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‘This’ is Really Itnew

There’s something potent about Melissa James Gibson’s haunting new play This at Playwrights Horizons, something that draws you into the story even as you find yourself intermittently annoyed by the prospect of more floundering yuppies coming to terms with their mortality.
New York Press  |  Mark Peikert  |  12-10-2009  |  Theater

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As Rape Apology, Guilty Father Buys Teen Daughter New Clothes

​Twice in 2007, Orange County's Arthur Elmer Whelchel Jr. arrived home intoxicated, raped his 16-year-old daughter and then promised to...

Glenn Beck Seizes On Bell Salaries

Be sure to pick up this week's print edition of the Weekly, where we make the observation that the scandal...

James Morgan: St. Louis Liquor Control Officer Indicted for Bribery, Feels "Used"

​Updated 4:10 p.m. with comments from St. Louis Liquor Commissioner Bob Kraiberg. An eight-year veteran of the St. Louis Excise...

Trumpet trailblazers Bria Skonberg and Ingrid Jensen blast their way into the jazz world

Bria Skonberg and Ingrid Jensen share more than being women in an area that, until recently, has been almost exclusively...
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For Freegans, Eating Garbage Is Getting Downright Trendy

John Greentree's what many would call a "freegan" -- a vegan who dumpster-dives for his meals -- but he prefers the terms "post-consumer," "urban harvester," and "vegan reclamist." Everything he eats or owns is second-hand. He manages to live virtually money-free, but modern-day hunting and gathering is practically a full-time job.
Phoenix New Times  |  Niki D'Andrea  |  08-25-2009  |  Food+Drink

Maybe We're Amazed

Forty years after the Beatles, Paul McCartney’s current tour is as inspired as it is timeless.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Bill Forman  |  07-29-2010  |  Reviews

Come As You Are

Chatroulette takes random-access exhibitionism to the next level.
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Bill Forman  |  07-29-2010  |  Commentary