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Thursday, November 19, 2009

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We're killing the oceans

Is it too late to save the seas that sustain us?
I meet world-renowned undersea photojournalist Brian Skerry at Legal Seafoods, across from the New England Aquarium, where he's the explorer in residence. He orders a chicken Caesar salad.

By: MIKE MILIARD | November 18, 2009

Arts

Dodging death
Reckless, The Salt Girl, and The Overwhelming

Invisible playmates
Paul Auster makes promiscuity a virtue

Play by play: November 20, 2009
Plays from A to Z

Food

City Table
Sampling the perks of a recession

Tavern at the End of the World
Nice surprises in a warm, pubby package

Life

A Bean grows in Brighton
How five guys in a garage put together Boston's biggest little snowboard brand

A kiddie-diddling riddle
Dr. Lovemonkey answers your questions

American massacre comix
Idiot Box

Blue hills, rosey cheeks
True story. I was there.

Does the beagle want my bagel?
Failure

Don't do it
Thinking about making the gnarly move from skiing to snowboarding? Think again, brah.

Get into gear
Hit the slopes in style with the coldest season’s hottest innovations

Native Art
Hoopleville

Photos: New England Fan Experience 2009
At the Courtyard Marriott in Downtown Boston

Ski and Snowboard Guide 2010
Gear, where and when to ski, and more

Slideshow: Snow and ski art contest 2010
Finalists from our annual illustration contest

Stimulus II: The Restimulating
Big Fat Whale

Movies

Interview: Gabourey Sidibe
A hidden gem discovered in Harlem

Prince of darkness
Gordon Willis at the Harvard Film Archive

Review: Planet 51
Even aliens get paranoid sometimes

Review: Precious
Purple's prose makes for wrenching melodrama

Review: The Blind Side
Despite what you may think, it's not a Sandra Bullock movie

Review: The Messenger
The Iraq War hits suburbia

Music

Annie | Don't Stop
Smalltown Supersound (2009)

Creationists
Simon Rattle and the BPO, Fabio Luisi and the BSO, John Harbison and Emmanuel Music

Do over
The Feelies pick up their legacy

Group effort
Don't call Mark Lind's Unloved a solo project

Music Continued

Heather Woods Broderick | From the Ground
Preservation (2009)

Human touch
The Jesus Lizard, live at the Paradise Rock Club, November 14, 2009

Mixed media
Ran Blake's Pawnbroker, Sofia Koutsovitis's pan-American roots

Photos: Ballet mécanique
Boston Modern Orchestra Project performs Ballet mécanique, live at Jordan Hall

Photos: Brand New at House of Blues
Brand New live at House of Blues Boston, November 18, 2009

Photos: History of Boston hip-hop
A photo tour through Boston's hip-hop history

Photos: The Jesus Lizard at Paradise Rock Club
The Jesus Lizard, live at the Paradise Rock Club, November 14, 2009

Review: Suzanne Vega at Sanders Theatre
Suzanne Vega, live at Harvard's Sanders Theatre, November 6, 2009

Swollen Members | Armed to the Teeth
Battle Axe (2009)

Take it to the limit
The minimal maximalism of Fuck Buttons

The end that could have been
Three missed Aerosmith break-up opportunities

Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures
DGC/Interscope (2009)

Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live
Anti- (2009)

News

Critical Mass
Over the years, UMass Amherst has proven to be a reliable hotbed for political hypocrisy and squelching of free speech

Kennedy, Catholic Church, and Politics of Compromise
Reform Dept.

Ladies' man
In his race for US Senate, Michael Capuano is using well-known women to battle the race's female front-runner.

Missing Persons singer Dale Bozzio jailed
Swinging a Dead Cat Dept.

Suspect principles
Letters to the Boston editor, November 20, 2009

Taxing Catholics
Should the Church lose its exemption?

We're killing the oceans
Is it too late to save the seas that sustain us?

RecRoom

Camera shy
Mike Tyson pops the paps. Plus, Rocky Top hits bottom.

Crossword: ''You want fries with that?''
Some people do

Review: Dragon Age: Origins
BioWare's latest gets lost in the details

Revisiting the greatest Harvard-Yale game
Crimson Bowl Over Dept.

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