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Thursday, September 01, 2011

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In the Shadow of Walmart

The Superstore hasn’t touched down yet, but Roxbury is already divided against itself
Only one company on earth summons fevered joy and outrage by merely showing interest in a market.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  August 31, 2011
 

Arts

I loves you, Porgy
The A.R.T. streamlines a classic
Photos: Swoon Art Wall at the ICA
Art Wall Installation | Institute of Contemporary Art

Food

Review: CK Shanghai
Wide-ranging Chinese with consistently polished quality
Review: Thinking Cup Coffee Bar
Toning down technology and one-upping fair trade

Life

Fall TV Preview
Big Fat Whale
On carpentry and college
Finding reward - and real learning - in the ivory tower
Same difference
Failure

Movies

Review: Colombiana
Balancing absurdity with conviction  
Review: Magic Trip
Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters
Review: Seven Days in Utopia
Matthew Dean Russell's creepy parable
Review: Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Joseph Dorman's portrait of Aleichem
Review: The Debt
John Madden's smart, icy thriller
Review: The Hedgehog
Mona Achache's adaptation of Muriel Barbery's best-seller

Movies Continued

Review: The Myth of the American Sleepover
Adolescent initiation rites

Music

Guillermo Sexo | Secret Wild
Girl Boy Girl Boy Records (2011)
Rubblebucket | Omega La La
Sin Duda Records (2011)
Tommy Keene | Behind the Parade
Second Motion Records (2011)

News

Biomass FAQ
Or, why it ain't easy burning green
Boston's last congressman?
Musical chairs dept.
Deval's Green Blues
Long supported by the state's environmental organizations, Governor Patrick has started a war with them over biomass
Getting heavy
Letters to the Boston editors, September 2, 2011
In a job-starved economy, casinos are still a good bet
The issue provoked a rare show of common purpose on Beacon Hill
In the Shadow of Walmart
The Superstore hasn’t touched down yet, but Roxbury is already divided against itself
Music venue movement
Rock and Relocation

RecRoom

Crossword: ''We Don't Play That''
Schoolyard equipment nobody likes
Review: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Choose your own adventure

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