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Table of contents for week of June 17, 2005

NEWS & FEATURES

Tom Monaghan — founder of Domino’s Pizza, former owner of the Detroit Tigers, and self-appointed savior of American Catholicism — is planning to construct a new Catholic utopia called Ave Maria. Adam Reilly explores what led up to Ave Maria's founding, as well as what's to come.

Real girls play tackle! Camille Dodero suits up with the ladies of Mass Mutiny, a Jamaica Plain-based pro-football team.

Harvey A. Silverglate says US Attorney Michael Sullivan should have fortified his own glass house before casting stones at Tom Finneran.

Not everyone hates Hillary Rodham Clinton, but often it seems that way. And the people who hate her employ a vitriol usually reserved for dictators and war criminals. Dan Kennedy wonders: what's a power-player to do?

Dan Savage on sex.

In the Phoenix editorial: Citigroup buys itself out of its Enron mess — and Bush’s new SEC chairman will only make things worse.

Letters to the editor

Moon Signs

Plus, this just in:

  • WHO ARE YOU? The human mop
  • LAST DAYS Drip, drip, drip ... What will the end of the oil era look like?
  • NAME BRAND Willard power
  • OLD-SCHOOL LESSONS Brian Coleman: Eating up the leftovers
  • QUOTES AND NUMBERS ‘Electronic pimp’
  • WORD FOR WORD Linguistic bliss at DSNA XV

    EDITORS' PICKS

    In Performance, Jacob's Pillow 2005: The complete schedule

    In Theater, Frogz hops toward Cambridge

    In Galleries and Museums, Forest Hills Cemetery goes National; signs of subterranean life in Lowell

    In Classical, Tanglewood 2005: The Complete Schedule

  • Hot Tix
  • Free Stuff
  • 8 Days
  • Future Events
  • MUSIC

    Alt-rock survivors System of a Down, Audioslave, and Foo Fighters rise to the challenge of a new decade. By Matt Ashare.

    After returning from the Mutek techno festival in Montreal, Nick Sylvester was led to wonder if Boston will ever be a dance-music town.

    Jay-Z gives his pal Memphis Bleek a push on 534. By Leon Neyfakh.

    Josh Kun admires the peerless Café Tacuba's ongoing triumph.

    So much for the Björk comparisons. Mikael Wood says Emiliana Torrini finds her own voice on Fisherman’s Woman.

    In Cellars By Starlight: Dropkick Murphys lay down their Warrior’s Code and team up with the Unseen. By Mike Miliard.

    In Out: Brett Milano hears miniKISS, plus a Neighborhoods reunion.

    Chris Rucker uncovers the bare truth about the Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer, plus news from Antler, Westbound Train, and Night Rally.

    In Download: Highlights from Mutek 2005

    On the Download: The Phoenix's music blog, featuring the hottest downloads, news, and local trends.

    Live reviews of: Best Music Poll party 2005

    Also, short reviews of:

  • Alkaline Trio CRIMSON
  • Laura Cantrell HUMMING BY THE FLOWERED VINE
  • Hugh Masekela REVIVAL
  • Jimbo Mathus KNOCKDOWN SOUTH
  • Alanis Morissette JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC

    MOVIES

    Peter Keough praises Batman Begins and its simultaneous exploration and evocation of terror.

    Is Batman the campy goofball of the 1960s TV show starring Adam West? Is he the tormented grouch of Tim Burton's 1989 film? Douglas Wolk scours Batman's comic-book origins to find the truth.

    Steve Vineberg celebrates Harold Lloyd with the Brattle's "Safety Last: The Films of Harold Lloyd."

    Peter Keough reconsiders Mary Harron's American Psycho, now available in a special "Killer Edition" DVD.

    In "Film Culture," Gerald Peary discusses MGM’s Louis B. Mayer and local talent Rel Dowdell.

    Also, short reviews of:

  • ANOTHER ROAD HOME
  • THE DEAL
  • DEEP BLUE
  • THE HONEYMOONERS
  • MY SUMMER OF LOVE
  • THE PERFECT MAN

    THEATER

    Carolyn Clay says Christopher Durang's Laughing Wild, now playing at the Calderwood Pavilion, is strange and admirable.

    ART

    Christopher Millis calls 'The Quilts of Gee’s Bend' both glorious and important.

    BOOKS

    Christopher Marlowe writes Hamlet; Joan Aiken rewrites history. It's all there when Jeffrey Gantz explores alternate Englands.

    TELEVISION

    HOTDOTS: MONDAY 20 9:00 (5) Patch Adams (movie). Robin Williams perpetuates his affinity for horrible movies with this biography of a doctor who thinks dressing like a clown helps heal people. By Clif Garboden

    FOOD

  • Dining Out Sophia's Grotto
  • On the Cheap Simon's Coffee Shop
  • Hot Plate: Olé Mexican Grill's pozole
  • Taste Buds: Upcoming local dining events

    SPECIALS

  • Guide To Summer
  • Best Music Poll 2005
  • Digital Photography Guide
  • The Best 2004
  • Education Section 2005
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