Table of contents for week of May 13, 2005
NEWS & FEATURES
Okay, so we've blown the lid off quite a few shady shenanigans going on in Baldacci's office over the past few weeks. But in the concluding part of "Business as Usual in the Era of Baldacci," Lance Tapley offers some helpful tips for getting things back on the right track.
12-year-old Peyton MacPhail is blowing the lid off scandal after scandal in her self-published paper, which reminds us of more than one episode of The Simpsons. Except this is real life. By Sara Donnelly.
The religious right (and a few liberals) already have broadcasters on the run. Coming up: Cable, satellite, and - just possibly - the Internet. By Dan Kennedy.
After 35 years and eight editions, Our Bodies, Ourselves is still giving women the tools to take health care into their own hands. By Deirdre Fulton.
Plus, this just in:
LAND USE: A new skate park for Portland?
CAMPAIGN 2008: Kucinich already seems to be running again
TIMES PAST: Did the New York Times downplay the Holocaust?
Politics and Other Mistakes
Bramhall Square
Letters to the editor
Savage Love
Crossword solution
MUSIC
Matt Ashare sweats to the oldies with Bruce Springsteen and Trent Reznor, both of whom are now officially old.
Slightly less old, but no less relevant: Ben Folds' 40,000 fans can't be wrong. Also by Matt Ashare.
Eliot Wilder rediscovers the lost legacy of Judee Sill.
The Senior Circuit continues as Ted Drozdowski reviews New Order's newest album, Waiting for the Siren's Call.
Also, short reviews of:
British Sea Power: OPEN SEASON
Caribou: THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS
Feist: LET IT DIE
Monade: A FEW STEPS MORE
John Stein: INTERPLAY
Stereo Total: DO THE BAMBI
FILM
Peter Keough previews this summer's big releases, including Batman Begins, War of the Worlds, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Short reviews of:
MINDHUNTERS
MONSTER-IN-LAW
THEATER
Dinner with Friends lays relationships on the table. By Megan Grumbling.
Worth the trip:
Shakespeare in Hollywood; Tooth and Claw
DANCE
Worth the trip:
The Sleeping Beauty at the Wang Theatre
ART
The Beehive Design Collective at SPACE makes insects of us all. By Maggie Knowles.
Worth the trip:
The 2005 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
BOOKS
The late Will Eisner is inarguably one of the luminaries of the graphic novel form (okay, the comic book form). But Douglas Wolk says his posthumous work The Plot: The Secret Story of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" is one of the worst books Eisner ever wrote.
FOOD
Andy King suggests some ways to get rich in the specialty food market, perhaps by taking advantage of that natural mountain stream out back.
SPECIALS
Best Music Poll 2005
The Best of 2004
Portland Band Guide
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