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Thursday, May 05, 2011

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Arts

ASP serves up Antony and Cleopatra
Egyptian dish

Boston Ballet's 'Bella Figura'
Everything is beautiful

The Boston Cyberarts Fest needs a reboot
Control-Alt-Delete

The meaning of 'THE'
Boston Ballet's 'Bella Figura'

Food

Cooking for the circus means a lot more than an apple a day
High-flying, fine dining

Review: Boston Kabob Company
Middle Eastern served with a side of sex appeal

Life

Bungee begging
Hoopleville

Drinking with family
Conversation and community in the bars of Southie and Dorchester

Karl's cat dreams big
Failure

On the good ship Juggalo
Dark Carnival Cruise Lines

Photos: Insane Clown Posse's Juggalo cruise
Dark Carnival Cruise Lines

Republican whisper campaigns
Big Fat Whale

Movies

Jodie Foster sticks up for Mel
A friend in need

Review: 13 Assassins
The latest from prolific director of extreme films, Takeshi Miike.

Review: Beautiful Darling
The isolating pursuit of fame

Review: Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Review: Fast Five
Dumb fun, noisy neutral

Review: Meek's Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams explore the frontier

Review: Prom
Squeaky-clean group portrait

Review: Queen to Play
Determined to learn

Review: Rammbock
The thrill is there, but the heart isn't

Review: Something Borrowed
A numbing pattern

Review: The Beaver
Foster, Gibson leave it to The Beaver

Review: There Be Dragons
Overwrought Spanish Civil War epic

Review: Thor
Love blooms alongside the war

Movies Continued

The LGBT Film Festival maintains a proud tradition
Difference makers

Music

Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Capitol Records (2011)

BLO does Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream
plus Dawn Upshaw, Natalia Gutman with the BPO, and Simon Trpceski at the BSO

From afar, Destry bring vintage allure to Boston
Cowboys in waiting

Greg Dulli keeps his peace in the Twilight Singers
Still debonair

Julian Lynch | Terra
Underwater Peoples (2011)

Keeping cool with early Echo & the Bunnymen
Crocodile rock

Kode9 and the Spaceape | Black Sun
Hyperdub (2011)

Kylie Minogue brings her long-running disco to Agganis Arena
Live review: In ‘Motion

Odd Future blew up out of nowhere. But they didn't do it alone.
Making the brand

Out: The Chris North Dream Quartet help christen the Haven in Jamaica Plain
Scottish piper

Pantha du Prince | XI Versions of Black Noise
Rough Trade (2011)

Photos: Kylie Minogue at Agganis Arena
Pop diva Kylie Minogue performed at Agganis Arena in Boston on April 29, 2011

Shinji Masuko | Woven Music
Brah/Jagjaguwar (2011)

The Big Hurt: Loko and loco
This month in hip-hop controversy

Will Sergeant outlines his '70s prog roots
'70s prog masterpieces recommended by Sergeant himself

Young Widows seek beauty and mortality in noise
Sludge hammer

Zion I & the Grouch | Heroes In the Healing of the Nation
Z&G Music (2011)

News

Obama's got a wolf gang?
Obama-killed-Osama memes

Obama's rebirth
By exposing his haters, the president has forced the GOP into a corner

Odd Future blew up out of nowhere. But they didn't do it alone.
Making the brand

Sluts for justice
No means no

Taking the long view
Obama's secret. Plus, Bill Taylor, RIP.

The death of Osama bin Laden proves that pragmatic progressivism works
Hope at last

RecRoom

Crossword: ''Have a Nice Solve''
Smile, it's freestyle