Kristen Lombardi tells why budget cuts may force the mentally ill back to a corner near you.

Jess Kilby reports on the long-range US space strategy and how it’s changing.

Read Mark Boal on T-7, a little-known psychadelic that is dangerous in ways not completely understood.

Michael Bronski reminds pro-marriage homosexuals of their roots in a quest for a more liberated world, one they shared with feminists who viewed marriage as hopelessly patriarchal.

In the Phoenix editorial we offer some advice for Archbishop O'Malley.

In "Out There", Rebecca Wieder says The Matrix isn't all that original. It imitates the world of infomercials.

Plus, this just in:

KIDS' STUFF : Walking a tightrope
MEDIA : In Lowell, college radio goes corporate
DOLLAR DAYS : What did it cost to oust Saddam?
FILM : One Seabiscuit, hold the gravy
UK DISPATCH : Tony Blair on borrowed time

Letters to the editor
Moon Signs
Dr. Lovemonkey

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POP ROCKS:
Perry's Parties - Matt Ashare takes a trip down Lollapalooza's memory lane.

CELLARS BY STARLIGHT:
Divine Reinvention - Jonathan Perry has the scoop on Aaron Perrino's Dear Leader.

GIANT STEPS:
Mainstreaming - Jon Garelick sees George Wein sticking with jazz.

LONE WOLF:
David Weininger on Jay Farrar, beyond Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo.

NEWPORT NEWS:
Ted Drozdowski takes stock of this year's Jazz and Folk Festivals.

Live reviews of the Saturday Looks Good to Me at the Middle East, The Like, and The Pernice Brothers at the Paradise.

And last but not least, Big names on the road in Roadtripping.

MORE ART THAN MARTIAL:
Chris Fujiwara on Chinese kung fu films at the MFA.

FILM CULTURE:
Kiss me, Kate? - Gerald Peary on A. Scott Berg's Hepburn's remembrance.

Also, short reviews of:

DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
LA HIJA DEL CANIBAL/LUCÍA, LUCÍA
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER:THE CRADLE OF LIFE
MASKED AND ANONYMOUS
THE TRIP
VENDREDI SOIR/FRIDAY NIGHT
THE YEAR THAT TREMBLED

Ellen Pfeifer says Hats Off! has performers, needs concept.

Steve Vineberg says Williamstown nails Under Milk Wood

Marcia B. Siegel watches David Parker & Bang conclude Concord Academy's: 'Summer Satges'.

Christopher Millis says Nielsen and Krakow deliver summer heat with Summer Surprises

David Kirby Minds the Gap on Tom Sleigh'sFar Side of the Earth .

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