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							  This bizarre animated adaptation of Judi Barrett's cult-classic children's book by Phil Lord and Chris Miller ladles up much to chew on yet little that's appetizing.
							  Photos from  H arvard Square: An Illustrated History Since 1950     by Mo Lotman
							  Charlestown was baptized in bloodshed. Yet this unique, fertile turf has been generally overlooked by Hollywood, which has preferred instead its old rival South Boston, the primary backdrop for Oscar winners  Good Will Hunting  and  The Departed .
							  C-dust pinch-hits for fairy dust in  The Donkey Show , Diane Paulus & Randy Weiner's disco-set riff on  A Midsummer Night's Dream . Forget the juice of "a little western flower" with which fairy king Oberon and hench-sprite Puck mix up the libidos of the hormone-drenched characters charging through Shakespeare's Athenian wood.
							  Two years ago, when I wrote a column griping about the Boston media's apathy-inducing disinterest in city politics,  Boston Globe  metro editor Brian McGrory told me his paper had given the lackluster 2007 elections as much coverage as they deserved, but hinted that things would be different in 2009.
 
				
					
					
							
							  Charlestown was baptized in bloodshed. Yet this unique, fertile turf has been generally overlooked by Hollywood, which has preferred instead its old rival South Boston, the primary backdrop for Oscar winners  Good Will Hunting  and  The Departed .
							  Photos from  H arvard Square: An Illustrated History Since 1950     by Mo Lotman
							  With its supreme Cole Porter score and its robustly entertaining book by Sam and Bella Spewack, the 1948  Kiss Me, Kate  is surely one of the half-dozen best Broadway musicals.
							  Saray snuck in under my radar because the sign outside advertised halal meat.
							  C-dust pinch-hits for fairy dust in  The Donkey Show , Diane Paulus & Randy Weiner's disco-set riff on  A Midsummer Night's Dream . Forget the juice of "a little western flower" with which fairy king Oberon and hench-sprite Puck mix up the libidos of the hormone-drenched characters charging through Shakespeare's Athenian wood.
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