appetizers and dips, eggplant could be the locavore's new best friend. Plus recipe.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
08-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Filmmaker and Genius Clifton Childree Talks About a Junk Obsessionnew

Since learning he won the Hilger Artist Project Award last December, Clifton Childree has been hoarding discarded wood, ornate headboards, piles of fabric, and sundry cast-off junk from the curbs that line the homes on the outskirts of Miami's Design District.
Miami New Times |
Carlos Suarez De Jesus |
08-25-2008 |
Art
The Grand Prarie AirHogs Go All Out in Their First Yearnew

The minor league baseball team is willing to do whatever it takes to make you a fan. And that includes win.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Merten |
08-25-2008 |
Sports
The 'Forever Young' Generation Reflects on Life in Vermont's First Communesnew

A revival of Hair is giving audiences in New York's Central Park a vicarious contact high these days, but memories of the bygone Age of Aquarius in Vermont have sparked an upcoming commune reunion and a new book, Farm Friends: From the Late Sixties to the West Seventies and Beyond by Tom Fels.
Seven Days |
Susan Green |
08-25-2008 |
History
Girls Wear the Darndest Thingsnew
The stupidest things. The silliest things. The most uncomfortable, soul-crushing, pointless things that ever did exist.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
08-25-2008 |
Fashion
Wallace's Grilled Chicken Glazed with Cayenne-Brown Sugarnew
The glaze was so tasty Wallace used it as a finish for the grilled chicken. Serves four.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mara Zepeda |
08-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Angry Grammarian: Grammar Nerds and Computer Nerds Unite!new
It was a tragic week for grammar. Beleaguered Internet readers had their hopes momentarily lifted, only to get them smashed just as quickly.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
08-25-2008 |
Advice
The Corn Ultimatumnew

Will an ancient Aztec snack disappear, or become a local foodie treat?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kate Kilpatrick |
08-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
Kate Watson-Wallace Throws Dance Theater into Overdrive with 'Car'new

A 2007 Pew Fellow in choreography and director of one of the most anticipated shows of this year’s Live Arts Festival, Watson-Wallace became a rising star of modern dance by dropping out of school and discovering that Philadelphia is a cool place for a young, stubborn and broke-as-a-joke dancer to land.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
08-25-2008 |
Performance
Organic Clothing for the Massesnew
These days, organic duds are not only good for the environment, they actually look good, which puts the "fashion" back in earth-friendly fashions.
Shepherd Express |
Mollie Boutell-Butler |
08-22-2008 |
Fashion
Perusing the Pastnew
If history is always written by victors ... then what is the point?
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
08-21-2008 |
Comedy
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