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Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Arts

Bleak houses, cute creatures
Antoniadis and Stone at Fourth Wall, plus 'Little Critters' at the Nave

Critics' choice?
Jonathan Franzen and the Great American Novel

Now it can be told: Boston to read Perrotta
One City, One Story

Slideshow: Boston Related at Fourth Wall Project
Plus Little Critters at the Nave Gallery

Taporama
Students and teachers at the Arsenal

Food

Hot Pot Buffet
Embrace the pot and enjoy the party

UChef
A do-everything Brazilian bakery rises in Allston

Life

Before the concert at Symphony Hall
Failure

Dorm room essentials
Big Fat Whale

Escape artist recycles Houdini stunt at GreenFest 2010
Bin there, done that

First day of lit class
Hoopleville

Horse vs. airplane vs. race car: who wins?
Steam, Punk?

Patrolling the border
Idiot Box

Photos: Banditos Misteriosos' Water Gun Fight 2010
Water Gun Fight 2010 | The Esplanade | August 21, 2010

Movies

Interview: Chloe Moretz
Hit-Girl to It Girl

Review: Centurion
Veni, vidi, viscera: The Roman Empire gets Pict apart

Review: Flipped
Like watching the summer's worst movie — twice

Review: Kimjongilia
North Korea doc exceedingly frustrating

Review: Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Criminal intense: Vincent Cassel triumphs

Review: Nanny McPhee Returns
What lies beneath the prostheses?

Review: Nobody's Perfect
Niko von Glasow gets right down to it

Review: Piranha 3D
A gore and cheese masterpiece

Review: Soul Kitchen
Fatih Akin lightens up

Review: The Last Exorcism
Be afraid . . . to pay full price for this mess

Review: Vampires Suck
And so does this movie.

Music

A bright new sparkle
Marina and the Diamonds smarten up pop

A western Mass
Campout Fest brings Boston DIY to Palmer

Cymarshall Law and the Beatnikz | Freedom Express Line
Freedom Entertainment (2010)

First look inside the renovated Paradise Rock Club
Pole position

Music Continued

Getting into the mix
Three more that fans want raw

Katy Perry | Teenage Dream
Capitol (2010)

Les Savy Fav | Root for Ruin
Frenchkiss Records (2010)

Major labels
This Will Destroy You rally against 'post-rock'

New entries in the Hot 100
The Big Hurt: Who charted?

Photos: One Night Band 2010
Boston Band Crush presents One Night Band 2010, live at the Middle East Downstairs, August 21, 2010

Photos: Organ Beats at T.T. the Bear's
Organ Beats | T.T. the Bear's Place | August 20, 2010

Photos: Ozzfest 2010
Mötley Crüe, Rob Halford and more, live at the Comcast Center, August 24, 2010

Photos: Renovations at the Paradise
First look at the Paradise Rock Club

Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs | God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise
RCA (2010)

Street Sweeper Social Club | The Ghetto Blaster EP
SSSC/ILG (2010)

Street-walkin’ cheetah
The Raw Power of the Stooges’ James Williamson

Thieving Irons | This Midnight Hum

News

A Race Well Run
Beacon Hill and the education establishment overcame narrow self-interest by putting students and schools first

Bill O'Reilly. In the Phoenix. On porn.
The grand poobah of Fox News on the legendary skin flick "The Devil in Miss Jones"

GOP Know-Nothings: Hard-right Congressional candidates complicate Charlie Baker's run for governor
Plus, replacing John Tobin on the Boston City Council.

The POW myth
Letters to the Boston editor, August 27, 2010

RecRoom

Crossword: ''Crossing over''
No theme, no problem

Dana White's Rough Guide to Boston
The UFC head honcho takes us on a brawl crawl through his old stomping grounds

Fighting the Good Fight
Toward a theory of honor in the octagon

Photos: Mixed Martial Arts Invades Boston
The UFC might have just arrived, but local MMA fight events have been here for years

Review: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World: The Game
This video game sticks to its niche

Slammed: Lance Stephenson's comeback goes south
Plus, Roger Clemens gets what he deserves.

The naked choke
Documenting a lifelong love affair with extended bouts of unconsciousness