Dan Kennedy says Tom Finneran's got staying power.

Kristen Lombardi examines the law and the pedophile-priest cover-up.

Chris Wright checks out the "drop outs" of Sky Dive New England.

Michael Bronski hears funny girls talking dirty.

In the Phoenix editorial we look back on William Bulger's UMass legacy, a record of achievement clouded by a fog of political innuendo.

In "Out There," Chris Wright is a museum of keepsake trash.

Genevieve Rajewski on drink decor in "Urban Buy."

Letters to the editor

Moon Signs

Dr. Lovemonkey

Plus, this just in:

EDITORS' PICKS

In State of the Art Calvin Johnson takes over the wheels of steel with Dub Narcotic Sound System

Art explodes in 8 Days a Week.

In Arts News, Focus on the Individual: A travelling art exhibition, changes at Boston Ballet, Regattabar rescheduling, plus more.

In Museums & Galleries, (Way) out of Asia: Jades and movies at the MFA; kung fu and more @ Green Street.

In Performance, Jarboe laughs: The humorous side of the Swans siren.

Plan your week:

MUSIC

Carly Carioli enters the Theater of the Adored at the Justin and Christina variety show.

In Cellars by starlight, Jonathan Perry traces the Damnbuilders' rise and splinter.

Franklin Bruno meets beauty and the beast with Jane Birkin’s Arabesque and Mark Eitzel’s The Ugly American.

Banning Eyre gets a lesson in pop history with Time Life Music's The Folk Years .

Carly Carioli experiences the side effects of Dub Narcotics.

Franklin Soults tangos to the Gotan Project's Revancha del Tango.

Live reviews of: Otis Taylor and Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

Also, short reviews of:

...and Roadtripping : Carly Carioli gets festive at local music events.

FILM

Peter Keough on Aki Kaurismäki's The Match Factory Girl.

Chris Fujiwara on the ambivalent pleasures of The Magdalene Sisters.

In Filmculture, Gerald Peary welcomes Gordon Willis to the neighborhood; sees through Tattoo.

Also, short reviews of:

THEATER

Carolyn Clay on Circles of Time.

Jeffrey Gantz on an operatic South Pacific.

ART

Christopher Millis on cemetery art at Forest Hills, and unseen faces at Harvard - The 4 Elements and Harvard Works Because We Do.

BOOKS

Jumana Farouky finds common ground in the stories of three Iranian women.

TELEVISION

Hotdots : MONDAY: 7:00 (2) And Thou Shalt Honor. Joe Mantegna hosts a look at the state of long-term caregiving in the US. A new Bush policy, by the way, involves marooning our aging parents on the icebergs that float south thanks to global warming.

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