AltWeeklies Wire
A Chilly Reception for Sundance
In cold, snowy Park City, Sundance 2008 delivered few hot films.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-28-2008 |
Movies
Emily Saliers Reflects on 20 Years of the Indigo Girlsnew
Reflecting on a career that has seen the duo sell more than 12 million records and garner seven Grammy nominations.
Birmingham Weekly |
Brent Thompson |
01-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Smoke Signalsnew
If government can help farmers quit tobacco, we can wean nuke and chem workers off nasty industries, too.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
01-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Fischer Kingnew
Burying an American chess master.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
01-28-2008 |
Commentary
Alt.Health: Worrywart No Morenew
Stop conjuring worst-case scenarios and study the art of distraction.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
01-28-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Jeffrey M. Robinson Deconstructs the Warhol Museumnew
If you've ever seen a guy loitering in a bustling museum with some stereo mics and a laptop, you may already be in Jeffrey M. Robinson's work.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeffrey M. Robinson
Acclaimed Poet Ben Lerner Heads to Pittsburghnew
Lerner began teaching at Pitt this semester. In the classroom, he emphasizes his approach towards poetry as a craft. "My consistent focus is on how the structure of a work determines its sense and vice versa," he says.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Claire Donato |
01-28-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Lerner
Sundance Sign-offnew
Roman Polanski's hot, Barry Levinson's not -- and I'm moving on.
NOW Magazine |
Cameron Bailey |
01-28-2008 |
Movies
Dumb 'Waiter'new
Alex van Warmerdam serves up boredom.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
01-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex van Warmerdam, waiter
Mother Blames Gardasil for Daughter's Deathnew
A healthy 19-year-old girl suddenly dies two weeks after a Gardasil vaccination. Researchers say its unrelated but the mother has many questions about the safety of the HPV vaccine.
Metro Spirit |
Tom Grant |
01-28-2008 |
Science
What I Saw, and Ate, at the Pig 'Sacrifice'new
The true story of a bloody day.
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Kauffman |
01-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Protest Testnew
How do you transform Columbus Day? Ask Martin Luther King Jr.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
01-28-2008 |
Commentary
Portrait of Jenynew
For this fifteen-year-old, it's been a long road to home.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
01-28-2008 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Ecoholic: Green Your Winter Bluesnew
Whatever ails you, it's time to treat the blues with a dose of green and put a little globe-saving purpose back in your step.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-28-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Come Hell or Bottled Waternew
Has Madison simply decided to move beyond satire? The latest idea: banning bottled water, or at least its sale at public events. To save the planet.
Isthmus |
Charles Sykes |
01-28-2008 |
Commentary
