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Thursday, April 01, 2010

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Arts

Eat, pray, shove
Cooking with Mailer in two new memoirs

Endgame
Lady Day at Lyric bar & grill

Interview and photos: Gerard Malanga
A gathering of souls

Play by play: April 2, 2010
Theater listings, week of April 2, 2010

Food

Barlow’s Restaurant
When in doubt, ask for a second opinion

Restaurante Montecristo
Another budget-priced Eastie winner serving traditional Central American fare

Life

100 Unsexiest Men of 2010
Our annual look at the most grotesque men from around the globe

Brave Play begins
In celebration of Red Sox season, our exclusive graphic novel explores a fictional world of baseball where supernatural conspiracies rule the games.

Ex–porn star blogs her way sober
Jennie Does Harvard

Konservative Komix
Big Fat Whale

Photos: Boston Flower & Garden Show 2010
Boston Flower & Garden Show, at the Seaport World Trade Center | March 28, 2010

Photos: PAX East 2010 (Saturday)
At the Hynes Convention Center | March 27, 2010

We have to finish this level first
Failure

What if I never come out?
Hoopleville

Movies

Jewishfilm.2010
Love is stronger than death at Jewishfilm.2010

Out like a lamb
Sweetgrass marks the end of an era

Review: City Island
Bronx jeer

Review: Clash of the Titans
Divine badness reigns

Review: Don Mckay
Delightfully hammy, numbed-down neo-noir

Review: Sweetgrass
Triumph of the wool

Review: The Last Song
Emotional kidney punches involving arson, divorce, and sea turtle eggs

Review: Vincere
History as nightmare

Music

Championship vinyl
Flavorheard, Frank White, and Mister Jason are Fever

Dum Dum Girls | I Will Be
Sub Pop (2010)

Peter Wolf | Midnight Souvenirs
Verve/UME (2010)

Photos: Japandroids at the Middle East downstairs
Japandroids, live at the Middle East downstairs, on March 31, 2010

Photos: Spoon at the House of Blues
Spoon, live at the House of Blues, March 27, 2010

Prog wild
The controlled chaos of Bear in Heaven

Red Sparowes | The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer
Sargent House (2010)

Ruste Juxx & Marco Polo | The Exxecution
Duck Down (2010)

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings | I Learned The Hard Way
Daptone (2010)

Strange brew
Abe Vigoda are smart enough to stay weird

Stuff at night
The BSO without Levine, Yo-Yo Ma, the Cantata Singers, American Classics, the Zerounian Ensemble

The Big Hurt: Bieber fever
Plus U2’s purported fans, and Keane hits the green

This bird can sing
The voice of Florence and the Machine carries to the States

White Wizzard | Over The Top
Earache (2010)

News

Lynch’s left flank
The Southie Congressman may have pushed progressives too far this time.

Murderabilia
A serial killer seeks a payoff

The Church and abuse
Plus, the Republicans' dark soul and the Bay State's education failure

The naked truth
Letters to the Boston editor, April 2, 2010

UMass racial-confrontation case may finally come to a close
Is justice being served?

RecRoom

Crossword: ''Freefallin'''
Take the plunge into random vocab.

Number two blues
Ryan Leaf’s sad story continues; plus, Ronnie Brown driving wild in Atlanta

Review: God of War III
New console, same game