Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: Travel

Regional planners mount a quiet coup to promote developers and attack vulnerable communities

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has been planning a coup. Not the putsch kind of coup, where armed insurgents overthrow a duly constituted government, but an...

The (final) Doormat Division: Moldy Carpet Award goes to …

Week 17.  When teams have just given up, are fighting for the Doormat lives, are booking tee times in Florida, and, most importantly, are...

Two local slates vie to set direction for state Democratic Party

City Hall pretty much closes up shop for a couple of weeks this time of year; the city, unlike the federal government, is not...

Conservatorship: The new ‘ugly laws’

“This (conservatorship law) sounds like slavery to me,” Memphis, houseless poverty skola reporter for POOR Magazine’s RoofLESS radio, reported after a terrifying town hall on...

Puff: Traveling with your stash

PUFF As the year end holidays approach, many make plans to see those near and dear to our hearts all across this fair land....

Review: Gas looms through the trees at Recombinant Festival

Wolfgang Voigt’s music as Gas is inexorably tied to the forest. The project was inspired by Voigt’s youthful acid trips in Germany’s Königsforst, and...

Viggo Mortensen on ‘Green Book,’ personal growth, and racism in America

Actor Viggo Mortensen said he’s grown a lot since filming  Green Book and hitting the road for the movie’s promo tour. “If I hadn’t done it,...

Screen Grabs: Free Solo, Arab Film Fest, Studio 54…

SCREEN GRABS Two of the major releases are major disappointments from hitherto reliable directors. Scenarist Drew Goddard’s first directorial feature since ingenious horror deconstruction...

Assassination of Philippine leader 35 years ago holds lessons for today

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Filipinos remember a disaster that hit their country 35 years ago. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Philippine leader...

25 cheers for the Kinsey Sicks!

ONSTAGE Creamy voices, sharp tongues, bright dresses, and a whole lot of hairspray have been the calling cards of "dragapella" performance quartet the Kinsey Sicks...