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Table of contents for the week of July 12, 2002 FEATURES On the canonization of Pio, Michael Bronski asks, why has the Church chosen this moment to canonize a priest widely accused of sexual misconduct with women? After watching Nickelodeon's special on gay parents, Susan Ryan Vollmar wonders, how can gay parenting be controversial when heterosexuals have put 500,000 children in foster care? Harvey A. Silvergate says both God and the Constitution will survive the silliness surrounding the latest court challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance. Tamara Wieder braves a Saturday night in the kitchen of Boston’s buzziest restaurant. In our weekly Q&A, Mike Miliard talks to Harvard-bound Nick McDonell. In the Phoenix editorial, Boston can’t support two convention centers, but let’s be prudent. In Talking Politics, Seth Gitell says Senator John Edwards could be the Clinton of the 2004 New Hampshire primary. In Out There, Joe Lavin realizes that, compared to his girlfriend, he's not quite as geeky. Liza Weisstuch finds unusual greeting cards in Urban Buy. Plus, this just in: ANCIENT RIVALRY: Williams vs. DiMaggio MONEY AND POLITICS: Candidates mean business GRASSROOTS SLOGANEERING The Mass market GAY SOUTHIE PRIDE: Hart heeds demographic shift URBAN CYCLING: Bike-lane death trap THE WAR ON IMMIGRANTS: The feds won’t back down Letters to the editor Moon Signs Dr. Lovemonkey Editors' Picks Hot Tix Future Events MUSIC Franklin Soults compares Nelly to Eminem and contends that Nellyville offers more bounce to the ounce; According to Michael Endelman, Norwegians rule at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal; Michael Freedberg on Miss Kittin with Goldenboy and DJ the Hacker; Within a newly reissued 15 CD box set, David Wenninger finds Giuseppe Sinopoli’s Mahler in all its wild, woolly glory; In Slanguistics, Jon Caramanica says LOX’s Styles has made a solo album redolent of the era before Biggie Smalls; Douglas Wolk talks to Jewlia Eisenberg about her recent Trilectic in Smallmouth; Ted Drozdowski remembers Billboard editor Timothy White; In Cellars by Starlight, Carly Carioli has the latest with Rod Lind's Sinners and Saints, and the Bridge 9 label. And last but not least, Roadtripping. Also, short reviews of: Superdrag : LAST CALL FOR VITRIOL Gay Dad : TRANSMISSION Martin Sexton : LIVE WIDE OPEN Say Zuzu : EVERY MILE TWINEMEN Dave Alvin : OUT IN CALIFORNIA Guided by Voices : UNIVERSAL TRUTHS AND CYCLES FILM Peter Keough says Tom Hanks takes the high Road to Perdition; In Film Culture, Gerald Peary has thoughts on Murderous Maids and more at the Coolidge. Also, short reviews of: THE SALTON SEA THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE LES DESTINÉES THEATER According to Carolyn Clay, Macbeth trumps The Valley of Decision in the Berkshires; Steve Vineberg takes in Once in a Lifetime at Williamstown. Iris Fanger finds that art imitates Enron in Professional Skepticism. ART Randi Hopkins goes 3-D at the Forest Hills Cemetery and the ICA. BOOKS Calib Daniloff says Dominic Streatfeild's Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography gets to where the coke bugs crawl and explains why the stuff is here to stay. TELEVISION Hot Dots -- Wednesday, 8:00 (44) Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations: Kansas to Texas and New Mexico to Colorado. Just the sort of oddball stuff that sustains your faith in the great American eccentric. FOOD Dining Out : Locke-Ober On the Cheap : Minato Sushi. Noshing & Sipping : Marty’s Liquors candy SPECIALS Summer Preview 2002 Best Music Poll 2002 Spring 2002 Band Guide The 4th annual Best issue |
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