AltWeeklies Wire
Taking Back Valentine's Daynew
Ah, Valentine's Day. The "Big Day" for coupledom. The exchange of chocolates, flowers and loving words. The warm feelings of affection and infatuation.
Jackson Free Press |
Jasmin Searcy |
02-08-2013 |
Commentary
How Nashville Became the Bombnew

How did Nashville get to be the 'It' city?
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley, Steve Haruch, Christine Kreyling, J.R. Lind, Elizabeth Jones, Ashley Spurgeon, Jack Silverman, D. Patrick Rodgers, Laura Hutson, Dana Kopp Franklin and Hannah Hyde |
02-08-2013 |
Culture
Tags: Nashville
The Slatenew
Super Bowl XLVII was a tale of two halves. The Ravens dominated the first half but, thanks to a blackout, the 49ers made it a game worth watching in the second half.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Flynn |
02-08-2013 |
Sports
Tags: Super Bowl XLVII
You Write "Theatre," I Write "Theater"new

Why are some folks so passionate in their preference for "theatre" or "theater"? History illuminates the sociopolitical aspects of the argument.
Cave of Lustnew

Inside the largest publisher of erotic romance in the world.
Cleveland Scene |
Ted Schwarz |
02-07-2013 |
Sex
Tags: Romance Novels, Sex
Not So Endless Lovenew
Museum of Broken Relationships displays artifacts from romance gone wrong.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
02-07-2013 |
Art
How to ‘redneckognize’ a rip-off
Television historians will look back on summer 2012 as a watershed, the moment when the game had changed for good.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-07-2013 |
Commentary
The Comprehensive Guide to Getting Romantic and Tantricnew

Instead of sticking to the tried-and-true kisses and congresses of the Kama Sutra, we envision our own creations, offering new and exciting insights that extend beyond the Sutra's timeless wisdom.
Santa Fe Reporter |
SFR Staff |
02-07-2013 |
Sex
Venom or Vino?new

If you find yourself in Albuquerque any time soon, I have two suggestions. Number one is a visit to the American International Rattlesnake Museum in Old Town. Really.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-06-2013 |
Food+Drink
Texas whisky beats Scotland's finest in London blind tastingnew

It seemed like history repeating itself last December when Balcones Single Malt Whisky beat out the competition in a blind tasting in London, England.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
02-06-2013 |
Food+Drink
Not So OK, Cupidnew

In a small town, online dating can sting in big ways
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
02-06-2013 |
Sex
The Electric Museum Acid Testnew

When artists use drugs, publications, shelter and lifestyle as tools for expression just as artists preceding them employed cameras, paint and clay; when artworks don’t fit neatly into a gilded frame or beneath a sparkling glass case, museums must adapt and turn the establishment on its head.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
02-04-2013 |
Art
Comedian and actor Robin Williams takes the stage at Bob Carrnew

Robin Williams takes the stage at Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre with David Steinberg.
Orlando Weekly |
Shelby England |
01-31-2013 |
Comedy
Kombucha Culturenew

An underground 'booch community brews in Charlotte, N.C.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Keia Mastrianni |
01-30-2013 |
Food+Drink
Battered but unbowed, Mike Daisey brings his new show to Durhamnew

American Utopias—which tackles Burning Man, Disney World and Zuccotti Park, the locus of Occupy Wall Street—is an outgrowth of Daisey's long interest in mythmaking and totemic objects.
Tags: Mike Daisey