AltWeeklies Wire
Frankly my Dear, it's a Farcenew
How Gone With the Wind was made. With a twist.
Orlando Weekly |
Al Krulick |
05-15-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Befringed and Bewildered? Surviving Orlando's International Fringe Theatre Festivalnew
Dwarfs with flashing tools? Check. Red dildo in the hand of a randy senior citizen? Check. Devil's weed, racial jokes told in blackface, the politics of pee and the mysteries of the clit? Check, all four.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
05-15-2008 |
Performance
Former Pro Soccer Players Help the Farolito Team Dominate an Amateur Leaguenew
On a recent Saturday morning, a crew of aging former professional soccer players from Latin America huddled around Salvador Lopez, who drilled them on the strategy of how their team, El Farolito, would win the 10:40 game in Golden Gate Park.
Trendzilla: Toe Rings? Still?new
It's just very ... '90s. Peggy Bundy. Without the charm.
Self Servenew
An illustrated response to the obscene price of gasoline.
Boston Phoenix |
Scott Getchell |
05-15-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Steampunk Bursts Through its Subculture Rootsnew
Combine a longing for a past that never was with an acceptance that we are already living in the dystopian future we've been warned about and you end up with the hopeful balance between progress and tradition that is Steampunk. And then some.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
05-15-2008 |
Culture
Five Ways New Mexico is Connected to the Beijing Olympic Controversiesnew
Tibet, Falun Gong, Darfur, poisoned imports and the threat of pandemics all hang over the games. And while these serious problems will likely continue long past the Beijing Olympics, the event presents the perfect opportunity for the world to protest and, perhaps, for China to listen.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
05-15-2008 |
Sports
Is 'Grand Theft Auto IV' Video Jesus?new
Not quite. Still, by any reasonable standard, it's an incredible game, taking the hallowed legacy of the previous GTA games, striving to be bigger and better, and mostly succeeding.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ben Richardson |
05-14-2008 |
Video Games
Inside the Internet Dystopianew
Increasing constraints on freedom to innovate with technology cloud the web's future, as Jonathan Zittrain points out his the new book The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
05-14-2008 |
Tech
Winemakers Deal with the Rising Cost of Barrelsnew
To get the kind of taste that sells, you need oak. But brand new French oak barrels, the ne plus ultra of wine containers, are very expensive, and with the dollar falling steadily against the Euro, they've only gotten more so.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
05-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Change of Lifenew
Different endings bring similar new beginnings for local artists who forged their paths to art in separate ways.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
05-13-2008 |
Art
Tags: painter, child, daughter, Muse, photographer, Southern, Mother, artist, mother-daughter, sacred heart, toddler, visual arts
Two Girls for Every Boynew
Two women had a spat at a liquor store at which one of them was employed. The culprit? A man, of course.
Metro Spirit |
Alice Wynn |
05-13-2008 |
Comedy
Mr. Wrong: Sometimes No Great Notionnew
Wow, I just got back from vacation, and boy is my brain empty! Hiyo! Emptier than ever! Arrooo! An infinitely paradoxical increase of post-vacation vacancy in my room to let! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-ooo!!!
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
05-13-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
In Dogged Pursuit of Maternal Instinctnew
A dog may sound like a small step to a woman who raised five kids without complaining. But for this frazzled career girl, it's giant-leap time. Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I'm off to PetSmart.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
05-13-2008 |
Commentary
Ask a Mexican!new
Stay home and watch COPS with your traditional Mexican woman.
Tags: humor & satire
