07.02.13
Writers Night Out: Straw Dog Writers Guild
The Elevens
Open mic at 7:15 p.m., followed by time to schmooze, drink, make merry, and find out what's happening in the local writing world.

07.03.13
Reeser Manley and Marjorie Peronto
The Odyssey Bookshop
Authors read from their how-to reference manual, .

Plant Porn
L ast winter, my wife caught me looking at plant porn. The catalogs are beautiful, of course, but...
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21 Reasons to Love Being a Lezzie
W e can’t get married in every state (yet!), homophobia lurks around us like an old turd that...
By Yana Tallon-Hicks

B’East Hosts the Bone Frog Challenge
If you’ve had your fill of 10K road races and sprint triathlons, or if you’re simply keen...
By Tom Vannah

Gneiss, But Not Easy
Valley climbers protect their perfect crag.
Story and Pictures By Pete Redington

Flip Your Switch
S omehow you don’t totally botch picking up a sexy stranger in a bar, and the two of you go...
By Yana Tallon-Hicks

Sexual Chemistry
Do you have 11 protons? ‘Cause you’re sodium fine!
By Yana Tallon-Hicks