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• ALEXANDRA CAVALLO
  - Reviews - Review: The Woman in Black
  After 10 years battling supernatural creatures, you'd think Harry Potter would be better equipped to deal with the paranormal pests he faces in James Watkins's old-fashioned ghost story.
• ALEXANDRA CAVALLO, CASSANDRA LANDRY, AND ARIEL SHEARER
  - Features - An intimate guide to dining in — and eating out — this Valentine's Day
  Food and sex have long been intimate bedfellows. What's the endgame of a dinner date but the prospect of the coital desserts waiting at home?
• ALI CARTER
  - On The Cheap - On the Cheap: Render Coffee
  Don't-give-a-shit hipster baristas, move aside — Render Coffee is raising the bar on specialty coffee shops in Boston.
• BETSY SHERMAN
  - Reviews - Review: Charlotte Rampling: The Look
  Rampling's physical gifts, unimpeded by plastic surgery in their march through time, are matched by a keen mind and an unapologetic approach to life and work.
• BRIAN MCFADDEN
  - Big Fat Whale - Valentine's Day cards for cut-ups
  You probably shouldn't give anyone any of these. But, c'mon.
• CAROLYN CLAY
  - Theater - Gamm's Festen; plus Whistler's Fen
  "Denmark's a prison," opined Hamlet some 400 years ago.
• CASSANDRA LANDRY
  - This Just In - Twenty-nine-year-old Buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler is the cool kid's Buddhist.
  In his new book, Rinzler spells out mindful compassion for the millennial set, making room for one-night stands and cocktails on the weekend.
• DAVID BERNSTEIN
  - Talking Politics - Mitt's Charlie Card
  Last week, Mitt Romney stood uncomfortably to the side as he accepted the endorsement of reality-show blowhard and occasional birther Donald Trump in Las Vegas.
• DAVID KISH
  - Hoopleville - Today's hot careers
  Good money, in demand ...
• DAVID S. BERNSTEIN
  - Talking Politics - The Massachusetts legislature is the principal roadblock to putting the state's criminal-justice system on the right track
  As you read this, Beacon Hill is debating a "three-strikes" crime bill, while waiting for the US Attorney's Office to hand down indictments in the scandal over patronage at the probation department.
• DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN
  - Live Reviews - Photos: Megadeth + Motorhead at the Tsongas Arena
  Megadeth and Motorhead perform live at the Tsongas Arena on January 29, 2012.
• EMMA DESSAU
  - Live Reviews - Out: Speedy Ortiz come together
  The kickoff weekend of new local show bookers the Dreamhouse Collective was coming to a close a week ago last Monday night at Great Scott, but the walls of the Allston venue were still vibrating thanks to the grungy guitar reverb of Northamptom trio Speedy Ortiz.
• GERALD PEARY
  - Reviews - Review: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animated
  One film stands out among the Animated Shorts, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby's Wild Life .
• HARLAN JACOBSON
  - Features - Sundance 2012 shakes off the angst
  Two full production years following the market collapse in the third quarter of 2008, the tonal zeitgeist of films on display at the Sundance Film Festival — a reliable snapshot of independent filmmaking — has shifted from dark to light.
• JASMINE LYWEN-DILL
  - Live Reviews - Photos: The Kills at Royale
  The Kills performed at Royale on Friday, February 3, 2012.
• JEREMIAH ROBINSON
  - News Features - PHOTOS: Knock Out Barstool Takes On BSS Blackout Party
  Knock Out Barstool (KOB) rallies outside during Barstool Sports' Northeastern Blackout party on Thursday, February 2, 2012.
• JON GARELICK
  - Jazz - Dominique Eade at Scullers
  "I'm discontented with homes that I've rented/so I have invented my own," sang Dominque Eade slowly, over a simple bass accompaniment.
• JOSH BERLINGER
  - Live Reviews - Photos: The Darkness + Foxy Shazam at the Paradise Rock Club
  The Darkness + Foxy Shazam perform live at the Paradise Rock Club on February 3, 2012.
• KARL STEVENS
  - Failure - Words with Friends
  What the fuck?
• LLOYD SCHWARTZ
  - Classical - Vive la France
  French music is tricky. It has an unmistakable accent, inflection, scent.
• MARCIA B. SIEGEL
  - Dance - Pinto and Pollak bring Oyster to the Paramount
  All the characters in Oyster, the Israeli show presented by Celebrity Series last weekend at the Paramount, are physically challenged in some way.
• MATT JONES
  - Puzzles - Crossword: ''I Oh You One''
  Or four, actually.
• MC SLIM JB
  - On The Cheap - Valentine's Day for the Frugal and Savvy Diner
  On the Cheap thinks you should take your honey out to a fabulous dinner in February. But fine dining on Valentine's Day, with its overpriced prix fixes, cheap Champagne, and harried servers is a rookie choice, like clubbing on New Year's Eve.
• MICHAEL C. WALSH
  - CD Reviews - Ital | Hive Mind
  If there was a broken-record knock against electronic music in the last decade, it's that it all sounded the same.
• P. NICK CURRAN
  - Music Features - Creaturos spin in the center of a creative orbit
  Boston is a city built on pride. Our music, our sports, our accents: whatever it is, good or bad, it is ours .
• PAINT PENS IN PURSES
  - Lifestyle Features - Love Hurts: Emo Valentine's Day Cards
  Sometimes it's hard to express how you feel to that special person. Well, womens' urban art collective Paint Pens in Purses has solved your problem with these lovely cards.
• PEG ALOI
  - Reviews - Review: The Innkeepers
  Ti West's spook show is atmospheric (thanks to the terrific hotel setting) and frequently funny; but the plot line is choppy, the dialogue often unnecessary, and the scares too sparse.
• PETER KADZIS
  - The Editorial Page - Remembering Kevin
  Tuesday's Parkman House wake on Beacon Hill for former Boston Mayor Kevin H. White, who died last week at age 82 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease, was more than a tribute to the colorful and resilient politician who led the city during historic years of downtown rejuvenation and racial strife.
• PHOENIX STAFF
  - Music Features - The Top 100 Emo Songs of All Time
  Emo is a lot like pornography ...
• ROBERT NADEAU
  - Restaurant Reviews - Review: The Salty Pig
  A number of restaurants have failed in this odd multilevel space, stuck in a kind of cultural canyon between the Copley Place mall and the Tent City apartment complex.

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The Masthead

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Editor: Carly Carioli

BOSTON
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Arts Copy Editor: Thomas McBee
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Staff Editor: SI Rosenbaum
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