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Whatever happened to Danville's giant mystery monkey?

Unfinished (monkey) business
The giant monkey of Danville was my symbol, back then, of the fin-de-siècle nadir in media fluffery, thankfully obsolesced in one grim morning.
By: DAVID S. BERNSTEIN  |  August 04, 2011
 

Arts

All's Well on Boston Common
Love sick
Developing dances at the ICA
Summer summary
Painting – and video – of the American landscape
Manifest destiny
Slideshow: ''Painting the American Vision'' at the Peabody Essex; ''Shifting Terrain: Landscape Video'' at the Currier Museum of Art
"Painting the American Vision": Though Nov 6, 2011 | "Shifting Terrain": Through Sep 18, 2011

Food

Review: Jasmine Taste of Persia
A winning introduction to an underrated cuisine
Review: Posto
Top-notch Italian that's under the radar no more
The 15 most ape-friendly grubs in the hub
Monkey chow

Life

A monkey, on Chihuly
Failure
Cheap places for rent
Big Fat Whale
Children's Party at the Museum of Fine Art
Hoopleville
Chimp, Hipster, or Republican?
Similar to Simians Dept.
Cruelty, compassion, and a capuchin, a decade later
The baby in the box
Graduate programs in visual design teach more than just software skills
Designing a future
How Grass Widow came to play a concert for a small group of great apes
Gorilla Theater
How I learned to stop worrying and love my monkey overlords
Hail, Caesar?
Monkey Fancy
Do you subscribe to Monkey Fancy magazine?
PETA on primates
The animal-rights organization's case against the labs

Movies

A Family Tree of Monkey Movies
Primate directive
Hollywood's apes: monkey puzzle or intelligent design?
Primate directive
Review: The Future
Miranda July's shaggy kitten story
Review: Cowboys & Aliens
Favreau's pastiche of Western and sci-fi movies
Review: Life in a day
Amateur filmmakers submit snippets of their lives
Review: Life, Above All
A quietly moving coming-of-age tale
Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Better before the CGI took over
Review: Sarah's Key
A compelling interplay of tensions
Review: The Change Up
The old body-switch premise
Review: The Devil's Double
Like Scarface , but with a difference
Review: The Guard
John Michael McDonagh's cop story

Music

Boston Midsummer Opera's The Italian Girl in Algiers
Dream Girl ?
Dom | Family of Love
Astralwerks (2011)
Fountains of Wayne | Sky Full of Holes
Yep Roc (2011)
Full Body Anchor rebuild their own alt-rock nation
Open to interpretation

Music Continued

James Farm take jazz into songs
Plus: A Newport Jazz Fest sampler
Kool Keith had a purple keyboard and green synth
Odd past
La Big Vic | Actually
Underwater Peoples (2011)
Memory Tapes | Player Piano
Carpark (2011)
Out: Dropping some future funk sounds with Jamaica Plain's the Craters at Yes.Oui.Si
Deep impact near the MFA
Pepper Rabbit | Red Velvet Snow Ball
Kanine (2011)
Photos: Carolina Chocolate Drops + Civil Wars + Chris Thile and Michael Daves at the Newport Folk Festival
Fort Stage + Harbor Stage | July 31, 2011
Photos: David Wax Museum + Brown Bird + Mountain Man at the Newport Folk Festival
Fort Stage + Harbor Stage | July 31, 2011
Photos: Death Cab for Cutie at the Bank of America Pavilion
Bank of America Pavilion | August 1, 2011
Photos: Devil Makes Three + Gillian Welch + Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three at the Newport Folk Festival
Harbor Stage + Fort Stage | July 30, 2011
Photos: Elvis Costello + Head & the Heart at the Newport Folk Festival
Harbor Stage + Fort Stage | July 31, 2011
Photos: Freelance Whales + Delta Spirit at the Newport Folk Festival
Quad Stage | July 30, 2011
Photos: Gogol Bordello + Ramblin Jack Elliot + Pete Seeger at the Newport Folk Festival
Fort Stage + Harbor Stage | July 30, 2011
Photos: Jonny Corndawg + Middle Brother + Emmylou Harris at Newport Folk Festival
Quad Stage + Fort Stage | July 31, 2011
Photos: Seeger Clogging Allstars + Trampled by Turtles at the Newport Folk Festival
Quad Stage | July 31, 2011
Photos: Tegan and Sara + Mavis Staples + The Decemberists at Newport Folk Festival
Quad Stage + Fort Stage | July 30, 2011
Photos: Turquoise Jeep at the Good Life
"Fresh Produce" | 5 Year Anniversary Party | July 30, 2011
Photos: Wanda Jackson + Justin Townes Earle + M. Ward at the Newport Folk Festival
Fort Stage + Quad Stage | July 31, 2011
The Big Hurt: Pablo Dylan's 10 Minutes
Meritocracy news
The schizoid stronghold of Iwrestledabearonce
Metal hedge
They Might Be Giants | Join Us
Idlewild/Rounder (2011)

News

A friend in need
Community comes together to support Aliza Shapiro
The debt crisis is only on hold
Plus, what does congressman Bill Keating have against Cuban families?
The Year in Monkey News
Primate dispatches from around the globe
Whatever happened to Danville's giant mystery monkey?
Unfinished (monkey) business

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