Dec 31, 1997 – Jan 6, 1998

Dec 31, 1997 - Jan 6, 1998 / Vol. 13 / No. 53

OMA exhibits the art of fine wine

If you notice fancy cars wheeling around Orlando Museum of Art Jan. 14-16, it’s a sure sign that A Palette for the Senses wine fest is under way. Even if you drive a Yugo, this is a chance to sample from more than 80 international wineries at relatively affordable prices. Admission is $35 to the…

Colleen Moore

The best stories money could buy

Who knew that Mayor Glenda Hood’s celebration of Orlando’s progress would include drag queens? It’s right there on page 165 of “Orlando: The City Beautiful,” the new coffee-table tome underwritten by the Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce and 69 of its members, each of which paid to have a publicist write the glowing profiles about…

Jeff Truesdell

When infotainment rules

Do not attempt to adjust your radio. Do not attempt to change your television channel. Do not attempt to search frantically through the pages of your daily newspaper. There is nowhere to hide. Infotainment has taken control. Thanks to the assistance of corporate dollars and corporate mergers, combined with the toss-me-my-little-green-bone mentality of many news…

Keith A. Owens

Activists steer right

These days it would be hard to imagine a group of students taking over the administration building at a local college to protest America’s refusal to sign a land-mine ban treaty. Could that be because the political climate at many universities is becoming increasingly conservative, allowing little room for dissenting liberal voices? That’s a question…

Desiree Cooper

The middle-class implosion

One day, one newspaper, one page. The day was Nov. 12, the paper was The New York Times, the page was C4. The issue was jobs. Or the lack thereof.;;While the Powers That Be keep pretending that there’s nothing but “Boom Times” in our land, most Americans are asking, “a boom for whom?” Eight out…

Jim Hightower

Activists steer right

These days it would be hard to imagine a group of students taking over the administration building at a local college to protest America’s refusal to sign a land-mine ban treaty. Could that be because the political climate at many universities is becoming increasingly conservative, allowing little room for dissenting liberal voices? That’s a question…

Desiree Cooper

Be it resolved

Want to change your ways? Here are 50 places that could use your time and energy That time of year has come again when you make yet another New Year’s resolution that you’ll never keep. So this year, resolve to keep it. And while you still are bursting with holiday spirit, put it to some…

Gwendolyn Knowles

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