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Arisia 2010 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, January 15-18, 2010

By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | January 25, 2010

PHOTO BY DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN

Arisia 2009, Hyatt Regency Cambridge, January 15-18, 2010

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Alternative universe
In the 1930s and '40s, Boston painters developed a moody, mythic realism. They mixed social satire with depictions of street scenes, Biblical scenes, and mystical symbolic narratives, all of it darkened by the shadow of the Great Depression and World War II.
Beyond Dilla and Dipset
With a semi-sober face I'll claim that hip-hop in 2010 might deliver more than just posthumous Dilla discs, Dipset mixtapes, and a new ignoramus coke rapper whom critics pretend rhymes in triple-entendres.
Fresh fruit and vegetables
The bleakest months of New England winter are ahead of us, so the prospect of leaving your toasty house to see art may not be at the top of your to-do list.
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Alternative universe
In the 1930s and '40s, Boston painters developed a moody, mythic realism. They mixed social satire with depictions of street scenes, Biblical scenes, and mystical symbolic narratives, all of it darkened by the shadow of the Great Depression and World War II.
Beyond Dilla and Dipset
With a semi-sober face I'll claim that hip-hop in 2010 might deliver more than just posthumous Dilla discs, Dipset mixtapes, and a new ignoramus coke rapper whom critics pretend rhymes in triple-entendres.
Fresh fruit and vegetables
The bleakest months of New England winter are ahead of us, so the prospect of leaving your toasty house to see art may not be at the top of your to-do list.
Review: Daybreakers
For evidence of the breakdown of the capitalist system, look no farther than the proliferation of vampire and zombie movies.
Review: In Search of Beethoven
Phil Grabsky's exhaustive documentary doesn't exactly dispel any stereotypes about Beethoven's being a shaggy genius prone to rages.
The Big Hurt: The decade ahead
As a new decade dawns, it's time to cast a curious eye toward the future.
Review: The Spy Next Door
Let’s hope Chan’s fans back East never get a whiff of this one.
The Big Hurt: Billboard Top Hip-Hop and R and B songs
This week, a jolly traipse through one of Billboard 's most artistically fecund charts: "Top Hip-Hop and R&B Songs." What wonders await?
Review: Mystery Team
Indie comedy has it tough in the marketplace, so though it's no fun to pan the first feature by the Derrick Comedy troupe, neither was it fun to watch Mystery Team .
Review: Legion
What are angel wings made of? Why, bulletproof titanium with razor-sharp tips to slice open the entrails of sinners.
Review: Extraordinary Measures
Most parents would go to great lengths to save a child in peril, but would they find a cure for a terminal disease?
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PHOTOS: THE SLUTCRACKER AT THE SOMERVILLE THEATRE | December 16, 2011
It's that time again: The all-naughty and no-nice holiday favorite, The Slutcracker, at The Somerville Theatre on December 11, 2011.

PHOTOS: SCENES FROM THE 2011 BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS | December 03, 2011
The Liberty Hotel was once again a posh crock-pot of the city’s increasingly diverse music scene, allowing normally disconnected tribes to mix and mingle in a space in which they’d probably otherwise not be welcome.

PHOTOS: PETER MURPHY + SHE WANTS REVENGE AT THE MIDDLE EAST | November 23, 2011
Peter Murphy and She Wants Revenge played The Middle East Downstairs on November 17, 2011.

PHOTOS: SIN-O-MATIC AT MACHINE (NSFW) | November 23, 2011
Machine hosts its monthly, inhibition-free and fetish-filled Sin-O-Matic night on November 19th, 2011.

PHOTOS: TIME TRAVEL NIGHT AT MACHINE | November 18, 2011
Past was present and the future was, well, spangly and silver, at Machine's Time Travel Night, November 11, 2011.

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