AltWeeklies Wire
Immigrant Soccer Players from Across the Globe Go Balls Out at a St. Louis Parknew
La Liga Latino Americana de Futbol has grown from a weekend assemblage of 4 teams -- all hailing from the same small town in southwestern Mexico -- to 28 teams, with more than 1,000 players representing nearly every corner of the map: Nigeria, Kenya, Iraq, Brazil and Hungary among them.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
07-25-2008 |
Sports
iPod DJs, Party Models, and Other People, Things and Ideas Whose Time is Upnew
The over it issue: Our sampling of people, things, ideas and trends that have passed their freshness date.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Staff |
07-25-2008 |
Culture
Respect is Earned, Not Expectednew
How are we to convince young men to respect us when we don’t respect ourselves?
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folayan |
07-24-2008 |
Commentary
Spam Before Catastrophenew
“Whoa! I need to curb my speech before some cartoonist publishes a satirical illustration of JoJo and me fist-bumping while the American flag burns.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
07-24-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Happytown Writes an Unpublished Response and Gets Ready for Extreme Baseballnew
Two weeks ago, this news paper published a report on the Orlando Police Department’s weak-kneed approach to disciplining its own (“Might makes right,” July 10). We got plenty of responses, but didn’t hear a peep from Orlando Police Chief Val Demings.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman | Billy Manes | Deanna Morey |
07-24-2008 |
Commentary
Tear Your Knee, Wrench Your Back, Pirouette: Dancing at the San Francisco Balletnew
Pain is not the ballet dancer's friend, but it is his or her constant companion. The majority of a dancer's day is a high-energy quest to twist oneself into a series of poses and steps seemingly designed to belie the mechanics of the human body.
SF Weekly |
Joe Eskenazi |
07-24-2008 |
Performance
Live Active Culturesnew
Every day I read about Orlando’s ever-shrinking economy in the equally shrunken Sentinel; I watch my taxes fall by pennies (thanks for nothing, Amendment 1) while my property value plummets. But no matter how desperate things get, there’s one thing that should never be cut because of costs: dating.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
07-24-2008 |
Commentary
An Embed Reports From Orlando's Major League Gaming Stopnew
The gaming world is on the pinnacle of legitimacy, and nowhere is that more true than in Orlando, which has in recent years turned into a sort of gaming Mecca, with EA Tiburon – makers of the super-popular Madden, NCAA Football and Tiger Woods PGA Tour game series – headquartered here. The Orlando region also hosts world-class competitions like this one and last year’s World Cyber Games U.S. National Finals at the Universal Orlando Resort.
Orlando Weekly |
Glenn Judah |
07-24-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Minnesota Helps Solve Salmonella Mysterynew
State agriculture department traces strain that sickened 1,251 to jalapenos from Texas.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Integrity Spirits Will Fulfill Your Fantasynew
Trillium Absinthe Superiere, the latest release from small-batch distillery Integrity Spirits, is dominating the company's production these days. Stores can't keep it on the shelves, even at $60 a a bottle.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
This Column May Be Recordednew
Enjoying some time with various Customer Service Professionals.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
07-24-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
The Surprising Art of Power Lunching in the Trianglenew
Business in North Carolina gets done a little differently. Most people in the Triangle have adopted a refreshingly understated view of the art of lunching.
INDY Week |
Jane Hobson Snyder |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
Olympic Marathon Runner Magdalena Lewy Boulet is Back on Tracknew
After failing to make the team in 2004, she had to start from scratch for this year's Olympic qualifier.
East Bay Express |
Kibby Kleiman |
07-24-2008 |
Sports
Five Things to Love About Summer Foodnew
The summer eating season is in full swing. Here's what I eat to make the most of it.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
After Ten Years in Berkeley, Eric Drooker Still Dreams of New Yorknew
His drawings have a very specific time and place (Brooklyn or Manhattan, usually in the 1970s, almost always the same view), but they employ metaphors that anyone could pick up and understand. His mass-produced poster art, some of which is collected in the new postcard book, Slingshot, operates in much the same way.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-24-2008 |
Art
