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Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Arts

Mary Poppins touches down at the Opera House
Mary Poppins touches down at the Opera House

Photos: Ancient weaponry at the Higgins Armory Museum
Higgins Armory Museum | February 12, 2011

Review: Actors' Shakespeare Project essays Cymbeline
Good Will hunting

Review: Gorey at the Athenæum, animation at MassArt
Cartoon network

Review: My Name Is Asher Lev at the Lyric
DOA

Richard Lewis gets serious
Straight talk

Strange world
In his stream-of-consciousness thriller University Of Strangers , former punk rocker, label head, and convict Bob Pfeifer turns real life into something really weird

The sound of tyranny
System of a Down's Serj Tankian soundtracks the A.R.T.'s production of Prometheus Bound

Yes.Oui.Si shows DIY show-space potential
Out: Affirmative art

Food

Review: 28 Degrees
More than just good, cold drinks

Life

Axed and answered
Norse Code

Happy Birthday
Failure

How the Boston rock scene grew up, got real jobs, and became — Freemasons?
The all-seeing eye of rock and roll

Our 9th President
Hoopleville

Photos: Viking Sword & Shield Practice at the Higgins Armory Museum
Viking Sword & Shield Introductory Course

Movies

Review: Cedar Rapids
Conventional wisdom

Review: I Am Number Four
Teen aliens and big battles make for a flashy, if predictable, adolescent fantasy

Review: Just Go With It
Alert social services: this movie is an exercise in abuse

Review: Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Bieber's hair in 3D is a thing of a beauty

Review: Maniac (1980)
Psychopath takes out Mommy Issues on unsuspecting women in chilling 1980 re-release

Review: The Housemaid
Korean remake fuses art and soft-core thrills in steamy class drama

Movies Continued

Sara Nesson gets an Oscar nod for 'Poster Girl'
Casualty of war

Music

Cut Copy | Zonoscope
Modular (2011)

Flesh and blood
Last year, The Low Anthem finished their third album and toured the world. During a freewheeling interview back home, they tell us all about it

Life still sounds good for GNR's Tommy Stinson
Modern-day replacement

Mitch Easter brings his old-school Pro-Tools
Studio affects

Opera from BLO, the Met, and Teatro Lirico, plus top-level conducting at the BSO
Good works

Photos: B. Dolan at the Western Front
B. Dolan | Western Front | February 11, 2011

Photos: Bearstronaut at Great Scott
Beastronaut | Great Scott | February 17, 2011

Photos: Deerhoof and Doomstar! at The Middle East Downstairs
Deerhoof and Doomstar! | The Middle East Downstairs | February 10, 2011

Photos: The Godfathers at Johnny D's
The Godfathers | Johnny D's | February 16, 2011

The Big Hurt: The 'best' of Digital Songs
Who charted?

Young and not so old
Noah Preminger is effin great; plus, dynamic duos live

Young Galaxy | Shapeshifting
Paper Bag (2011)

News

Clif Garboden, 1948-2011

Photos: The Masons of Amicable Lodge
Photos by Mike Pecci

Puppet Protestors: Free Bradley Manning!
Insecurity Theater

Remembering Clif Garboden
The life and times of an alternative-media true believer

Remembering Clif Garboden: 1948-2011
The life and times of an alternative-media true believer

Sifting for substance in Scott Brown's memoir
The Naked Senator

The Phoenix cleans up at NENPA
Tooting Our Own Horn Dept.

RecRoom

Crossword: ''I Get Around''
Freestyle, but not free of style

Review: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
Lending a helping hand