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May 16, 2012
Vol 29, No 20

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Primaries 2012: The early show

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Small Batch Homebrew; LoMo Market

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An Algerian immigrant teaches Canadian children in <i>Monsieur Lazhar</i>

An Algerian immigrant teaches Canadian children in Monsieur Lazhar

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The film is a tale of healing—for the children, who despite their material comfort are suffering from emotional neglect, and for Lazhar, who is applying for political asylum after suffering a terrible trauma in Algeria.

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The morning after Amendment 1: Your world. And mine.

The results of Tuesday's election might solidify the sense of otherness with which I view my state and country. But my patriotism to my city has never been stronger.

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Free Electric State's <i>Monumental Life</i>

Free Electric State's Monumental Life

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Dark, engaging and built on infectious rhythms, Monumental Life finally sounds like Free Electric State. (Custom Made Music)

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Theater of the American South's <i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i>

Theater of the American South's A Streetcar Named Desire

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Sat., June 9, 4-11 p.m.
@ American Tobacco Campus

Opens Friday in select theaters
The film is a tale of healing—for the children, who despite their material comfort are suffering from emotional neglect, and for Lazhar, who is applying for political asylum after suffering a terrible trauma in Algeria.

Plays Friday at The Pinhook
Dark, engaging and built on infectious rhythms, Monumental Life finally sounds like Free Electric State. (Custom Made Music)

Through May 27 at the Theater of the American South Festival in Wilson
Blanche DuBois looks like a million bucks in this muscular production of A Streetcar Named Desire.