AltWeeklies Wire
Stop the Pressesnew
After the Super Bowl, publishers poised to release such titles as the Boston Globe's 19-0 had no choice but to eat volumes of inopportune inventory. All this premature ejaculation makes one wonder what other tomes may have suffered similar fates?
Boston Phoenix |
Neely Steinberg |
02-14-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Last Call for Rififi?new
The popular New York comedy/DJs/burlesque venue is still up for sale, and that's no laughing matter.
New York Press |
Nate Sloan |
02-14-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Onstage, the Sex Workers' Art Show Exploits Younew
Tour organizer Annie Oakley lists some aims of the show: Reveal sex workers as human; gain respect; demand rights; free one another from exploitation. But in practice, the show's intentions get a little murkier.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
02-14-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Heirloom Tomatoes Brighten Cold-Weather Tablesnew
There are, no doubt, a number of tomato aficionados in Arkansas who would call the growing of that summer fruit in the dead of winter the devil's business. But Jimmy Cone's betting there are enough who think otherwise to keep his latest business venture growing.
Arkansas Times |
Jennifer Barnett Reed |
02-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Insuring Celebrity Miserynew
Tom Jones' chest beard is just the beginning.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Greg Beato |
02-14-2008 |
Commentary
Wikipidiotsnew
On Wikipedia, anonymous users fight for control of the information you read on the popular online encyclopedia.
Tags: Wikipedia, computers & technology
Encyclopedia About Tangonew
Argentina's famous dance is the subject of a long-running show both on tour and on PBS.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
02-13-2008 |
Performance
Tags: dance
Karma Cleansernew
Sibling rivalry in the realm of love.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tray Butler |
02-13-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Daffodils and a Treenew
Living outside the box.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
02-13-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Portly Obsessionnew
The misunderstood Portuguese gem.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
02-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Subversive Suppers: Sneak Peeks into Secret Eatingsnew
Supper clubs dance on the fine line between dinner party and illegal restaurant. It's basically just a bunch of hungry people getting together for a meal, yet once you start charging money at the door or passing around a donation jar, some would say it becomes something else.
Dig Boston |
Jennifer Cacicio |
02-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Don't Mess With the Formulanew
Burnout Paradise loses some of its party appeal and the Simpsons finally have a decent video game.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
02-13-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
New World Second Labelsnew
In France, a second-label wine is often made from the same grapes as the first-growths, which are strictly limited as to yield and production and can thus be both a good introduction to the rarefied world of vintage Bordeaux and a relative bargain.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sex Workers' Art Show: More Than Bang for the Bucknew
The show is a humanizing, edifying, fun and possibly even moral event for anyone who has cast wanton eyes on a sex worker.
Dig Boston |
Marli Guzzetta |
02-13-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Thanks Anyway, Blackwaternew
Though a controversial military contractor's plans to open shop in Potrero may have put the tiny San Diego County hamlet on the world's radar screen last year, the community has been humming along nicely for more than 100 years -- residents will have you know -- with nary a lick of outside intervention.
San Diego CityBeat |
Pat Sherman |
02-13-2008 |
Culture
