Every issue of Outside brings you entertaining destination guides to help you find hidden escapes and plan special trips, reviews of the best outdoor and sports gear, the latest fitness and nutrition news to get you in the best shape of your life and much more. Make plans for great trips. Experience thrills you've never imagined. Discover the best adventure tours in the world. Enjoy armchair escapades. Understand important environmental issues. Spend money wisely on outdoor gear. Read about mountain climbing, kayaking, helicopter skiing and so much more! Only Outside puts you in the center of all the action! Outside is a 2013 winner of the National Magazine award for General Excellence and is a 5 time winner of this prestigious honor. Outside magazine helps you live life to the fullest!
OM first published in Sept 1977
Its founders were Jann Wenner (the first editor in chief), William Randolph Hearst III (its first managing editor), and Jack Ford (an assistant to founding publisher Donald Welsh and a son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford).
Outside launched the careers of Sebastian Junger, Jon Krakauer, and other freelance travel and adventure writers. Though the magazine has tilted toward a more commercial aesthetic in recent years, it has also recruited figures from the literary world for freelance assignments.
Writers whose work has appeared in Outside include Bruce Barcott, Tim Cahill, Daniel Coyle, E. Annie Proulx, naturalist and author David Quammen, and Bob Shacochis. Songwriter David Berkeley also worked for Outside.
Outside magazine: on a mission to inspire participation in the world outside through award-winning coverage of the sports, people, places, adventures, discoveries, environmental issues, health and fitness, gear and apparel, style and culture that define the active lifestyle.
Nowadays everything has a brand and marketing campaign. What about nature?
Maybe a dose of humor and the outdoors would be a good prescription.
Time for Mother Nature to get her own commercial.
This Is the Best Drug Commercial You'll Ever See
Set in the world of a spoofed prescription drug commercial, Nature Rx offers a hearty dose of laughs and the outdoors - two timeless prescriptions for whatever ails you. Side effects may include confidence, authenticity, remembering you have a body, and being in a good mood for no apparent reason. Nature RX is a grassroots movement dedicated to entertaining and informing people about the humorous and healing aspects of getting outdoors. Nature RX series aims to bring awareness; research show that spending more time in nature improves your health, well-being and leads to making better environmental decisions. Learn more, and discover how to connect to nature and share the good.
'Saying Nothing Speaks Loud'—
The biggest Vogue of the year, the vaunted 2015 September issue (832 pages, four pounds, three ounces), is now on the stands. On its cover is arguably the biggest star of the moment, Beyoncé. (Chronology of Coverage).
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Among celebrity profiles, Vogue is very nearly the holy grail. Submitting to a top-tier magazine profile means a peek behind the well-guarded curtain, a soul-baring interview plus a few hours gamely spent on publicist-arranged fun. For Vogue, they have fed elephants (Reese Witherspoon), browsed Birkins (Anne Hathaway), even wept, albeit over onions cut in a cooking class (Scarlett Johansson).
It is part of the bargain struck between celebrities and the news media, where face time and a few juicy first-person revelations are traded for a starring role.
But inside Vogue’s September issue, Beyoncé says not a word.
“I woke up like this.”— Here come the suspense.
Flash To A View: Sydney Pollack's 'Amazing Grace';
The Tortured 4-Decade History of the Film Aretha Franklin Wants to Stop.
A documentary about Franklin's famous performance at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church that became the Grammy-winning live album Amazing Grace, the film has long suffered from technical and legal challenges.
Many of those issues had seemed settled, and the long-awaited premiere of the film was one of the most anticipated releases of the Telluride festival. But after Franklin sought an injunction, a judge in Colorado said the singer should have the right to approve a film that presents her work and likeness. Full Article by Bill Chappell Via NPR: Aretha Franklin Blocks Premiere Of Concert Film 'Amazing Grace'
It is extremely rare for a festival to remove a film from its lineup after it has been announced. Ms. Franklin prevailed in an 11th-hour legal bid to stop the Telluride Film Festival from screening Sydney Pollack’s posthumous documentary “Amazing Grace”—
“Amazing Grace”:http://t.co/HecJsgT83n “A film that essentially recreates the entire concert experience is not fair use of this footage.”
— A Po'boy's Journey! (@Aboutpoboy) September 5, 2015
Pollack's 'Amazing Grace' in its original form; Franklin, "loves" the movie.
A Flash To View Moment
