Category Archives: Local
Two tickets to the gun show
A math teacher named Heidi the Tower took home the championship belt last week at the Women’s Arm-Wrestling Championship. BY: Tom Henheffer Queen West’s 751 bar transformed into a packed sweatbox of cheers, running mascara and sequin-wrapped … Continue reading
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Taking the show on the road
Can’t bear the the thought of sitting in a theatre in the middle of August? With their new production, The Pedaler’s Wager, Clay and Paper Theatre bring the entertainment to you by bicycle. BY: Tom Henheffer A parade of bikers—towing … Continue reading
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Wongs Unite
Confused shouts in Mandarin, Cantonese and English rose from the crowds of sweating octogenarians on Saturday afternoon as teenaged guides led the seniors back onto school buses. Minutes earlier the enthused elders had posed for the camera alongside their children … Continue reading
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Brunch, with a side of the future
The smell of stale beer lingered from the previous night’s dance party in Clinton’s dimly lit back room. “I don’t like working in a pub,” said dreadlocked palm-reader Melanie Ollenberg, as she examined a client’s outstretched hands on Sunday afternoon. … Continue reading
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From Sierra Leone to the world
He was forced out of his village in Africa because of diamond-fueled civil war. He moved to a crowded refugee camp in Gambia, where he slept on a tarp and survived on cornmeal. He, his father, step mother, and siblings … Continue reading
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