AltWeeklies Wire
Nekkid: In the Buff and Bare-ly Legalnew
Oregon has two seasons: rainy and naked. It's time for a hard look at Northwest nudity.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-05-2008 |
Culture
What Future Awaits Polygamy's Children?new
As FLDS children in Texas begin returning to their parents, ex-sect member Kathleen Mackert asks what future awaits polygamy's children.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Stephen Dark |
06-05-2008 |
Culture
Live Active Culturesnew
Disney has launched its latest salvo in the theme-park wars, but this time their ammunition doesn’t come in the usual form of a massive roller coaster or an army of mouse-eared attorneys. Instead, the shells they’re shooting resemble pies, darts and plastic rings.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
06-05-2008 |
Recreation
Blisternew
Billy deals with aging, not so gracefully.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-05-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Moodswing: Beauty Productnew
Reflection is relative.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
06-05-2008 |
Comedy
Former Trial Lawyer Turns to the Theaternew
Craig Barnes used to negotiate deals, but now he's putting on plays, as co-founder of the Santa Fe-based theater group Red Thread Collective.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Zane Fischer |
06-05-2008 |
Theater
Life at the Top of the Drag Queen Circuit is No Laughing Matter for Christina Leenew
Lee is a perfectionist, a diva and a professional. She’s been competing in beauty pageants for more than 15 years. After taking first runner-up at the national Entertainer of the Year Pageant in St. Louis last year, the 33-year-old thinks this might be her year to win it all, provided she can find that perfect gown.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Morey |
06-05-2008 |
Culture
Meat-in-a-Can Spam Is Backnew
The economic downturn means more people saving money by skipping restaurant meals and eating Spam at home.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
06-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Hormel foods, Spam
Save Your Haggling For the Auto Lotnew
Many shoppers rarely pause to consider a certain mathematical law of the universe: For every great deal someone gets, someone else gets shafted.
San Antonio Current |
Ari Levaux |
06-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: farmer's market, produce
Google's New Server Farm Comes to Oregonnew
A quiet Oregon town will host the servers crucial to Google's physical network.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
06-04-2008 |
Tech
Electronic Age Deprives Us of Silencenew
Barraged with Muzac, advertising, car alarms and other people's cellphone chatter, we desperately need more silence.
East Bay Express |
Steve Coppman |
06-04-2008 |
Commentary
Performance Piece As Group Therapynew
Dodeska Performance Ensemble's latest work incorporates audience members, and their neuroses, too.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
06-04-2008 |
Theater
Fresh Inknew
Don Inman remembers flexing his muscles in his front yard to show off his first tattoo. He was just 4 years old. It was 1937, still in the midst of the Great Depression, during a time when only sailors and strippers had ink.
Metro Spirit |
Staacey Hudson and Charles Tremblay |
06-04-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Can't Skateboarders and BMX Bikers Just Get Along?new
Guess what: skateboarding isn't a crime anymore -- it's gone mainstream. And now some skaters, many of them kids who never had to live in the underground world that I did, are using their legitimacy to push out the new outlaws -- people who ride BMX bikes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Duncan Scott Davidson |
06-04-2008 |
Sports
