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Review: Monogamy

Pseudo-vérité voyeurism
Dana Adam Shapiro ( Murderball ) does a decent job on this entry into the canon of movies about voyeurism.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 25, 2011

''I can't believe you guys are engaged!''

Failure
Wedding Plans: Beyond Palindrome
By KARL STEVENS | March 10, 2011

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Providence's mayoral candidates, on bended knee

Wedding Bells
In a parallel universe, where serial candidate Christopher Young's antics are simply an ingenious bit of performance art — and not evidence of a worrisome and often obnoxious instability — his display at the recent Providence mayoral debate might qualify as a sort of capstone on a brilliant career.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | August 26, 2010

Half full!

Failure
Remind me to put it on the list
By KARL STEVENS | August 24, 2010

Reversal of fortunes

Timon of Athens from Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Prelude to a Kiss from the Huntington
Timon of Athens is Shakespeare’s least characteristic tragedy, and the toughest to pull off.
By STEVE VINEBERG | May 25, 2010

Review: Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?

Why did we get "Married Too"?
Just when you thought filmmakers were out of ideas ...
By CHRIS FARAONE | April 07, 2010

Go frock yourself!

An Irish-Jewish atheist who disdains religion becomes an ordained minister online to officiate his friends’ wedding
It was nine months before their wedding that my friends Vissy and Harry sat me down for a “We need to talk” moment. What they wanted was a favor: would I be willing to get ordained as a minister and officiate their wedding?
By JASON O’BRYAN | March 24, 2010

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Low yo yo stuff

Off the Couch
From Hollows to Bellows and beyond
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | February 17, 2010

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Questioning the Legality of Straight Marriage

One for the Annuls Dept.
When it comes to supporting gay rights, two straight Boston University grads are putting their marriage where their mouths are.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 04, 2009

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Marrying into history

One woman's wait — and drive — for equality
remember the day Vermont legalized Civil Unions for same-sex couples. I was in college at the time and I remember thinking out loud that I could move there and get "Civil Union-ed" someday. It didn't sound the same as my previous dreams of getting "Married."
By JILL BARKLEY | August 04, 2009

Ho-Hos and air guitars

Planning a same-sex wedding
The fact is, most couples argue in the early stages of wedding planning. My partner, Diane, and I are no exception to this rule. Currently, our biggest argument surrounding plans for our wedding is whether or not she can slide into the ballroom during our reception, performing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" on her air guitar.
By JILL BARKLEY | August 04, 2009

It's time to party!

Get your friends together and marshal support for marriage
Doug Kimmel and Ron Schwiser were married 40 years ago by a Presbyterian minister. They've lived in Hancock — where they pay taxes, attend church, and volunteer in the community — for more than 20 years. Yet, they are virtual strangers in the eyes of the law. They are denied the more than 400 legal rights and benefits that come with marriage under Maine law.
By SHENNA BELLOWS | August 04, 2009

The Big Hurt: Strung Out

Vitamin Records classes up the joint — kinda
A friend of mine is getting married soon, and she's been looking around for some classy wedding music.
By DAVID THORPE | July 29, 2009

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Love and friendship (Rhode Island-style)

An excerpt from Sarah Rainone's new novel, Love Will Tear Us Apart , in which six friends let the music do the talking
Cort is whispering something to me but she's trying to be all respectful or whatever so I can't make out what she's saying.
By SARAH RAINONE | May 22, 2009

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Do it like we used to do

Traditional marriage and values
There's a lot to be said for what opponents of same-sex nuptials call "traditional marriage."
By AL DIAMON | May 06, 2009

Flat Patties

Making a virtue of a usually guilt-ridden quickie
A fast-food cheeseburger is like a drunken assignation with a stranger met at a wedding reception: momentarily delectable but often leading to shame, nausea, and possibly even health issues.
By MC SLIM JB | May 06, 2009

Queer eye for the Hawkeyes

Gay marriage takes first steps in Iowa
This past Monday, as Iowa prepared to officially issue marriage licenses to gay applicants, both law-enforcement and state gay groups prepared for vocal, even violent opposition in America's heartland.
By BEN FORNELL | April 29, 2009

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Review: Bride Wars

Chixploitation at its creative nadir
There are no pleasant surprises in this partly-Boston-shot Gary Winick film.
By BETSY SHERMAN | January 13, 2009

Bridesmaids' banter

In Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
At this upper-crust Tennessee wedding, we never see the bride, but her quintet of reluctant bridesmaids gets down to some deep and dirty truths in the sassy, irreverent Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, an early comedy by Alan Ball.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | November 19, 2008

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Slideshow: Peabody Essex Museum exhibit highlights

Images from "Wedded Bliss," "Painting Summer in New England," "Joseph Cornell," and more
Images from "Wedded Bliss," "Painting Summer in New England," "Joseph Cornell," and more
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | July 25, 2008