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When ordinary is extraordinary

Gil Corral’s questions and answers in Biddeford
Biddeford artist Gil Corral seems to be one of those people whose surreality often seemS detached from everyday matters, but who can at times distill that perspective to simple truth.
By IAN PAIGE  |  September 25, 2008

Cheese Danish

Hamlet variations we'd like to see

By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 19, 2008
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China, Tibet, and the Olympics

Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman explains the Dalai Lama’s political wisdom, the myopia of the Chinese, and the essence of the Olympics
It is difficult to imagine an American — perhaps any Westerner — with a greater sympathy for, and understanding of, Tibet than scholar-activist Robert Thurman.
By PETER KADZIS  |  August 08, 2008
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Me and my tattoos

One Man’s Inky Voyage Toward Meaning
I know that most people get their first tattoo when they’re drunk, or infatuated, or when there’s a race war on their cellblock and they have to quickly join a gang — but not me.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 23, 2008
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Tashi Delek

Fine Tibetan cuisine — freed from Chinese influences
The total Tashi Delek experience is larger than the food or the room, or even the caring service from the lone mid-week waitress.
By ROBERT NADEAU  |  July 09, 2008
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Flash-forward

Lost ’s endgame  
Fifteen years ago, I fell in love. It didn’t end well.
By SEAN KERRIGAN  |  May 20, 2008
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Nowhere to hide

College gossip blogs exposed
Google-fucked. That’s what you are when a potential employer searches your name and discovers that you — you of the 4.0 GPA, you of the charity work — are also the sluttiest person on campus.
By KARA BASKIN  |  April 25, 2008
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Rock of ages

The Stones find satisfaction in Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light
What a difference four decades make.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  April 03, 2008
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Tashi Delek

'Mo momos
How is it that Cambridge and Somerville had three Tibetan restaurants, while until recently, those on the other side of the river had none?
By MC SLIM JB  |  February 27, 2008

I wanna be Gorby's girl

A love letter to Gorbachev
This article originally appeared in the January 22, 1988 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By MIMI COUCHER  |  January 24, 2008
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We’re all doing time

Personally
The facts are almost unbelievable: As a nation, our incarceration rate is five times what it was 30 years ago and the highest in the world.
By LANCE TAPLEY  |  August 29, 2007
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Prisoners’ guru to speak in Maine

Human kindness
Mainers will get a chance to discuss prison life with Bo Lozoff.
By LANCE TAPLEY  |  July 18, 2007
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10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

A new-age vanity project
Ray’s smug smile tells us that “I’m sitting with the Dalai Lama!” is all that’s running through his head.
By NINA MACLAUGHLIN  |  November 11, 2008
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Right turns

Truth and reconciliation at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Maybe things are getting better.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  January 10, 2007

Keeping it surreal

The Beastie Boys at the Centrum, August 25, 1998
This article originally appeared in the September 4, 1998 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By MATT ASHARE  |  October 25, 2006
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Hugs and jugs

Darshan at the MFA; Fanfan at the Coolidge
It’s not just red-state cities that genuflect to films avowing spirituality.
By GERALD PEARY  |  August 17, 2006
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Vajra Sky Over Tibet

A snore of an infomercial
“Vajra” is Sanskrit for “lightning bolt,” and I can’t think of a less appropriate title for this snore of an infomercial for a Free Tibet. Watch the trailer for Vajra Sky Over Tibet  
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 17, 2006
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O’Neill Properties bids for Newport Grand

High Roller
Real estate mogul J. Brian O’Neill, who has made headlines by attracting Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and other international luminaries to his Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth, is among the bidders seeking to buy Newport Grand, one of Rhode Island’s two highly lucrative gambling parlors.
By IAN DONNIS  |  July 19, 2006
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Amateur hour

MVP Baseball loses its license to line-drive
Do you love America’s pastime in all its plodding glory? Or do you merely seek the vicarious thrills of jacking dingers over the Green Monster?
By MITCH KRPATA  |  January 31, 2006
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In and out

Ornette Coleman’s Berklee doctoral dissertation; Robert Glasper’s odd grooves
Berklee professor Bill Banfield began his interview with Ornette Coleman at the Berklee Performance Center a week ago Tuesday by recounting the time he told a friend he was going to be visiting Ornette and the friend exclaimed, “You’re going to speak to God! Tell God I said hello!”
By JON GARELICK  |  January 24, 2006

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