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Thursday, November 04, 2010

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Arts

From there to Hereville
Barry Deutsch's troll-fighting Orthodox Jewish heroine

Interview: Chris Lehmann
Eying the moneyed class

Photos: From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum construction
Scenes from construction site of the new wing of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Photos: GoreFest VIII: Cirque du Slaughté
The musical slasher gore comedy musical returns to ImprovBoston

Review: Boston Ballet's La Bayadère
Temple of love

Review: The Lyric does Dickens
Plus Iraq in the Aftermath

Tedium and enchantment
Frances Stark, Bruce Myren, Rebecca Lieberman, and Megan & Murray McMillan

Food

Bleacher Bar
A touristy sports bar with occasional pop in its bat

Umami
A fusion bistro finds its crowd

Life

Brave Play:''Mister Meche, you're in trouble''
Brave Play

Class warfare combat guide
Big Fat Whale

Connecting the dots
Failure

Photos: Bloodfeast 2010 Halloween Party
Bloodfeast 2010 Halloween Party | Machine | October 30, 2010

Politically expressive cacti
Hoopleville

Rad fatty stonewall
Tipping the scale

Spongebob Grabass: We squeeze actor Tom Kenny for info on masked-wrestling melee Lucha Vavoom
Mucha Lucha

Movies

Review: Due Date
Phillips, Downey, Galifianakis just barely deliver

Review: For Colored Girls
Tyler Perry turns Ntozake Shange’s “choreopoem” into . . . a Tyler Perry movie.

Review: Four Lions
Why not make a comedy about some bumbling terrorists?

Review: Gerrymandering
Political doc draws an odd line

Review: Megamind
Let’s hear it for celebrity voices and an excess of licensed pop music!

Review: Monsters
Gareth Edwards' low-budget allegory feels familiar

Review: Ne Change Rien
Jeanne Balibar is a formidable talent

Movies Continued

Review: Saw VII 3D
Going out with a whimper

Review: Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
A conventional, bare-bones sister act

Music

Barn Owl | Ancestral Star
Thrill Jockey (2010)

Billy Ruane: Saying goodbye to a whirlwind
A tribute to the man who helped create the scene he loved

Brian Eno | Small Craft on a Milk Sea
Warp (2010)

Elizabeth and the Catapult | The Other Side of Zero
Verve Forecast (2010)

Guided by Voices return with self-inflicted nostalgia
The club is open, once again

How To Dress Well | Love Remains
Lefse Records (2010)

Live: Chucho Valdés and the Afro Cuban Jazz Messengers
Berklee Performance Center, October 28

Marc Ribot | Silent Movies
Pi (2010)

Mumford's the word
Organic growth comes quickly for Mumford & Sons

Photos: Frightened Rabbit at the Paradise Rock Club
Frightened Rabbit | Paradise Rock Club | October 29, 2010

The Autumn Defense carve a niche beyond Wilco
Seasonal fortitude

The Big Hurt: Deluxe buyer's guide
The word on seasonal box sets

Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephen | For the Ghosts Within
Domino (2010)

Young Adults emerge from Allston apartments
Blitzkrieg pop

News

Black and Blue
Letters to the Boston editor, November 5, 2010

Breaking bread with mixed nuts at Jon Stewart's rally to restore sanity
Meeting in the middle

Democrats against Obama
Even before the rout at the polls, Democrats were nervous about their President. The left felt sold out, and moderates were frightened. Now it's payback time.

Reliving the nightmare
Massachusetts escapes, but much of the nation succumbs to the ravages of democracy

The persecution rests
Turnergate

RecRoom

Laser Orgy 500 Battle of the Week: Mortal Kombat vs. God of War
Who gets the flawless victory?

Review: Kirby's Epic Yarn
Gaming in Neverland