AltWeeklies Wire
Large Questions Go Unanswered at Olympic Trialsnew
There were four "elephants on the track" at the Olympic Track & Field Team Trials: banned substances, corporate sponsorship, the shroud of ugliness over the Beijing Olympics and the way we deal with these underlying issues while simultaneously cheering on the U.S. athletes at the Trials and Summer Olympics.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
07-10-2008 |
Sports
Tags: China, Olympics, Eugene, Beijing, sports, essay, sports & fitness, Olympic Trials, doping, Nike
Moodswing: Other Mothersnew
I'm amazed they don't murder me
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
07-10-2008 |
Comedy
Corkscrew: Celebrity Winenew
Famous folks who hit the bottle
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
07-10-2008 |
Food+Drink
Multiple Superhero Disordernew
What the current crop of superhero movies tells us about ourselves, the Obama campaign, and America's identity crisis.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
07-10-2008 |
Commentary
Drag Kings Flip the Script on Gender Impersonationnew
Why can't a woman be more like a man? In Boston's drag-king subculture, they're remarkably similar.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin Curran |
07-10-2008 |
Culture
Tags: drag, drag kings
How Portland's Museum of Contemporary Craft Made Itself Modern Againnew
Portland's Museum of Contemporary Craft was founded in 1937 (originally known as the Oregon Ceramic Studio). For 70-odd years it resided on the outskirts of the city, in Lair Hill, where even those who ventured out to it often got lost.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
07-10-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Mark Winne Examines the Politics of Eatingnew
The community food systems expert talks with us about how economic divisions in the US affect the way people eat. We also present an excerpt from Winne’s recent book, Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, which examines this problem in detail.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Mark Winne and Charlotte Jusinski |
07-10-2008 |
Food+Drink
Is 'Bottle Shock' the New 'Sideways'?new
Bottle Shock centers on the Barrett family and their estate, Chateau Montelena, a great California cult winery that was having a hard time staying afloat in the mid-'70s. The Judgment at Paris actually helped them turn their business around.
INDY Week |
Arturo Ciompi |
07-10-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Incredible Hulk Games Gets Tediousnew
The outrageous annihilation physics provided by the Havoc engine aren't enough to hold this open-ended game together. Also reviewed: Lego Indiana Jones.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
07-09-2008 |
Video Games
Outlaw Wine Series Shows Off Growing Regionsnew
The Ole Imports G series from Vinos Sin Ley (loosely translated as "outlaw wines") is meant to showcase the effect that different growing regions have on a single grape varietal, the garnacha, a grape native to Spain that is called grenache in France and elsewhere.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
07-09-2008 |
Food+Drink
Portland Stylists Head to Las Vegas for the Ultimate Hair Showdownnew
North American Hairstyling Awards is the most prestigious set of awards a U.S. or Canadian stylist can hope to win--it's the Emmys, the Oscars, perhaps even the Olympics of hairdressing.
Willamette Week |
Sara Moskovitz |
07-09-2008 |
Fashion
A Mini-opia: Susan Meyer's Installation is a Brave New World in Glass and Silvernew
Susan Meyer appears to long for the ideals of peace and harmony. Her new exhibit at Redux Contemporary Art Center (in Charleston, S.C.), called Together, uses photography, sculpture, video, and sound to create an alternate universe in which people communicate through silent gestures without moving. The inhabitants of this universe are miniature figures, all of them the size of pencil points, which Meyer has arranged in positions that suggest tranquility, love, and repose.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Murphy |
07-09-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Well, Well, Well: Will & Grace Star Leslie Jordan Walks Down the Pink Carpetnew
Leslie Jordan has made a long career playing short, eccentric, effeminate southerners, characters so popular that fans often fail to distinguish Jordan from, say, the Tammy Wynette-loving drag queen, Brother Boy, featured in the campy stage creation Sordid Lives. Fans often request, and continue to request, unheedingly, Brother Boy's timeless one-liner. "Can you see my pussy now?"
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
07-09-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater
TV Ads Signal a Widening Divide in Video Game Marketingnew
Ads for Battlefield 2: Bad Company imply that games aren't just for geeks anymore.
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
07-09-2008 |
Video Games
'Don't Give Up' is The Second-Worst Piece of Dating Advice Evernew
There's another name for guys who don't give up on their romantic interests. They're called "stalkers" and stalking is wrong, unless, of course, you're John Cusack with a boombox, in which case it's romantic.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
07-09-2008 |
Commentary
