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Table of contents for week of May 13, 2005

NEWS & FEATURES

With Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas brings his space odyssey to a close. The Phoenix weighs in on the meaning of it all.

The religious right already have broadcasters on the run. Dan Kennedy explains they are now going after cable, satellite, and the Internet.

Harvey Silverglate examines 'obscenity' vs. 'indecency' in the eyes of the Supreme Court.

Adam Reilly wonders whether insurgent progressive Democrats, energized by Howard Dean's presidential bid, can succeed in local urban politics.

Deirdre Fulton says that after 35 years and eight editions, Our Bodies, Ourselves is still giving women the tools to take health care into their own hands.

In "Out There," Alan Olifson thinks dating used to be a much more enjoyable affair than the version he had to endure.

Dan Savage on sex.

In the Phoenix editorial: The first annual Walk for Music is an imaginative, innovative approach to community-based fundraising for the arts.

Letters to the editor

Moon Signs

Plus, this just in:

  • ILL-GOTTEN GAINS The art of crime
  • LOOKING BACK Celebrating one year of equal marriage
  • SATISFACTION Stones to play Fenway
  • TIMES PAST Did the New York Times downplay the Holocaust?
  • PERSONALLY The marriage trap
  • ANNALS OF SURVEILLANCE Whence the Maura Cam?
  • MUSIC-VIDEO SHOOT ... And you will know us by the trail of annoyed

    EDITORS' PICKS

    In Galleries and Museums, Photorealism at the Rose, plus Leo Steinberg and Richard Serra.

  • Hot Tix
  • 8 Days
  • MUSIC

    Matt Ashare gets to know the Boss through his characters and Trent Reznor through his pain.

    Franklin Soults likes Paris-based Nouvelle Vague's bossa nova take on new-wave rock

    Eliot Wilder gives a listen to "lost" '70s singer-songwriter Judee Sill

    Ted Drozdowski explains why New Order still make the best kind of easy listening.

    Matt Ashare explains why 40,000 Ben Folds fans can't be wrong.

    Lloyd Schwartz hears Itzhak Perlman, the BSO, and the Back Bay Chorale’s Das Paradies und die Peri.

    In Cellars By Starlight: Kay Hanley and Paula Kelley start over out West

    In Out: Joe Perry at Harpers; Jon Langford at the Paradise.

    Chris Rucker hits the mat with Massachusetts's latest underground rap prodigy; plus Daughters, the Explosion, and Boy in Static

    Live reviews of: Caribou, Death From Above 1979, and Ivy and Stars

    Also, short reviews of:

  • British Sea Power OPEN SEASON
  • Caribou THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS
  • Feist LET IT DIE
  • Monade A FEW STEPS MORE
  • John Stein INTERPLAY
  • Stereo Total DO THE BAMBI

    MOVIES

    Peter Keough previews the season's upcoming films including Star Wars, Episode III, The Dukes of Hazzard, amd Batman Begins.

    In Film Culture, Gerald Peary catches Classic Westerns at the Brattle.

    Also, short reviews of:

  • DOUBLE DARE
  • IT’S ALL GONE PETE TONG
  • MINDHUNTERS
  • MONSTER-IN-LAW
  • WINTER SOLSTICE
  • THEATER

    Carolyn Clay reviews Ken Ludwig's Shakespeare in Hollywood at the Lyric Stage and Michael Hollinger's Tooth and Claw at Zeitgeist Stage

    Iris Fanger checks in with Little Shop of Horrors

    DANCE

    Jeffrey Gantz spends days and nights at Boston Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty.

    Marcia B. Siegel reports on Savion Glover at the Majestic.

    ART

    Christopher Millis says The DeCordova's Annual Exhibition hits the mark, and so does Bruce Bemis at the BCA.

    BOOKS

    Douglas Wolk examines the legacy of cartooning genius Will Eisner.

    TELEVISION

    HOTDOTS: SUNDAY 15 4:00 (25) Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (movie). Why Fox would want to draw attention to this 1999 effort just as the new and improved finale of finales hits the theaters is the real mystery. By Clif Garboden

    FOOD

  • Dining Out Petit Robert Bistro
  • On the Cheap Hsin Hsin Café
  • Taste Buds: Upcoming local dining events
  • Noshing & Sipping: Allagash Odyssey

    SPECIALS

  • Digital Photography Guide
  • The Best 2004
  • Liquid - Fall 2004
  • Fall Preview
  • Education Section 2005