NEWS & FEATURES

Spring Arts Guide
Our writers tell you what's coming up in film, music, theater, dance, art and books.

In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, author Jonathan Safran Foer makes September 11 the canvas for his portrait of the dimensions of tragedy. Nina MacLaughlin talks with the author.

The Michael Jackson trial is a long way from the O.J. extravaganza. Why? No live TV, too much weirdness, and — just possibly — a changed public attitude toward celebrity culture. Dan Kennedy reports.

Sexual ceiling Michael Bronski explains why the queer community’s fight for same-sex marriage, combined with revived AIDS hysteria, is shortchanging GLBT youth by stifling discussion of gay sexuality.

Adam Reilly sees DiMasi’s House slow down, another virtual race develop, and Deval Patrick delay the inevitable.

A new report sheds light on why Boston municipal government has traditionally been a man’s world — and how that reflects the obstacles women face in every realm of Bay State politics. Deirdre Fulton reports.

Seeing his own family face the ultimate decision puts the Schiavo case in a new light for David S. Bernstein.

In "Out There," A trip to Vegas proves that the best destination of all is behind the scenes

In "Urban Buy," Ruth Tobias sniffs out fun and funky buys in Boston’s Little Italy

Dan Savage on sex.

In the Phoenix editorial: Rather than a crusade for democracy, the war in Iraq remains a tragic failure. Plus, exploiting Terri Schiavo.

Letters to the editor

Moon Signs

Plus, this just in:

MUSIC

In Sound Bites, The debut album by Kaiser Chiefs is called Employment. They might as well have titled it Painfully British, since no Britpop band since Blur has made that attribute so palatable to Americans.

Ken Micallef hears Queens of the Stone Age's Lullabies To Paralyze

The BSO challenges the audience and itself. Lloyd Schwartz is up for it.

Mikael Wood examines Eisley’s wholesome, home-schooled pop

Egrem opens the vaults on 40 years of Cuban music. Josh Kun listens in.

Lyrics Born tackles a remix album. Michael Alan Goldberg reviews.

In Cellars By Starlight, Roomfuls of blues and jazz.

In Giant Steps: The Pat Metheny Group takes the long view.

In Out: How Dropkick Murphys spent their St. Patrick’s Day.

Chris Rucker hears Edan courts penguins; American Hi-Fi escape Japan.

Live reviews of: Slint, Ashlee Simpson, and 5ive, Anodyne, Septic Youth Command, and Man The Conveyors

Also, short reviews of:

THEATER

Steve Vineberg says Naomi Iizuka’s 36 Views isn’t much to look at.

Liza Weisstuch sees Ryan Landry and William Missouri Downs awaken the dead white males.

DANCE

Marcia B. Siegel sees Boston Ballet's 'Falling Angels'; Battleworks at Zero Arrow Theatre.

ART

Christopher Millis sees Hirst at the MFA, the Caribbean in Salem

TELEVISION

HOTDOTS: TUESDAY 29 8:00 (2) Nova: Wave That Shook the World. Everything you need to know about the December tsunami that devastated the Indian Ocean region - how these waves happen and why this one was so destructive. By Clif Garboden

FOOD