AltWeeklies Wire
Saved or Not?new
Crazy for God is largely an account of Frank Schaeffer's 1960s childhood in Switzerland where his parents, the Calvinist theologians Francis and Edith Schaeffer, ran a community based on their interpretation of Christian ideals.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
A Boy and His Monsternew
The Water Horse rises well above the level of most contemporary family films. It's moving and amusing, addresses the concerns of adulthood and childhood and is intelligent rather than merely smart allecky or even clever.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Minds Not Wastednew
An admirable spirit of social uplift animates The Great Debaters.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Dictator-rattling Musicnew
Bachata was the guitar-powered music of the Dominican underclass, akin to blues and tango, but with a gorgeously melodic sound tempered by the simplicity of the performances and straightforward, expressive vocals.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Bachata Roja
Those Old Wisconsin Bluesnew
Most residents of southeast Wisconsin, even music fans, are still surprised to learn that Port Washington and Grafton were home to a significant blues label in the 1920s, Paramount Records.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Music
Present Music at Milwaukee Art Museumnew
In "Art, Architecture and Music" audiences are invited on a musical tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) -- "a Gallery Night for the eyes and the ears," according to Eric Lind, Present Music's managing director.
Shepherd Express |
Aisha Motlani |
01-11-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: Present Music, concerts
Lock 'Em Down, Lock 'Em Upnew
Did Lock 'Em Down Records exec Dewanzel Singleton lead a well-choreographed double life, or did the DEA finger an innocent man?
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
01-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Why the Obama Love-Fest?new
He's for hope -- but exactly what does that translate into? But beyond that, the fact is a "fresh face" -- one of the more overused descriptors applied to Obama -- is actually quite useless when it comes to American power politics.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
01-11-2008 |
Commentary
Persepolis's Reel Revolutionnew
In her graphic novels and now in the film based on her Persepolis books, Marjane Satrapi -- the character -- comes across as one helluva shit disturber. But even those vivid, ink-drawn images can't prepare you for Satrapi in person.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alt.Health: Where There's a Will ...new
So it's like almost halfway through January and your New Year's resolutions are so busted, right?
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
01-11-2008 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Uwe Boll Bores Againnew
In the Name of the King is long on visually confused, thrill-free action and short on everything else that makes a movie pleasurable. Except CGI-enhanced scenery.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Animal Abuse, Inc.new
Prosecutors knew Patty Brooks made a living abusing animals. They just couldn't stop her.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
01-11-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
The Clinton Machine Will Not Go Easily Into the Nightnew
Is this what it has come to? A vulnerable Hillary weeping and a red-faced Hubby Bill angrily wagging his finger that all the talk in the media about Obama representing real change is but a "fairy tale"?
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
01-11-2008 |
Commentary
Screwed by the Bulbnew
The downside of green light bulbs: Hundreds of layoffs in Cleveland.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
01-11-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Science Spottingnew
Author Paul Halpern has a razor-sharp eye for the science tidbits that have popped up in 19 years of The Simpsons.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
01-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
