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The Phoenix cleans up

Huzzahs
We're just back from the New England Newspaper & Press Association's annual awards gala at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers — $8 beers! — and we've got a nice little stash to report.
By PHOENIX STAFF | February 16, 2012

Sign conundrum continues; monuments 'join' movement

Occupy Watch
The mystery of where OccupyMaine's signs went is partially solved: it turns out their removal was witnessed — and by a police officer!
By JEFF INGLIS | January 25, 2012

Reassessing the Chemical Industry

Letters to the Portland Phoenix editor, December 16, 2011
Every time I pop some leftovers in the microwave, the thought runs through my mind that I might be eating an extra dosage of some 14-letter synthetic chemical, added to the plethora of components in the plastic container.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS | December 14, 2011

#Occupy Media

Press Releases
The tent villages of the Occupy movement — including those here in Maine — are excellent visual reminders of, and ever-present embodiments of, the social- and economic-justice challenges that our society faces.
By JEFF INGLIS | December 14, 2011

The Ploughshares years

A different perspective on the venerable Boston lit mag's early years
After reading an item on the Boston Globe book page noting that DeWitt Henry had published a memoir, I bought a copy of the book.
By GEORGE KIMBALL | November 16, 2011

Photos: Michael Walsh joins the cast of Spookyworld

Litchfield MA | October 22, 2011
Phoenix staffer Michael C. Walsh tries his hand at Spookyworld-style haunting on October 22, 2011.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | October 26, 2011

Indentured servitude and other keys to the Rhode Island recovery

Dollars and Sense
Despite the continual awarding of tax breaks to various upper-income types, we Rhode Islanders are told our business climate is still near bottom. So I make these seven modest suggestions for addressing the problem.
By BARRY SCHILLER | August 31, 2011

Spreading Maine ideas

Talking TED
"Innovation is part of Maine's legacy and DNA." So says Adam Burk, executive director of TEDxDirigo, the independent group working to create a local TED conference for Mainers.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 25, 2011

The deCordova thinks about ''murals''

Off the Wall
In "Wall Works" at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, curatorial fellow Lexi Lee Sullivan attempts to corral a trend in art today that spans graffiti and interior decoration.
By GREG COOK | July 19, 2011

George Kimball, 1943-2011

In Memoriam
George Kimball, Phoenix sports editor (back when there was such a thing) for nearly 10 years, Boston Herald columnist for 25 more, and truly one of the great boxing writers of our time, passed away last week at his home in New York City. He was 67.
By SEAN KERRIGAN | July 13, 2011

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Photos: The Providence Phoenix Annual Best Awards Show

The Best Awards | The Met | April 20, 2011
The Providence Phoenix gives out the Best Awards at the Met on April 20, 2011. Check out the winners here .
By PHOENIX STAFF | April 25, 2011

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SXSW Music 2011 Photos Day 2: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at the Phoenix

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | SXSW | The Phoenix, Austin TX | March 16, 2011
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. performs live at the Phoenix in Austin, TX, for SXSW, on March 16, 2011.
By JANICE CHECCHIO | March 18, 2011

SXSW Music 2011 Photos Day 1: the adventure begins

South by Southwest Music Festival | March 15, 2011
Phoenix staffers explore SXSW Music on its first day, March 15, 2011.
By KELLY DAVIDSON | March 18, 2011

The 300th Hoopleville

Hoopleville
Hoopleville's on its 300 strip for the Phoenix!
By DAVID KISH | March 09, 2011

WFNX's top 101 songs in 2010

WFNX's most popular songs in 2010
WFNX listeners voted online at wfnx.com for six weeks to create this list of 2010's best songs.
By WFNX AND PHOENIX STAFF | January 04, 2011

Review: Somewhere

Sofia Coppola is closer than you think
Sofia Coppola doesn't shy from dipping into the sophomoric, or indulging in the obvious, self-conscious metaphor.
By PETER KEOUGH | December 27, 2010

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The Big Hurt: Alternative rock songs

Who Charted?
I got up this morning filled with a furious hatred of alt-rock — I was tossing and turning half the night with Third Eye Blind's "Semicharmed Life" stuck in my head, a torment I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
By DAVID THORPE | October 05, 2010

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