Elizabeth Kincaid

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The New England Floor Punch

The metal-core band Killswitch Engage managed to cross into the mainstream by touring with Slayer and playing the smaller stage at Ozzfest -- but...

Spinning the World on a Skeleton Hand

After five albums (give or take a remix), Rob Zombie still represents a clearinghouse of death metal, gore and go-go dancers, spun through dark,...

A Poor Man’s Collection

In the early '70s, George Cruger, a young editor at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, began doing curatorial work in photography and buying...

Busta’s Rap

He's a giant phallus of a reading icon. But Busta the Bookworm, the creation of L.C. Bird High School technology teacher Kenneth Holmes, isn't...

Food Without Faces

Being vegetarian often means ordering the typical garden salad at some chain restaurant, only to find bacon bits dumped all over limp greens. Or...

Oh My Goth!

When Melora Creager created the electric cello choir Rasputina 10 years ago using a classified ad, she had one mantra: No boys and no...

Carving Wind and Water

Working in small sections while the oil is wet on a large canvas, Leigh Wen uses a stylus to carve images of the elements....

Open Roads

The daily commute on Route 288 whips drivers and passengers by the rampant construction in western Chesterfield County with little stall. It's a speedy...

Policing the Barrios

The air smells like chlorine and cleaning product. Outside, it's raining hard, and everyone's hair and clothes are wet. Four folding tables dressed up...