Email Author Christina Caldwell

2013 Stories by Christina Caldwell

• Bold McDonald

  published May 9, 2013

  Snark will get you everywhere, provided your brand of it is actually funny. Without snark, how would we know which white dress at the Emmys... More >>

• Balanchine Act

  published May 2, 2013

  The concept of devoting your life to the beautiful movement of male and female bodies, working on their own and intertwined as one, isn’t... More >>

• Get Carded

  published April 18, 2013

  We admit it. The phrase “Bingo Players at the Beach” conjures a whole lot of unsavory images of old men in Speedos slappin’... More >>

• Hide and Seek

  published April 18, 2013

  We all wear masks, to a certain degree. We hide some aspects of our life, intentionally or unintentionally, with some secrets far more sinister... More >>

• Touch of Spice

  published April 4, 2013

  When most of the dance you’re exposed to includes grinding and daggering in clubs, it’s tough to remember that dance can be... More >>

• Elephant in the Room

  published March 21, 2013

  Well, Arizona. It’s official. The Grand Old Party has gone so off-the-radar berserk that even us liberals can identify with old-school... More >>

• Flying High

  published March 21, 2013

  Go fly a kite, dude. No, seriously. You have no excuse for saying there’s little culture in the suburbs. Pakistani tradition has it... More >>

• Dressage to Impress

  published March 21, 2013

  So you’re all dressed up with no place to go on Easter. There you are, all full of ham, sitting in your penguin coat, accessorized by a... More >>

• Start a Fire

  published March 14, 2013

  A majority of your life is fraught with stifled creativity. At work, your boss doesn’t want you to draw dinosaurs in the margins of your... More >>

• Punch-Lineup

  published February 28, 2013

  Some cast members of Saturday Night Live catapult to superstardom. Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Chevy Chase, and Tina Fey got their fair... More >>

• Southern Rocker

  published February 28, 2013

  Society has jumped leaps and bounds in terms of racial acceptance in the last few decades. Not to say there isn’t more work to be done on... More >>

• Stupid Cupid

  published February 14, 2013

  Even when you’re in a relationship, Valentine’s Day seriously blows. You’re with someone for an extended amount of time, and... More >>

• FutureKind @ Rogue Bar

  published February 7, 2013

  The writer in charge of FutureKind's Facebook biography has a lot to say. This is not standard press-kit chatter; this is three-syllable-plus... More >>

• Geographer @ Rhythm Room

  published January 24, 2013

  Almost every full-time musician can tell of a serendipitous series of events that led him or her down the path of becoming a professsional.... More >>

• Three of Hearts

  published January 24, 2013

  There’s nothing quite like an unwelcome third wheel to spoil a perfectly beautiful romance. Unlike the third point in a love triangle,... More >>

• Goo-Goo For Gaga

  published January 17, 2013

  In recent months, Lady Gaga has taken a small step away from the bizarre. Abandoning all egg portals and meat dresses, she’s taken to a... More >>

• Baby Steps

  published January 10, 2013

  As the clock struck midnight this past New Year’s Eve, you became older. All right, technically you’re always getting older. But... More >>