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Thursday, May 05, 2011

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Drinking with family

Conversation and community in the bars of Southie and Dorchester
When I moved from Cambridge to Southie five years ago, the quality of my barroom conversations immediately skyrocketed.
By: LIZA WEISSTUCH  |  May 09, 2011
 

Arts

Boston Ballet's 'Bella Figura'
Everything is beautiful
The meaning of 'THE'
Boston Ballet's 'Bella Figura'

Food

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
On the good ship Juggalo
Dark Carnival Cruise Lines
Photos: Insane Clown Posse's Juggalo cruise
Dark Carnival Cruise Lines

Movies

Review: 13 Assassins
 The latest from prolific director of extreme films, Takeshi Miike.
Review: Beautiful Darling
The isolating pursuit of fame
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

Music

BLO does Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream
 plus Dawn Upshaw, Natalia Gutman with the BPO, and Simon Trpceski at the BSO
Julian Lynch | Terra
Underwater Peoples (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

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
Sluts for justice
No means no
Taking the long view
Obama's secret. Plus, Bill Taylor, RIP.

RecRoom

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

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