In The Aftermath

by Geoff Kelly

Tuesday’s primary in brief: Hoyt wins, Lenihan stays, Brown/Casey’s committee races fail—and everything stays pretty much the same

The Drill Ticket

by Bruce Fisher

What’s surprising about Alaska politics is just how little of the oil companies’ money it took to make the whole political system into a very corrupt place.

Four More Years of "Change"

by Michael I. Niman

More and more, every election season, when we tune into the media it seems like someone keeps hitting the “replay” button. Take this year’s Republican coronation of John McCain. We’ve seen this dog-and-pony show before. Specifically, we saw it in 2000, when George W. Bush ran for president—the same slogans, same promises, and same candidate packaging.

News of the Weird

by Chuck Shepherd

Curtain Up! 2008

by Anthony Chase

The exciting lineup of Curtain Up! shows seems to hold promise for a dynamic theater season ahead. The offerings are diverse and abundant. To give readers a better idea of their choices, Artvoice offers the following descriptions of each show.

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

by Dave Staba

It was nearly halftime, with the Buffalo Bills still in the fairly early stages of pummeling the visiting Seattle Seahawks, when the day’s biggest news broke in the upper deck of Upstate Taxpayer Stadium.

Music Is Art Bounces Back

by Buck Quigley

It’s a no-brainer on the face of it. The popular Music is Art Festival, which grew in popularity for four straight years starting in 2003 as a parallel event to the annual Allentown Art Festival—and spent last summer out at the Erie County Fair—is moving back to the city, to a new home centered around the back steps of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.

by Donny Kutzbach

Where the #$&!% is Jackson Pollock's Convergence?

by Dean Brownrout

One of the most well known and important paintings in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery collection is Jackson Pollock’s Convergence (1952). And gallery visitors with that awareness may have noticed recently that the painting is nowhere to be seen.

See You There!

Car-Buying on eBay: Yikes!

by Jim Corbran

Shop in your underwear!” one billboard used to read for a local car dealer. It was referring of course to the fact that its inventory was online and could be browsed in the comfort of your own home—in your underwear (or not).

Love Hurts? It Shouldn't

by Bryan Whitley-Grassi

He has endured severe physical abuse by his intimate partner. His face and body left bruised and swollen from relentless beatings. After years of abuse, he decides to seek help. But, when he calls the police, they reply, ‘This is only a roommate argument, why did you bother calling us?’

The Transformation of Michelle Obama

by Mary Hess

Image, they say, is everything. New York’s senator, Hillary Clinton, struggles to overcome the perception that she is a power-hungry, vengeful woman whose proximity to power has brought her close to being the first female presidential nominee of a major political party.

Free Will Astrology

by Rob Brezsny

Ask Anyone

Every presidential election it’s always the same. A bunch of lame-ass candidates from both major parties offering bold promises that will never be fulfilled. Why is it that every four years otherwise intelligent people get sucked into this b.s. and steer every pleasant conversation toward politics? They invariably want to know for whom I’m going to vote. I tell them I believe in the secret ballot. They look at me like I’m a terrorist.