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Table of contents for week of April 25, 2003 NEWS & FEATURES As war gives way to occupation, Dan Kennedy consults with eight experts about what the future may hold for American policy in Iraq. If you value the freedoms US troops are trying to win for Iraqis, says David Valdes-Greenwood, get ready to do everything in your power to prevent the passage of John Ashcroft's Patriot Act II. The anti-war movement may have lost the battle over Iraq, but it could still win the war over Bush's national-security policy of pre-emption. Richard Byrne shows how. What do you call a 27-year-old with an undergraduate degree from Harvard, a law degree from Yale, and a critically acclaimed first novel? Not "overachiever," according to Cambridge author Matthew Pearl. Tamara Wieder talks with him in our weekly Q&A. In the Phoenix editorial, we offer our take on fighting aggression abroad and repression at home, common sense on Beacon Hill, and Golfgate follies. In "Out There," Steve Almond writes about sex, baby. Genevieve Rajewski sees spots in "Urban Buy." Plus, this just in: RACKED WITH INSECURITY : Where’s the bacon? POP LIFE : Madonna re-expresses herself FRAMED : Good times for bad art FREE SPEECH : Ashcroft meets the ghost of Thomas Jefferson STATE-HOUSE LOBBYING BLITZ : Fight back against cutbacks CLARIFICATION : Is Senator Biden a sneaky bastard? POLITICAL CROSS HAIRS : GOP targets incumbents VOICE OF AMERICA : Nina Simone: 1933–2003 Letters to the editor Moon Signs Dr. Lovemonkey EDITORS' PICKS In Arts news, the Trinity Rep plans for next season, and more In Galleries and Museums, Randi Hopkins on Gallery Katz, Kelly Heaton, and Cai Guo-Qiang David Weininger sees Bat boys at BLO, plus Handel’s Xerxes and Theodora in Classical. In Theater, Rob Becker speaks for the caveman to Liza Weisstuch. In Performance, Ted Drozdowski talks with Margaret Cho about sex, guns, and SARS. Plan your week: This week Hot Tix Future Events Next Weekend State of the art MUSIC Brett Milano helps Throwing Muses go out with a bang. Ted Drozdowski marvels at Yo La Tengo's continued evolution on Summer Sun. Jon Caramanica is big on Lil' Kim. In Giant Steps Jon Garelick on David Gross's free improv, and Darrell Katz and the Jazz Composers Alliance. Lloyd Schwartz on Russian music at the BSO, pianist Robert Levin, BU Opera's Idomeneo Also, live reviews of Brett Rosenberg Problem at the Abbey Lounge , 999 at the Living Room, and Cheap Trick at the Somerville Theatre. And last but not least, Roadtripping. Also, short reviews of: Lifehouse : STANLEY CLIMBFALL Ute Lemper : BUT ONE DAY . . . moe. : WORMWOOD Ted Leo/Pharmacists : HEARTS OF OAK MF Doom : SPECIAL HERBS, VOLUMES 1 & 2 Various Artists : ALMOST YOU: THE SONGS OF ELVIS COSTELLO Wildman : FLAG RETIREMENT FILM Chris Fujiwara on Elia Suleiman's subversive Intervention, and Nicolas Philibert's unobtrusive magic. Peter Keough on Aki Kaurismäki's Man Without a Past. Mike Miliard says the Boston Irish Film Festival outstrips stereotype. In Filmculture, Gerald Peary crosses borders with Sandra Kogut and Divine Intervention's Elia Suleiman. Also, short reviews of: CHAOS CONFIDENCE DUMMY MALIBU’S MOST WANTED 9 DEAD GAY GUYS XX/XY IDENTITY THEATER Carolyn Clay says dance adds spice to Hartford's Diosa. DANCE Jeffrey Gantz looks back at the dance history of Romeo and Juliet. ART Ellen Pfeifer on the Godine Library's search for help. BOOKS William Corbett says Don DeLillo stays ahead of the curve with Cosmopolis (Scribner). TELEVISION Hot Dots -- MONDAY 28 9:00 (7) Third Watch: The Season Finale. As per the promos, the Third Watch crew experience the loss of 'one of their own.' Some actor got a better offer. FOOD Dining Out: Jerusalem Café On the Cheap : Al’s State Street Café Express Noshing & Sipping : Flour Bakery + Café cheddar-and-scallion scone SPECIALS Best Music Poll 2003 Spring 2003 Band Guide The 6th annual Best issue |
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