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Apr. 3
Print Edition for the week of
Apr. 3 - 9, 2013
Vol. 13, No. 46
Ray Gordon
News
Safety Dance
Old Town's "Entertainment District" Might Have Cut Down Crime—But It's Not Creating Fun
by Dirk VanderHart
Shadows and Light
Hales Won't Scrap with Police Union Over Making Contract Talks Public
by Denis C. Theriault
Hall Monitor
Sidewalks, the PBA, and the Truth
by Denis C. Theriault
Music
So Good at Being in Trouble
UMO's Ruban Nielson Confesses His Sins
by Ned Lannamann
It's Gotta Be Magic
Nick Jaina and the Secret Life of Plants
by Morgan Troper
Sad Sounds for Happy People
Phosphorescent Checks Out, and Back In
by Mark Lore
Meow Meow
Bubble Cats Land on Their Feet
by Ryan J. Prado
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
Movies & TV
Fathers and Sons
Working Out Daddy Issues in
The Place Beyond the Pines
by Alison Hallett
Still Evil
Evil Dead
: Worth the Resurrection
by Marjorie Skinner
Money, Cash, Woes
Polyester Pulp: Let's Go Back to the '70s!
by Erik Henriksen
Minor Ghibli
The Low-Key Charms of
From Up on Poppy Hill
Our Hero the Manipulator
No
Gives an Ad Man the Rock Star Treatment
by Marjorie Skinner
Mad Cow Babe
Thale
: A Slight—But Clever!—Norwegian Horror Flick
by Courtney Ferguson
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Food and Drink
Familiar Waters
Radar Finds Its Comfort (Food) Zone
by Chris Onstad
Visual Art
Feminine Lens
For Photographer Holly Andres, "Girly" Works
by A.L. Adams
Books
Magic School Bus
Exploring Your Guts with Mary Roach
by Alison Hallett
Bitter Greens
Weed Eating Gets Cosmic in
Dandelion Hunter
by Joe Streckert
Theater & Performance
(Un)Funny Games
You'll Laugh—But
The Gin Game
Isn't Funny
by Alison Hallett
Feature
The Incomplete Charlie Hales
It's Been (Almost) 100 Days! And What Do We Think of Our Mayor? So Far, So Good. But So Far, Not So Much.
by Denis C. Theriault and Dirk VanderHart
I, Anonymous
Fit Issues
by
Anonymous
Sold Out
Nancy Hales
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Shorties
by Dan Savage
Extras
Portland as Fuck
Dalliances
by Ian Karmel
I Love Television
I Love Television™
Call the Pot Cops!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey