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Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Photos: Scenes from the Rally to Restore Sanity

Thousands of Daily Show fans, Flying Spaghetti Monsters, and Hogwarts alums, and more converge on the National Mall | October 30, 2010
With nary a pair of be-skidmarked Betsy Ross boxer shorts in sight.

By: ERIN BALDASSARI | November 01, 2010

Arts

Review: A good old-fashioned Screw
Ryan Landry and Molly Schreiber star in Stoneham's Henry James ghost-story classic

Review: Aftermath presents Iraq refugees in their own words
Collateral damage

Review: Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation, Body Awareness, and The Aliens
Local troupes take a road trip to Shirley, VT

Review: Boston Ballet's fifth 'Night of Stars'
Promise of things to come

Review: Cherry Docs kicks over a hate crime
Shoe shocked

Review: David Young knows where he's going
Poet's progress

Review: Rubberbandance at the ICA
Slinks and kinks

Writers celebrate Barry Hannah, the biggest literary badass you’ve never heard of
Captain Maximus R.I.P.

Food

Review: Ariana
A winning take on fantastic ancient cuisine

The McRib is back, and it’s McWonderful
Lucky for us, the McRib has turned out to be the Cher of sandwiches

Life

DIY Halloween
Hoopleville

Photos: The Walking Dead's zombie plague infests Boston
What it looks like when the undead rise (with the help of a professional makeup crew)

''We haunt to scare'': Scenes from SpookyWorld
A trip report from the land of nightmare wraiths, chainsaw butchers, demon clowns, and zombie paintball

Movies

Independence and assimilation at the 2010 Boston Jewish Film Festival
Team efforts

Interview: MST3K creator Joel Hodgson on Cinematic Titanic's art of bad film
Awful good

Review: Carlos
Are terrorists replacing gangsters in the movies?

Review: Fair Game
Naomi Watts and Sean Penn tell the real Valerie Plame story

Review: Kuroneko
Poe meets Oedipus Rex, in glorious Nippon

Review: Paranormal Activity 2
We deserve to be demonized

Review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Pulp affliction: this Girl has lost her sting

Review: Welcome To The Rileys
Almost as embarrassing as Black Snake Moan

Music

Black Mountain scale various rock influences
Psychedelic heights

Brooklyn’s Matt and Kim just want to have fun
Indie-pop frenzy

Cuban and Brazilian imports, plus homeboy Ran Blake
Groove again

Dando and Hatfield rekindle a musical courtship
Waiting for heaven

Music news in brief: Bieber bullied, Kayne weird, Black Keys Pea'd
The Big Hurt

Photos: Caspian at Old South Church
Caspian lead a post-rock church service at Old South, on October 22, 2010

Photos: Die Antwoord at Royale
Ninja and Yo-Landi tear it up at Royale, on October 26, 2010

Remembering Billy Ruane
Sharing memories and paying tribute to the departed Boston music-scene legend

Review: Avey Tare | Down There
Paw Tracks (2010)

Review: Beethoven with the Discovery Ensemble, the BSO, and Opera Boston
Heroes and villains

Review: Caspian’s musical spell at Old South Church
Sea of sound

Review: Darkstar | North
Hyperdub (2010)

Review: Elvis Costello | National Ransom
Hear Music (2010)

Review: Midatlantic | Isle Of Shoals
Self-released (2010)

Review: oOoOO | oOoOO
Tri Angle (2010)

Review: Warpaint | The Fool
Rough Trade (2010)

News

Boston Phoenix 2010 Endorsements: Steve Grossman, Martha Coakley, and Barney Frank
Plus, more endorsements and the ballot questions

CHART: The couch potato’s guide to tracking the national election results
Election 2010: What to watch for, from the comfort of your living room

Gay Tea Party Witch Sex: Three tales of erotic political fiction
Hot, throbbing election special: Palin/O'Donnell, Kerry/Brown, and Stewart/Cooper/Maddow

Gold diggers: El Salvador vs. Pacific Rim Mining
Mine. Not yours.

Photos: Scenes from the Rally to Restore Sanity
Thousands of Daily Show fans, Flying Spaghetti Monsters, and Hogwarts alums, and more converge on the National Mall | October 30, 2010

RecRoom

Review: AMC's The Walking Dead
No guts, no glory