Apr 14-20, 2011

Vol. 18, No. 26

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Local News

Bludgeoning the Budget

Billions of dollars, partisan bickering and corporate sponsors — making government work.

By Nicholas Deshais
Apr 13, 2011
Local News

Rogers Rising

A few years after Rogers High’s physical renovation, it undergoes an academic one.

By Daniel Walters
Apr 13, 2011
Columns & Letters

Familiar Ground

By George Nethercutt
Apr 13, 2011
Columns & Letters

Tax Holiday

Tax Day — Yay!

By Ted S. McGregor Jr.
Apr 13, 2011

Arts & Culture

Here to Help

The man credited (by some) with ending Eastern’s baseball program has some advice for Beau Baldwin.

By Howie Stalwick
Apr 13, 2011
Arts & Culture

Forever Young

Is a local modeling competition breaking the mold or just following the trends?

By Jordy Byrd
Apr 13, 2011
Arts & Culture

GET LIT 2011: The Next Chapter

Stabilized funding, changing leadership, Tim O'Brien, Ani DiFranco, Sena Jeter Naslund, Nancy Rawles, Julie Otsuka and Matthew Dickman

By Daniel Walters, Michael Bowen, Tiffany Harms, Luke Baumgarten, Kevin Taylor and E.J. Iannelli
Apr 13, 2011
Arts & Culture

'Year of Plenty,' Craig L. Goodwin

Being green and being Christian — are they compatible? Not without some fancy argumentation.

By E.J. Iannelli
Apr 13, 2011
Arts & Culture

Schmooze Sisters

It’s one meshuggeneh after another in this Sisters play. They’re crazy!

By Michael Bowen
Apr 13, 2011

Food News

The Big Chill

Frozen yogurt shops are popping up everywhere. What’s behind this new-ish obsession?

By Kirsten Harrington
Apr 13, 2011
Food News

Cheap Drinks, Friendly Staff

The Refinery

By Luke Baumgarten and Jordy Byrd
Apr 13, 2011

Movie Reviews

Repeat Offender

We all learned a very important lesson here today. Oh, wait. No, we totally didn’t.

By Tiffany Harms
Apr 13, 2011
Movie Reviews

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones makes the leap from gratuitous pulp to iconic epic.

By Daniel Walters
Apr 13, 2011
Movie Reviews

Brazil Nuts

Rio is the kind of movie that makes preschoolers giggle and grown-ups seethe.

By Ed Symkus
Apr 13, 2011
Movie Reviews

Dragon Age II

Dragon Age II is D&D meets Charlie’s Angels — and about as up-to-date.

By Marty Demarest
Apr 13, 2011
Movie Reviews

Any Human Heart

Filming the unfilmable, Any Human Heart produces worthwhile results.

By E.J. Iannelli
Apr 13, 2011

Music News

Check Yourself

Hard-rocking, hard-partying band Hinder did a gut-check at the perfect time.

By Alan Sculley
Apr 13, 2011
Music News

'Nine Types of Light,' TV On The Radio

By Mark White
Apr 13, 2011
Music News

'Tomboy,' Panda Bear

By Luke Baumgarten
Apr 13, 2011
Music News

Day of the Undead

ROCK HOLIDAY Local record stores celebrate another year of business and an upswing in sales during this year’s Record Store Day.

By Leah Sottile
Apr 13, 2011
Music News

SLAP HAPPY

The Koffin Kats are part punk, part rock and part cartoon.

By Seth Sommerfeld
Apr 13, 2011