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Table of contents for week of February 27, 2004

NEWS & FEATURES

Quick Trips - Phoenix Writers Take You There

From yoga to meditation, acupuncture to massage, physical and spiritual renewal is just a weekend away.

Quirky weekend getaways to shake things up.

Eating your way through Montreal.

Great theater excursions in New England.

 

The foreign press is all over Halliburton's shady dealings in Nigeria on then-CEO Dick Cheney's watch, yet so far most of the American media are looking the other way. Dan Kennedy reports.

Most everyone on Beacon Hill seemed to know that Cheryl Rivera was a lesbian, but when the state rep casually came out at a February 12 press conference, her political life changed in ways both subtle and profound. Kristen Lombardi explains.

Adam Reilly looks ahead to what's at stake in the race for openly gay former state senator Cheryl Jacques's seat.

Michael Bronski finds that the Land of Fruits and Nuts has given rise to a celebratory, theatrical style of gay politics that is every bit as effective as the rule-bound civics lesson practiced on the East Coast - if not more so.

Society's latest affliction, Too Much Positive Reinforcement, has officially reached epidemic proportions, says Alexandra Wolfe.

The landmark 1965 film Battle of Algiers may have engaged in distasteful propagandizing, but at least it was grounded in a set of ideals, says Peter Keough. You can't say the same for the Bush administration, which is using the same techniques to replace reality in its promotion of the war in Iraq.

In the Phoenix editorial, we remind you that Super Tuesday offers real choices, decry George Bush's hateful move to amend the US Constitution, and comment on Speaker Tom Finneran's spanking.

In "Out There," Chris Wright says just forget it.

In "Urban Buy," Genevieve Rajewski has flower power.

Letters to the editor

Moon Signs

Plus, this just in:

  • MEDIA Brudnoy plots his latest comeback
  • CAMPAIGN 2004 Deaned if you do, Deaned if you don’t
  • TELEVISION A girl named Suey
  • MEDIA Labor day at the Globe
  • TALKING POLITICS Nader does it again
  • IN MEMORIAM Patrick McSorley, 1974–2004
  • ELECTIONS Prisoners can’t vote — can they?

    EDITORS' PICKS

    In Arts News, The MFA loses all its Monet in Vegas, plus the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival and more.

    In Performance, Twyla Tharp takes Movin' Out on the road. BY MARCIA B. SIEGEL

    In Theater, PStephen Adly Guirgis lays out Our Lady of 121st Street. BY SALLY CRAGIN

    In Galleries and Museums, Harvard hosts Gary Schneider and Kehinde Wiley. BY RANDI HOPKINS

    In Classical, A perennial BSO guest makes his annual visit. BY DAVID WEININGER

    In State of the Art, Ellen Band's Portal of Prayer. BY NINA MACLAUGHLIN

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  • MUSIC

    Ted Drozdowski on Johnny A. and Jeff Platz's Skull Session, plus Bobby Keyes and Ray Mason.

    Carly Carioli on FannyPack's musical marketing coup.

    Sean Richardson says Trapt won't give it away.

    Jon Garelick hears Dave Douglas progress and Gary LeMel look back.

    Lloyd Schwartz on Zander's Mahler, Rozhdestvensky at the BSO, the Takács Quartet with Andreas Haefligerl.

    Live reviews of: Olabelle, Eastmountainsouth and Kings of Leon

    Also, short reviews of:

  • The Cramps LIVE AT NAPA STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
  • Head of Femur RINGODOM OR PROCTOR
  • Various Artists MUSIC FROM QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY
  • Various Artists SACRED STEEL
  • Perú Negro JOLGORIO
  • Grant Lee Phillips VIRGINIA CREEPER

    ...and Roadtripping: Conor Oberst brings his emo stylings to New England, Head of Femur play Great Scott's, and more BY CARLY CARIOLI

    MOVIES

    Peter Keough says Mel Gibson's Christ is the lord of the stings.

    Peter Keough predicts that effects lord it over acting in this year's Oscars.

    Steve Vineberg lauds Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers

    Peter Keough says the MFA's Brazilian Film Festival runs hot and cold.

    In Filmculture, Gerald Peary on Greg Pak's Robot Stories at the Brattle.

    Also, short reviews of:

  • CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN
  • DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS
  • EUROTRIP
  • TOKYO GODFATHERS
  • THEATER

    Carolyn Clay watches Boston Marriage weds Mamet to Wilde.

    DANCE

    Marcia B. Siegel on what the 'simple people' from San Francisco know.

    BOOKS

    Nina MacLaughlin reviews a classicist's 'biography' of Odysseus.

    TELEVISION

    HOTDOTS: THURSDAY 4 9:00 (2) Frontline: Inside the Teenage Brain. Why do kids act different from grown-ups? Aside from all the stifling unfairness and exploitative forces that define their lives, it has something to do with maturing brain chemistry.
    By Clif Garboden

    FOOD

  • Dining Out : Buk Kyung II
  • Cheap Eats : Palmier Café
  • Noshing & Sipping : Zeppole di San Giuseppe
  • SPECIALS

  • FNX Snoriders
  • Ski Guide
  • Fall Arts Guide
  • The 6th annual Best issue
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