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Merge (2012)
On their homonymous debut, Hospitality sound like 800 different trendy bands at once (from Twin Sister to Tennis to TV on the Radio), so if it's pure originality you're after, you've come to the wrong department.
By RYAN REED | January 24, 2012

Seeds of evil

Going green
A Maine farmer, backed by 275,0000 like-minded individuals, has found himself at the forefront of a fight against the most dastardly figure in agriculture: the seed and biotechnology company Monsanto, which to some represents everything that is wrong with farming today.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | November 23, 2011

Photos: Occupy Boston demonstrations, from Dewey Square to the financial district

From September 30 to October 11, 2011
Participants in the “Occupy Boston” demonstrations (in association with the "Occupy Wall Street" movement) organizing at Dewey Square and participating in marches and protests throughout Boston's financial district.
By LIZ PELLY, ALI CARTER, ARIEL SHEARER AND MOLLY GEIGER | October 11, 2011

New Rep's new Rent stays mostly true, with one twist and some noise

Highs and lows
Every director who helms Rent must struggle in the shadow of the original production.
By MADDY MYERS | September 14, 2011

Slideshow: Alexander McQueen's ''Savage Beauty'' exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art | Through August 7, 2011
Photos of Alexander McQueen's ''Savage Beauty'' exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, through August 7, 2011, in connection with Thomas Page McBee's review of the exhibit .
By PHOENIX STAFF | July 27, 2011

Alexander McQueen's 'Savage Beauty'

The late fashion designer's show at the Met defies demographics — and fashion itself
The two-hour wait is your first clue that "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through August 7) is not your typical blockbuster exhibit.
By THOMAS PAGE MCBEE | August 01, 2011

Review: Going Crazy for Gershwin

A revised, revamped classical musical hits big
Every summer, the Arundel Barn Playhouse continues the classic tradition of Maine summer stock theater, by bringing their leading performers from out of town — often New York City — to put on a series of shows and live in beautiful rural Arundel for the season.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | July 06, 2011

General Assembly turns a cold shoulder on the homeless

Economics Dept.
Rhode Island's itty-bittyness is, of course, a handicap from time to time. But it is also a source of opportunity.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | June 22, 2011

staff writer chris faraone rides the rapture bus

Photos: Staff writer Chris Faraone's ride on the Rapture bus

The Rapture Bus | New York City | May 12, 2011
There were nine days left
By PAUL QUITORIANO | May 19, 2011

Cooking for the circus means a lot more than an apple a day

High-flying, fine dining
Before the marathon, there is the pasta dinner. The soccer team gathers for pizza. But what to eat when you're the man on the flying trapeze?
By LINDSAY CRUDELE | May 04, 2011

On the good ship Juggalo

Dark Carnival Cruise Lines
I spent the wee hours of Saturday morning bobbing along the East River with the Insane Clown Posse. Check out the photos here .
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | May 09, 2011

Photos: Insane Clown Posse's Juggalo cruise

Dark Carnival Cruise Lines
The Insane Clown Posse host 300 Juggalos on a cruise down the East River in New York City. Read " On the good ship Juggalo " by Eugenia Williamson for details.
By AMBER DREA | May 06, 2011

Conflict or what?

The Journal takes out an ad; siding with Keith; mad about Phoebe
With Passover just around the corner, I detected a decidedly non-kosher element in the Other Paper on Monday.
By RUDY CHEEKS | April 13, 2011

Cambridge author Caleb Neelon traces graffiti's hidden history

It was written
'TAKI 183' SPAWNS PEN PALS, announced the headline in the July 21, 1971, New York Times .
By GREG COOK | April 04, 2011

Photos: American History of Graffiti

Photos from Neelon and Gastman's American History of Graffiti
The Phoenix presents a small collection of works to be showcased in Caleb Neelon and Roger Gastman's American History of Graffiti .
By RIME, JOHN SLYMON, RYZE, JAMES MARSHALL, AND SMITH | March 31, 2011

Pingree visits Guantanamo, advocates closure

Gitmo state of mind
Last week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress that keeping President Obama's promise to close the notorious military prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be difficult because of opposition from members of Congress. Maine 1st District Representative Chellie Pingree, however, is among those who support closing the base.
By JEFF INGLIS | February 23, 2011

I was a teenage Sandinista

Deb Olin Unferth left college in the '80s to become a Communist Freedom Fighter. It didn't quite work out that way.
As a freshman philosophy major at the University of Colorado, Deb Olin Unferth fell in love with a junior named George. A pious Evangelical, George felt it was his duty to help his Communist brethren in Central America fight against their capitalist oppressors. So he did, and Unferth went with him.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | January 31, 2011

New play based on L-A's Somali experience

Immigrant scenes
Maine's twin cities of Lewiston and Auburn gained national attention in the first few years of this century for its reception of Somali immigrants.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | January 05, 2011

Attack on the middle class!

First they came for your paycheck. Then your house. What's next?
The remarkable thing about the American middle class is that we still have one, given the job losses, housing bust, and 401(k) wipeout of the past three years — and considering that for 35 years, politicians (and the bankers who own them) have been hammering away at middle-class institutions.
By JAMES K. GALBRAITH | January 05, 2011

Review: The Gamm's Child's Christmas in Wales

Thomas's tales
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre is presenting Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales , always a good idea at this time of year. This expanded version of the 2003 adaptation by artistic director Tony Estrella incorporates fragments of other works by the Welsh poet, even a complete short story, and continues in a short run through December 26.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 15, 2010

Jenny Holzer's projections remake buildings

Big words
Jenny Holzer is not an architect, but in 2004, when she projected those words onto the stone facade of the Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan's Times Square, the historic building acquired a character it had never before seen.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 01, 2010

Portland CMJ showcase at the Trash Bar in NYC, October 23

Music Seen
Standing outside the Trash Bar in Brooklyn, New York this weekend, TJ Metcalfe of Portland's Dead Man's Clothes said, "Let's punch New York in the face with a big block of Maine music."
By NICHOLAS BRENNAN | October 27, 2010

On the Ground Zero 'Mosque'

Plus, Rupert Murdoch buys the GOP
So what's the big deal? Muslims already pray in the Pentagon, which along with the obliterated World Trade Towers was the other successful terrorist target on September 11, 2001.
By EDITORIAL | August 19, 2010

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Photos: M.I.A. at the Creators Project

M.I.A. live at the Creators Project show in New York City
M.I.A. live at the NYC launch party for new Vice/Intel arts venture Creators Project
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | July 03, 2010

Maximum pleasure

Ann Beattie hasn’t been sleeping
Ann Beattie emerged in the 1970s in the pages of the New Yorker with a cast of post-grad characters who smoked pot, bummed around, fell in and out of relationships, and faced the world with a shrug and the latest rock and roll on the stereo.
By JON GARELICK | July 05, 2010

Hello, folly!

Dolly! tries too hard to be a funny girl
Hello, Dolly! is an ever-popular musical standard that usually wins audiences over when its flamboyant title character earns her exclamation point. Unfortunately, despite having a Dolly that could charm the whistle off a traffic cop, the current hyperventilating Theater by the Sea production (through July 11) very soon runs out of oxygen.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | June 30, 2010

Interview: Sebastian Junger

Getting up close and personal with Restrepo
Not even being held captive by armed militants in Nigeria satisfied The Perfect Storm author Sebastian Junger's need for dangerous assignments.
By PETER KEOUGH | June 30, 2010

The Big Hurt: Vince Neil acts his age

Plus The Situation singled, Drake unsurpassed, Pete Doherty denied, Lou Reed exonerated
By the time you read this, the Situation will have his first single out on iTunes. Yeah, that the Situation.
By DAVID THORPE | June 22, 2010

Dare to be filthy

Semi Precious Weapons celebrate partying and poverty
After a few tours, any rock act worth its decibels should be able to name a couple of its wilder shows with little effort, but Justin Tranter’s pick for most memorable Semi Precious Weapons concert sounds especially libertine.
By REYAN ALI | June 28, 2010