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Warwick Stone is the Hard Rock's King of Collectorsnew
Walking through one room on the sixth floor of the Hard Rock Hotel is a crash course in half a century of popular music. Stone is the man responsible for all this music memorabilia.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
05-16-2008 |
Music
Tony Horwitz Shows Folks What They Didn't Know in 'A Voyage Long and Strange'new
The book's chief attraction, even more than its historical revelations about discovering North America, lies in armchair traveling with a personable, entertaining companion.
Shepherd Express |
Roger K. Miller |
05-09-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Next Generationnew
Today, I'm starring in a sitcom pilot called Ruff Times, an updated version of the famous television series Good Times.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
05-08-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Texas' Founding Contribution to Fast-Food Culture Hangs Onnew
Almost nine decades after the chain was born, only one Pig Stand remains, old No. 29 on Broadway in San Antonio. In its faded, pastel glory, it lingers like the last of an ancient species, rescued from the limbo of bankruptcy court, crouched below the interstate.
The Texas Observer |
John MacCormack |
05-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
UNLV Prof Questions Science Behind Finding African Ancestorsnew
Rainier Spencer, the founder and director of UNLV's Afro-American Studies Program, thinks programs offering to link American blacks to their African lineage through DNA (for a fee) are a black-on-black rip-off, since they commercialize a promise they can't truly keep.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Damon Hodge |
05-02-2008 |
Race & Class
Young Statesman Guiding Today’s Youthnew
With wonderful illustrations and poignant storytelling, the acclaimed Young Patriots Series offers a fascinating look at one of the more interesting Founding Fathers of the United States of America. An architect of the Constitution, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and a participant in a legendary political duel, Alexander Hamilton is a captivating historical figure.
Metro Spirit |
Jason Sumerau |
04-27-2008 |
Fiction
South Carolina's Racist History Should Not Be Sanitizednew
Tearing down statues of white supremacists isn't the answer. Assembling an accurate record, no matter how ugly, violent and bloody, and letting people reach their own conclusions -- that's how we'll learn rather than being spoon-fed a sanitized version of the past.
Charleston City Paper |
D.A. Smith |
04-23-2008 |
Race & Class
Meet the Klansman Who Helped to Found Orange Countynew
How Dr. Henry William Head's KKK membership was wiped from the Orange County history books is really a story of how local scholars highlight selected parts of our story.
War Zones, Shipwrecks and Romance Caught on Cassettenew
What follows are excerpts from three tales, discovered on discarded cassette tapes. Three men, at different stages in their lives, reflect on relationships -- with their parents, with strangers in a strange land and even with a buzzing 1920s city named Detroit.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
04-22-2008 |
Culture
Forty Years After His Death, King's Legacy Lives Onnew
Like Dec. 7, 1941, Nov. 22, 1963, and Sept. 11, 2001, April 4, 1968 is a date that's forever etched upon many people's minds.
Race Against Timenew
The scramble to save Augusta's last remaining black theater is on. And although it has been bought, the road back from the ravages of time is anything but smooth.
Metro Spirit |
Michael Thames |
03-12-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Going Greennew
From recent immigrants to established families, Augustans define what it means to be Irish in America.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
03-12-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Tearing Down the Walls at the Oakland Museumnew
Forget what you know about that history museum. With new management and a new energy, the institution is reinventing itself.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
03-12-2008 |
History
Tags: history
The ACLU in Texas -- The Early Yearsnew
On March 8, the Texas ACLU will celebrate its 70th anniversary. The Observer and the ACLU have always had a special relationship, perhaps never closer than when Dave Richards rented both organizations space in his office building in the 1970s.
The Texas Observer |
David Richards |
03-10-2008 |
History
Tags: history
Phil Van Cise: Scourge of Denver's Underworldnew
Fearless DA Phil Van Cise cleaned up Denver -- and it cost him his career. Can a new justice center right an old wrong?
Tags: history
