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Thursday, December 15, 2011

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Arts

Ink for eggheads
Tattoo U

Merce Cunningham's long goodbye
Last looks

Photos: Merce Cunningham Dance Company
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company's last hurrah

Photos: Selections from Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed
Science Ink

Photos: The Slutcracker at The Somerville Theatre
December 11, 2011

The delights of Three Pianos at the A.R.T.
Three guys who love Schubert

The short, happy life of Occupy Boston's A-Z Library
Reading the revolution

Food

On the Cheap: Zinneken's
A new café-bakery with the warm, welcoming air of a Belgian kitchen

Review: Sweet Cheeks
All-American barbecue with a subtle, steady touch

Life

Crappy Christmas Cards
Big Fat Whale

How the Gingrich Stole Christmas!
Hoopleville

Whispers of immortality
Failure

Movies

Interview: Gary Oldman not spooked by Guinness's Smiley
Spy vs. spy

Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Helium-infused banter

Review: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Guy Ritchie's return to the world of Sherlock Holmes

Review: The Conquest
Xavier Durringer's recreation of the rise of Sarkozy

Review: The Sitter
Tale of a Robitussin-addicted man-child

Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alfredson tinkers with le Carré's spy classic

Review: Young Adult
Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody's first re-teaming since Juno

Music

Back with Bozmo, Moore takes off his Thinkers cap
Kid n' play

Fang Wizard | Pure Hex
Teen Beat (2011)

Getting rocked with Cocked N' Loaded
Plus, Mellow Bravo crashes the New Year’s Eve party

Korn | The Path to Totality
Roadrunner (2011)

Music Continued

Layering pop with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Boy racers

MP3 of the Week: Letterday 'Don't Go' + Converse in-store Friday 12.16 @ 6pm
On the Download

Photos: Four Year Strong at Lucky's Lounge
Four Year Strong | Lucky's Lounge | December 7, 2011

Ridgemont | Colder Days
Mindless (2011)

Shakedown: The Phoenix 'Holiday EP'
A Very Phoenix Christmas

The Big Hurt: Unnecessary press release roundup
Aggregating

The Dø | Both Ways Open Jaws
Six Degrees Records (2011)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | The Magic of Youth
Big Rig (2011)

The Roots | Undun
Def Jam (2011)

News

Iraq: A monumental and historic blunder
Tough truths

Money Talks and Fans Walk
Salaries, strikes, and TV have changed everything about baseball since 1975

Name that non-lethal weapon
Police state

Night of the Living Newt
Mitt Romney has money, organization, and great hair — but Newt Gingrich has the nastiness Republicans have come to expect from top conservatives

Occupy Everywhere
After the decimation of Dewey, the movement finds new allies

Responses to the Unsexiest Men of 2011
Letters and comments to the Boston Phoenix editors, December 16, 2011

RecRoom

Crossword: ''I'll Go Last''
You can thank me later.

Have Bill Simmons and Grantland made it cool for geeks to like sports?
Game changer

The Curse of Len Bias
The curious decline of a team that had it all