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Photos: James Mercer of the Shins at the MFA

Hosted by WFNX | January 26, 2012
James Mercer of the Shins performs at a WFNX Acoustic session at the Museum of Fine Arts on January 26, 2012.
By SAM LIANG | February 03, 2012

By | January 01, 0001

Review: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

Animated alchemical battles
The Fullmetal Alchemist series has expanded impressively, from the 2001 graphic novel, to the 2003 anime series and film to the 2009 reboot of the anime, and now Kazuya Murata's film, which picks up from the middle of the second anime reboot.
By MADDY MYERS | January 17, 2012

By | January 01, 0001

Review: Hell and Back Again

The real-life story of a young marine
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Hell and Back Again offers a potent documentary correlative to the narrative of The Hurt Locker .
By GERALD PEARY | January 05, 2012

A new Gardner, plus landscapes, performance art, and RAD

Shapeshifting
Greater Boston's art-museum building boom continues with the debut of an expanded Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in January.
By GREG COOK | December 30, 2011

Boston arts institutions flexed their muscles in 2011

Boom town!
The following rundown of the best art exhibits of 2011 shows how greater Boston is now consistently offering some of the richest institutional art exhibition programs in the country.
By GREG COOK | December 28, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Photos: Frank Turner at the Museum of Fine Arts

WFNX Acoustic Show | November 2, 2011
Frank Turner performs live at the Museum of Fine Arts on November 2, 2011.
By PHOENIX STAFF | November 07, 2011

Aphrodite at the MFA; Pompeii at the Museum of Science

Love and death
The ancient Greeks said the Titan Kronos cut off the penis of his father, Ouranos, the sky, and chucked it into the sea.
By GREG COOK | November 02, 2011

Photos: The Wombats at the MFA

Hosted by WFNX | October 20, 2011
The Wombats perform live at a WFNX MFA session on October 20, 2011.
By JANICE CHECCHIO | October 21, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

'Degas and the Nude' at MFA

Baby got back
A splendid survey of a modern master as well as girls, girls, girls.
By GREG COOK | October 12, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Photos: Scenes from the opening of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art

From the grand opening of the Museum of Fine Arts's new wing
The Museum of Fine Arts expanded its already-impressive repertoire this weekend when it unveiled the much-anticipated Linde Family Wing For Contemporary Art with a 24-hour-long celebration.
By JOEL VEAK | September 20, 2011

The MFA pulls out the stops for contemporary art with the Linde Family Wing

Playing catch-up
A conundrum lies at the heart of the Museum of Fine Arts' Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, which debuted last weekend: how does a museum showcase a subject it has long neglected?
By GREG COOK | September 21, 2011

Photos: Dropkick Murphys at the MFA

Dropkick Murphys play WFNX's MFA Sessions at the Museum of Fine Arts | September 9, 2011
The Dropkicks invade the MFA.
By JANICE CHECCHIO | September 09, 2011

The top 10 jazz events in town this fall

Starting with the Beantown Jazz Festival, ensembles large and small mix it up
As usual, there's too much to choose from. Here are some highlights.
By JON GARELICK | September 14, 2011

Autumn blossoms: Our 10 most anticipated art shows this fall

This season, the galleries are filled with light shows, monster rock and roll, and naked ladies
This fall is a season of celebrations and new beginnings as the Museum of Fine Arts opens its new contemporary art wing, the Institute of Contemporary Art turns 75, the Addison Gallery reopens after fixing its roof, and Brandeis's Rose Art Museum reopens after a mini renovation and settling a lawsuit by backing off from its threat to close for good.
By GREG COOK | September 14, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Review: The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan

Rich in mysteries
An investigative doc brimming with cultural resonance and historical savvy, Henry Corra's film has ahold of a pungent story — that of the titular black Texan fella who vanished in Vietnam 40 years ago.
By MICHAEL ATKINSON | August 30, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

The Globe vs. The MFA

Sometimes, even accuracy is misleading
The Boston Globe's need for a public editor — a reader's advocate of the sort employed by the Globe's corporate parent, the New York Times — once again becomes painfully clear.
By EDITORIAL | August 24, 2011

By | January 01, 0001