But the alternative weekly's annual music festival remains decidedly conservative.

It was the first of the big-city tabloids that came to be known as alternative weeklies.

This city's two largest alternative weeklies broke most newspaper rules last week by intentionally publishing the same article.

In the last decade in at least 50 communities, alternative weeklies have found ways to challenge daily newspapers.

It began in 1999, appearing in several alternative weeklies.

Like most alternative weeklies, the publication tends toward a left-wing viewpoint.

One of the few alternative weeklies to be distributed statewide, the paper was required reading for policy makers in Maine.

There are few listings in the entertainment sections of the alternative weeklies.

You should check for ads in the travel sections of Sunday newspapers and some alternative weeklies.

The most prominent alternative weekly is Shepherd Express, a free publication.